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Vehicle service/part costs - warning *RANT* mode on!
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<blockquote data-quote="ron g" data-source="post: 857989" data-attributes="member: 13653"><p>now i'm getting just a little worried - is this an issue with them?</p><p>the rear end is out of alignment, with way too much camber. i have been thinking that this is due to the previous owner fitting some shortened springs & the plan was to fit coil overs to sort it out. the shocks all around need replacing in any case & my thinking was that a set of bc racings would probably cost the same (or less) than replacement springs & shock, & give me the advantage of height & damping adjustability.</p><p></p><p>also contemplating grabbing a full racing spec motor out of one of the bmw club series cars. m52 motors can be improved quite a bit, with no significant reliability issues. should take it from somewhere around 100wkw to 126wkw which will make things quite interesting! probably still won't be a "race" car, just a fair amount quicker & more responsive.</p><p></p><p>what i did find when looking around was that it seems that a lot of horses have escaped from a lot of the ones for sale. i had 2.8s & 3.0s pulling worse than a 1600... </p><p></p><p>& fwiw i can see no signs of any work done on the seat rails. it does, like every other z3 i drove, have a bit of forward/ backward play in the seat, but less than the other cars i tried.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ron g, post: 857989, member: 13653"] now i'm getting just a little worried - is this an issue with them? the rear end is out of alignment, with way too much camber. i have been thinking that this is due to the previous owner fitting some shortened springs & the plan was to fit coil overs to sort it out. the shocks all around need replacing in any case & my thinking was that a set of bc racings would probably cost the same (or less) than replacement springs & shock, & give me the advantage of height & damping adjustability. also contemplating grabbing a full racing spec motor out of one of the bmw club series cars. m52 motors can be improved quite a bit, with no significant reliability issues. should take it from somewhere around 100wkw to 126wkw which will make things quite interesting! probably still won't be a "race" car, just a fair amount quicker & more responsive. what i did find when looking around was that it seems that a lot of horses have escaped from a lot of the ones for sale. i had 2.8s & 3.0s pulling worse than a 1600... & fwiw i can see no signs of any work done on the seat rails. it does, like every other z3 i drove, have a bit of forward/ backward play in the seat, but less than the other cars i tried. [/QUOTE]
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