[HOW TO] e46m3 6-speed your e30

[e30s52]

nice write up. just asking how much did this cost?

[matt]

Is that tranny of the removable bellhousing genre? Wondering what it would take to get one to sit behind an s14...

No. A lot.

[shiftbmw]

Is that tranny of the removable bellhousing genre? Wondering what it would take to get one to sit behind an s14...

[m3_eater]

I just love mine. I'm running a 3.46 LSD, and the ratio is perfect for combined street/highway duty.

[SpecM]

any chance the get420 will work in a e34?

[matt]

Good to find this out now. I could have had one of those given to me since NO one wants those drive shafts

Lemme know if you find two... I'm putting together an e36 with a 6-speed also.

[whiltebeitel]

should be about 3k, with a 3.73. 6,500RPMs in 1st and second are at about 30 and 50 mph, respectively.

[hoveringuy]

^

Yeah, I'd be interested in hearing your driving impressions. What do you like about it, what don't you like, etc.

[e30polak]

What rpms do you cruise in at 70 in 6th????

How are 1st and and 2nd compared to using the e36 zf???

[chuck90m3]

It was an auto e36 M3 driveshaft that we used, but I wouldn't be surprised if the 328i one works too.

Good to find this out now. I could have had one of those given to me since NO one wants those drive shafts

[matt]

It was an auto e36 M3 driveshaft that we used, but I wouldn't be surprised if the 328i one works too.

[chuck90m3]

You actually don't need a custom driveshaft... one from a certain e36 auto fits. I don't remember which, but that's what we used on the one we did.

Find out which one I am about to send my drive shaft off to be cut and balanced. so if I could just pick up one with the right length it would help out a lot. Also I could get rid of the M3 drive shaft I have now.

[matt]

I don't really see any e36 crossmember fitting an e30 chassis at all. The e36 is much more asymmetrical than the e30.

[BeirBrennerE30]

You actually don't need a custom driveshaft... one from a certain e36 auto fits. I don't remember which, but that's what we used on the one we did.

that I didnt know... good info. I heard a rumor that the e36 evo xmember can be made to fit with less modding, if any, that the e30 piece. any truth to that?

[rThor432]

You actually don't need a custom driveshaft... one from a certain e36 auto fits. I don't remember which, but that's what we used on the one we did.

The one from the 328i works. A friend used that when he installed the 6-speed box in his S50 car.