raised motor

[CorvallisBMW]

any particular model i should look for when pulling mounts?

I wouldn't buy used mounts, 90% chance they're shit. Just buy new.

[ubernasty]

Well those of you that have never cracked a pan you are awesome! Installing e36 mounts has always worked for me because my cars have always been slammed. Strut bars could still be installed but just need some massaging, and plus the streets that I drive around are torn apart.

I'm really looking into this.

Are you talking about the stock hydraulic engine mounts?

22111095444

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...96&hg=11&fg=10

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any e36 mounts at the yard will work ya?

[dude8383]

Well those of you that have never cracked a pan you are awesome! Installing e36 mounts has always worked for me because my cars have always been slammed. Strut bars could still be installed but just need some massaging, and plus the streets that I drive around are torn apart.

Are you talking about the stock hydraulic engine mounts?

22111095444

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...96&hg=11&fg=10

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[call me jack]

Well those of you that have never cracked a pan you are awesome! Installing e36 mounts has always worked for me because my cars have always been slammed. Strut bars could still be installed but just need some massaging, and plus the streets that I drive around are torn apart.

any particular model i should look for when pulling mounts?

[daniel]

i had no choice but to drive over a large chunk of concrete in the middle of my lane back when i had my e30. it smashed into my skidplate and my car kinda bounced off it and over it, and that's it. i can't imagine the same would've happened without the skidplate.

[castros]

Well those of you that have never cracked a pan you are awesome! Installing e36 mounts has always worked for me because my cars have always been slammed. Strut bars could still be installed but just need some massaging, and plus the streets that I drive around are torn apart.

[einstein57]

you can not drive any lowered car blindly, that is for sure.

however, a skid plate is a great way to stack the odds if you are foced to run something over unavoidably.

there is no replacement for being aware of your surroundings though.

My car is lowered on H&R races with Billie sports and i drive it like its the general lee. Never even put a scratch on the pan after 2 years of abuse.

[ubernasty]

unless you crash into a curb or you're stupid slammed, the oil pan never hits.

your driving and your experience behind the wheel of a lowered car is 645637644534563495692365923659x better than any skidplate or motor raising tricks. watch wtf your doing at all times, you cant be a soccer mom, and drive an e30 at the same time.

wtf are you talking about?

[der affe]

you can not drive any lowered car blindly, that is for sure.

however, a skid plate is a great way to stack the odds if you are foced to run something over unavoidably.

there is no replacement for being aware of your surroundings though.

[Raxe]

Agreed. Both of my cars are what I'd consider low (3.5" and 3" from ground) and I've never broken a pan.

[xwill112x]

truth.



Is your exhaust in front of your oil pan? When you drive over something (like a raised manhole cover aka oil pan eaters) the first point of contact, other than a big lip with a lot of rake, is the oil pan. My exhaust is very low on my 318is and scrapes everywhere, but much to my dismay the oilpan still has a few close call scratches on it.

your driving and your experience behind the wheel of a lowered car is 645637644534563495692365923659x better than any skidplate or motor raising tricks. watch wtf your doing at all times, you cant be a soccer mom, and drive an e30 at the same time.

[der affe]

vveerry interesting kind sir!

while it DOES give you more ground clearence. i personally fear i would not like to give up the use of a strut bar or do anything to raise such a large weight in the car upward. i assume that it would have an adverse effect on the handling of the car.

you sir, have provided an excellent responce to the OP's question. i feel you are owed a round of standing, rowdy, applause accompanied by whistles and shouting!

[Raxe]

put oem springs in there

truth.

sick!^^

i dont realy see an issue with a low oil pan though, unless you crash into a curb or you're stupid slammed, the oil pan never hits. its the exhaust that scrapes. my 318i is slammed, and i DD it everywhere, and i have never smacked the oil pan but like once, and it was because my springs are way to soft for my low, and it has the notoriously low m42 oil pan. if you have trouble with busting oil pans, just get a skid plate.

Is your exhaust in front of your oil pan? When you drive over something (like a raised manhole cover aka oil pan eaters) the first point of contact, other than a big lip with a lot of rake, is the oil pan. My exhaust is very low on my 318is and scrapes everywhere, but much to my dismay the oilpan still has a few close call scratches on it.

[xwill112x]

sick!^^

i dont realy see an issue with a low oil pan though, unless you crash into a curb or you're stupid slammed, the oil pan never hits. its the exhaust that scrapes. my 318i is slammed, and i DD it everywhere, and i have never smacked the oil pan but like once, and it was because my springs are way to soft for my low, and it has the notoriously low m42 oil pan. if you have trouble with busting oil pans, just get a skid plate.

[bmw325csi]

e36 motor mounts and an early cars throttle body. Of course you would have to delete cruise control and a strut bar would never fit but clearance is awesome. Castro did the work for me so im not too sure on the details