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You can use the spot where the radio front/back speaker switch normally is located.

last week finally mounted the eco 5 gearbox, with new shift commands, flector and oil gaskets,
then i tried to mount the exhaust again...
driving is more fun with 5gears my thoughts

Shit happens i think

need 2 new front pipes,
i was also thinking about mounting a 323i exhaust, but there is nothing mounted on the 320/6 body to hold the rear exhaust muffler up
also billies on the way from W&N

Hi,

You need to weld an extra piece that holds it in place under your car, did the same with mine.

#5 in picture underneath:



Youll also need a new mid-silencer then

BMW-POWER wrote:need 2 new front pipes,
i was also thinking about mounting a 323i exhaust, but there is nothing mounted on the 320/6 body to hold the rear exhaust muffler up
also billies on the way from W&N

The billies from W&N for the 323i have a delivery time of four weeks.

Peter V. wrote: The billies from W&N for the 323i have a delivery time of four weeks.

got a mail today it's gonna be 6 weeks
but they"re coming

today mounted a little update,
much better to hold than the original steering wheel my thoughts after a short test drive


got a mail from W&N that my bilsteins are on the way

me happy


later more...

Hoi,

Mounted yet?
any news?

today started with the rear side of the suspension
cleaned up all parts, now only the 323i torsion bar to mount

some pics

looks like this now

you get this height on the rear


this evening did a test drive,
the back end is much calmer, and doesn't act like a boat anymore,
a short movie from the test drive this evening...
anyone a idea why i can only give full throttle when i passed 3000rpm? you can here it when i start accelerating, then it goos lik wooooBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO????

Good job, the ride height looks great.
I'll be installing Billies with H&R pretty soon too
We both have an antrazitgrau car. I added the chrome door handles, and I think it looks great with this colour.

I did a test drive in a 320/6 when I was looking for my first E21. That one stalled below 3000rpm and wouldn't accelerate at all when you floored it. Above 3000rpm it was fine. The seller said this was normal for a carb engine and my friend I had with me then said it wasn't and the carb needed adjustment / cleaning. Maybe this helps a little.

today came home with a complete 323i rear axle in my caddy
first complete revision of it, and then i can fix a full 323i brake/suspension system in my Shark,
will brake a lot better than with the original 320/6 brake drums on the rear...

The most think that drumbrakes are not as good as discbrakes.

If you know how less the brakes at the back are used it is not allways neccessary to convert to discbrakes. I think that the rearbrakes in normal setup are maximum 25% of the total brakepower. The only advantage you have with discbrakes is that the heat goes away faster then with brakedrums.

Offcourse there are systems that ables you to change the brakebalance in the car and then the discbrakes have more advantage but with the standard setup i am not sure.