i'll do whatever my buddy wants, he's a good friend and its his shop. i'll be helping him the first day. i've done all the other work on my car except the clutch. he's a good friend that was in a rough spot 3 years ago that i "lent" some money to. so i'm recouping some of my loss. he has more experience doing e46/36 track cars and i know he swapped an engine just last year in 135 track build, he said 20 to 30 hours for all the work i wanted done which also includes a custom setrab oil cooler. vcg, coils and plugs, lsd as well that i forgot to mention. he had my clutch out in about an hour and a half. i would take a few days off from work to stay and help but closing on a house this afternoon and my wife is 7 months pregnant with twins so we have doctor visits every week and we have to move. i trust him so i'll just go with the flow. thanks for the suggestions.
replacing twins- to lower subframe or remove completely
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Your installing twins and your wife is having twins! Congrats! I see many more twins in your future.
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I replaced turbos with subframe still in, and with it lowered in customer's cars. When its time to do my own, i removed the subframe which was the easiest and quickest for me....or maybe its due to me done them a bunch of times....i dont know. I vote for removing especially when doing in a shop and they would have an engine brace. With subframe removed, its just easier to clean ports, sealing surfaces, more room to make sure oil/coolant lines are seated nice and correctly, easier to torque the oil pan bolts, etc. Also give me a chance to pressure was the subframe really clean.
Nice. Now say you were also having to swap the head, change the turbos, and the trans to do clutch? I'm considering disconnecting the trans at the guibo and trans mount, disconnect the motor connections, and unbolt the subframe from the chassis, and push up the chassis up out of the way. Nuts? Better way?
Filippo
Filippo
Haha. I needed to do a n54 head gasket under warranty long long time ago. I lower the trans with engine sitting on subframe. All came down with the front struts and all front suspensions. That was fun....
At the end of the day, theres always more than one way to skin a cat
Well my thinking ... pulling head from top is ok (Z4 more room too) ... but if having to do all of it ... drop trans too ... wondering if pushing the chassis up is the most efficient way to do the work ... seems to make accessibility improve and make the rest of the work less hassle?
Filippo
Filippo
