too soon to say... I just drove it for the first time this weekend and was not pushing the car at all. Need to relearn it's character and get used to different noises. And probably should schedule an autocross soon so I can really test the car's limits and how its changed.
I'm actually considering upgrading the diff further since I will likely need to take it apart again soon. I screwed up when disassembling and reassembling by not marking the input flange/nut and had trouble getting the flange and nut torqued with proper preload. I want to redo it with a new crush sleeve to ensure I don't wear out the bearings prematurely. I also noticed the thrust washers were pretty worn too... if I'm going to do this again I might as well do different ramp angles and replace a few more parts.
hahahaha patience..... tapatalk only lets me tediously post 9 photos at a time
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Progress
Test fitting new 70mm flares from Jumdoo. Rear looks good.
Front looks good. Cleco pins are awesome!
Fresh e36 diff cover and picked up a set of seal drivers. Should've done this ages ago to go with the press.
New AKG bushings pressed into the cover.
Today's update brought to you by Erdinger - another favorite german hefe
I'd say the LSD was way overdue for service. The pressure plates/ramps were pretty well gouged and the dog plates and friction plates are toast
Luckily I had a spare LSD unit stashed so I stole the pressure plates/ramps from that and replaced the clutches with a 3 clutch kit I bought from thayer a few years ago.
For the e36 double ear diff cover you need to swap the speed ring to the e36 ring... pretty obvious why. It's much smaller diameter. The sensor also needs to be an e36 sensor which is much shorter.
Sent from my SM-G960U using TapatalkLast edited by Sh3rpak!ng; 08-24-2020, 10:44 AM.Leave a comment:
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Just had to wire wheel clean a bunch of rusty parts on my e46 for paint and reinstall, that blast booth is money. And a good Heffeweissbier at the end of a long hot day in the garage cannot be beat, love Weihenstephaner! Paulaner and Ayinger are probably my favs with Weihenstaphaner a close third. Looking good brothaLeave a comment:
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As usual the updates are behind the actual progress. Put the car on the ground yesterday. Should be driving this weekend.
Here we have control arms blasted ready for paint
And here's everything hand assembled with ball joints pressed into the arms
I added this small bracket to the control arm mount for the brake line
Unfortunately after all the adjustments to suspension in the front, I could not get control arm - exhaust - swaybar clearance without grinding a small indent into the control arm. It was either that or doing the same to the exhaust. Unfortunately, when I made the new exhaust I did it with the swaybar at an angle (due to how it was mounted) and now am trying to correct the geometry which is putting things on a path to interfere. Naturally, I noticed the interference only now that I'd already painted the damn thing and bolted it in place.....
Here we have the diff mostly disassembled getting ready for blasting.
Primer in the garden paint booth
Ancillary parts getting prepped for blasting
Everything painted nice and clean!
These updates are brought to you by the beer of the weekend and one of my personal favorites - Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier
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Well, I would echo Simon's feelings to some degree. I think he's over exaggerating the power deficiency. As far as - "Able to pass to get around people, driving on the on-ramp fun?" - yes most definitely. The 8k rpm limit is most welcome. With some choice mods (like any car) I can see it would be quite a handful. The handling/suspension/brakes were already great even on a 140k mile car that probably needed some decent maintenance. If you went stiff bushings, sticky tires, short shifter, lightweight flywheel and catback exhaust it would transform the car.
Thank you! Yes I don't have the cooling duct on there, and believe it or not I've had it this way for 10+ years without any problem. But that said I'm thinking it would be easy to just put a silicone elbow on it and make another vent through the headlight backing plate
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Wow, what a thread! Great read and loved seeing the odyssey.
One thing to note - I see your missing the alternator ducting. I had mine die at the track the other day, I was lucky and managed to find a replacement nearby same day - it may or may not be related, but figured long periods of time at high RPM probably doesn't help, and they did come with cooling from factory.Leave a comment:
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I’ve driven plenty of Caymans because I’ve wanted one for so long. There’s something underwhelming about them, especially when you’ve people driven a quick E30. The only Cayman that really got me excited was one with a 3.6 swapped in, but that car just left me with the feeling that the cars limits are so high that you’d have to be doing triple digits to get the blood pumping.
I’ll take less power if it’s in a package that also weighs less... and that’s what I’m building now. 100less whp, but also 1000 less lbs.
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I figured someone wood!
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