The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 280 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: Flywheel for and E36? Re: Flywheel for and E36?
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 14:13:45 -0400 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Flywheel for and E36? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 10/6/06 9:20 AM, "Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing you're overlooking is stack height. The dimensional requirements > within the bellhousing, specifically slave to crank plane, are different > between M50 and M30 configurations. This critically affects the ability of > the slave to engage/disengage the clutch. > > Pressing off the M50 starter ring and fitting it to the M30 flywheel is > likewise far from a simple proposition. That was certainly my thought. > Basically, if it was possible to do this, someone would have done it 15 > years ago when the first M50-equipped vehicles were released. I do know someone who's done this, so it does work. I don't know what other measures may have been necessary to take care of any stack-up dimension issues of the kind Rob points out. I've also been told, correctly or not, that Dinan's E36 lightweight flywheel took a similar approach. > As Neil pointed out, UUC already offers a perfect "direct fit" E34 M5 clutch > conversion setup for all M50/S50 series powertrains, and at a cost of at > least $100 less than a new BMW E34 flywheel: > http://www.uucmotorwerks.com/flywheel/LFWLE36SH.htm I'd sure consider Rob and UUC an authority on this whole clutch/flywheel question. So I bought their product. ;-) Neil Fort Wayne, IN 96 M3 - Bastard child 03 525iT - Sterling Grey Metallic 05 Mini - Cooper S with LSD ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 14:56:16 -0400 From: "Racing King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Flywheel for and E36? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> When I installed the sachs racing clutch with metal flywheel and tiny 4 puck clutch in the M52 engine, everything fitted well but the flywheel/clutch assembly was not as high has the stock one. I had to modify the clutch mechanism to compensate the difference in height (the fork was modified). Ran the car in three races and disassembled everything and everything works fine. The clutch was a Sachs RCS 184 bought used from Turner. Bruno Webmaster of the BMW E34 Website: www.bmwe34.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Maller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [UUC] Flywheel for and E36? > on 10/6/06 9:20 AM, "Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> One thing you're overlooking is stack height. The dimensional >> requirements >> within the bellhousing, specifically slave to crank plane, are different >> between M50 and M30 configurations. This critically affects the ability >> of >> the slave to engage/disengage the clutch. >> >> Pressing off the M50 starter ring and fitting it to the M30 flywheel is >> likewise far from a simple proposition. > > That was certainly my thought. > >> Basically, if it was possible to do this, someone would have done it 15 >> years ago when the first M50-equipped vehicles were released. > > I do know someone who's done this, so it does work. I don't know what > other > measures may have been necessary to take care of any stack-up dimension > issues of the kind Rob points out. > > I've also been told, correctly or not, that Dinan's E36 lightweight > flywheel > took a similar approach. > >> As Neil pointed out, UUC already offers a perfect "direct fit" E34 M5 >> clutch >> conversion setup for all M50/S50 series powertrains, and at a cost of at >> least $100 less than a new BMW E34 flywheel: >> http://www.uucmotorwerks.com/flywheel/LFWLE36SH.htm > > I'd sure consider Rob and UUC an authority on this whole clutch/flywheel > question. So I bought their product. ;-) > > Neil > Fort Wayne, IN > 96 M3 - Bastard child > 03 525iT - Sterling Grey Metallic > 05 Mini - Cooper S with LSD > > > > > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. > > UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate > Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! > 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com > > ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(2 messages) **********
