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[nando]

I used to bang my car on the limiter at 7500 all the time. lol.

[nando]

I had it rebuilt by drive-gear like 5 years ago, and used a bellhousing that has the correct angle on it for the 24v motors (early M50 cars in europe came with the getrag 260).

I don't think...

[nando]

Same here. Lots of track/autox in there too.

I'm sure it's larger or it wouldn't have a different part # and listing in the ETK. Who knows the reasoning, but the rear bearings definitely...

[nando]

Flatly, no. It's all way too big, and the E90 is a good 6 inches longer than the E30.

[nando]

This is everything I have:
http://www.325ix.com/photos/index.ph...ame_Alignment/

I swear at one point I had the dimensions for the strut towers on the ix, but I can't...

[nando]

So a new fab shop opened that looked like they could build me an oil pan (one of the last missing elements). But that was just before covid-19. Hopefully they'll be open when this is all blown over....

[nando]

This is awesome. I've been looking into this for years and never got anywhere. IMO, $1200 is well worth it when considering what a new ix rack must cost now.

[nando]

Calipers are not ix specific. Only the rear discs are different.

[nando]

Oh, I think I misread. He swapped an 87 325i harness into an ETA. I thought he was saying he plugged in a 173 DME into the eta harness. Yes, that makes sense. :)

[nando]

What? Are you sure about that? Motronic 1.0 used on the 84-87 eta has a completely different connector, with like 20 less pins. The entire harness is completely different. I know you're a long-time member,...

[nando]

oh, I also forgot another thing - the N54 manifold doesn't match up with the ports on the N52 head perfectly. I think you have to slot the holes on the manifold to line it up better. If you can fit it,...

[nando]

BTW, so far we haven't used the E90 EKP in any swaps. We have found the Z4 calibration for MSV70 works better in a swap situation (we ran into some strange issues with the E90 calibration), and the Z4...

[nando]

there's already a few N52 swaps, and at least one N54 swap that I helped with. ;)

Sorta - I need to get the oil pan modified. I have basically everything else. But I also need to build the...

[nando]

Cool to see some progress! I think I got an email from you about the swap DME. I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

My N52 is still sitting on a stand, sadly....

[nando]

I've had Febi rockers, new stock valve springs, and the 284/272 for ages (obviously, my valve springs aren't new anymore). Of course, this was 16 years ago, so who knows what the quality is like now...

[nando]

It's the centering pin for the timing belt tensioner spring. you definitely need it.

[nando]

Awesome to hear this. I could care less about what the forum looks like, honestly. One reason I stopped posting is the really slow performance, it just makes it really hard to use the current forum....