Shortened M42 Oil pan

[mr.vang]

did you remake them? i heard most m42 pans hang low but i never really looked into it

slammed+m42+raceskidplate=fail

ask me how i know. ejknight need to come up with an u-brace or else that shit is going to fail.

[JohnnyKamps]

http://www.drysump.com/BMW.htm

Here you go. I am newish to this forum, but take this info from someone who builds race cars. Don't go dicking with modifying cast aluminum. Yea you can weld it but anyone who knows about welding aluminum is aware that it warps like a bi***. Drysump is the way to go if you've got it in your budget. Lower oil temps, more capacity...yadda yadda. I have an m42 and have gone through my share of pans. If you live in Long Beach, CA you know what I mean hahaha

[ejnight]

did you remake them? i heard most m42 pans hang low but i never really looked into it

They do and I did. All my skid plates as custom for the motor you are running.

[wolfgangstbd]

did you remake them? i heard most m42 pans hang low but i never really looked into it

[ejnight]

Give one of my skid plates a shot. This is one on a 318is with an m42.

[kenika65]

Bad ass not a bad price either, counting the amount of money I have spent on oil pans and oil......

[e30nub]

it was to just get a definition

Haha I was totally messing with you! I obviously did the same to find out.

[wolfgangstbd]

it was to just get a definition

[e30nub]

the reason most cars handle worse is because you mess with the suspension geometry

The location of the geometric roll center is solely dictated by the suspension geometry. The SAE definition of the force based roll center is "The point in the transverse vertical plane through any pair of wheel centers at which lateral forces may be applied to the sprung mass without producing suspension roll".

its old news most people that lower their cars dont care

I can google too! haha

[hootie]

Everyone tries to slam the shit out of their cars but you are in fact making it handle worse not better. The more you lower it the more the roll center is lowered thus the car rolls more not less

I have a separate race car for a reason. You actually think I would track a 318 anyway?

[wolfgangstbd]

the reason most cars handle worse is because you mess with the suspension geometry

The location of the geometric roll center is solely dictated by the suspension geometry. The SAE definition of the force based roll center is "The point in the transverse vertical plane through any pair of wheel centers at which lateral forces may be applied to the sprung mass without producing suspension roll".

its old news most people that lower their cars dont care

[e304me]

Everyone tries to slam the shit out of their cars but you are in fact making it handle worse not better. The more you lower it the more the roll center is lowered thus the car rolls more not less

[hootie]

camber plates will definitely help you hide that gap!

Already running GC camber plates...

[namsayin]

See but you are so much lower than me. My front still has about 3/4 inch of fender gap that I am trying to hide. I just can't seem to do it unless I go lower.

camber plates will definitely help you hide that gap!

[hootie]

for you, even though its not an m42 you get the point



i drove around like that and killed the shit out of my skidplate on the one drive i had with it.

See but you are so much lower than me. My front still has about 3/4 inch of fender gap that I am trying to hide. I just can't seem to do it unless I go lower.