Two Questions for Ongoing Engine Conversion

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The Bimmubishi is approaching her final hour. The engine mounts are in and I have a couple of questions at this juncture.

1) what's the largest rear wheel/tire combo I can run? I was thinking of 15 inch rears (diameter) and 8 inches wide with the correct 20mm offset and a 235 tire. If I roll the fenders will it work?

2) I fabricated my motor mounts and they work great, the motor's in and supported on it's own now. The question i had about the rubber mounts is, that if they're bent a little, as in distorted out of their normal position will they fail quickly? If the answer's yes, is there a good, non fluid filled one that I should look into?

Please let me know.

Thanks for all the help.

Alex
Mitsu powered 318 coming soon.
 
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a) you can fit a 235 or even a 245 out back as long as the rear isn't lowered much. Do you have a pre-88? If so, it has higher rear arches and will work better with a shorter spring/wider tire. If you play your offsets and rideheights right, you can fit a 235 (or 245) if you roll the fender lips well.

b) having uneven pressure on the mount is no good. is this an M10 or M42 318? I can't tell you what mount to run without knowing that.
 
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Bimmubishi said:
Thanks a lot Stuart. I'm going to go ahead on those wheels then.

As for the motor mounts, the engine that the car came with was an M42. Please advise.

Thanks,

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Hey Alex-

Try E38 535is mounts. They are dimensionally the same as the M42 fluid mounts, but they are solid metal/rubber and are only about $12 a piece.

PS---I should have known it was an M42 when you mentioned the fluid mounts in your first post..duh :)
 
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I have 225/45 R16 on the back of my '85 323i and they fit comfortably.
On the wheel it has ET28 & 7j, but when the width was measured when they were balanced they said they were 7.5 wide!?!?!
 
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Stuart, I recieved the mounts today. they're installed as of a few hours ago. They're miles better. I'm going to jockey the engine around a bit tomorrow to get it repositioned.

Thanks again for the help.

Alex
 
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