Psyber_0ptix's AutoX/DD 318i Build

[learningcurve86]

So close to done! Woohoo!

[psyber_0ptix]

So close to done! Woohoo!

you've said this every week for the past month

[unloadedak]

might have looked past it but what is your rear suspension setup?

looks like GC coilover and bilstein sport

[psyber_0ptix]

that is correct.

and ST rear sways all on e36 ti trailing arms

[psyber_0ptix]

So all that UUC stuff that I ordered for the shifter, the Effort Reducing Kit, which positions the pivot higher in hopes of gaining clearance from the driveshaft......does not fit around the shifter body. So i'm pretty much stuck

[unloadedak]

that is correct.

and ST rear sways all on e36 ti trailing arms

how'd you get just the rear kit?

i envy your whole setup right now. it seems like i've been saving up forever for 5 lug stuff lol

[psyber_0ptix]

i got the whole GC coilover kit and nrubenstein was in need of the fronts. Because I was using TC Kline coilovers, I split the kit and sent him what he needed, and he sent me some 60mm springs to use.

You can buy rear pirches from Ireland Engineering iirc and race springs to your specs. But I think the quality of ground control was more important to me.

[Danny]

So all that UUC stuff that I ordered for the shifter, the Effort Reducing Kit, which positions the pivot higher in hopes of gaining clearance from the driveshaft......does not fit around the shifter body. So i'm pretty much stuck

Can you explain this more in depth?

[psyber_0ptix]

Can you explain this more in depth?

oops didn't realize there was a follow up. The stock type shifter is too wide for these bushings to fit, they have to have a notch dremeled into them to allow the bushings to flext just enough to fit. The EVO 3 kit disassembles where you can adjust the height, so i imagine this is how fitment is achieved. I have to get some stuff welded first but will likely have the stock carrier cup welded to a piece of aluminum to create a DTM style mount.

More pics to come when it's all ready to be installed including step-by-step of the UUC ERK kit.

for now:








all done

[J3M93]

i like

[freeride53]

very very cool.

[blitz355]

can i have this please?

[psyber_0ptix]

have an offer? lol

[psyber_0ptix]

So the carrier i was using for the shifter was just too short and fell out of the rear mount. Mount went missing. So....driving with the selector rods bouncing on the driveshaft was no fun. This is my budget 'dtm-style' shifter which you can make fun of all day, but it lets me shift without saying hello to my driveshaft.

I disassembled everything and punched out some of the perforated sheet metal. Drilled one hole where the interior mounting stub used to be.



I cut a piece of aluminum to roughly fit and chopped up a spare carrier i had laying around. Tom@WickedInnovation was able to weld it to the plate after a hole saw was used allowing the shifter to pass through.


The shifter I was trying to run initially; MZ3 that used to hit the driveshaft in normal configuration. Shown also is the UUC Effort Reduction Kit (ERK) which also positions the pivot a little higher.


The white and black bushings needed to be slotted to fit the shifter. Here is the white bushing installed


The UUC ERK shifter cup


UUC supplied some loctite (they are also very thorough and friendly folks)


aaand.....


The black bushing installed on the shifter (it wont fit over the body of the shifter hence a slit to be cut for install just above the pivot). The spring and retainer fits perfectly without mod.


I failed to photograph, but there is a large circlip that holds the assembly and spring compressed. Here is what it looks like completely finished.




installed




The throw is very nice and precise. I think because the ERK had actually positioned the shifter a little too high, it increased effort, but still feels really good. May or may not remove the ERK or just have an extension built for the bottom of the shifter if it clears the driveshaft. That being said, if you have the money and no access to someone who welds... just go out and spend the big bucks for a real shifter kit. I wish I could have purchased the UUC EVO3, but this was much cheaper for me. I need all my spending money as i'll be in germany for a year and i know you all want euro parts.

[FredK]

Wow, losing the shifter must have been alarming and noisy as hell!