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  • Bin_jammin
    Member
    • Oct 2009
    • 99

    #406
    Originally posted by Wh33lhop
    Whatever, I just did a quick google search and made some assumptions. Point is, he's got an E34 and therefore upper control arms/thrust arms.







    Konis are something like $500 front and rear. All new front end parts from Lemforder are something like $800. All new bushings are at BEST another $500. Strut mounts are ~$40 each for the fronts, and like $15 each for the rear. I suppose you could have purchased a $700 strut bar, but in all honesty I wouldn't be surprised to find out that you DID pay $2500 for all your suspension parts, but it doesn't mean you got $2500 worth of VALUE in the parts you purchased. Maybe if you weren't such a dope, you'd get better discounts, or people would point you in the right direction towards savings. As it is, I hope you actually bid that ebay piece of shit chinese turbo through the roof, rather than finding something quality that will both work AND last.

    You don't have adjustable upper control arms. If all you r3vvers look, he's got adjustable sway bar links.


    This fact alone should sum up this dope, because it doesn't matter how long the links are, they work the same no matter what the length is. The adjustability in the sways comes from having sway bars with multiple mounting points for the links on each end, where different mounting points give you different leverage. The fact that you believe adjustable sway bar link length will give you some type of performance gain sums up how retarded you truly are.

    You have absolutely no idea how any of this stuff works, and are relying on other people that have no idea how any of this stuff works for advice. The people that keep pushing you to go on are just as clueless are you are. Why won't you just die already?

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    • Fidhle007
      I can fly, motherfucker
      • Oct 2005
      • 7209

      #407
      Replacing basic wear parts does not count towards money invested in a car. The statement was that we should lay our own money and time on the line and my response was that I had, much more of both then the OP it seems. And not surprisingly, with MUCH better results...

      Adjustable sway bar links serve the function of being able to dial out swaybar preload but on a basic suspension setup, that really won't make a difference. I'd bet the OP doesn't have the means to set up what little adjustability he does have...
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      • Bin_jammin
        Member
        • Oct 2009
        • 99

        #408
        Swaybar preload? It's an unloaded unit until you're in a corner, in which case one side gets loaded. When you're in a straight line it's pretty much just along for the ride. On a street car both sides will be the same length, the only time I can even fathom having different lengths would be on an oval track.

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        • Wh33lhop
          R3V OG
          • Feb 2009
          • 11705

          #409
          Originally posted by Bin_jammin
          Swaybar preload? It's an unloaded unit until you're in a corner, in which case one side gets loaded. When you're in a straight line it's pretty much just along for the ride. On a street car both sides will be the same length, the only time I can even fathom having different lengths would be on an oval track.
          No, that could be adjusted just by changing suspension preload/ride height. Adjustable endlinks are adjusted symmetrically. It's just so you can keep the swaybar arms parallel with the road when you lower the car.
          paint sucks

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          • Fidhle007
            I can fly, motherfucker
            • Oct 2005
            • 7209

            #410
            Originally posted by Bin_jammin
            Swaybar preload? It's an unloaded unit until you're in a corner, in which case one side gets loaded. When you're in a straight line it's pretty much just along for the ride. On a street car both sides will be the same length, the only time I can even fathom having different lengths would be on an oval track.
            Originally posted by Wh33lhop
            No, that could be adjusted just by changing suspension preload/ride height. Adjustable endlinks are adjusted symmetrically. It's just so you can keep the swaybar arms parallel with the road when you lower the car.
            Lol, noobs correcting noobs. When you corner weight a car, you set it so that the weights are even across the car and THEN you set the swaybars to neutral. When you're waiting a car with a driver in it, the swaybar might not be totally neutral so having an adjustable endlink allows for that to be addressed. It's a racing thing, which is why I laugh that the OP has them.
            '89 325is S50 Track Montser
            '04 X5 Daily/Tow Vehicle

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            • nando
              Moderator
              • Nov 2003
              • 34827

              #411
              dude, it's a racing E34. it's the next big thing in the SCCA..
              Build thread

              Bimmerlabs

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              • Fidhle007
                I can fly, motherfucker
                • Oct 2005
                • 7209

                #412
                What, parking lot burnouts? Those are sanctioned now?
                '89 325is S50 Track Montser
                '04 X5 Daily/Tow Vehicle

                http://www.avarestoration.com

                http://www.myspace.com/brendanfiddle


                Click here if you want to be my zombie slave...

                http://www.youtube.com/user/Fidhle007

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                • Stephen
                  Шлем ишака
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 10774

                  #413
                  Originally posted by Fidhle007
                  What, parking lot burnouts? Those are sanctioned now?
                  With class legal ITBs, yes.

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                  • Wh33lhop
                    R3V OG
                    • Feb 2009
                    • 11705

                    #414
                    Originally posted by Fidhle007
                    Lol, noobs correcting noobs. When you corner weight a car, you set it so that the weights are even across the car and THEN you set the swaybars to neutral. When you're waiting a car with a driver in it, the swaybar might not be totally neutral so having an adjustable endlink allows for that to be addressed. It's a racing thing, which is why I laugh that the OP has them.
                    I had a perfectly reasonable explanation. Slightly off-neutral swaybars would have no real effect on the handling of the car, it would just settle the car a bit more level laterally.

                    Edit: I guess they could also throw off the corner weights a bit, but unless the car is really unlevel it wouldn't be much.
                    Last edited by Wh33lhop; 01-14-2010, 10:51 AM.
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                    • Bin_jammin
                      Member
                      • Oct 2009
                      • 99

                      #415
                      Originally posted by Fidhle007
                      Lol, noobs correcting noobs. When you corner weight a car, you set it so that the weights are even across the car and THEN you set the swaybars to neutral. When you're waiting a car with a driver in it, the swaybar might not be totally neutral so having an adjustable endlink allows for that to be addressed. It's a racing thing, which is why I laugh that the OP has them.

                      Ok, I see what you mean, but that's still basically what I was saying. When driving your car, the sways should be free of load, unless you're going in circles. That's exactly what you're describing, you'd have load with the driver out of the car but be neutral while driving.

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                      • BoxDriver86
                        E30 Modder
                        • Jul 2009
                        • 912

                        #416
                        I can't believe this thread is still going....seriously. I think this kid needs to stop posting and start reading.

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                        • xwill112x
                          Θέλησα έναν τίτλο συνήθειας, απορροφώ για να είμ&#
                          • Jan 2009
                          • 4236

                          #417
                          cliff notes

                          e34

                          m20

                          idiot


                          did i miss anything?
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                          • ben312
                            E30 Enthusiast
                            • Jan 2009
                            • 1139

                            #418
                            Originally posted by xwill112x
                            cliff notes

                            e34

                            m20

                            idiot


                            did i miss anything?
                            ebay turbo kit

                            homemade ITB set up

                            internet adds for sexy time
                            Originally posted by Beej '86 325es
                            every time an M-tech 1 spoiler is destroyed, a baby seal dies.
                            Originally posted by Jparkr
                            The last thing we need are more of the retards on here thinking they are engineers too.
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                            • JTapper
                              E30 Modder
                              • Sep 2009
                              • 847

                              #419
                              I'm wondering when this idiot will give up an quit posting...
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                              Turbo Cabrio project: http://eurowerks.org/showthread.php?t=19677

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                              • Jesse30
                                No R3VLimiter
                                • Jan 2007
                                • 3936

                                #420
                                he tends to ignore posts thinking that will make us stop...


                                he didnt spend enough time lurking

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