Prediction: Ethan’s credibility as ‘a car guy’ will overtake the rest of the channel and he’ll go do his own thing and build a 500hp Turbo K24 swapped Jazz and casually set a FWD record the ring. Comments on his videos will include “incredible footwork as ever” and “I can’t believe this guy started out as the ‘non car guy’ on car throttle” and “lol did you spot that red MX5 getting chopped at 03:44”
I keep asking myself “Is this adult bullying?” And then asking “Do I enjoy watching adults getting bullied?”…. All of which is answered in the last 3 minutes.
@@Me-zo8yc that actually sounds like a disgusting sandwich, but I think I catch your drift. Thanks! Ethan acts like I did as a kid whenever my dad was trying to teach me something difficult that I wanted to quit when it got hard….. only to grow up and really appreciate it.
Rookie mistake, grab some eye protection when working underneath a car. Ideally you would wear them almost all the time regardless of what you're doing on a car. Underneath though is a big big no-no to go without them; gravity is a bitch.
I agree. Some of this isn't very funny. It's one thing taking the piss a bit but he could have hurt himself doing that and that's not the first time I've seen them effectively make him do something dangerous. It gets old pretty quickly. I want to see people having a laugh and some fun not seeing people being a bit of a wanker to a nice bloke.
I've got to agree with you. I'm a mechanic, and i've done jobs like changing a clutch many many times. It was always agreed that lifting or lowering a gearbox (or other heavy parts) was done by 2 mechanics together. I was never patient enough to wait for a collegue to come and help, and in the end i ruined my back, standing like Ethan does in the video i can't really lift anything anymore. I just can't.
@@destructionnl8165 same here mate, even tho i was the apprentice of my garage, they never made me lift gearboxes or subframes or anything like that on my own. It was always a 2 man job because of everything you just said. Making Ethan do it 3 times on his own isn't safe
@@rotary_turbo99 Exactly. I never meant to ruin my back, but in the end i did because i was to impatient and maybe a bit stubborn. Seeing Alex bully Ethan, it makes me laugh. It really does. But yes, if you lift heavy things the wrong way and do it too much, you can cause a lot of damage to your back. I learned that the hard way, i gues.
I replaced the clutch on my '01 boxster by myself with 2 jacks, 2 jack stands, a decent set of tools and a day of patience. Hardest part was getting the exhaust off/on with the extremely limited space. And the WORST part: I had to do it all over again, right after, because I needed to replace the flywheel (I didn't, initially, to try and save $900🤷♂️😅)
Sorry for a dumb question but in the video they didn't use a tool to align the clutch so that its in the center. Is it necessary to use the align tool on BMWs or not?
To be fair it is a rear drive car, which is easier than a fwd clutch change, from experience my 2006 Golf gti clutch was a pig, I’d feel bad for Ethan if he’d purchased a fwd in the first place and had to do the clutch.
Francis Waters has correct but u aren't going to sustain major damage from deadlifting 220 wrong twice. I had deadlift 500 for rep do 8. And even when you're doing it right it still put more stain on ur back than 220 wrong. Now if he was doing this for reps and sets, there would be more of a problem
@@user-white007 You'd be surprised how little it takes. NEVER lift with your back. A Getrag 250 is 30kg according to the internet, which is enough to cause a back injury.
@@johannkuhn5685 Yep, hurt my back lifting a similar weight. The main issue was I was picking it up off a bench that was around chest height, so to get the lift needed I stupidly arched my back, instant pain. Fortunately it was purely muscle strain and I rested it and went to a physio to recover as I really didn’t want a chronic problem.
CT is brilliant, it’s basically mates, laughing at each other while they repair cars, having a good load of banter and joking with each other. Please keep it up 👍
Just want to say, thanks Ethan for doing this! As someone who is actually interested in cars and hasn't done this job before, you have helped motivate me to try more adventurous mods.
because the whole channel is cringe, the dislike button is kinda invalid as people who dont watch it dont come here to just dislike it. For me personally its the same crap over and over so i dont watch it .
