NOR-CAL General Chat.

[Wh33lhop]

All kinds of heated in here

[golde30]

Personally I'm ecstatic they even bothered to make a motor that is significantly more powerful than the best M52 and significantly cheaper to run than an S54. I'm so ecstatic I now own two of them.

Word, I also own 2 of them, one in it's production chassis, and one in gods chariot. Pretty cool to have 2 different chassis with the exact same drive train.

[kronus]

All kinds of heated in here

yeah it's so hot i'm rubbing my nipples

Word, I also own 2 of them, one in it's production chassis, and one in gods chariot. Pretty cool to have 2 different chassis with the exact same drive train.

It's pretty convenient! I still want my oil to stop going away :(

Does your e30 have a lightweight flywheel? Does it chatter at idle?

[Cabriolet]

yeah it's so hot i'm rubbing my nipples

i feel like i should buy you a drink first.

Does your e30 have a lightweight flywheel? Does it chatter at idle?

you dont have the UUC one right?

[golde30]

I have the UUC setup, and it does make noise, but it's because I need to take tranny off and re torque the flywheel bolts.

The UUC stuff is basically race quality. That means it has to be checked periodically to ensure proper performance. Most people dont understand this and poopoo on UUC. For me it's worth the tradeoff, as my e30 is the most rev happy car I have ever driven.

[Cabriolet]

^ there are a ton of people that hate on that bc it falls apart over time. and they dont know to use loctite on everything. but also their newer stuff seems to have quality control issues. Cary, you've had that like 4 years right?
my only issue is that they require a sig for delivery and the shift lever lifts in the cup. but otherwise i love most of their stuff.

[Wh33lhop]

You are opposed to use loctite on any flywheel bolts for any flywheel...

[Bimmerman325i]

I have the 10lb JB racing flywheel and clutchmasters clutch setup that bimmerworld sells (lighter in total than UUC blue fly of death/M5 clutch kit by a couple lbs) and is dead silent and no maintenance or durability issues like the hit or miss quality the UUC stuff has. Same race grade part, one just doesnt fail half the time...and it's silent. Win.

Also S50/2 have plenty good throttle response. Eric, have you driven a properly setup US S5x car? I've driven an S54 Z3M coupe on track back to back with my car, and the throttle response of the S54 is better but not orders of magnitude better to make the US motor suck.

My S50 just needs oil and fuel and it's a rock solid track appliance. s54.....nope.

[kronus]

you dont have the UUC one right?

Dunno yet. M5 PP, it's possible that an unsprung clutch disc was used.

[Thizzelle]

It's cold in the D, not really been wearing a T shirt and people can't believe I'm from cali

[Cabriolet]

Dunno yet. M5 PP, it's possible that an unsprung clutch disc was used.

i would bet something is very wrong. pull that inspection plate and give it a look see. but it could also be the trans input bearing crapping out.

[Wh33lhop]

Or it could be the getrag rattle that is completely normal to every BMW transmission made in the past bajillion years and gets way worse with the UUC flywheel.

[golde30]

Or it could be the getrag rattle that is completely normal to every BMW transmission made in the past bajillion years and gets way worse with the UUC flywheel.

That mite be the issue with mine, as I'm running my original getrag260 with 195k miles.

[NATOBOT]

What's everyone's thoughts about ls1 in e30.

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[Wh33lhop]

Big torque, small wheelbase, light car that can't put power down.

Party.