E36 steering rack into an E30

[BM300]

This may have been discussed here b4 but can idea on this. I tried to do the swap but the coupling is hitting the exhaust manifold. Mine is a right hand drive with the Euro S50 3.0. Do i need an adaptor?

[bimmerphile]

you'd probably be better suited posting this on www.e30zone.co.uk, as you'll find more RHD people there.

[E30Adam]

I've done this conversion and had to use stiffer engine mounts from Ireland Engineering to solve the problem.... this was using an M20 engine though!

[mpowerjon]

Re: E36 steering rack into an E30

This may have been discussed here b4 but can idea on this. I tried to do the swap but the coupling is hitting the exhaust manifold. Mine is a right hand drive with the Euro S50 3.0. Do i need an adaptor?

No, there are different RH drive headers for the steering linkage to pass thru. (nope, I'm not kidding) Where did you get the motor?

[ian332isport]

Re: E36 steering rack into an E30

No, there are different RH drive headers for the steering linkage to pass thru. (nope, I'm not kidding) Where did you get the motor?

Jon,

The standard euro M3 headers are the same on both LHD and RHD.

It's only the likes of Supersprint that make a LHD only header for the euro M3 engines.

Cheers,

Ian.