A smile comes over my face everytime I see the "can the non car..." and I just feel, I can connect to ethan and his struggles, when I too try to wrench monkey. Thank you from Stockholm 🙂
This has to be my favorite series on youtube. I had a 1.9 z3 for awhile, a lightweight flywheel is an absolute blast on them. It DOES chatter...but....100% worth it, it revved like a sportbike and rev matching was a dream with the lightweight flywheel! Huge congats to ethan!!
With your excellent help (see 12:38 and 13:18) I think he can do pretty much anything. Some welding and fab work would be cool (turbo project could use some of this). The series has really helped with getting stuck in with things on my car. I'd worked on some previously, but never anything that really mattered to me (both financially and sentimentally), and seeing you guys break things down and show all the mistakes has got me more involved.
I would think, that since Ethan is building a cruiser, the next logical step would be to either weld the rear diff or install an LSD. Either of which will improve both his cornering and handling ability thus improving his overall driving experience and making cruising about the countryside a joy.... Or at least that's how'd I explain it to him...I just really wanna see him potentially having a go at welding.
I know, I just figured it's an excuse to watch Ethan weld something. Then as a consequence he'd get to learn drifting....not a whole lot of comedic downsides there that I can see.
I got my qualifications after 3 years in the garage but Ethan is like year 1 mechanics and I understand, but respect to the man for putting himself out there and learning it none the less.
I winced when Alex was raising the jack to screw with Ethan. The way Ethan had to arch his back to get the extra height is very similar to how I pulled a muscle in my back. A bit of cocking around is fine but you really don’t want to cripple your mates. Edit: Also refitting the tyre, was it too hard to drop the hoist by a foot or two to make the working height a little better?
Take notice on the 3rd gearbox lift. Head was up and back was straighter than the other 2. He held the 3rd one longer too and lifted it with upper body strength alone. Good lifts save energy and actual make your lifts better lol
I love seeing Ethan do that. That is so satisfying. I really connect with you on a different level because I myself always feel incompetent and bad, when working on the car but in the end - if you kept going - it all works out. Best feeling
My genuine reaction to seeing this: "Ahahaha great, they're torturing Ethan again." He did seem to hate it a lot less this time though. Let's be honest, after changing a clutch there's no other job on a car that will intimidate you. He should be proud.
Ganda Bruno!!!! Grande abraço, continua o bom trabalho! Quando quiseres trazer a BDS para portugal diz qualquer coisa, os adeptos da BMW PRECISAM duma oficina como a tua em Potugal.... os nossos concessionários deixam tanto a desejar.... fazia-nos falta uma BDS em terras lusitanas! As a portuguese imigrant is amazing to see you guys working with a portuguese tuning company. keep up the good work!!!!!!!!! all the best!!!!!
@@anderskisen1375 i know how frustrating cars can be. If you are trying to get into it. It is nicer when people decide to be helpful and not push you until you make wrong decisions. Should never make someone lift with their back either, thats so dangerous
@@tmitche36 Yep! Its supposed to be fun, if its not fun. Why do it as a hobby? I would rather watch Ethan be happy and proud that he accomplished something. Instead of miserable and borderline bullied...
@@tmitche36 and when he was putting the wheel back on. So much easier and safer to just lower the car a bit so he doesn’t need to lift it like that. Or even sometimes I have it really close to the ground and I sit down and use my knees as like a stool for the wheel. Saves my back
@@turbo_brian I used to work at a dealership doing mainly servicing with a few repair jobs per day.. got myself some cheap little 12V cordless tools (early gen lithium from 2010, not as good as today's stuff) and I'd only need to change the battery every like 2nd day so it was quite convenient. They topped out at 120Nm too (90ft/lb) so were very unlikely to damage anything.. just crack bolts by hand and then rattle them off, then rattle back up and torque by hand
The jack Dance if for every mechanic around the world lol got to love it. Keep it up Ethan you have Learned so much since starting to work with the cars it nice to see how everyone starts.
@@MsLoneWolf4 i changed a clutch once on some SUV but couldent remove the wheel since the anti theft socket thing(what ever you call it in english) wasent in the car noone could find it atleast...and couldent reach the owner to ask about it...that was annoying alittle :D
@@Raynes646 oh those locking lugnuts. Forgot about those as they are treated as antichrist here. I bought a car with failed clutch slaved after the previous owner had replaced the clutch. The disc was installed backwards.
