olie05

Bmw 3 series ---> Honda civic (drivetrain conversion too(ff)) Bmw z3 ---------> Mazda Miata BMW X series -----> Ford explorer

Check this website out. Very helpful for what your trying to figure out... gear ratio calculator

I like the Idea of having a bmw engine in a z... I personaly would go for a later model one (3l out of a z3, get it? Z?) my friend also has been toying with the idea of puting an entire bmw drive train into a civic or crx... It could be done but with many modifications. good luck with your bimmer swap!

does anyone have a profile view of a late z with pushed in bumpers (the big ones). I have a 77 and I just want to get an idea what it's going to look like before I do it. Thanks!

I'd like to see that too, if you can mail it to me or just post it. I'm thinking of the same mod.

Has anyone installed a nitrous system on their fuel injected z? I was considering the mod with a direct port system and I couldn't think of a good place to put the jets, on top the manifold is crowded with fuel and emmissions junk and on the bottom are the hot headers. Does anyone have any Ideas for a setup?

I don't know anything about the first two, but I know that having an x-pipe will make the exhaust note lower in volume because the pressure waves have a chance to cancel each other out. I came up on this subject a few weeks ago when i was looking to buy real twice pipes for my 280. when you isolate the cylinders from one another it is much louder and chainsaw-like (hondas, for example) . I'm assuming you have a v-8... if that is the case, for sound, I would go with x-pipes. I don't konw how this affects performance but the twice pipes system for the l-28 is supposed to be the best flowing when taken straight from the headers as 3-2 and out. Hope that helps!

I searched the forum and couldn't find anything about this car. I just want to know what kind of flares those are... They're soo beautiful

I am going to make my own exhaust system from the header downpipe back. I just need to know what angle of bends i need to buy, how much pipe etc. I am planning on buying the piping from jegs and getting mandrel bends. As far as i can see, I will need two 90 degree bends and a long section of pipe. BTW, I will be using a glass pack muffler as a resonator and a ricer muffler to finish things off... thanks!

I would buy the doors or skins from you