From Alpine to Lachssilber (1988 325is)

[2mAn]

Simon, is this the photo you're talking about?

yup

[e30pdee]

More pics of the Evo?

Pictures of said evo






EDIT: almost forgot the most important one LOL

Pauldeen, post the picture that proves my point

Simon, is this the photo you're talking about?

[Nairb]

Color match the lip! It'll bring the front down even more.

[e30pdee]

so poly motor mounts will increase the NVM a lot? Would it be better to go with stock to keep it running smooth?

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not exactly sure what you mean by NVM. but to me the motor mounts were a life saver. had I gone with genuine bmw motor and tranny mounts i would have not only paid more, but because of how much they insulate and absorb i may have not realized i was having driveshaft issues until it was too late. I honestly highly recommend them. You just get much more noise inside the cabin and a little more vibration, but your trading it off for a much better performing car.

[e30pdee]

The EVO owner is a major DB

Ive been trying to help him get a sweet vert going and he hasnt been doing waffles to it

Pauldeen, post the picture that proves my point

Simon, Its hwy 9 actually and yea dude the man has become a slave to his car. Cool he has 400whp right now but he spent a fortune fixing 8 bent valves, his knock sensor still goes off and same with his check engine light. Its just not working out for him and all his money is going into that car. forget about the vert LOL

[2mAn]

More pics of the Evo?

The EVO owner is a major DB

Ive been trying to help him get a sweet vert going and he hasnt been doing waffles to it

Pauldeen, post the picture that proves my point

[F34R]

More pics of the Evo?

[jeenyus]

so poly motor mounts will increase the NVM a lot? Would it be better to go with stock to keep it running smooth?

[2mAn]

Hicks Road?

[e30pdee]

So just a quick update!

I did motor and tranny mounts both were completely shot especially the motor mounts. I went with the AKG 75D poly mounts. I couldn't have asked for better performing mounts honestly.






But upon doing that I got some intense vibration occuring when i hit around 60mph so I decided to replace my csb, and guibo for my driveshaft.

It was only when i cam to look at the guibo i realized, one of the six bolts was missing, and not only that but my guibo and CSB rubbing were completely cracked up.





Anyways, now that that's all done I'm thinking of getting a good set of brake pads and rotors and begin practicing some autocross. Anyone have any suggestions on what might be a good performing set? I want the best biting brakes and I'm willing to sacrifice having them be dusty, just not extremely noisy.

[e30pdee]

do you notice more vibration with the solid steering coupling AKG says its for Race use only. I dont really notice any play with my stock one but I was thinking about getting the akg piece

Also Lachsilber for the win!

Thanks! Honestly the vibration from the coupler is minimal. most of the vibration comes from the condorspeedshop bushings, the only reason I replaced the coupler is because I was already going to shorten the assembly, I figured I might as well find a permanent solution to a temporary part. The thing is that if you ever decide to run no power steering down the line, the rubber coupler will get completely destroyed because it cant tolerate the stiffness like a poly or aluminum one, so i guess it was for two reason the fact that I was going to be tinkering with the steering assembly anyways, and for peace of mind in the future. I will say my steering is a lot more sharp and responsive, it might be a little bit twitchy but its been a few weeks now and I've been getting used to it.

[Kevinl]

do you notice more vibration with the solid steering coupling AKG says its for Race use only. I dont really notice any play with my stock one but I was thinking about getting the akg piece

Also Lachsilber for the win!

[mikegar]

I did the opposite. I went from an 87 lachs to an 88 alpine

[e30pdee]

Week after got everything setup I finally got to put the new setup to use, I went for a mountain run to get a feel for everything, I managed to be able to keep my hands on the 3/9 position for most if not the whole time and didn't have to take my hands of the steering wheel, unless it was for shifting gears.

[e30pdee]

Alright so just an update, i know i forgot to finish this up, but basically I got the rack mounted without much trouble, the process is exactly like an e36 rack swap.

I ended up having to shorten the steering assembling using about 3/4 of an inch washers, here is the AKG aluminum coupler installed as well!




I also had to glue a stack of washers together and use that as the filler between the space of my subframe and the e46 rack, since the e46 rack is a little more narrow, unfortunately I dont have pictures of this but thats what i had to do.


I ordered my rack from rack doctor, and I made sure to let him know that i wanted it on my E30, he gladly went ahead and put e36 inner tie rods on the e46 rack, and included e36 outer tie rods for a little extra cost.


Finally here is the steering assembly mounted, and here is the steering rack mounted!





If anyone is interested in which e46 rack I used specifically its the e46 rack from the 2002-2005 3 series, its usually comes with a purple tag, and is generally one of the quickest ratio steering rack of all the e46 rack.


Oh and almost forgot, here are some photos of the IS lip I ordered from blunt!