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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Northside, Brooklyn
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I have an '83 and never did the upgrade... The mechanics I spoke to seemed to think it unnecessary. I was totally ready to do it and started to order stuff like the gaskets and chain-ramps.. Chain ramps btw are plastic (!) and there are a few different ones which go in there. The plastic makes me wonder how long plastic can stay, in tact, in there and what happens when the plastic inevitable fails, as plastic is want to do. I also bought the anti-collapse collars for the chain tensioners (safety collars) and didn't like the looks of them. I like their idea and intention BUT if one of those exploded the tiny screws etc, would end up killing the engine. So, they too, sit on the shelf 40,000 miles later, cracked plastic ramps would do less damage, even a collapsed tensioner might also be caught in time. These are things to think about.
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'83 SC
'96 M3
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