The Cart Before the Horse: Spec 3 Build

[Senor_Taylor]

I don't remember on the diff, but I always did MTL in the trans. A little sluggish when cold but that goes away pretty fast.

Ordered 75-140w for the Diff. Seems BMW retroactively changed the specified fluid years after the E36 came out. 

For the trans, I ordered some MTL. I'll see how it feels and possibly consider ,Mt90 if I have any issues. Matthew helped me discover that second gear is very unhappy on a downshift when it's cold outside. 

Also, I took my front struts out again, and to no one's surprise, I had assembled them without a washer between the top hat and upper spring perch. Threw those in and steering feel improved. The noises and squeaks that used to happen when turning the wheels is gone as well. Also diagnosed my suspension clunk to be the sway bay bushing, so I have some new ones ordered. I think I'm just going to #sendIt with the current alternator whine unless I see a screaming deal on a used one. The car is ready for the March VIR pending a brake line flush.

E36 dudes, have you done the bigger Diff bolt mod? Has anyone snapped a diff bolt before? I'm very anxious about the diff moving around with the worn bushings and breaking shit. I really want to make it one season before I touch those so I can have Deren or someone weld in my subframe reinforcements and do subframe/diff bushings all at once so I can avoid that nightmare.