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[Simon S]

latest pic, e36 electric fan installed.

Nice. I really like how factory that efan and shroud look.
How much fabbing/trimming/modding did it take to install that?

[Ryann]

latest pic, e36 electric fan installed.

[ZM Blue Devil]

soon to be in the car.

[Hey-U]

lol. I recently picked up a sparco bar and intend to 'clearance' it..
Seems like washers would really sacrifice available threads from strut mounts.
How much clearance/space would you say is needed from bar to intake to compensate for engine movement?

It bascially just needed the smallest amount of clearance added. As I say I think I only put one washer under the bar on each strut and it seemed to do the trick. When I first did it I thought for sure the engine movement would schafe the manifold. The available threads on the struts were minimal, hense trying to get away with as little clearance as possible.

[AntiblingE30]

Camera phone pic, VERY dirty engine bay.

[Simon S]

Before:


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Before:


After:




(Not done yet)

[Simon S]

It is verrry close, about one washer away. It actually schaffed the first cover before I shimmed it.

lol. I recently picked up a sparco bar and intend to 'clearance' it..
Seems like washers would really sacrifice available threads from strut mounts.
How much clearance/space would you say is needed from bar to intake to compensate for engine movement?

[Hey-U]

It is verrry close, about one washer away. It actually schaffed the first cover before I shimmed it.

[Simon S]

My 92 vert

holy cow-
that sparco bar looks close as hell.

[Stevie30]

Stevie30 is that chrome paint? very clean by the way.. :D

Actually it is Dupli-Color silver wheel paint. I also used it on my 325ic valve cover about two years ago and it holds up beautifully.

[Hey-U]

My 92 vert

Ceramic coated header and intake manifold

[Stevie30]

My current 318is daily driver:



And my latest 318is project.
It's been idle for six years.

[dlmrun2002]

Stock Rebuild by Eric Kerman.
Advance intake cam 4 degrees.
Dinan Chip
Baffled oil Pan-custom
GC w/ Koni top adjustables and camber plates running (neg) -2.3
Alpina front spoiler.
M-tech rear

Good Times.
dlm

[Simon S]

lol - my fear is that by the time I can afford one - they will be near impossible to source.

[KenC]

I didn't think they were available new any more...