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Thought I'd managed to dodge out the way of all the photos

Nice! Love a build thread! The best e30 colour too, will need to update one of mine once it's started.

Also looked through your 2 door thread and couldn't find anything apart from the first appearance of the bronzit from page 80ish onwards

Nice one Simon, I have all the ingredients in stock, including a already lightened flywheel, was it vanos or non vanos crank? Have both and a 2.8 crank as well but prefer the sound of this as it keeps the 135mm rods. What profile cam do you think would suit this build?

I'll keep looking, I remember the photos and spiel and some of the spec but not anything useful. Was it along the lines of m50b25 crank, m52b28 rods and m20 slugs? A few Kg rotational mass saving with out machining, bar the flywheel iirc?

What thread was the engine build for this in? been searching but cant find it.

It'll be along the lines of these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Screw-Counter ... 3a816c434f

What I have is four diff bolts with the heads cut off. Screw into the diff with fingers, raise diff into place so that the studs go through the subframe holes and one by one replace them with the correct bolts. now that is an Idea I like ! :D it's pot luck fitting Diff's I have had some fit real ea...

I used a drill in a vice to spin the valve and used various light grades of sand paper to polish the valves. This was on old Mini heads so may work on the m20 stuff.

Cheers for the advice so far chap's, the place isn't the cheapest and right next door to a buget tyre place so shite rubber is to be expected. I have not organised to look at them yet so may just search out a few better one's myself rather then just go look at ones he likes the pictures of in the ad...

Been asked by a friend to check out a couple of E46 M3s for him. Anyone got any serious advice or links to decent buyers guides? These are the ones in question - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-M3-3-2-Seq-Coupe-/121077643056?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1c30ca3730 This is the other http://www.ebay.co.uk...

You could also use the bigger, stronger M20 325i box (also found in the 12v E34 525i) and that means a shorter prop. Trouble is, the props you'll be using (E28 525i and 528i) normally have the big M30 prop donut that won't fit the 325i output flange. I had this issue converting a 525e from auto to ...

Nice buy Colin, never knew Spence had an ix, saying that I've not been by his place in a good while.

Jhonno wrote:
Simon13 wrote:theres been some rear arch action to get them on!
It's had a tickle.. Bought an arch roller

Did it distort the arch in the process? or is that just a dirty mark?

Possibly damaged the rear shoe mounting pins by ripping them of the back plates or just moved the shoes so that they are binding a bit. Is it rear drums or discs?

Good to hear bud, hope you get them sorted.

steve_k wrote: got a seasl blown on a set of FK koenigsport (sp?)

Are these one's not based on koni inserts/shocks? if so these places may be worth a phone http://www.koni.uk.com/home/index.php?o ... Itemid=126

Have you followed one of these guides? - http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=167500

B7's method would be the way i would go - http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 1&start=75

1) Topblag (Colin), 325i Cab/Tech II Sport/Delphin Grey Track Car - Edinburgh but soon to be Fife. 2) Sanchez (Peter) ''320i'' malachite touring in Edinburgh. 3) 320iAN (Ian) 318iS, West Dunbartonshire 4)e30kev (Kev), e36 328i touring ,Kelty, Fife 5)toadster987 (stuart) tech2 sport, Galashiels, Bord...

Seen an ad for one today, looked it up, here's a few links http://www.bimmerforums.co.uk/forum/f74/alpina-b2-5-whats-so-special-t31494/ http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/alpinaboard-com-bmw-alpina-discussion/50521-e36-alpina-b2-5-a.html seems like a badge job mostly, should be slightly higher spec th...

Was Alex/Turbo-Brown not looking in to chain driven m20 for his twin turbo build? It may have been just the dry sump oil pump drive but may be worth a read.

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Would a brace between the base of the main hoop to the rear arch/harness bar area be beneficial or over kill? Like wise a low level brace at the base of the main hoop?

I think it'll depend on the temperature of the thermostat that you fit, we fitted a 80 degree stat and a 80/88 switch to run the twin speed fan.

Borrowed the picture ^ from LeeParkes, do it the pikey way

How you planning on getting the shell on to the transit?

The diff to subframe bolts being loose or not fully home and cause a knocking noise too.

Its the right picture, just use the part number 41128200462. It was in the link to beardymat's thread further up the page.

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I had a m50 sump in my dishwasher

, worked quite well and didn't damage the alloy or the washer.

im not so sure now it will clear just by twisting the flange, In the pic above showing the flange touching the knuckle the manifold is not bolted flush to the head, ie there's a 10mm gap at the top (should of took a pic) so with the mani flush to the head it will push that flange even closer to the...

Chop the pipe, rotate 90 degrees then re-weld will be fine, Should give you a good 10-15mm clearance from the knuckle? Should be plenty of room for movement by the engine on any hard left hand corners.

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Bookmarked this thread as nearly every e30 I've worked on needed these. No.5 is the right part but realoem's part number is wrong.

Dependant on the condition of the rest of the inner arch when you check it fully, I would be tempted to make up the repair panel and cut out the rot, weld it in then seal it up and fire on a new cover. The breathers and pipe work in the area would need to be striped out so may require a fair bit of...

Dependant on the condition of the rest of the inner arch when you check it fully, I would be tempted to make up the repair panel and cut out the rot, weld it in then seal it up and fire on a new cover. The breathers and pipe work in the area would need to be striped out so may require a fair bit of ...

You might have dropped/not fitted the dowel/woodrift key while fitting the pulley to the cam?

Just a quick question, i need a new spigot bearing quickly and all i can find stocked is 6002/2rs where as the old one is 6002/2brddc4. It looks like a standard sealed bearing so is the 'rs' just are just how bearings are labeled now?

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