While i'm doin the clutch on the 3er.......

[paul p (chi-town)]

So does anyone else here feel that the non-Vanos M50 engine has a heavy flywheel?
I’ve been driving alot of cars lately since Kelly is shopping (****, we’re shopping, YIKES). I remember when a guru from the Sentra forum drove my 3er and said that too, it really seems like it to me now.
OR is it that it’s about the right weight for the 5er?
*confused*



Oh, a little OT but......
List of cars driven in reverse order, 1st gen Toyota MR2, Masdaspeed Miata, Honda S2000, Mazda 3 wagon, WRX wagon, Infinity G20 (the only auto, still trying to locate a stick). Notice the sports car heavy nature of the most recent drives. Kelly was originally thinking a couple of weeks before purchase. Now that she's driving the NX............. (best sound system i've put together in a decade, the usual 4year C&D top10 winning Nissan b13/sr20 goodness on snow tires w/ LSD), it's a few months. *sigh*
The research focus shifted from a new-to-her car, and is more me replacing 'Carla'. *rolleyes*
Welllllllll........a few months and we're in the middle of autoX/track school season and Kelly may not like the full sports car setup (springs, poly bushings, struts set to shake&bake) daily anyway.
Front runner is the 1st gen MR2, 94-95 Miata (darkhorse) and just to satisfy my curiosity (and appease you brand loyalists here) i'll drive an e30........but it is a loooooong shot.



This is looking pretty good actually.

~2000lbs, ~10:1 compression, 7500rpm redline, mid engine. Just like the sentras, Soko has low mileage JDM engines for $400-500. Unlike the sentras it's RWD.
*s singing*
SWEET!!



”Hang up & Drive!”
94 530iT&A 125K, ‘Helga’ (for sale? not below 35°F she isn’t *grrrrrrr* parked)
92 325i 120K, ‘Rolf’ (blown clutch and 3 doors that don’t latch *rolleyes* parked)
91 Volvo 745T 191K, ‘Thor’ (13 psi beater, gulps premium eats batteries *smirk* daily driver *ouch*)
93 NX2000 160K ‘Carla’ (alive and thumpin MP3s....daily *grin* Hers *sigh* )
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin.
Kinda makes the ‘Patriot Act’ an oxymoron, eh.......