As someone who has a vague theoretical understanding of cars but has never done anything on an engine I am both empathic with and envious of Ethan that has a team to teach and help him (well, help might be a strong word). I predict that the number of fucks per minute will rise (steeply) for a while and then slowly go down as this car gets upgraded.
Definitely the wrong clutch and the wrong flywheel. They reused a Dual-Mass Flywheel with a grippier clutch which will increase the chance of failure of the flywheel and reduce the drivability with the power level the car has. A lightened flywheel and a more appropriate clutch would outperform what was installed by a lot.
@@Four-S So for the car they're driving - BMW M44 engine, road use with the occasional track time, and maybe a bit more power by the time they're done with BDS: An sprung organic clutch with a lighter flywheel will make a massive improvement to performance. The organic material allows a bit of slip so you can drive in traffic, the lower mass will allow for an actual measurable increase in acceleration (f=ma, if you reduce m but keep f the same then the acceleration will improve) and on that car it will be perceivable well into 3rd gear. By going to a solid flywheel and sprung clutch you've also increased reliability in a track scenario. If you want to get really specific, racehead.com.au sell a kit designed to fit an M20 clutch to an M42/4 engine. It's good upt to about 350hp, and then after that you can select a different clutch. You get an increase in NVH with the extra performance, but its still useable and won't affect reliability. The DMF is still in place, and having a button clutch like that will start to tear up all the rubber dampers every time he changes gear since there will be no slip. That flywheel will start banging and carrying on in a few thousand kms from that let alone the fact it was already old.
I really know what it’s like working on project cars now. At my job, I’ve recently been stripping out the unnecessary wiring and parts from police cars so they can be sold at auction and I cannot count how many scratches and bruises I’ve gotten from doing that but when I was finally finished, it was THE most gratifying thing EVER!
You need to do a lamp check, you've got a tail light out. I've done a motorcycle clutch several times, which is a half hour job, but never a car. Now that I've seen what a pain it is on a car I think I'll make sure and pay someone else to do it. 🤔
Doesn't everyone like watching Ethan get forced to work with cars against his will. Quality content here. Could you add a wood interior in the z3, Ethan's wood needs to be part of it
Ok guys- clutches on an awd car using jack stands in the driveway without a transmission jack is difficult. With a lift and air tools… not actually that bad. I love the ‘non car guy’ videos, such a great idea.
It’s all in good fun and enjoy watching these videos and I have to say as someone who likes learning how to do things on cars it’s nice to see someone learning these things. Get on Ethan! A clutch is quite a big job to be fair.
My favourite bits of these non car guy videos is where alex and gareth tell ethan to do something and he refuses, then in the next shot he's doing it, it cracks me up
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Every time I see "can a non-car guy" in the title I just think to myself: "Ahhh poor Ethan... not again"
I mean is he even a non car guy anymore as he probably knows more then most people who say they are car guys
And then *click*
We all do lol 😂😂
@@connorsherry6376 actually true.
Yeah and then I think if he can then so can I and then never attempt it cause it looks hard as shit
Prediction: Ethan’s credibility as ‘a car guy’ will overtake the rest of the channel and he’ll go do his own thing and build a 500hp Turbo K24 swapped Jazz and casually set a FWD record the ring. Comments on his videos will include “incredible footwork as ever” and “I can’t believe this guy started out as the ‘non car guy’ on car throttle” and “lol did you spot that red MX5 getting chopped at 03:44”
He COULD. But he honestly doesn't give a shit.
CT:bullies ethan
ethan: **giorno's theme intensifies**
I keep asking myself “Is this adult bullying?” And then asking “Do I enjoy watching adults getting bullied?”…. All of which is answered in the last 3 minutes.
Finally someone who isn't a butthurt melt
@@Me-zo8yc that actually sounds like a disgusting sandwich, but I think I catch your drift. Thanks! Ethan acts like I did as a kid whenever my dad was trying to teach me something difficult that I wanted to quit when it got hard….. only to grow up and really appreciate it.
In England that's called banter ;)
@@Me-zo8yc Yeah pretty much how it goes around a group of friends. Just banter; if he didn't like it he wouldn't work with them or be their friend!
