The Great e30 Trivia Game Thread. -- Retired

[Jordan]

All you post whores want a thread where you can post your hearts out? Well here it is. Provided you can learn something in the process, and follow a few simple rules.

Here are the RULES as to how it MUST be played.

A user posts a e30 related trivia question. Question can pertain to technical specs, functionality etc.

Users may then post an answer if they think they know. User may post one answer per question ONLY. Users MAY NOT edit their answers. Edited posts are to be discredited.

The user that posted the question will identify the first user to answer correctly.

The user that answered correctly, and was told he was right, may then post a triva question of his own.

[Jordan]

I shall start.

A e30 325i (m20b25) has how many valve springs?

[Hawk]

12.

[UNHCLL]

M20B25 has dual valve springs....

24

[Jordan]

M20B25 has dual valve springs....

24

Correct!

Your turn.

[UNHCLL]

A front strut bar on the chassis of an E30 is generally under a what type of force?
Meaning, it is combating flex by being under _______________ versus what most people think the force it is under.....

:P

[UNHCLL]

Common SOMEONE at least GUESS!

[OreoGaborio]

please rephrase the question 8)

[UNHCLL]

many people believe that a strut tower bar is predominantly under XXXXXXXX, not ZZZZZZZZ.

I want the Z word
Thats all the help you guys get.

whiney bunch of babies! ;)

[matt325is]

Z = Tension

matt

[UNHCLL]

Correct, Most people think the shock towers push IN and put the bar under COMPRESSION, but MOST TIMES its the opposite.

Matt, its your turn

[matt325is]

How many teeth on a M20B25 (m20 i engine) cam gear?

[Jordan]

How many teeth on a M20B25 (m20 i engine) cam gear?

48 teeth. Being off by one tooth is +- 7.5º engine timing.

[matt325is]

Jordan is correct.

Continue.

matt

[Jordan]

What size is the nut that secures the control arm to the front subframe.