Interesting Junkyard Find..

[ck_taft325is]

Pretty sure it was so he could keep the m30 mechanical fan, but I could be wrong.

Just reading that and realizing it very possibly was JUST that makes me fucking laugh so hard and want to at the same time.

[george graves]

If I lived there, I'd want that mechanic to work on my car.

I would too. But would you make a 50 page long build thread and not mention his name once? Of course not! Well, that's how much of a d-bag Japandrew is.

[Tbolt]

im proud of everyones e-detective skills

[pegase747]

Anyone want the subrframe to mount an M30 ???

[xxx-Lost-Soul-xxx]

Why not just take it to a Scraper,and Avoid this Humiliation from everyone?

[Bimmerista]

Why not just take it to a Scraper,and Avoid this Humiliation from everyone?

The humiliation started when he installed headlight washers on his car.

[Javier h]

How was the real 333i

fabricated to avoid the notched subframe issues?

[george graves]

Japandrew started out saying that he had to have a mech fan because that's what the factory used. That's when he came up with his notching the sub-frame idea. We were very nice to him, and told him that it was a very bad idea...but he insisted. He was going to notch the subframe with or with out our help! He said it was very important detail to keep the car 100% factory correct. About this time we warned him about bump-steer issues, ect...

Then on a hunch, I did some googling - and it turned out that the factory used a electric fan - I showed it too him. In order to save face and avoid being embarrassed, he continued with his notching the sub-frame idea.

[JuanPabloBongto]

r3v =

EDIT: my God, there is an entire YEAR of told-ya-so here: http://r3vlimited.com/board/showthre...light=subframe
What a loser. And I don't mean that in a schoolyard way; I mean that in a "he lost hard" way.

[e30shmobberr]

such a clean e30. holly shit that suckssssss

[george graves]

[LJ851]

I bet that corolla got a proper pounding from that big lump of german cast iron.

[Jean]

I recently helped a friend replace the expansion tank on e46 and had to chuckle when I noticed these don't use clutch fans either, electrical fan as well.

[dkbmxer002]

i feel bad for the guy.

[Schnitzer318is]

I recently helped a friend replace the expansion tank on e46 and had to chuckle when I noticed these don't use clutch fans either, electrical fan as well.

Some e46's do use the mechanical fan... namely automatics I believe.