@@Interknetz I hope he gets a "bullying raise" after each video in this series, he deserves it 😂
Rookie mistake, grab some eye protection when working underneath a car. Ideally you would wear them almost all the time regardless of what you're doing on a car. Underneath though is a big big no-no to go without them; gravity is a bitch.
That and the regular trainers, he should've had steel toe capped boots on
Alternative title: Ethan gets bullied for multiple hours
I feel like peer-pressuring Ethan into using a dangerous power tool he doesn't want to use isn't the best example to be setting 😅
It's even worse him with him not knowing what sort of clutch he's getting himself in to😂
Yes and we're all here for it, easily one of the more entertaining series on here.
Isn't this every episode haha love you ethan haha
eh cant even lift without curving his spine ,jesus it makes me feel ill
17:58 I love the synchronised "yeah"s
You guys really need to teach him how to lift properly, he's going to hurt himself.
- A Person with Back Problems
I agree. Some of this isn't very funny. It's one thing taking the piss a bit but he could have hurt himself doing that and that's not the first time I've seen them effectively make him do something dangerous. It gets old pretty quickly. I want to see people having a laugh and some fun not seeing people being a bit of a wanker to a nice bloke.
I've got to agree with you. I'm a mechanic, and i've done jobs like changing a clutch many many times. It was always agreed that lifting or lowering a gearbox (or other heavy parts) was done by 2 mechanics together. I was never patient enough to wait for a collegue to come and help, and in the end i ruined my back, standing like Ethan does in the video i can't really lift anything anymore. I just can't.
Yea, i join to you on that. Person who does not have back pain will never appreciated that
@@destructionnl8165 same here mate, even tho i was the apprentice of my garage, they never made me lift gearboxes or subframes or anything like that on my own. It was always a 2 man job because of everything you just said. Making Ethan do it 3 times on his own isn't safe
@@rotary_turbo99 Exactly. I never meant to ruin my back, but in the end i did because i was to impatient and maybe a bit stubborn.
Seeing Alex bully Ethan, it makes me laugh. It really does. But yes, if you lift heavy things the wrong way and do it too much, you can cause a lot of damage to your back. I learned that the hard way, i gues.
The best part is seeing how happy Ethan gets when he drives the car
Poor Bruno comes to deliver a part and gets roped into a day of work doing what Alex and Gareth normally would do. Lol
Yeah, Honestly I hope he did invoice some hours. 😂
They probabaly gave out the clutch for free as well...
I loved his face when Alex said he'd be there all day...
"It's never just one more is it?" He catches on quick
I replaced the clutch on my '01 boxster by myself with 2 jacks, 2 jack stands, a decent set of tools and a day of patience. Hardest part was getting the exhaust off/on with the extremely limited space. And the WORST part: I had to do it all over again, right after, because I needed to replace the flywheel (I didn't, initially, to try and save $900🤷♂️😅)
"Bruno, you're here all day"
Bruno - "Whut"
nice pfp
@@tamber5977 Thanks. Thomas Radstrom in the Focus, great times.
I haven’t watched it yet and I can already feel the pain 😂
I was like oh god lol
Pretty impressive to be honest a clutch is a big job and ethan seems to be learning quick 😂
"It's just big Mechano, isn't it?"
He totally gets it now
Sorry for a dumb question but in the video they didn't use a tool to align the clutch so that its in the center. Is it necessary to use the align tool on BMWs or not?
To be fair it is a rear drive car, which is easier than a fwd clutch change, from experience my 2006 Golf gti clutch was a pig, I’d feel bad for Ethan if he’d purchased a fwd in the first place and had to do the clutch.
a clutch isnt a big job at all. swapping an engine is a big job.
@@deadsteezytv8552that all depends of your experience level...don't make judgements based on your experience
This is just bullying him at this point
Pretty much :S
The lifting with his back twice part was legitimately dangerous.
Poor Ethan, I really start to feel bad for him
Francis Waters eh not really they usually only weigh 220 pound. An avg male should be able to deadlift 220 pound without much trouble.
@@Cooladj it's more about your technique than the weight of the thing
Francis Waters has correct but u aren't going to sustain major damage from deadlifting 220 wrong twice. I had deadlift 500 for rep do 8. And even when you're doing it right it still put more stain on ur back than 220 wrong. Now if he was doing this for reps and sets, there would be more of a problem
Please teach him how to lift things before he hurts his back!
