LHS ignition coil mount

[jeffbebe]

Gradually fixing replacing the little things. When I bought my car, the left hand side ignition coil bracket was missing and the ignition coil had been bolted to the body. I bought a replacement bracket ages ago and finally got round to fitting it but without a decent pic for reference (realoem is no help at all) I'm not sure where it was originally located.

Can someone please post a pic with the LHS ignition coil mounted in the correct position?

Thanks

[M6csi]

Hope these pics help.

[jeffbebe]

Hope these pics help.

Perfect, thanks! Looks like the bracket I purchased is for the wrong side as it couldn't fit onto the oil filter in this way - hence why I've been stumped where it goes!!

What's the orange thing? I don't have that. Airbag relay? I also don't have airbags!

[M6csi]

It's the airbag accelerometer module. There is another one on the opposite fender.

[jeffbebe]

Aha, interesting. Looks like our cars are near identical too! What year is yours? Mine's a euro-spec 91. Originally sold in the UK and exported to New Zealand in 2006.

[M6csi]

1991 850i (5/91 production date). Yeah, amazingly similar, even the same rear end.🤗 The pic below shows my old Remus exhausts, but now sporting round tailpipes (Eisenmann) similar to yours. The only difference I see is our front ends. My coupe has the Wings West (Hamann facsimile) front spoiler, whereas yours appears to be the factory CSi air dam.

[jeffbebe]

Cool. Not sure I've seen the wings west front spoiler. Have you got a front on shot?

[M6csi]

Here ya go! A smaller lip like the Hamann would've be perfect. The second pic is the actual Hamann air dam.

[M6csi]

And the new babies.

[8eights]

Like!

[jeffbebe]

Here ya go! A smaller lip like the Hamann would've be perfect. The second pic is the actual Hamann air dam.

I prefer yours. It looks great but would last about 10 seconds at my ride height, I think. I have no problems keeping the csi spoiler scrape-free on New Zealand's sh*tty roads!

And the new babies.

I bet they sound fantastic. Can't quite see, are they straight piped? Any other mufflers/cats/resonator?

[M6csi]

Yes, the Eisenmanns sound pretty sweet. Loud, snarling, barking exhaust notes all at the same time. There is a slight drone right exactly and only at 1k rpm. The drone presented itself right after the center resonator was removed. Initially had the resonator on, sounded very good, but I wanted just a little more soundtrack. I could live with this though as the sweet sound offsets everything else.

So the exhaust setup is this: factory cats, SuperSprint stainless X-pipes, and the Eisenmann race exhausts. I'm pretty content and impressed with this setup.