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GARAGISTIC E30, E36, AND Z3 POWER STEERING DELETE BLOCK INSTRUCTIONS:

December 23, 2016 admin Leave a comment

GARAGISTIC E30 POWER STEERING DELETE BLOCK INSTRUCTIONS:

A common modification on BMW E30, Z3, and E36’s are the infamous power steering delete blocks. This modification offers a more responsive feel for your bemmer which translates for a more accurate reading on just how much you can push your car. Power steering is a revolutionary advancement in vehicle technology, but it’s more of a numbing effect on when tracking or auto-crossing your car. It’s an inherit handicap when you’re trying to get a better feel of how much more you can push your BMW in various turns.; the “numbness” that comes hand-in-hand with power steering is great for street driving, but for more of a “point-and-shoot” type steering, PSD’s are the way to go.

GARAGISTIC POWER STEERING DELETES CAN BE FOUND HERE:

GARAGISTIC POWER STEERING DELETE DIRECTIONS:

e30-e36-z3-power-steering-delete-top — Garagistic E30, E36, Z3 power steering delete blocks.

POWER STEERING DELETE QUICK NOTES:

There are numerous strategies when it comes to draining your PSD; Some people drain the rack completely and add a tiny bit of fresh power-steering fluid to lubricate the rack.

You can remove the power-steering pump, belt, bracket, hoses, and reservoir to drop some weight off the front of your e30, e36, or Z3.

A minor con of running no power-steering does increase the difficulty in turning the car under 5 miles per hour and parallel parking, however, the trade-off is the responsiveness you gain at higher speeds.

In all other situations its really not that bad and is totally worth the trade.

TOOLS FOR THE POWER STEERING DELETE INSTALL:

17mm box wrench
medium size crescent wrench
carb spray

PARTS NEEDED FOR INSTALL:

Garagistic power steering delete block
small banjo bolt
2 small crush washers
large banjo bolt
2 large crush washers

STEP #1 OF PSD INSTALL:

Remove the old power-steering bolts on the steering rack.
Remove the smaller 17mm bolt first
Then remove the larger 22mm bolt with the crescent wrench it will clear the oil pan with a little persistence.
Then spray the area with some carb spray to clean off some road grime.

e30-power-steering-delete — E30 POWER STEERING DELETE PORTS

Here are the parts ready for assembly

GARAGISTIC-e30-power-steering-delete-BLOCK-KIT — GARAGISTIC E30,E36,Z3 POWERSTEERING DELETE BLOCK KIT

STEP #2 OF PSD INSTALL:

first place a crush washer on each bolt.
then place the delete block over the bolts.

E30-E36-Z3-power-steering-delete-INSTALLATION — POWER STEERING DELETE SET-UP

STEP #3 OF PSD INSTALL:

place a crush washer over the bolts.
then place this assembly on the rack and tighten down the bolts.

e36-power-steering-delete — STEP TWO OF POWER STEERING DELETE INSTALL

YOU’RE FINISHED INSTALLING YOUR POWER STEERING DELETE!

TL;DR
GARAGISTIC POWER-STEERING DELETE BLOCK INSTALLATION

Installation is simple. You will need to remove the stock reservoir, pump and hoses. You’ll want to keep your stock banjo bolts and stock copper washers; You’ll need them to bolt your new power steering delete in place. To take preemptive leaking issues, you’ll want to remove your power steering, this is a great way to stop any unwanted leaks from the “hose mod”. For any question regarding your Garagistic PSD install, email gofast@garagistic.com!

Garagistic PSD’s can be found here

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Garagistic E30, E36, Z3 Front control-arm bushings

November 26, 2016 admin Leave a comment

Garagistic E30 & E36 & Z3 Front control-arm bushings

Today we’re going to talk about e30 front-control arm bushings, specifically the ones that are on e30s, e30 m3s, e36s, and e36 m3s. Just like all of our other poly Bushings we make in the United States. They come in three different flavors. They come in 80 poly, which is a soft poly, you’ve got your 95 poly, which is a hard poly, then you’ve got delrin, which is incredibly hard.

E30s and E36s both came with options. They either had offset front control arm bushings, or center control arm bushings. That really depends on your goals or what your car had originally. E30 m3s all had offset front control arm bushings. Early e36 m3s also had offset control arm bushings. Standard e30s had center control arm bushings and late model e36 m3s also had center control arm bushings. Could you upgrade from a center to an offset? Yes, you could and you would basically gaining about 10mm of track, because you’ll basically move out your wheels.

BMW-e30-e36,-z3-poly-offset front-control-arm-bushings-garagistic — Take your pick of Garagistic front control arm bushings for your E30, E36, or Z3!

