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[TobyB]

oh, honey, you're on R3v, not facefook...



and to read what people post...


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[TobyB]

If your eta has the bell housing sensors, me, I'd be figuring out how to manage that first.
And what you're going to do for a clutch/flywheel.

jus' sayin'.

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[TobyB]

...and shifter, but yes, run it first, THEN fix what's wrong with it.

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[TobyB]

We'll get you a refund right away.

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[TobyB]

What does your sanctioning body have to say about this?
It would suck to do something to find it's not legal...

As to mounting harnesses, the stock belt mounts have reinforcement plates...

[TobyB]

Do you have the equivalent of a 2 car garage to work in?

If not, I hate to be that guy, but you need space to do a swap...

your best bet, if you want to learn, is to start by...

[TobyB]

BMW did some weird things with small- case LSDs in the 80's and 90's- the E36ti's seem to have gotten them
surprisingly frequently in the US- maybe BMW thought 'ooo, we'll get the economy- minded...

[TobyB]

Without getting into the weeds on how torque to yield bolts work, I 100% agree- if all of the bolts have experienced plastic distortion,
your chances of the head staying sealed are very high indeed....

[TobyB]

...and a stock paper filter is far more effective at getting fine grit out than anything gauzy and oiled...


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has seen it time and again......

[TobyB]

this thread is useless without high side and low side pressures.

The compressor on the ti is failing- below 1500 rpm, there's hardly any pressure differential at all,
but by 2000, it'll...

[TobyB]

So much analog in this post.

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what, no microprocessor?

[TobyB]

Oh, carp-

that is an interlock pin, to prevent one shift rod from moving when another is engaged in a gear.

It looks like a ball bearing with an added cylinder in the middle-...