e36s vs e30s

[shiboujin]

Nah, any adjusting you add to an E30 rear suspension is like saying that ebay chip made your car "fucking fast like it haz vtac yo!". I have the the weld in adjusters and it does just enough to make me not want to punch myself in the nuts. So in that sense, yes the E36 is superior. Doesn't make up for everything else though. I wouldn't bother retrofitting that suspension into an E30.

[Wh33lhop]

Better non-exploded view of the E36 rear:

part #5 is the trailing arm. spring sits in it. doesn't give near macpherson strut efficiency. As far as I'm concerned, the only diff between that and an E30 rear end is that they separated the trailing arm into 2 parts and changed it's attachment point on the subframe.

You still get dynamic toe/camber. Not AS bad on the toe part. You gain easy adjustability but that's about it. Not worth it imo.

What exactly is your rigorous analysis of this suspension based on? There is technically a trailing arm, yes, but that is not the only link in the suspension.

[shiboujin]

I'm saying, there's not much diff outside of 2 links instead of 1 that attaches in 2 places. The geometry is remarkably similar and still give you (ultimately) very similar camber/toe curves. Therefore, "superior" should be changed to "marginally better"