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Re: BMW E36 Compact Budget Build
June 17, 2016 05:37PM

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What's travel on your Bilstein shock in rear? We were looking at using 10" travel in rear with turrets. Reason I ask is it seems that the tower height is a little shorter than I recall our measurements putting it, but it's also been a few months since I looked at it. Basically make sure you are into the bump stops before the arms run out of room and start beating themselves up/bending and adding camber.

Speaking of, are you planning a stock location spring or coilover? I found a set of e30 convertible springs and planning to start with those with a shock to try to reduce the bending load there. We've discussed a hydraulic bump stop sitting inside the spring instead of on the shock too in order to keep that load in the strong part of the arm and reduce the aforementioned bending. Kern's Compact is getting some nice rear camber now after a few hill climb events.

Interesting... I too bend trailing arms on my e30 with no big incidents to speak of... Analyzing them it is very difficult to determine exactly how they are bending... I also considered hydraulic bumpstop in factory spring location... Hmmm. I've bent them with cool overs and with convertible springs so not sure the coil over is the culprit...

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Re: BMW E36 Compact Budget Build
June 18, 2016 12:12PM

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STA setups just are going to bend. Reinforced mounts and proper damper setup. The lever action on the mounts is greater with a coilover than a spring mounted bump stop so might reduce.it but probably plating the beam is advisable.

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Re: BMW E36 Compact Budget Build
June 18, 2016 01:40PM

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STA setups just are going to bend. Reinforced mounts and proper damper setup. The lever action on the mounts is greater with a coilover than a spring mounted bump stop so might reduce.it but probably plating the beam is advisable.

Expand on this. That's an "assertion". How was this thought thru? Show homework.

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June 19, 2016 05:11PM

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Just think of it from solid state with bump stop fully compressed.
Now think 100 lbs of force into tire levers off the bump stop and pulls, pushes, twists on the sta to beam mounts.
As the.bump stop is moved closer.to the wheel the force gets greater on the mounts.

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June 19, 2016 06:10PM

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Plated/ boxed them before snow drift and stpr... Nothing bent there but pretty mellow stages.

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Re: BMW E36 Compact Budget Build
June 19, 2016 09:14PM

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I was planning on copying what Prodrive did on their e30s. Coilover mount in double shear too.

This weekend I helped a friend and crewed for the FCPeuro e30 at the AER race in Palmer Mass. One of our drivers got pinched and we had contact on both rear wheel. chewed up one of the tires on one side and on the other it contacted the wheel (and some other stuff). It knocked the trailing arm out and we finished the last three hours of the race with toe out in the rear. It seems these arms are certainly the weak spot.

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June 19, 2016 09:24PM

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Just think of it from solid state with bump stop fully compressed.
Now think 100 lbs of force into tire levers off the bump stop and pulls, pushes, twists on the sta to beam mounts.
As the.bump stop is moved closer.to the wheel the force gets greater on the mounts.

It may be legal in Colorado but you should still watch what you do when smokin that stuff...

It may be fun but it seems to cloud reasoning...
The arms are weak..In normal trailing use they do not need to be strong as all impacts just bat the arm away (up)..
No so when force comes from side.

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Re: BMW E36 Compact Budget Build
June 20, 2016 10:11AM

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I found side forces bent one way, jumps and compression bent the other.
Its not reasoning, its Archimedes. :-)
I'm cool with arms bending. Easy enough to change overnight and in service. Beams I want stronger.

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Re: BMW E36 Compact Budget Build
June 20, 2016 01:33PM

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Plated/ boxed them before snow drift and stpr... Nothing bent there but pretty mellow stages.

Pics would be great if you have any.

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Re: BMW E36 Compact Budget Build
July 01, 2016 05:42AM

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http://www.eeuroparts.com/blog/5665/rcr-sets-the-bimmer-up-for-rally-americas-snodrift-this-weekend/

If you scroll down in that article I have a pic of the trailing arm...

I can send u a bunch more if u email me at hooprally at g mail..

Little hard to tell in that pic but there is a 1.25 tube between the trailing arms then 16 ga sheet stitched in top and bottom... The support to the shock mnt is more to help with lateral loads.... I have yet to see a dual shear modification I like... (Soneone please post something nice to show me how!). The issue I have with what I've seen (flat bar coming off t arm to catch outside of shock) is it looks like a big lever to oil can the trailing arm on a big hit...

I will prob go that route of dual sheer eventually but want to really think it through first.

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Re: BMW E36 Compact Budget Build
September 05, 2018 11:40AM

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Hey guys,

Life has changed and another opportunity has come my way. Now I need to get rid of this project.

-I have a 95% complete caged shell (needs rear braces and rear tower tied together)
-Bilstein 50mm front suspension (8" travel) with 10" travel rear Bilsteins and extended rear towers
-4 Mounted Michelin ZEL80s on BMW basketweaves
-3 spare Michelin ZEL80s
-BMW M52 with m50 intake and aluminum flywheel and proper clutch
-Many other spares and bits

I'm open to offers on the whole thing or I can separate the parts.

Thanks

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