Turbo 5.0 Swapped e30

[kristov]

How are the axles holding up?

[omarquez510]

For those that wanted a picture of the pedal clearance with the wilwood clutch hydraulic kit. I did move the fuse box and headlight harness over an inch and bolted the pedal as far to the left as I could. Firewall was reinforced with a 1/8th inch plate, otherwise it would flex too much.

[jalopi]

I know what you mean - I feel like a vegas gambler who keeps on playing, despite losing badly, with the mindset of 'well I minus well keep on going since I'm this deep already'

[omarquez510]

That's a really simple bracket. If I ever decide to do a cage or fuel cell I would consider that setup since I'd be ripping out the rear floor anyway. I want to get under the car with the fab guy at shop and have him throw ideas at it.

I still want to add camber/caster and stiff bushings in the rear. I'm tired of spending money though, I have 2 other vehicles and tuition to pay so I'm going to order a helmet and get out on the track. Having a "race" car is fucking expensive.

[jalopi]

The cover does bolt right on, but it's far from a standard swap. IMO as long as you do the bracket right it'd be stronger than an add-on mount. Vorshlag's seems to be my favorite so far

[omarquez510]

Dude so you might wanna look into getting a second diff mount or switching to an e36 diff cover... the "ear" that holds the bushing in broke clean in half on my car Friday night.

I tried some quick Google search terms. Does the e36 cover bolt up? I found a few pictures of the setup but all of them had a lot of fab work involved.

[jalopi]

Dude so you might wanna look into getting a second diff mount or switching to an e36 diff cover... the "ear" that holds the bushing in broke clean in half on my car Friday night.

[omarquez510]

Thank you catuned. I got around to installing the axles from catuned. I knocked them out during my lunch break. I was hella tired of getting my car towed and having to replace other axles that didn't stand a chance.

[omarquez510]

They just added those to the website. FLG thanks for that hook up

[jalopi]

Huh. Much more reasonably priced than the DSS axles

[FLG]

Here ya go bud!

http://www.catuned.com/e30-bmw-325i318i-m3-custom-4340-chromolly-axles

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[dmoney(AB)]

They aren't on their website
Any more info on them?

[omarquez510]

CA tuned sells hd axles not for much then stock ones go for. Get in touch with igor, i don't believe they are listed on their site.

Rated to 750 iirc

4340 chromolly made in the USA



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You are my hero, I called them and they actually stock them. Best part is they are local and they are reasonably priced. I can't believe I haven't heard of catuned building axles.

[FLG]

CA tuned sells hd axles not for much then stock ones go for. Get in touch with igor, i don't believe they are listed on their site.

Rated to 750 iirc

4340 chromolly made in the USA



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[omarquez510]

I've learned what I can and cant do with stock axles. I've broken stock and aftermarket axles. I tried a few different brands. The a1 cardones were the worst. The splines had to be filed down. The threads had to be cleaned. It was a nightmare.

Jalopi take It to 3-5k and dump the clutch. My axle broke before my 225's broke loose -_-