It’s super light he’s at little risk and was acting like he was struggling
@@user-white007 You'd be surprised how little it takes. NEVER lift with your back.
A Getrag 250 is 30kg according to the internet, which is enough to cause a back injury.
@@johannkuhn5685 Yep, hurt my back lifting a similar weight. The main issue was I was picking it up off a bench that was around chest height, so to get the lift needed I stupidly arched my back, instant pain. Fortunately it was purely muscle strain and I rested it and went to a physio to recover as I really didn’t want a chronic problem.
Ethans section reading letters on the podcast should be called Smale-mail.
messages sent in via e-smale?
they killed off the podcast I think no new ep for a month now
@@Amir.253 oh wow you’re right! Probably being able to film again has taken a precedence
@@Amir.253 they said it was taking a break, but I hope it makes a return
@@jamesgillespie9000 it's been a month I don't think it's coming back they said theyll come back if people want them
“Citroens you can drive without wheels but this is a BMW”-Bruno, 2021
Well technically true, every hydro-Citroën can drive on 3 wheels only
*At local mechanics shop*
"Hi, I've got this Z3 which has some weird noises coming from the cockhousing. Can you help me with this? "
It's a BMW, they'd just think the seat is broken ☺
@@ApothecaryTerry lmao that's brilliant. It's a crime this is a comment on a comment and more people won't see it. Bravo you funny bastard
Yes as the cock thing is related to never using turn signals . Don’t worry just drive till plastic water pump or crank bearings turn to corn flakes.
@@georgel3657 Why thank you sir ☺
Sounds appropriate for a BMW 🙂.
I just broke my back watching Ethan pick that bell housing up.
"It's just big mechano, isn't it?"
Ethan gets it
CT is brilliant, it’s basically mates, laughing at each other while they repair cars, having a good load of banter and joking with each other. Please keep it up 👍
Hasn’t been 10 seconds and he’s done with the car.. brilliant 😂😂
Just want to say, thanks Ethan for doing this! As someone who is actually interested in cars and hasn't done this job before, you have helped motivate me to try more adventurous mods.
Ethan has a pretty good taste in cars nowadays, for a non car person
he bought a convertible pt cruiser for the 5000 car challenge...
@@Ericbuyslunch This just confirms it
@@DanieleCapellini looool
Full props to Ethan, because he definitely gives it a go.
Respect.
Who the hell dislikes a CT video, especially when Ethan’s doing mods
Some are just bot's or Stfu's disliking for no reason, to maintain a like and dislike ratio.
@@johndavidson3424 stfu’s?
Tf are they
You are aware stfu stands for shut the f*ck up
They must have had the phone upside down the whole time.
because the whole channel is cringe, the dislike button is kinda invalid as people who dont watch it dont come here to just dislike it.
For me personally its the same crap over and over so i dont watch it .
@@MrSupermugen alright. I love the channel, but Hey, your opinion is your opinion
Bruno is an ace, helping out and giving advise. Great vid, so glad Ethan is finally enjoying his project car!
Maybe Ethan wants a SUPERCHARGER in the z3!? It will give him the lower hp he’s looking for🤫😂
No he needs a massive turbo. For the first second it will have less power. Then the lag will end
@@dmystermillion2351 Make it a 2jz swapped plus that massive turbo you suggested and let Ethan drag race it against Alex&Phil =D
@@dmystermillion2351 You sir have just described Bisimoto 1000hp Honda Odyssey in a nutshell
m50 swap
"Oh my god that actually looked painful did you get it on camera" 😂
So glad he's willing to learn
I've seen people more willing for death row
A smile comes over my face everytime I see the "can the non car..." and I just feel, I can connect to ethan and his struggles, when I too try to wrench monkey. Thank you from Stockholm 🙂
I think Ethan should buy a Subaru next, I hear they're very reliable and super easy to work on.
If I can strip a subaru to bare shell and rebuild it again then anyone can!!!
Have you every heard of the words head and gasket xD
@@jakearmstrong2973 isnt said gasket on the tarmac behind the car regularly? 😂
This has to be my favorite series on youtube.
