M52 too far forward

[gotane30]

Post a pic of how the motor looks in the engine bay. If you engine really is 2" forward, the accessories must be super close to the radiator.

I'll get a picture in about an hour. it may not be exactly 2" you understand. I'm estimating.

[gotane30]

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[george graves]

Here was my solution to the same problem. The carriers twist well in a vise but as soon as I tried to bend, it snapped. This was alright as I needed to extend it anyways so I made this little angle bar and used loctite and locknuts.

Now remove it, and go find a welding shop to get it to the correct length. I had to do the same thing on my m30 swap (well, we used a really hi-tech ruler)

[M3PO]

I'll get a picture in about an hour. it may not be exactly 2" you understand. I'm estimating.

I just measured mine and the closest point of my S50 valve cover is 1.75" from the closest point on the radiator.

I have the AKG engine mounts, ZF trans, E36 M3 shifter assembly, and IE trans mounts and my shifter is in the middle, front-to-back, but off to the right a little bit.

[meanEG]

are you using motor mount arms for e34 or e36?

[328ijunkie]

E30 M10 318 subframe has different PN than E30 325/M42. Possible cause? Though i did codys car the same way with his original subframe if i recall and it had no issues....