nando would know

[matt0300]

Its on a euro Ford, that's why the front drive shaft is to short

[nando]

ugh

no, it's not. it was never on any euro ford. It has nothing to do with the front driveshaft. there might be a ford with a *similar* AWD layout. It doesn't mean the ix transfercase was ripped right out of another car. And the only euro ford that was AWD at the time was a rally car that I already mentioned. Which also happened to be mid-engined..

[matt0300]

Are u talking about that Ford something rs that was supposed to run in group b but never made it? And it was off a Ford truck not car.

[Wh33lhop]

are u talking about that ford something rs that was supposed to run in group b but never made it? And it was off a ford truck not car.

rs200.

[matt0300]

It was like a Ford escort rs caswell that they made thousands but group b was all ready done by the time they got it ready so they crushed most if them.

[matt0300]

Yea rs200

[nando]

Yes, rs200, so if you think the ix is a mid engine rally car... The ix was already in development before that came out too.

[E30SPDFRK]

Lol at this thread. Listen to the title people!

[Ryann]

Does anyone have a copy of "BMW 3 Series Enthusiast's Companion" by Jeremy Walton who's willing to look up the apparently bullshit ix drivetrain information in the e30 section?

[matt0300]

I mean ill take nandos word for it cause he's right with everything else he's told me untilled I see that book. It just doesn't make sense to me BMW wouldn't make the front drive shaft half an inch longer so it wouldn't fall out on people.

[325ix]

I mean ill take nandos word for it cause he's right with everything else he's told me untilled I see that book. It just doesn't make sense to me BMW wouldn't make the front drive shaft half an inch longer so it wouldn't fall out on people.

Why would BMW make cars that have horrendous electrical problems? Some problems are never found or determined to not be that bad.

[Stevo-iX]

I think what you're referring to is the ford scorpio, http://www.awdwiki.com/en/ford+europe/#Ford_Scorpio_4x4

It used a ZF TRANSFER CASE. Not a ford transfer case. Also not a truck haha :P

[matt0300]

Yea, be and aptyp were talking about it and couldn't remember the name of that car haha

[matt0300]

I'm just saying I don't get why they would make the front drive shaft to short

[nando]

what are you talking about? the splines? it's meant to be easily removable (if you lengthen them as I have, you have to drop the transfercase to remove the shaft). it's not actually too short for stock power levels, but people don't know about the required lubrication for the front driveshaft, so they use the wrong grease or leave it dry, it rusts, and then it strips.

they both look pretty similar but that's because they use the Ferguson AWD layout that I mentioned earlier. That ZF happened to produce the transfercase doesn't mean a lot. They make diffs and transmissions for all sorts of cars. Plus that car still didn't come out until BMW had decided to build the ix, it didn't exist for them to "steal" parts off of..