I had a 1.9 z3 for awhile, a lightweight flywheel is an absolute blast on them. It DOES chatter...but....100% worth it, it revved like a sportbike and rev matching was a dream with the lightweight flywheel!
Huge congats to ethan!!
I swear Ethan's just acting. He's actually CT's OG mechanic.
With your excellent help (see 12:38 and 13:18) I think he can do pretty much anything. Some welding and fab work would be cool (turbo project could use some of this). The series has really helped with getting stuck in with things on my car. I'd worked on some previously, but never anything that really mattered to me (both financially and sentimentally), and seeing you guys break things down and show all the mistakes has got me more involved.
Finally! Thought this was just going to get forgotten about.
Now onto the Mr2
manual gearbox swap
@@farfog Nah that'd be a right fuck about on the insurance, just tidy the paint work up n buy a fezza body kid for it 😂
Props to Bruno for his patience explaining/showing Ethan how it's done
I would think, that since Ethan is building a cruiser, the next logical step would be to either weld the rear diff or install an LSD.
Either of which will improve both his cornering and handling ability thus improving his overall driving experience and making cruising about the countryside a joy....
Or at least that's how'd I explain it to him...I just really wanna see him potentially having a go at welding.
welding diffs is never a good solution unless you wanna drift lol
I know, I just figured it's an excuse to watch Ethan weld something. Then as a consequence he'd get to learn drifting....not a whole lot of comedic downsides there that I can see.
I LOVE the annoyance of The Ethane!
2:56 Ethan: “aww it’s my eye” Alex: “who can relate meeeee!!! 😂
I got my qualifications after 3 years in the garage but Ethan is like year 1 mechanics and I understand, but respect to the man for putting himself out there and learning it none the less.
Nothing cute about making someone lift a gearbox 3 times because: macho.
Hope Ethan didn't get any back pains due to that.
Yeah I'm started to actually get worried with that.
I winced when Alex was raising the jack to screw with Ethan. The way Ethan had to arch his back to get the extra height is very similar to how I pulled a muscle in my back. A bit of cocking around is fine but you really don’t want to cripple your mates.
Edit: Also refitting the tyre, was it too hard to drop the hoist by a foot or two to make the working height a little better?
@@sw96 yeah the tire was brutal too almost worst really as he had to sustain the wheel and tire at full extension above his head.
@@sw96 My thoughts exactly.
Take notice on the 3rd gearbox lift. Head was up and back was straighter than the other 2. He held the 3rd one longer too and lifted it with upper body strength alone. Good lifts save energy and actual make your lifts better lol
Ethan "couldn't" make his own turbo kit. He can't do all the welding and bending of pipes etc.... or can he??
Let's find out in the next episode: "bullying Ethan for 48 straight hours"
I love seeing Ethan do that. That is so satisfying. I really connect with you on a different level because I myself always feel incompetent and bad, when working on the car but in the end - if you kept going - it all works out. Best feeling
My genuine reaction to seeing this: "Ahahaha great, they're torturing Ethan again."
He did seem to hate it a lot less this time though. Let's be honest, after changing a clutch there's no other job on a car that will intimidate you. He should be proud.
by far my favorite series on this channel
this has probably been explained in the lore. But how did Ethan even meet these people hahaha
Im guessing he and alex were roomates and it all spireld down from there
I think he started with being hired as a camera man
His brother knows the car throttle founder and he met Alex when they started working together for the company.
Please, don't EVER stop with this series!!!!!!
The lads: taking about a Z3*
Alex: Nearly like an MX-5
Never seen anyone so broken and then banging his head on the ramp was the icing on the cake 😂😂 Sure this is low level bullying 😂😂😂
Ethan, you are an absolute champ. Good on you for sticking with it even with all the BS
I feel like I’m the only BDS Motorsport fan in the US. I absolutely love their work on the 318i
I need Ethan's *"This f**king car!!!"* as a ring tone.
I like how Bruno was just shoved into this and Alex is just chilling at the back 😂
*sees title...*
Well I guess Ethan is changing a clutch. Lol
I haven’t been watching these guys a lot recently and it’s great to see them at 3 MILLION SUBS and I need to make this my faveourite channel again
Ganda Bruno!!!! Grande abraço, continua o bom trabalho! Quando quiseres trazer a BDS para portugal diz qualquer coisa, os adeptos da BMW PRECISAM duma oficina como a tua em Potugal.... os nossos concessionários deixam tanto a desejar.... fazia-nos falta uma BDS em terras lusitanas! As a portuguese imigrant is amazing to see you guys working with a portuguese tuning company. keep up the good work!!!!!!!!! all the best!!!!!
