E36 M3 Steering Rack Upgrade

This is desired because the lock to lock ratio on the e30 is quite large.

E36 m3 steering rack upgrade.

The first order of business was a new steering rack. The steering racks that can be swapped in from the other chassis make the car feel sportier and become a bit more nimble. This steering rack was used in many z3 roadster models including the z3 1 9 z3 2 3 z3 2 5 z3 2 8 and z3 3 0 models. The mounting face of the m3 pump bracket had to be milled down by almost an inch to line up properly.

This guide was created to explain how to swap an e36 e46 or z3 steering rack into an e30. Posted 13th july 2015. We d heard great things about the non m z3 rack so one of those was obtained. I ve just changed the rack on my e36 for a purple 067 rack and removed the rubber bush and replaced with a solid aluminium part.

There s no better way to upgrade your bmw e36 m3 than to upgrade its brakes most of these mods require a significant of of time or cost involved but not the brakes. The stock brakes on the e36 m3 are more than large enough to handle everything but the most extreme duty even e36 m3 race cars run stock calipers. Bmw e36 power steering upgrade. 95 m3 had a 3 0 turns lock to lock rack.

Updated 4th august 2016. New boots and inner tie rods are included. This steering rack is also popularly used as a quicker ratio rack upgrade on the 1992 1999 e36 3 series and 1984 1991 e30 3 series models.