The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 572 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: Unusual IX Re: Unusual IX
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:56:00 -0400 From: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Unusual IX Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've conversed briefly with the owner. He claims that he did use the M50 iX oil pan, but that there was significantly more effort involved. As he put it, " ... long story short the oil pan is just the begining thats the easy part the rest is a b*tch!" This would agree with my own thoughts and discussions I have had with mechanics. One way or another, I think you have to be cutting and welding oil pans together. I am about to start two different iX street projects myself. I have at least tentatively decided to stick with the M20 motor in both cases. I know that with track use, the front diff occasionally becomes a "replacement item" in a relatively extreme turbo iX application. I'm hoping that they will last better under street conditions. Not wanting to get into re-designing the drivetrain (at least not yet) is my reason to stick with the M20 for now. Who knows, Rob, perhaps we'll end up doing an iX project together at some point. NJ is a bit far from NH, but if you've got the expertise, that's what counts. An iX engine swap would definitely be next. Stan > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:51:40 -0700 (PDT) > From: Matt Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If you view the sellers other auctions you will see he has an oil pan available from a M50 powered E34. One could assume that he went this route or he somehow created a hybrid between a regular E34 oilpan (required for the standard M50 swap) the M20 iX oil pan and the M50 iX oil pan. > > I would be amazing if everything lined up properly to use the M50 iX pieces and the stock front axle shafts/diff. Too bad the pictures and the description do not show more detail. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:36:34 -0400 > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > That doesn't work right. The solution is to merge the M20 > iX pan with the M50 pan flange. > > I've been kicking this idea around for several years now, > and was about to pull the trigger... except that I may have > just picked up a warmed-up M20 which puts out a bit more > than normal power. Makes life a bit easier, if not as > technically interesting. > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:27:04 -0400 From: KMS- Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Unusual IX Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well, one thing you will want to do if you have a high power application is start with fresh viscous coupling in the transfer case, and put a limited slip diff in the front. Probably put a Salisbury limited slip in the rear too, instead of the viscous. We've done several limited slip fronts for BMW AG for rally X5s. Haven't tried to do an E30, but if you wanted to pay me to try.... ;-) Brett Anderson KMS Stan Jackson Jr. wrote: > I am about to start two different iX street projects myself. I have at > least tentatively decided to stick with the M20 motor in both cases. I know > that with track use, the front diff occasionally becomes a "replacement > item" in a relatively extreme turbo iX application. I'm hoping that they > will last better under street conditions. Not wanting to get into > re-designing the drivetrain (at least not yet) is my reason to stick with > the M20 for now. > > Who knows, Rob, perhaps we'll end up doing an iX project together at some > point. NJ is a bit far from NH, but if you've got the expertise, that's > what counts. An iX engine swap would definitely be next. > > Stan > ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(2 messages) **********
