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    ix for autox...am I nuts?

    Well recently married and a new house is changing around all my priorities. I am going on my 6th season of autoxing and am unsure about what car I want to use. I have a completely stock 88 is and 91 ix. For the past two years I have been using the is. I want to sell one of the cars and really don't want to sell the ix. I have a complete suspension kit off a donor car (bilstein sports w/ h&r's) also with a complete drive line (front, rear, and center diffs) for the ix. Has anyone had any bad problems or comments on autoxing an ix?
    Brian
    1988 325is- 5-speed swap autox'r
    1991 325ix- bone stock
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    #2
    it can be done just fine.. but it desperately needs more camber up front.
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      #3
      it will cost you quite a bit to keep it up in terms of suspension (control arms and half shafts). I am pretty shure that splines will not be happy to abuse either. It has also more parts that can break (diff, transfer case).
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        #4
        The Ix handles awsome stock but with new suspension and somehow taking care of the understeer this car is awsome. I do it all the time.

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          #5
          hey nando.. how much more camber did you get by just lowering it? and how much more with the modified plates? and how much untill i start eating tires up. i plan on daily driving my ix and auto'x it.

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            #6
            I think he said that he modified the strut mounts for like neg 3 degrees camber up front.
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              #7
              im mostly worried if i drop my ix 2 inchs, I hope I won't have to much neg. camber witch will eat up my tires for daily driving

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                #8
                you aren't going to get any significant amount of camber up front just by lowering the car.
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                  #9
                  what about out back?

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                    #10
                    you will gain some but not as much as you would from lowering a regular E30. but you will have more in the back than in front, which isn't a good thing...
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                      #11
                      so if i lower it 2 inches. i should get adj, rear camber kit?
                      Last edited by moatilliatta; 03-21-2007, 09:10 PM.

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                        #12
                        possibly the ones on here. http://www.akgmotorsport.com/e30products.html

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