BMW e30 Chassis Lower X Brace (very soon)

[FredK]

gold cadmium plate them... No corrosion ever

Cad plating is a sacrificial coating. It will eventually stop functioning as a sacrificial anode and rust through.

[M42Technik]

Interesting...subscribed.

[e30love]

black. this look very nice add a skid plate and i'm sold for sure

[delatlanta1281]

Rob!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rs4pro3]

[all the desired properties from an engineering and practical application standpoint.[/I]

Specifically for the e30 chassis.

Like I said it is nice to see some one finally design a brace for just the e30 chassis. I'm Also an Engineer with 3 degrees, so I completely understand what you are saying. Not trying to bash the design at all, just pointing out how the e36 x-brace mounts up to the chassis. (I'm mainly looking at this from a value engineering prospective)

[DCColegrove]

Um no cutting is needed, 2 out of the 6 holes are already on the car. Install two nutserts, bolt it up. mark the 4 new holes needed and drill. Here is said x-brace installed on my 85 325e

R&D Research and development.

In researching this project we asked questions first like: why not mount it this way, why or why not drill holes in the sub-frame, where is the optimal angle to come in from to stop this motion or that destructive vibration...

In Development we test our answers to these questions, identify problems and apply necessary refinements.

What you see in the images we have posted is the prototype that finally addressed all the issues from the R&D process it gave us all the answers to build the finished product with all the desired properties from an engineering and practical application standpoint.

Specifically for the e30 chassis.

[xLibelle]

i'm like'n the fact someone is making something REAL.

meh, nm

[rs4pro3]

No they don't, and I'm not entirely sure how one would go about cutting one up and bolting it to an e30 either.

:?:

Um no cutting is needed, 2 out of the 6 holes are already on the car. Install two nutserts, bolt it up. mark the 4 new holes needed and drill. Here is said x-brace installed on my 85 325e

[CorvallisBMW]

Do you know the exact type of steel used, and the sizes? I'm in a strengths of materials class, and I am just curious and want to do a stress analysis.

Looks like 4130 chrome-molly, but I have no idea what the thickness would be (not to mention that shit is pretty expensive!) If I were making it, I would use 0.75"x.047", but again it's just speculation.

[DCColegrove]

What are the attachment points on a e36? They don't go over the lollipops do they????

No they don't, and I'm not entirely sure how one would go about cutting one up and bolting it to an e30 either.

:?: On another note can someone give me a measurement on how far the pan hangs on an M50/52/what have you and I'll see if there is a workaround so it will clear? (the only one I have access to is a dry sump)

[rs4pro3]

On the e36 it mounts to the frame rail behind the control bushings

[george graves]

[george graves]

What are the attachment points on a e36? They don't go over the lollipops do they????

[Dave McLaren]

This looks fantastic to me. Considering the apparent quality and your effort to develop the part, I think $300 is entirely reasonable. Black is my preference, but I'm OK with red if that's what you choose to go with.

Thanks for supporting the E30 chassis.

Dave

[e30_kid89]

Id like to see a Xbrace fitted on a 24V swapped e30 with e-bay headers and OE skidplate....I may buy if it can fit without clearance issues.

Nice looking product! Looking forward to seeing it go into production.