The Ix

[325ixE30]

What the hell is going on with the side of the block here? :shock:

I threw a rod!

[325ixE30]

I bought my car a little x-mas present

[325ixE30]

:o

[accident]

i like how he put that baton in there so we'd all think he's a hard ass and stop talking shit.

[325ixE30]

i like how he put that baton in there so we'd all think he's a hard ass and stop talking shit.

Where is the baton that you apparently see?

[accident]

wtf

there.

[325ixE30]

there.

Nice try. Its a NightStick.

is always in my trunk. I just didnt bother to move it for the picture.

[accident]

"A club (also known as cudgel, baton, truncheon, night stick, sap and bludgeon) is among the simplest of all weapons. A club is essentially a short staff, or stick, usually made of wood, and wielded as a weapon."

[Edev]

Where is the baton that you apparently see?

You walked riiiight into that one.

[325ixE30]

Oops

[TheB1G Lebowski]

LOVE the wipers on the headlights.

[cappa240]

the "extra" power? what do you think he will get out out of an N/A m20? its not getting above 200hp at 2.8L N/A SOHC. note to OP your stock drivetrain should hold fine. everything I have read says that weakest part is the tranny and that still holds till well over 200hp (around 300hp IIRC is the braking point) you shouldn't need the "newer" stuff, but hell you windowed a block so maybe you will.

The weakest part is not the transmission, it's the splines on the front driveshaft and in gear it slides into in the Transfer Case. The risk can be lessened here by a number of ways-

1) Spacing the driveshaft with washers and longer bolts
2)Using a RWD e30 guibo
3)Drilling and tapping the flange on the driveshaft, installing studs, and using a spacer from moonlite or having a machine shop make one, I think there are plans on the Yahoo iX group.
4)Lengthening the splines on the driveshaft (machine shop work)

I basically listed the ways in increasing order of effectiveness. The last way requires the Transfer Case to be removed and installed with the driveshaft already in it, because it uses all of the excess space in the gear in the TC.

There's a guy over on e30tech that has a 2.8L build, and has hundreds of hard launches on his iX with a lengthened driveshaft. He notes that the biggest concern is using the right type of grease. After going through a couple of driveshafts, he found that Dow MolyKote BR-2 is the closest to what was originally specified, and exceeds the specs. It can be had from some industrial supply houses for about $7 a tube, which will last you a lifetime. I think I got mine from McMaster-Carr.

The second weakest link is the gears in the front diff.

[325ixE30]

Still waiting on the Quote. This is taking forrrrrever!!!!!!!!!!!!