I don't pretend to be a welding in any shape or form but isn't welding up a crack or welding on whatever aluminum completely different from welding sheet aluminum onto/into cast aluminum ??
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Originally posted by zav3n View PostYour gunna ending up spending as much time and almost as much money as a m50 swap... and your still gunna have a oil pan issue lolll
M50 swap? about 50 stitches, 2 years down and out because EVERYONE doesnt know half the BS they talk about and refer to. its a endless spiderweb of USELESS information.
SO! 300$ tops for a shortened oilpan for the m42
or 6000$ all said and done for a m5x swap.
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Originally posted by boom-monkey View PostI have not, no welding experience actually. Relaying info from a welding shop I took the pan to, said welding cast to sheet aluminum is near impossible.
If you're saying it's do-able then I guess the only real issue is shortening the pick up.
Still not worth it for me but goodluck if someone attempts it.sigpic
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making a all new pan is going to be expensive. Because your cost will start going through the roof unless you can find someone to make the flange where it bolts up. So that you can build the pan from there. Sort of like a Turbo flange but on a larger scale
Ive looked at the M42 pan, It as well as the sump can come up about .75 inches without huge modification. You simply cut a "ring" out of the center. And cut a section out of the pickup and weld it back together.
But the question is: IS 3/4 of an inch worth it?sigpic
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How about bolting it shut with a plate that has a hole for the pick up tube using a gasket on the plate for the pickup tube and then having a (pipe??) run to your new oil location.
It looks perfectly flush with the mounting location...
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1986 325es (69k) Garage Queen Buy It Now 10k;1986 325es (track rat) 2.7i How-To & 1.1/1.3Motronic UpGrade
1991 318is (daily driver) 1991 318is M42 Maintenance How-To;1989 325i (parts car)
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Originally posted by boom-monkey View PostIf you shorten it you need to expand the pan outwards to retain oil capacity and to ensure the pickup stays submerged when the oil sloshes. The lower pan is where the majority of the oil is held.sigpic
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I have approx 1-1.5" clearance and I have no issues. But I am running coilovers at stupid stiff levels. My exhaust on the other hand pops road reflectors off.
But it's all part of completing the Trifecta.
Buy E30
Get BBS
Go as low as possible.Originally posted by jrhaileFor the record I have never fucked a goat.
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Originally posted by mattdk318i View Postmaking a all new pan is going to be expensive. Because your cost will start going through the roof unless you can find someone to make the flange where it bolts up. So that you can build the pan from there. Sort of like a Turbo flange but on a larger scale
Ive looked at the M42 pan, It as well as the sump can come up about .75 inches without huge modification. You simply cut a "ring" out of the center. And cut a section out of the pickup and weld it back together.
But the question is: IS 3/4 of an inch worth it?
And about retaining the oil pan's capacity, I basically said fuck it and was going to run about 1 less quart of oil (or however much volume was removed). As long as the pan is smaller the sloshing of oil shouldn't make the engine susceptible to oil starvation.
Let me know. I still want to do this, as I nearly cracked my oil pan again TWICE tonight.
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Originally posted by slow e30 View Posti think we already figured that out. i did anyways. i spoke to a friend who is a welder and i asked if there was a way we can get a stronger more durable metal to build it out of.. any ideas?
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Originally posted by slow e30 View PostNot exactly. dont post useless, retarded responses about something you know little about. To shorten a oilpan and sump will cost around 100$ if you know somebody to do it. around 2-300 if you dont.
M50 swap? about 50 stitches, 2 years down and out because EVERYONE doesnt know half the BS they talk about and refer to. its a endless spiderweb of USELESS information.
SO! 300$ tops for a shortened oilpan for the m42
or 6000$ all said and done for a m5x swap.
jesus.
Originally posted by whysimonWTF is hello Kitty (I'm 28 with no kids and I don't have cable)
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