skid plate m42

[econti]

No, but people make suspensions that are the correct height so your oilpan isn't hitting stuff ;)

I'm not a stance kiddie, not having camber plates means the front gains a little bit of camber that seems to make it faster through the corners :D

Thanks for the link though. I seem to remember that someone round my way was making a shortened steel sump.
Don't know if I'm ready to go to dry sump yet, seems a little pointless at my level lol

[irish44j]

^^ thanks. I need to order one myself :)

[RedReplicant]

Stahl Olwanne is what you're looking for.

http://www.raceparts.cc/product_info.php?info=p979_stahl-oelwanne--bmw-e30.html

[irish44j]

Does anyone make shortened sumps for these?

No, but people make suspensions that are the correct height so your oilpan isn't hitting stuff ;)

But seriously:

Yes: There is a company that makes a dry sump kit for the M42. I don't recall who, but it's in Germany. Google it.

Also there is a company that makes steel lower oil pans to replace the aluminum stock one. They pretty much just sell to the RG318is rally series in Germany though. I may order one eventually if I can find the link again (it's all in German).

[Minty_Fresh]

my sump is above the subframe.

[econti]

Does anyone make shortened sumps for these?

[irish44j]

I can vouch for the Red46 plates as well. Well-made, very inexpensive for what they are, and fit is excellent. Plenty substantial for the street and light off-road. Hell, I use mine as a jacking point sometimes.

[shameson]

I haven't bought one, but was thinking of this.

http://www.red46.net/store/p6/Sump_Armor_-_BMW_e30.html

I have a red46 plate under my car and I love it. Looks sleek and is very strong. Install is pretty easy too

[estoguy]

I haven't bought one, but was thinking of this.

http://www.red46.net/store/p6/Sump_Armor_-_BMW_e30.html

[Minty_Fresh]

Buy the Green m5 e28 motor mounts, fill the triangle void with window weld, get a bunch of fender washers and space the motore up untill the intake mani is just about the hit the hood. i daily drive pretty low and dont really avoid bumps and dips like i should.

[Brittney318is]

Is 1/8" steel good enough for this? I busted my pan twice week...

[Jafxod]

Large washers on the motor mounts.

[immajackuup]

My friend destroyed his. Saved his pan becuase had his motor spaced up aswelll. But still.

If I were to custom make a plate I would make it out of thicker material and add a support across the front just like the peerless plate (which is fucking awesome BTW)

how do you space up your motor??

[mr.vang]

My guess is half of you have toasted and sagging motormounts that leave 1/4" of room beneath the plate.

part of it is true though m42 and 24v pan sit lower than m20 pan

[3bvert]

What the hell are you guys hitting that is breaking the Race Skid plate!? Mine has huge scrapes on the bottom and I've never had issues. If you hit something hard enough to break a pan through it, you're going to be replacing a control arm.

My guess is half of you have toasted and sagging motormounts that leave 1/4" of room beneath the plate.

I got to agree with that, my race skid has hit hard a few times and not caused an issue and yes im riding loweered. speed bumps and big rocks ( live on a gravel road) I know it has saved my pan. Before the plate, and car lwoered I had tons of times of fear and some pretty good gouges in the pan, but never broke

motormount statement is true also, with my old mounts I did not have hardly any clearance, newer mounts helped.

the only thing I did not like about the raceskids was the oil drain hole ws not forward enough, so when I drained the oil, I had to put in a old piece of lmetal to act as a funnel , otherwise the oil, when got to a trickle , would go btween the raceskid and the pan and come out at various locations making a mess. grinder fixed that. I had an early version so maybe that has been addressed