dimanche 12 juillet 2015

Oil pan baffle on street car a waste?

This has probably been covered a few times, I've looked around and some people are for it and some say not necessary. I'm swapping an m52 in my 318i, just finished installing an Achilles Motorsport oil pump and beefed up pick up tube. This car doesn't have plans for track use, atleast anytime within the near future, it's strictly a street driven car with occasional fun. We have a spot that we like to drift around off public roads here and there. I don't plan to take it too easy on the motor. May play around with some sort of auto x events down the road but id have to travel to do it.

Is an oil pan baffle useful for a fun street car? Is overfilling the oil a little good enough? I don't want to throw money down the drain if I won't see any true benifits.


Oil pan baffle on street car a waste?

Grinding noise when pressing clutch in

Hey all,

s50 5 speed. Sometimes on cold mornings or if the car has sat for awhile I'll start the car in neutral and hear nothing. Once I push the clutch pedal in a slight grinding/rattling noise comes from the gearbox. It goes away as soon as I let the clutch pedal out and start rolling. Once the car gets warmed up it may happen only for a split second when switching gears/may not even be noticeable when shifting in the upper gears. It's mainly an issue starting from a stop. Sometimes it may make no noise at all.

I don't think it's syncros because the sound sometimes occurs when switching into reverse and the reverse gear doesn't have a syncro from my understanding. The clutch is only a year old.

My ideas are throw out bearing or pilot bearing? I know little about transmissions so any advice is helpful. Thanks!!


Grinding noise when pressing clutch in

Problems seating a ZHP knob onto a UUC Short Shifter

Ive installed a Short shifter and the zhp know wont seat all the way down so it spins left and right. Ive at times slipped off the Shifter and put me into oh **** mode. Has anyone come up with a creative solution?


Problems seating a ZHP knob onto a UUC Short Shifter

E36 Manual Transmission Problem

I purchased a '97 318i and is has a problem with the transmission. When put into first gear as you release the clutch it pops out and makes a grinding noise. The rest of the gears are fine. I'm wondering what is causing this. Should I tackle trying to repair this or replace. Any advice is appreciated.


E36 Manual Transmission Problem

When you have a 528 and daily a M5

I've had my 528i for 7 or so years now and now that I've graduated college and start a real person job (accountant) very soon I've been looking for a new car to daily as mine can be a bit annoying to drive everywhere haha. I want to start doing some more serious stuff to it, manual swap first then start building the engine to make it ready to turbo so having another car to drive is a must. I had been looking at getting a wide range of different cars but I always came back to looking at e39 M5s because I've always enjoyed driving my Dad's.

Well it turns out I got pretty lucky and I'm getting his as he is now on the search for a Porsche Cayman or 911. I was talking to him about cars I've been looking at getting yesterday and he stopped me and told me I'm getting the M5. I was pretty surprised to say the least, I didn't even know how to react haha. Definitely the best graduation present ever!

Here's a pic I took of it yesterday at Mpact
20150711_092124 by Mike, on Flickr

And a pic of my 528 (don't worry, there will be no further lowering of the M5 haha)
2015-07-12 14.41.23 by Mike, on Flickr

More pics of the M5
20140809_113332 by Mike, on Flickr



Now lets see how long it takes for me to break my no speeding tickets streak haha


When you have a 528 and daily a M5

Euro 3-Spoke steering wheel

Euro 3-Spoke steering wheel

Euro 3-spoke steering wheel for sale. Airbag included, all in working order. I had it shipped from Europe a few years ago for an E36. Leather is still in great condition, it's been well-kept-up. Local pick-up preferred.

List Date: 7/13/2015
Location: NJ, United States

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On Sale For: $226.88 (Local Pickup Only)
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RKtunes tuning obd1 package

RKtunes tuning obd1 package

Brand new, never installed. Comes with 60# injectors, maf with pigtails, and chip.

For a 413 dme on a m50tu25 with a 120 gasket. Hx35 or similar.

List Date: 7/13/2015

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On Sale For: $1,000.00 + FREE! Shipping
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