Ethan as the best of friends because he doesn't know about cars but they are there helping him out with the cars and celebrating everything 💪🏻💪🏻
Dont wanna see him suffer. I want to see him learn and be helped
This.
@@anderskisen1375 i know how frustrating cars can be. If you are trying to get into it. It is nicer when people decide to be helpful and not push you until you make wrong decisions. Should never make someone lift with their back either, thats so dangerous
@@tmitche36 Yep! Its supposed to be fun, if its not fun. Why do it as a hobby? I would rather watch Ethan be happy and proud that he accomplished something. Instead of miserable and borderline bullied...
@@tmitche36 and when he was putting the wheel back on. So much easier and safer to just lower the car a bit so he doesn’t need to lift it like that. Or even sometimes I have it really close to the ground and I sit down and use my knees as like a stool for the wheel. Saves my back
@@crusegaming3305 man there is a thing called working hight and i think its like your head hight or something
Well Ethan is now officially more of a car guy than me as one of the only things I've never done (yet) is change a clutch. Good job Ethan 💪
The lack of cordless powertools in this video is disturbing.
One must earn the privilege of cordless equipment
It's a public workshop yeah? Cheap sawzall, trans jack etc makes sense
Do you know how often you have to charge the battery on a corded or air tool? Exactly
@@turbo_brian I used to work at a dealership doing mainly servicing with a few repair jobs per day.. got myself some cheap little 12V cordless tools (early gen lithium from 2010, not as good as today's stuff) and I'd only need to change the battery every like 2nd day so it was quite convenient.
They topped out at 120Nm too (90ft/lb) so were very unlikely to damage anything.. just crack bolts by hand and then rattle them off, then rattle back up and torque by hand
@@turbo_brian have you ever used the modern ones? They last for ages, not to mention you’ll always have a battery or two on standby.
The jack Dance if for every mechanic around the world lol got to love it. Keep it up Ethan you have Learned so much since starting to work with the cars it nice to see how everyone starts.
Get Ethan to do a Clutch On A Front Wheel Drive and see how he does
why not an awd one
Fwd is not that bad, except on only one part. If the lower balljoint is riveted instead of bolted.
@@MsLoneWolf4 i changed a clutch once on some SUV but couldent remove the wheel since the anti theft socket thing(what ever you call it in english) wasent in the car noone could find it atleast...and couldent reach the owner to ask about it...that was annoying alittle :D
@@Raynes646 oh those locking lugnuts. Forgot about those as they are treated as antichrist here.
I bought a car with failed clutch slaved after the previous owner had replaced the clutch. The disc was installed backwards.
@@MsLoneWolf4 insurance companies require those anti theft nuts/bolts so alot of cars have em here
Alex goes like “ ahhh that’s looks painful. Did you get it on camera “ 😂 16:12
I can't stop laughing when Ethan picking up the bell housing for 3 time🤣😂😏
As someone who has a vague theoretical understanding of cars but has never done anything on an engine I am both empathic with and envious of Ethan that has a team to teach and help him (well, help might be a strong word). I predict that the number of fucks per minute will rise (steeply) for a while and then slowly go down as this car gets upgraded.
Definitely the wrong clutch and the wrong flywheel. They reused a Dual-Mass Flywheel with a grippier clutch which will increase the chance of failure of the flywheel and reduce the drivability with the power level the car has. A lightened flywheel and a more appropriate clutch would outperform what was installed by a lot.
Can I ask, what would be a more appropriate clutch?
Like what type of clutch?
@@Four-S So for the car they're driving - BMW M44 engine, road use with the occasional track time, and maybe a bit more power by the time they're done with BDS:
An sprung organic clutch with a lighter flywheel will make a massive improvement to performance. The organic material allows a bit of slip so you can drive in traffic, the lower mass will allow for an actual measurable increase in acceleration (f=ma, if you reduce m but keep f the same then the acceleration will improve) and on that car it will be perceivable well into 3rd gear. By going to a solid flywheel and sprung clutch you've also increased reliability in a track scenario.
