Originally Posted by
alanfordtw-15
Originally Posted by Mike1
You'd want to stick the E30 M3 front end suspension set-up on at least though surely? And with a Z3 or at least an E36 rack as well to make the most of it?
i'd find it hard to fault the 325 setup really, nothing wrong with it. z3 racks are often said to be too quick a rack and make the front end twitchy. e36 rack is a good improvement alright.
I s'pose it depends what you're used to Alan.
I've got a Z3 rack on my e36 as I found even the steering on that too 'slow' after the Cosworth and a few other cars I've had. The ratio on a std E36 is roughly the same as an E30 M3 ( about 3 and a half turns ). I find it pretty good now.....but it's still a slower ratio than the Sierra. The E30 M3 weights up a lot more as you turn in as well as it runs a lot more caster than a normal E30 so it gives it more 'feel' in my opinion as well.
When my friend owned his 325 Sport ages ago he put one of the Griffin Motorsport manual quick racks on and it seemed a lot more responsive. In those days there wasn't the option of a powered z3 rack
It seems like with the std E30 steering you have to put an armful of lock on to nip through a mini roundabout or quick left-right-left transition whereas it's just a flick of the wrists with a quicker ratio like in a Cosworth.
Just my two-pennorth though and I appreciate everyone likes different things on their car...but if I was going to do a YB conversion on an E30 I'd try and use the 'best' bits from the range