The Random E46/ZHP Question Thread

[ZHPizza]

The first thing I think of when I read the description is "harshness". Do you care about this at all? If so, I'd stick with rubber bushings.

Yeah, but they say in the video that they put them on all of their street cars too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liJ3t2xDwjY

That and @slater sings the praises of their spherical RTABs and his car rides great.

[slater]

Nice. They finally made some for the Non-M vehicles.

yeah - and that video they made is pretty nice, they actually did a good job explaining the different types of bushings.

It is a fairly new product so not alot of reviews yet.

A monoball bushing is a good upgrade though from a performance stand-point.

My only gripe with some of these bushings is the required maintenance. Even though a rubber bushing might not provide the best result, it is maintenance free. I personally like the solid rubber upgrade with the Z4M fcab. Cost effective upgrade and longer lifespan then fluid filled.

i have to disagree on the rubber bit in regard to the stock bushing; they need to replaced often because they die so quickly.

the Z4M bushing, on the other hand, should last much longer.

my only gripe with the Z4M is that is moves the wheel further forward in the wheel well - performance-wise, this is all good stuff. but it just looks a bit funny to me.

The cost is up there for them.

Think I paid $50 for both z4m bushings and installed them into existing brackets.

that's a great cost/performance upgrade.

The first thing I think of when I read the description is "harshness". Do you care about this at all? If so, I'd stick with rubber bushings.

i disagree as not all aftermarket options are the same. a poly bushing with poor tolerances - or no lube - will be awful. but i don't find my AKG poly units harsh by any means; if you have harshness with those, you have issues elsewhere in the suspension.

Yeah, but they say in the video that they put them on all of their street cars too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liJ3t2xDwjY

That and @slater sings the praises of their spherical RTABs and his car rides great.

thanks man!

i don't use their RTABs, i run bimmerworld units. the TMS spherical RTABs are non-sealed, race-only bearings.

[nextelbuddy]

so im just now seeing/discovering that my ECU Ebox fan hasnt been working. i didnt even know we had one of those things until now. My S54 DME has always shown a shadow code for EBOX fan.

i popped open my DME box and found my ebox fan plug. the plug that goes down to the actual fan is 3 wire but all my searching has found that the 3 wire ebox fans were from automatic cars.

im curious if there is anyone in here that has the ability to see what connector their ebox fan looks like? if they have a 2 wire connector or 3 wire?

the reason im confused is that my S54 engine harness has its own ebox fan plug connector with a 3 prong connector but only 2 wires in the outer pins. then my stock M54 ebox connector is stil present albeit tucked down away since it was unused and it too has a 3 wire connector but only 2 pins but those pins are in the middle and outer slots.


i need to find the pinout for the ebox fan so i can see which wire is ground, signal and power so i can test it myself.

[Newjack]

so im just now seeing/discovering that my ECU Ebox fan hasnt been working. i didnt even know we had one of those things until now. My S54 DME has always shown a shadow code for EBOX fan.

i popped open my DME box and found my ebox fan plug. the plug that goes down to the actual fan is 3 wire but all my searching has found that the 3 wire ebox fans were from automatic cars.

im curious if there is anyone in here that has the ability to see what connector their ebox fan looks like? if they have a 2 wire connector or 3 wire?

the reason im confused is that my S54 engine harness has its own ebox fan plug connector with a 3 prong connector but only 2 wires in the outer pins. then my stock M54 ebox connector is stil present albeit tucked down away since it was unused and it too has a 3 wire connector but only 2 pins but those pins are in the middle and outer slots.


i need to find the pinout for the ebox fan so i can see which wire is ground, signal and power so i can test it myself.

Check realoem and see if there is a separate diagram for that motor for manual vs auto trans?

I had no idea there was a fan in there until this post

[ZHPizza]

Check realoem and see if there is a separate diagram for that motor for manual vs auto trans?

I had no idea there was a fan in there until this post

Same here. Looks like there are several versions too:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=12_0899

[nextelbuddy]

Check realoem and see if there is a separate diagram for that motor for manual vs auto trans?

I had no idea there was a fan in there until this post

yes i know there is 2 different motors on the m3/S54 cars.. SMG cars got 3 wire and manual cars got 2 wire

but on my ZHP i have a 3 wire DME fan as well and i did not change the fan in my car when we did the swap which means my car came with a 3 wire DME fan.

i was curious if other ZHP owners also had a 3 wire DME fan. Realoem will show both types for the cars and in some cases its wrong as well

[Sockethead]

Can you post a pic of where the connector is?

[SaltyNC]

yes i know there is 2 different motors on the m3/S54 cars.. SMG cars got 3 wire and manual cars got 2 wire

but on my ZHP i have a 3 wire DME fan as well and i did not change the fan in my car when we did the swap which means my car came with a 3 wire DME fan.

i was curious if other ZHP owners also had a 3 wire DME fan. Realoem will show both types for the cars and in some cases its wrong as well

It's a two wire connector on my 2005 330Ci auto. Hope that helps.



And in this first photo, that's the other side of the connector that clips to the side of the DME enclosure.
https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...46-12907571019

Salty

[stephenkirsh]

I’m working on my coolant temp sensor replace, which requires removal of the intake manifold.

While I’m in there, I’m doing a bunch of other stuff.

The crank position sensor is in there, but I’ve seen a few people reference that they can change it from under the car. If that’s the case, I’ll skip it for now as there’s no problem with mine.

Has anybody changed that sensor from under the car? It’s near the starter.

Bump

[nextelbuddy]

It's a two wire connector on my 2005 330Ci auto. Hope that helps.



And in this first photo, that's the other side of the connector that clips to the side of the DME enclosure.
https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...46-12907571019

Salty

thanks for taking the time to do that. it just gives me more mysteries now lol. your car is an automatic and has a 2 wire plug grr lol.