The Random E46/ZHP Question Thread

[derbo]

Right that's what I've seen as well. Yeah I bedded the brakes I'm just missing that nice hard stopping power like I had in my 135i with the Brembos and cool carbons.


GoingHAM mobile

The one thing is, I've cooked my stoptech street pads very quickly on one of the mountain roads out here. A few other veteran track guys did the same for the street pads. I doubt I will like them on the track but I assume your track experience is closer to the beginner side?

[UdubBadger]

Yes, it is but I don't expect it to be that way very long. I do have some karting experience under my belt, not competitively but frequently and directed by people who know what they're doing including my dad (just realized that was almost 15 years ago, damn).

Again, the track days this year are likely going to put me in the lowest class because Ive never actually signed up for one but I'm assuming (maybe overconfidently) that I probably know a bit more about the principles of racing, than most guys with a $65k BMW and an afternoon to kill which is who I'll likely be at these events with.

Thats the only reason I'm looking for something more than just a street pad. I don't want the limiting factor in me progressing even in just an afternoon, to be my pads couldn't hold up to the track. HP+ sounds like it would be right in my wheel house but after looking, they're $400 a set. I could get an OE spec set or stoptechs to run on the street and a set of fully dedicated track pads for the days I spend on the track for about $500, so I guess maybe I need to just either be totally serious about what I am going to run and be ok with swapping pads at a track, or just deal with whatever drawbacks there are from running 1 pad full time that does both things marginally well.

[derbo]

Yes, it is but I don't expect it to be that way very long. I do have some karting experience under my belt, not competitively but frequently and directed by people who know what they're doing including my dad (just realized that was almost 15 years ago, damn).

Again, the track days this year are likely going to put me in the lowest class because Ive never actually signed up for one but I'm assuming (maybe overconfidently) that I probably know a bit more about the principles of racing, than most guys with a $65k BMW and an afternoon to kill which is who I'll likely be at these events with.

Thats the only reason I'm looking for something more than just a street pad. I don't want the limiting factor in me progressing even in just an afternoon, to be my pads couldn't hold up to the track. HP+ sounds like it would be right in my wheel house but after looking, they're $400 a set. I could get an OE spec set or stoptechs to run on the street and a set of fully dedicated track pads for the days I spend on the track for about $500, so I guess maybe I need to just either be totally serious about what I am going to run and be ok with swapping pads at a track, or just deal with whatever drawbacks there are from running 1 pad full time that does both things marginally well.

Gotcha.


Seth, why don't you stick to the stoptechs and bring tools along with a set of track pads in case you do cook the stoptechs? That way you are prepared to fix your afternoon.

PFC08s are nice for your M3. $342 for front axle, $262 for the rear axle. They are an endurance compound with a linear torque and MOT of 2000F. It's my next track pad for sure. It's not cheap but its one of those pads that will last very very long.

[UdubBadger]

Good info... Anthony from BimmerBrakes keeps telling me to do PFC's so I should probably listen - he tracks a lot as well.

I'll just hold off till I get close to the first day on the track and then grab something I can swap if needed.

[ClimRox]

I'm planning to replace the OFHG later this spring, and am looking for torque specs on the 6 bolts that hold the housing to the block. I can't find them in the Bentley manual. Should I look closer, or is there another place to find this info when not contained in the Bentley manual?

[ELCID86]

I'm planning to replace the OFHG later this spring, and am looking for torque specs on the 6 bolts that hold the housing to the block. I can't find them in the Bentley manual. Should I look closer, or is there another place to find this info when not contained in the Bentley manual?

I didn't see it either thought page 010-7 tell you how to calculate it based on the bolt (too much math for me). 22Nm according to this: http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=647405

Post #7 might help: http://www.e46fanatics.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=785995

[Hornung418]

I'm planning to replace the OFHG later this spring, and am looking for torque specs on the 6 bolts that hold the housing to the block. I can't find them in the Bentley manual. Should I look closer, or is there another place to find this info when not contained in the Bentley manual?

I've always used a method where I tighten until tight and then swing the ratchet down two clicks and tighten to the angle previous.

[danewilson77]

I'm planning to replace the OFHG later this spring, and am looking for torque specs on the 6 bolts that hold the housing to the block. I can't find them in the Bentley manual. Should I look closer, or is there another place to find this info when not contained in the Bentley manual?

194 in*lbs (16 ft*lbs) = 22Nm.

Ref: Chilton

[UdubBadger]

he did that all in his head...

[Fenrir]

Great brake info in these posts.