'86 325e restoration with s52

[dillon7]

looks great! love those wheels on the delphin

[Bimmian89]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MH-YU950q4

3rd gear pull from 55, my brother was filming from my 01' 330

A few pictures:

[stoja e30]

Thanks! Just a few more little things to do, which the parts will be here tuesday. The shifter was a Z3 M and was too long barley hits the DS and makes a god awful high pitch squil, and the master cylinder. Never had so much trouble with a damn master in my life. So we said the hell with used ones and got a new OE from pelican. So hopefully tuesday she will be on the road for good. :) If anyone knows good info on gauge clusters please feel free to chime in, I have a few questions for you. ;)

i just pulled apart a cluster that i had spare, may be able to help

[broach328]

i just pulled apart a cluster that i had spare, may be able to help

is it moto or vdo? and are the motometer tachs prone to failure?

[Bimmian89]

i just pulled apart a cluster that i had spare, may be able to help

Yeah, if you have any moto meter tachs let me know or SI boards. Its weird everything works but the tach. So we messed with it a little and now the temp doesnt work so idk whats going on with it.

[stoja e30]

is it moto or vdo? And are the motometer tachs prone to failure?

vdo

[broach328]

vdo

May need some components. And sorry for my stupid question. Everything in e30s are prone to failure, or so it seems.. haha

[Northern]

Diff has new seal and is filled with just under 2 qts. of Royal Purple 75w-140 gear oil.

S52 without an LSD?

[MrNatural]

says he has a 2.93 LSD...nice build BTW!

[Northern]

then what's with the 75-140, that's open diff oil?

[broach328]

then what's with the 75-140, that's open diff oil?

...or is it?

both work with the LSD. No noises thus far and a plenty of other people have had great success with the 140. Thats like saying 20w50 is for m50s and 10w40 is for s52..

[Cephas]

You guys do work! I'd love to s52 my e30 at some point. What's the s52 redline? Can you use the m20 tach from an I car?

[broach328]

Thank you, we really put a lot of hours into this car in a short period of time. 7k late model tach works fine, and some people run 7250, some 7k redline. I think it depends on the tuner but I'm not sure yet which one this car is because the tach is the only gauge not working :( Ideally, you would source an e30 m3 cluster that goes to 8k!



the garage!


Work in Progress!

[Bimmian89]

then what's with the 75-140, that's open diff oil?

Nope, 75-90 is for an open diff. 75-140 is for Limited slip diffs.

[Bimmian89]

Hey guys just a few updated pictures over the last week or two. Car is running great and I really love the 2:93 diff with the s52, great power all around. Also got my ST sway bar in with new end links. It handles like a dream now! Thanks for looking and all the input.