NOR-CAL General Chat.

[kronus]

UUC customer service is legendarily terrible. I've not heard a single good story about them.

[Rodoni]

Saw a clean Sterling Silver 318is today on the bay bridge heading to Alameda. I was in my ap1 s2k. Tt had 16x8-9 0 offset silver wheels, pretty low, no front lip, euro plate trim, looked really clean. Curious if anyone knows the owner?

Animal, do you live in SF? Do you work for the coast guard???

[Cabriolet]

UUC customer service is legendarily terrible. I've not heard a single good story about them.

TRUTH! i have been lucky that everything has been perfect from them. their e30 stuff is a very small potion of what they do. and they dont give a crap about it any more. they make stuff for big car companies now.

the AKG shifter is ugly. yes the bearing is better. but the mounting bracket is 100% over done for any non-race car e30. the UUC one lifts in the cup but the bearings in the shifter make is very smooth. the weight is good.

but i'll never put a AKG shifter in any of my cars until they make it fit in the stock location.

[Bimmerman325i]

lifts in the cup?

that's....bad.

AKG stuff is overbuilt and oriented towards the track/race guys, true. I wonder if Bear Motorsports does E30 kits? Or would fit anyway...

[kronus]

you don't see the mounting bracket if you have the shift boot on. what's the problem?

the lack of bitch clip and rear carrier bushing slop makes it a clear winner IMO. The price is ridiculous for what it is, sure, but you can make one yourself. It'll also work fine with non-solid bushings, just upgraded poly ones, so you don't have to completely race-prep your car.

re: cup lifting, they give you a taller lower bushing and a whole insert thing to raise the pivot point.

[mbonanni]

it's an 85/86 housing. large giubo. no it will not work w/o out going to great lengths.

it's the internal sprung type.

I have the large guibo tranny off my 87 b27 which I mated to my 89 b25 with the single mass everything.

[Cabriolet]

lifts in the cup?

ya i thought u knew about this.

the ball lifts up 1/16" in the cup. i can't figure out why they dont make the spacer bigger.

you don't see the mounting bracket if you have the shift boot on. what's the problem?

i dont like the angle that the pivot point is at. the sifter also rolls as it goes left and right. meaning that is as u go left it rolls left and visa-versa for right. instead of a flat slide back and forth.

the lack of bitch clip and rear carrier bushing slop makes it a clear winner IMO. The price is ridiculous for what it is, sure, but you can make one yourself. It'll also work fine with non-solid bushings, just upgraded poly ones, so you don't have to completely race-prep your car.

when you take the shift point off the trans the shifter changes angle on anything but solid mounts. the shift carrier on the body isnt something i can live with.

[Bimmerman325i]

ya i thought u knew about this.

the ball lifts up 1/16" in the cup. i can't figure out why they dont make the spacer bigger.

I did not know about that. That is horribly lazy design.

[kronus]

stock shifter does that too. it's geometry. you can just feel it more because of the travel and solid shaft.

we run a tunnel-mounted shifter in the lemon, currently with solid motor mounts (actually sections of steel square tube, long story) and stock trans mounts. we ran it with non-solid motor mounts before the current ones, and the shifter movement was absolutely minimal. how much do you think a motor moves in a turn, anyway?

[Cabriolet]

I have the large guibo tranny off my 87 b27 which I mated to my 89 b25 with the single mass everything.

it will mate. what u will find is that your slave will be over extending. dont believe me. pop out your slave and look at it. it's a 1/4" too short and that causes it to over extend

[kronus]

I did not know about that. That is horribly lazy design.

it's a bit ghetto, but I think they did it to get the selector rod over the giubo, instead of having to bend it like you do with a z3m shifter.

[kronus]

it will mate. what u will find is that your slave will be over extending. dont believe me. pop out your slave and look at it. it's a 1/4" too short and that causes it to over extend

so use the 323i TOB, it's 1/4" taller than a regular one.

[Bimmerman325i]

does it lift and move on you when in use? static lift is fine for clearance, actively moving up/down is stupid design.

[kronus]

not any more than the normal setup, it uses the same spring.

[freeride53]

Saw a clean Sterling Silver 318is today on the bay bridge heading to Alameda. I was in my ap1 s2k. Tt had 16x8-9 0 offset silver wheels, pretty low, no front lip, euro plate trim, looked really clean. Curious if anyone knows the owner?

He lives in SF and works in Harbor Bay business park near my house.

if this is the one, that is...


Encountered another M42 Goon squad member by sina.pour, on Flickr