If you want to get really specific, racehead.com.au sell a kit designed to fit an M20 clutch to an M42/4 engine. It's good upt to about 350hp, and then after that you can select a different clutch. You get an increase in NVH with the extra performance, but its still useable and won't affect reliability.
The DMF is still in place, and having a button clutch like that will start to tear up all the rubber dampers every time he changes gear since there will be no slip. That flywheel will start banging and carrying on in a few thousand kms from that let alone the fact it was already old.
Finally the Z3 is back!
14:00 How long until we see Ethan brand head wipes?
I really know what it’s like working on project cars now. At my job, I’ve recently been stripping out the unnecessary wiring and parts from police cars so they can be sold at auction and I cannot count how many scratches and bruises I’ve gotten from doing that but when I was finally finished, it was THE most gratifying thing EVER!
Watching Ethan struggle is like watching a cow trying to use a shovel ....
You need to do a lamp check, you've got a tail light out.
I've done a motorcycle clutch several times, which is a half hour job, but never a car. Now that I've seen what a pain it is on a car I think I'll make sure and pay someone else to do it. 🤔
Ethan, you have to return your non-car guy card now.
Respect
The confidence at 1:06 completely contradicts how he’s feeling at 10:42 😂😂 how every car enthusiast feels at 10:42
I watched Zack from donut media do the same thing,(replacing the stock clutch into a weird newer clutch in his Miata).
17:57 that quattro yea timing just perfect lol
Doesn't everyone like watching Ethan get forced to work with cars against his will. Quality content here.
Could you add a wood interior in the z3, Ethan's wood needs to be part of it
Ok guys- clutches on an awd car using jack stands in the driveway without a transmission jack is difficult.
With a lift and air tools… not actually that bad.
I love the ‘non car guy’ videos, such a great idea.
Ethan, brakes.....clutch.....I am going to buy a car for you and Alex to fix/light restore now!!!! Wowwaahweeehwaawaaah!
I was wondering what happened to this channels videos, glad to see it in my feed again with new videos in this series.
I feel like the headgasket is in dire need of replacing (by Ethan of course)
It's a BMW. It'll need one soon enough.
@@wanderinggentile or a new wiring loom because BMW
@@luissera1296 BMW=Broke Man Walking.
@@wanderinggentile alternatively BMW = having to borrow your friends Lexus
3:32 I don't think Ethan caught that, he was too happy with having just got that bit of climbing frame off :)
“People want to see you suffer” 🤣🤣🤣
Gareth 2021
Yes, people who enjoy other people's suffering (psychopaths).
There’s no doubting that Ethan is the star of the show here. Massive respect for tackling that when you have Alex the Disruptive around.
Anyone see a resemblance between Ethan and Harry Kane? Or is it just me 😂
Ethan is really my spirit animal for sure now! He is the true king of this channel.
The next episode should be like: can non car guy make a engine swap to a v12
The simultaneous "yeah yeah yeah yeah" at 17:58 honestly kills me😂😂
My back hurt by just watching him lift the gearbox. You really shouldn't have let him do that more than once. That was pretty dumb.
It’s all in good fun and enjoy watching these videos and I have to say as someone who likes learning how to do things on cars it’s nice to see someone learning these things. Get on Ethan! A clutch is quite a big job to be fair.
The brake light right at the start; cant Ethan change that? :P
He replaced the clutch with guidance... So I think he can replace the brake bulb too
My favourite bits of these non car guy videos is where alex and gareth tell ethan to do something and he refuses, then in the next shot he's doing it, it cracks me up
Alex making the odd short person jokes about himself is too much 😂
0:24 Don’t forget the left breaklight ;-) It’s at the back of the car on the left, Ethan. Color is red 😂
He got something in his eye from Alex moving the undertray and they still continued without goggles? Bit daft.
that should be your cue the whole thing is scripted lol
Gareth and Alex being the class clowns, Bruno being the helpful teacher and ethan being the poor student, what a brilliant episode.
Idk can we call Ethan a non-car guy anymore... we should call him an expert of the non-car guys
Wish my buddies were this "helpful". They'd just sit and watch and laugh. True friends they are