Turbo 5.0 Swapped e30

[tig welder]

Great job ... been considering this swap myself.

[Old city bimmer]

Nice work


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[The Dark Side of Will]

Sorry bro I used the info in the e30v8 guide to wire my swap. It saved me the headache of running around for answers.

on another note, I blew up another axle this weekend. This one took a shit during a 1st- 2nd shift. This is the 5th axle. I don't know how you other guys aren't having the same issues with these sorry ass axles.



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Is that a parts store reman? They're made of cheese. Go to the junk yard, get an original BMW axle.

[omarquez510]

Yea that axle was from a parts store. It was listed as new though. I actually installed it and broke in on a test drive. I was rolling in first and floored it. all axles have failed at the inner cv joint

I ended up going to the junkyard and pulling one from a 175k mile car. I am going to baby it until I can afford DSS axles. Sucks because I was under the impression stock axles would handle some power. My setup probably makes 300whp.

[The Dark Side of Will]

If the BMW axle aftermarket is anything like the GM axle aftermarket, the aftermarket axles are trash, but the OE axles can take some heat. A Fiero is better off with 200K OE axles with new grease and boots than it is with brand new parts store axles.

[jalopi]

I'm probably in the same power range as you, still haven't broken my OE axles.... hopefully I'm not jinxing myself

[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 -_-

[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]

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.

[dmoney(AB)]

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

[FLG]

Here ya go bud!

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

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[jalopi]

Huh. Much more reasonably priced than the DSS axles

[omarquez510]

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

[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.

[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.