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That’s one of the main things why you would switch to a offset front control arm bushing. The 80s by far are most street friendly. It’s going to absorb a little bit more noise. It’ll still transmit a little bit more noise over factory, just because of the solid fact that the bushing is actually solid in geometry, where you would find the stock bushing would have holes. It was made for comfort. It is made to give a little bit. That way the noise was kept a little bit lower. 80 is your street-friendly one. It’s good for autocross, it’s good for occasional track days. Overall it’s a good bushing.

Your 95 is your step up from that. A car that’s a little bit more dedicated to tracking. A little bit more noise is okay to make sure that the control arms in the front don’t move. Delrin is your full, all out race, drift application where noise is not a concern. You don’t want the control arm to move at all. It will transmit a little bit more noise, but it will get the control arm to basically not move at all in unwanted directions. That would be the main purpose of having that.

The symptom of a bad control arm is basically, it’s that symptom when you first get your e30, basically you go over a bump and that steering wheel shimmies and wobbles and you don’t know what’s going on. That’s usually the control arm bushing. You go over a bump and the wheel does whatever it wants. The whole control arm moves as a unit, when there’s nothing to attach to. Cheap upgrade at the age that these e30s and e36s are nowadays, this is probably neglected part on the car. It’s something worth looking in to even as a factory upgrade for your e30 or e36. When it comes to E30 front control-arm bushings, Garagistic bushings are the way to go. Our USA-made front control-arm bushings come with a lifetime warranty.

All parts can be found on the Garagistic app (ANDROID OR APPLE) or on our website www.garagistic.com and if you have any questions, please feel free to shoot us an email or give us a call. We’d be happy to help.

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Upgrading to Poly/Delrin E30, z3 318ti diff bushings!

November 24, 2016 admin Leave a comment

POLY/DERLIN E30,Z3,318TI DIFFERENTIAL BUSHINGS

Today were going to talk about poly and Delrin differential bushings for your E30, your, E36ti’s, yours Z3’s. They all compatible.

They all take the same some the sub-frame bushings. They all take the same sub-frames pretty much, theoretically speaking, and the same diff bushing. Today here we got all of our diff bushings that we offer. It’s a Delrin version, which is basically for all-out race guys. It’s good for track application, if you really don’t want that diff to move, Delrin the one for you. It will transmit a little bit more noise, being that it is solid plastic basically.

Then you got your 80-Series, which is the softest poly available. It’s a happy street-friendly durometer hardness. It doesn’t transmit as much noise obviously as the Delrin, being that it will absorb a lot of the noise. It’s really good for autocross, occasional track days, it’s just an all around good bushing. Then you got your 95 which is the hardest poly available. This is the one that we like, it’s the happy medium. It will transmit a ton, a little bit more noise than the 80 but not quite as much as the Delrin. They all basically have the same geometry, they’re solid bushing. As you can see, there is no holes like the factory bushing. The factory bushing have only is connected two or three points, and it was made for comfort, it was design for comfort. Even when you’re going with the softest poly it’s going to be a great upgrade over your stock bushing because it’s attached physically in more area.

They all have a lifetime warranty,all made in USA, here in Westminster California. It’s meant to replace part number 331 71 135242 and that basically is found in E30s, Z3s and E36ti’s, even your 325iIX’s take the same differential bushing, so it’s also compatible with that. Now this will … it’s something that will add responsiveness, it’s going to limit differential movement. A failed if bushing basically sounds like an ape trying to escape from your trunk. There’s usually thump, there’s things going on in the trunk. Usually when you put it in gear, stuff like that, you’re going to hear a bang thump something. Monkey’s trying to get out, usually it’s a because the differential bushing is gone, it’s literally not connected anymore. Installation is simple you will need a press because it does get pressed into your factory differential cover. It’s compatible with M Coupe covers, so even if you’re running on your E30 the upgraded differential cover from the M Coupe or even your E36 or 318ti E36 unit, they’ll accept the M Coupe cover, this will fit it. It’s a great upgrade, very low-cost. It’s a maintenance thing. These things are are quite old now and it’s usually time to replace them. Now this is kind of a while you’re at it thing. If you guys who put in LS1’s, the M60’s, S54 the big motors putting in a little more power. While you look at your differential it’s probably a good idea to look at our secondary diff mount.

This is one of the piece of the components, but basically what this does is it adds a second ear to your differential. Basically this came in later 36’s and stuff like that. BMW basically realized that they should have two years on the differentials. E30s obviously didn’t, they had one ear. This is a great upgrade, very low budget compared to the damage that could occur to your differential. It obviously will require another differential bushing and it will also accept a stock differential bushing. That’s also a good upgrade. Hopefully this made your understanding of E30 diff bushings a little bit better. These Garagistic Poly/Delrin E30, z3 318ti diff bushings are made right here in the USA and come with a lifetime warranty.

You can also check out on our app and our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop us a line or visit us at our website.

BMW POLY OR DELRIN DIFFERENTIAL (DIFF) BUSHING – BMW E30 , E36 318TI , Z3

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