If you have a long rounded rod you can lay it in the pulley groove and see if it lines up with the next one or needs adjusting.
If you have a long rounded rod you can lay it in the pulley groove and see if it lines up with the next one or needs adjusting.
One thing that has really bugged me being tall is how close and high the bench seat sits to the wheel, not to mention sliding off of it around turns with the stiffened up suspension. So in the nature of craigslist spirit I scored some E46 BMW sport leather seats for a couple hundred bucks or so at some point and put them in. The look is probably not for everyone but damn if it doesn't make driving it SO much nicer. (don't have a photo of it done but they are both in there now)
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I LOVE THAT STANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you have any more information on fitting/bolting those BMW seats into the car and the OEM Bolt holes, etc??? I have a set of SRT seats waiting to be bolted in (soon as I get some time) but I am trying to do as much research and prepare for the unforeseen.
Thanks
Thanks!
Yeah I can tell you how I did it, it wasn't too hard actually. For me I made it a little more difficult on myself because the e46 seats have super wide track width. Next time your in a 3 series from early 2000s take a look, they sit basically on the floor so the tracks are outside the seat. So whatever seats you chose pay attention to that because the A body (mine anyway) has a large bump in the floor on the outsides where the bench mounts to. I think a narrower seat track width would be able to fit inboard of this bump and still be centered on the steering wheel.
So I used the factory bench bolt holes on the outside near the doors because the floor is reinforced there, by drilling a new hole at the rear of the seat track on the Bmw seat. So no modifications to the floor there, then I lined up the inside holes where I wanted them and drilled the hole there. Ideally I would weld in some reinforcement plates for the mounts near the trans tunnel but I used some large fender washers because I didn't pull the carpet to do it (no way to weld with carpet in). Unfortunately because of the bump in the floor at the outside front mount that I mentioned the track on the front inside corners wanted to be a couple inches in the air. Currently just have some washers stacked up but eventually will make some better mounts. The bump also makes the seat tilt a bit backward on the bottom but I used power seats with some adjustability so it gets rid of most of that.
Thanks for the information. That makes sense and it’s very detailed. (Exactly what I needed). Haven’t had time to get in there and do some taking apart and measuring/installing. Was just trying to do as much research on it as possible. For what it’s worth I really like the seats in there. I got some non-powered SRT seats that I will eventually install myself.
Thanks Again! And keep up the good work and posting!
What hood are you going to run
Keep the spacer don't use a drop base and for the 6 pack hood. More power, better cooling.
Did you have to do anything special to get the fan shroud to bolt up to the champion radiator.
I have heard the factory ones do not fit.
Also, that old bug looks clean, people would be asking 2K for that around here, the land of no rust must be nice.
my shroud bolted right up to my champion, i just had to elongate one of the holes on the shroudDid you have to do anything special to get the fan shroud to bolt up to the champion radiator.
I have heard the factory ones do not fit.
Also, that old bug looks clean, people would be asking 2K for that around here, the land of no rust must be nice.