Both the Z4 and the X3 have a pin 13 to a 5A power, while the 330i does not. It’s on the top left of the diagram. This is probably only relevant to me because I’m looking at my e90 Bentley while I’m sitting in the car and everyone else is using the TIS correct for the module.
I think that might have been my historical excitement over bolt-on brackets. In retrospect I was just celebrating that the bracket for the ZF in the 330i (22316760303) puts the trans mounts in the same location as the getrag 420G, which has cast-in ears. If I'd built a crossmember from the 330i transmission mount locations it would have ended up looking very similar to the Bayside piece, but that approach is an adapter for the e30 pan to bring the mount points back to the 420G location, and an adapter for the ZF to bring the ears back to the 420G location... which is under the guibo and the shift linkage... on a car that doesn't have a 420G involved at all, and an engine which never game with a 420G (I don't think). The approach here just adapts the chassis to the transmission we're using.
I think that might have been my historical excitement over bolt-on brackets. In retrospect I was just celebrating that the bracket for the ZF in the 330i (22316760303) puts the trans mounts in the same location as the getrag 420G, which has cast-in ears. If I'd built a crossmember from the 330i transmission mount locations it would have ended up looking very similar to the Bayside piece, but that approach is an adapter for the e30 pan to bring the mount points back to the 420G location, and an adapter for the ZF to bring the ears back to the 420G location... which is under the guibo and the shift linkage... on a car that doesn't have a 420G involved at all, and an engine which never game with a 420G (I don't think). The approach here just adapts the chassis to the transmission we're using.
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