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Yeah remote reservoir dampers etc. And i'm used to track prepped 106s & had a 205 GTi so i'm used to sharp fwd hatches. Also had an E30 M42 though before and even though the mtech stuff on it was much better than the touring it still wasn't great. The front bushes are pretty good, not very old. Prob...

An impossible task i know! My touring drives like a boat, i'm used to driving a clio 182 trophy which is like a fly, whereas the touring is like an elephant. It appears to have reasonable sized ARBs all round, i will measure them with a vernier. There is far too much body roll, body control is poor ...

Excellent, i read that in a post i found using search but was slightly doubtful.

My big wrench goes to 300 i think so it's all good! Going to have to jump up and down on the torque wrench

Many thanks guys

Hey i've got two new bearings here, about to fit them but the hub nut torque setting isn't in the torque settings guide linked in this section.

I gave my E30 haynes away with my old E30 foolishly so don't have one

Help is really appreciated!

Cheers

Alex

Anyone got any ideas?

I'd have thought if it was a cat it'd reduce to single pipe for the cat?! Meaning it's just a silencer?!

Hey all again. My 320 touring has developed a hole in the exhaust and i'm trying to work out the best way to resolve the problem. The front section consists of the downpipe and cat/silencer - has two pipes in two pipes out, does a g reg 320 have a cat? Then there is a centre section which is bolted ...

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Ok, in that case what should i realistically be looking to pay for an S50B30 or 32 then? My mate bought an E36 M3 2 door for £1800 recently the cheeky bastard, on that basis, the £1500+ on ebay for an engine is pretty OTT but that's expected with ebay. Cheers for the help so far. I need to make my m...

I would like to, but it appears that M52s are much more common, and much more likely to have had an easy life in a convertible driven by a woman, but i'm not overly fussed. S50s appear to go for a lot more cash too?!

Looks like the us spec M3 3.2 uses an M52B28 inlet manifold. I'm gathering from various info that it could be possible. Has anybody actually offered them up? Providing the B32 stuff doesn't fit on with a bit of work(remote oil cooler?) then i'm sure an inlet manifold could be knocked up easily enoug...

Been pondering recently about engine choices. I'd like to fit an M52B28, will rebuilt it before fitting, and obviously chuck some nicer cams in with a decent header and probably a B25 inlet, but was wondering if there was an easy way to fit individual bodies onto the B28 head. Is the port spacing th...

I presume it's single channel for the rear? To be honest most modern systems still are!

Collecting my next E30 on friday and looking forward to seeing what spec it is. No doubt going to modify it suitably.

How long can i last with 12v wrongness?

Excellent, thanks for the very quick answers!

Now to start compiling a shopping list for the car...

Hi all, long time no post. Does a 320 touring manual have discs on the rear, and vented front brakes? Will it have ABS, cc etc also? It's got BBSs from the factory if that tells you anything! Sorry i can't provide any more information, apart from perhaps a reg number if that's of any use which i dou...

Yeah i had considered charging it through the wiring in the boot or similar.

the little thing inside the grille that releases the bonnet did the job spot on, great help from you guys, dunno what i'd have done without you

bye bye E30 tomorrow

cheers guys, you've been extremely helpful

hopefully i'll get in there tomorrow!

ah yes i saw that, my long screwdriver was too fat to fit in though, will have to find a slightly slimmer one i guess.
fingers crossed that'll get me sorted

thanks loads, fastest replying forum i've been on

couldn't find a screw or anything behind the grille :s

and i don't even remember where the starter is, but will have a look under there on saturday as a last resort.

cheers

the battery is in the scuttle so i don't think i can get leads up there, not safely anyway.

will try getting the bonnet open that way when i get some daylight, cheers

I left the car so long without driving it that the alarm ran the battery flat, and now i can't get in. I can get into the boot, but nowhere else. The boot lock doesn't unlock the other doors. If anyone fancys telling me kindly via pm how to gain access to the interior of my car or a way to pop the b...

Well i took it for a track day, and err stacked it haha. Nah it's fine, just needs the front panel and splitter sorting out. It was inevitable. I learnt that not having an lsd means you really can't put down much power in corners without pirouetting down the track at a fair pace. I now need new whee...

Did the plugs last weekend, and checked air filter which was still clean, oil has been changed recently. Need to change fuel filter i think, don't even know where it is, haynes manual to the rescue lol

I bought the car as it is a few weeks back. It did idle ok breifly for a while, sometimes it's alright and other times it's not. Never run spot on though since i got it. But then it just needs some TLC i'm sure.

I need to replace the leads really, and clean the air flow meter, throttle body and idle motor stuff really. then check for inlet leaks etc, and see what it does. i'm thinking the heater plate really needs to be there for it to run correctly for how it is mapped? And the superchip and cam timing won...

1. I don't have that many laps under my belt, but i have an extremely good memory, so i definitely know the track, and am getting some good lines. Although there is of course loads of room for improvement. Gotta remember everyone started somewhere. Need a capable car to learn in. 2. I always wear a ...

surely it would idle higher though? it idles pretty low at the moment. there are various hoses jutted about that look like they should be connected somewhere, i will have to take some pics.

Will give it a thorough check over on sunday ta

Any other ideas?

I gather this is a common problem, and the air mass sensor is the cause? Idle is rough pretty much permanently. It might be normal though. Mods: Chipped uk off shelf chip Cam timing adjusted(supposedly, can definitely cause this) Heater plate removed I am thinking that perhaps returning it to standa...

Also says M10 lol Surely a 318i would be an M40? he can decide anyway lol we're both right ;)

Hmmm. Dodgy.

I was all paranoid then

Bring on the abuse

Just to clarify yes the noise goes away if i depress the clutch pedal ;)

Started off as a sort of worn gearbox bearing noise at idle, something rattles occasionally when accelerating too, now it rattles loudly at idle as the car has a rough idle, which is something else to have a look at :| Any ideas? the clutch works fine and the gearbox is on approx 100k apparently. It...

is an m10 not carb, meaning the carb will control the idle speed?

Track day in it on friday, then the ring the weekend after. Hope it holds up ok. I have faith

need to change the links to some pics, i moved them. will sort that out tomo.

ordered some new arb brackets, link rods and shiz from bmw today, will fire them on sunday ready for zee ring.

wooo

i'm sure it has a cat, as far as i can see 99% of 318iSs had cats, and the diagram of exhaust systems on bmw parts comp shows a cat which looks identical to my system. might be wrong though lol

Yeah my spare wheel is a momo, leather and alcantara, although the alcantara has worn down from numerous grabs at the wheel on track days, still it should do. wanted a bmw one really though

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