I recently had an M3 clutch kit installed on my 318.
Part were as follows..
- '95 M3 dual mass flywheel
- '98 M3 pressure plate
- '98 clutch disc
- '94 Eurospec M3 slave cylinder
- M3 pilot and release bearings
Anyways, I've been having a few problems. First of all, a friend of mine mentioned that the M3 flywheel is slightly lighter than my 318's flywheel, both were dualmass. Here's the problem, when I depressed the clutch and rev up my engine, the RPM would drop quicker than before and then drop below the idle level and almost stall (possibly normal for a lighter flywheel). When I rev the engine up while the clutch is in neutral and enguaged the idle would not bounce or the engine would not stall, only when the clutch is depressed this would happen. I've stalled the engine while making a u-turn with the clutch fully depressed, it can't seem to hold the idle properly. I know this is normal on a super lightweight flywheel, but for an M3 flywheel this shouldn't happen correct?
2nd problem, at idle when the clutch is depressed only sometimes I would hear a ticking sound. If I revved the engine the ticker sound would get faster. When the clutch is enguaged the ticking would go away. It only seems to happen once in a while actually, but it's annoying. People have said the flywheel could be comming in contact with something (although highly doubtful). Another person suggested that it could be the pilot bearing breaking in, possible?
3rd problem, the clutch is stiff as hell! I'm not too concered about this though, it just makes it feel like I'm driving an Diablo It just requires more muscle to change gear. Here's what does piss me off. A lot of the time I end up misshifting because the gear lever is really stiff too. When I change gears the shifter is a lot notchier and much harder to push into gear than before. I'm wondering if having the clutch changed to an M3 clutch would have affected this? If not, should I check the tranny fluid level or have it topped off?
Overall aside from all those little problems, I'm very happy with the conversion. The clutch just grips, no slipping and it take a hell of a lot of abuse. I was driving hard last night and I was amazed that I actually managed to chrip my 17" M3 wheels w/ 225 tires in 3rd gear! Wow, I couldn't do that before. It just throws you back in your seat each time you shift, it's just great The car even bogs a bit when I shift too low in the RPM band. It's good for 450+HP. I actually overheated everything on my car last night, I'm having too much fun. When I pulled up to a resturant to cool the tires, brakes and clutch down, I could see everyone holding their noses and saying.. ewww that stinks so bad.. hahaha.
Anyways, any help is much apprecaited. Thanks!
Bryan
Part were as follows..
- '95 M3 dual mass flywheel
- '98 M3 pressure plate
- '98 clutch disc
- '94 Eurospec M3 slave cylinder
- M3 pilot and release bearings
Anyways, I've been having a few problems. First of all, a friend of mine mentioned that the M3 flywheel is slightly lighter than my 318's flywheel, both were dualmass. Here's the problem, when I depressed the clutch and rev up my engine, the RPM would drop quicker than before and then drop below the idle level and almost stall (possibly normal for a lighter flywheel). When I rev the engine up while the clutch is in neutral and enguaged the idle would not bounce or the engine would not stall, only when the clutch is depressed this would happen. I've stalled the engine while making a u-turn with the clutch fully depressed, it can't seem to hold the idle properly. I know this is normal on a super lightweight flywheel, but for an M3 flywheel this shouldn't happen correct?
2nd problem, at idle when the clutch is depressed only sometimes I would hear a ticking sound. If I revved the engine the ticker sound would get faster. When the clutch is enguaged the ticking would go away. It only seems to happen once in a while actually, but it's annoying. People have said the flywheel could be comming in contact with something (although highly doubtful). Another person suggested that it could be the pilot bearing breaking in, possible?
3rd problem, the clutch is stiff as hell! I'm not too concered about this though, it just makes it feel like I'm driving an Diablo It just requires more muscle to change gear. Here's what does piss me off. A lot of the time I end up misshifting because the gear lever is really stiff too. When I change gears the shifter is a lot notchier and much harder to push into gear than before. I'm wondering if having the clutch changed to an M3 clutch would have affected this? If not, should I check the tranny fluid level or have it topped off?
Overall aside from all those little problems, I'm very happy with the conversion. The clutch just grips, no slipping and it take a hell of a lot of abuse. I was driving hard last night and I was amazed that I actually managed to chrip my 17" M3 wheels w/ 225 tires in 3rd gear! Wow, I couldn't do that before. It just throws you back in your seat each time you shift, it's just great The car even bogs a bit when I shift too low in the RPM band. It's good for 450+HP. I actually overheated everything on my car last night, I'm having too much fun. When I pulled up to a resturant to cool the tires, brakes and clutch down, I could see everyone holding their noses and saying.. ewww that stinks so bad.. hahaha.
Anyways, any help is much apprecaited. Thanks!
Bryan