E30 - E36 steering rack conversion? |
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StellaArtois
Newbie Joined: 11-August-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 8 |
Topic: E30 - E36 steering rack conversion? Posted: 11-August-2003 at 13:53 |
Hi guys, I'm looking to change the steering rack on my right-hand drive '89 325i, to an E36 325i or M3 rack with less turns lock-to-lock. www.zionsvilleautosport.com supposedly do a conversion kit, but this is only good for left hand drive. Anybody had a go at this conversion, and have some useful pointers on parts required, costs etc? Cheers |
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b318isp
Moderator Group Joined: 10-October-2002 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 2057 |
Posted: 12-August-2003 at 12:55 |
I'd love to know this too.
I have a manual rack and would love to rebuild it to a 3 or 3.5 L2L ratio. |
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CGL_E30_325i
Senior Member I Joined: 17-June-2003 Location: Dublin, Ireland Status: Offline Points: 102 |
Posted: 13-August-2003 at 17:45 |
I seem to remember a thread on this conversion on another forum. I will try to find it and post a link (is it OK to post a link to another forum on here?!). From memory the mods required were some custom fabricated spacers - as the e30 rack is taller than that of the e36, and a (length) modification to the steering column. I believe that the e36 M3 (evo?) rack is 3.4 turns L2L, but there was also someone who said that a Z3 rack would fit and that they were around 3 turns L2L.
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CGL
'88 325i Sport '01 330d Sport Touring '0? Westfield SEiW TDi |
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StellaArtois
Newbie Joined: 11-August-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 8 |
Posted: 14-August-2003 at 21:31 |
Thanks CGL - was it this one (hope it's OK to post this)? |
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CGL_E30_325i
Senior Member I Joined: 17-June-2003 Location: Dublin, Ireland Status: Offline Points: 102 |
Posted: 18-August-2003 at 16:59 |
Yep - that's the one - quite a bit of useful information on the conversion there...
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CGL
'88 325i Sport '01 330d Sport Touring '0? Westfield SEiW TDi |
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