E30 Zone

(the calypso '32).....Shortly to commence it's final journey to the North. Where it will lie in a puddle of it's own fluids, unwashed and unloved until the scrap man collects it. I reckon it'll survive until September. At the latest.

pacerpete wrote:Alas she will be making a trip up the north next week and I fear her days are numbered

note to self....check fire extinguisher and spare are present and correct......

I remember the car having 195bhp. The car was very well looked after, and was in stunning condition when I knew it (except for the Scrapiron exhaust!). But that was coming up for ten years ago! The fact is that Shaun's part exchange fell through because the car was recorded somewhere for something. ...

Agreed, but they're not all on the list!!!

Yes, I think so. I knew a white "F" reg. E30 M3 with a Schnitzer badge and a registration ending "SDL". The car I know also had black ACS 16" wheels (E36 fitment I think (I'm sure there were spacers fitted)), an Evo II chin spoiler and a fibreglass replica Sport Evo rear spoiler. I knew the car abou...

I know this car - it used to live in Formby?

I'd do an HPI check if I were you........

Sorry to come in late with this, but, from memory the build figures for "factory sanctioned" raritys breakdown thus:- M3 shell:- Hartge H36 -M3 with 330bhp 3.6 M5 engine - 6 built. Alpina B6 3.5s - 62 built (and if I recall, 40 odd of them ended up in Japan?) Sport Evolution M3 - 600 built (not sure...

^^^^ Agreed, Recaro "highback" seats are more desirable than the stock BMW sport seat, and yes, they do look better, your car is full of all of the most desirable options, Alpina, factory, and with the M3 rear seat, ///M. The Alpina spoilers (and stripes) look great, and are period enhancements and ...

bss325i wrote:Can everyone stop telling me what i should and shouldn't do.

You're right, it is MY car.

So you object to constructive comments on a public forum?

Nobody is telling you anything, just suggesting what would complete an already very nice car. If you disagree, do it politely.

I can't help but think that retrimmed seats will never do this car justice. What about a complete (heated) M3 Trim?

Alpina computer?

Just spent an hour drooling over this, what a stunning car... At the risk of offending all the OEM junkies, and spending £££'s of Mr. BSS's hard earned, how about going for the absolute rarest of the rare interior spec.... Evo III Recaro SR's in factory black leather with motorsport flashes, M3 rear...

Kirkstone Pass. M6 j.40 Penrith - M6 J.36 Kendal.

A592 Ullswater - Windermere. And if you're feeling flush, dinner at Sharrow Bay, Michelin ****ed goodness at the head of Ullswater.

And try to take in "The Struggle" from the pass down to Ambleside..... It gets no better.....

And for the older generation...... Deep Purple - Highway Star.

Regardless of the cause of the accident, your passenger can make a claim for their injuries..... Your NCD is gone if the council do decide to come looking for you for the cost of repairing the street furniture, so you've got nothing to lose if the passenger does pursue a claim. Mr. Beemerlad - any v...

I think it's safe to assume that someone seriously ran out of talent...

That'd be one of the 6 Hartge H36's gone forever.....

Fantastic job Simon, bet you can't wait to get it finished!

What plans have you got for the engine?

Andyboy wrote:
SidewaysScouser wrote:
Andyboy wrote: I'd pay good money to see that.
I'd pay good money to witness you opening your wallet!!!
What are Travelodge paying then?

"Attention Andy, Attention Andy. We've found one of your turds stuck in a Bitburger bottle "

Nuff said. D1ckhead.

Andyboy wrote: I'd pay good money to see that.

I'd pay good money to witness you opening your wallet!!!

wullie325i wrote:"so crushing yourself is not an option?

Pete will lose loads of weight when "Jerky" goes off the menu..... Ello?

How ironic, I had to rely on a Scotsman to translate! Cheers Wullie - any idea what he means tho.? Ollie - As has been said again, and again, and again - your dad's old car is dead, deceased, no-more. Get over it! P.S. As a final, last ditch attempt to trace the last keeper you could write to the DV...

^^^^Anyone care to translate?

Well at least soul of the car lives on....

Definitely not mine - but maybe your engine suffered a similar fate?!

Best of luck with the conversion!

Hi Jai, It's a long shot, but I might be able to cast some light on the parentage of your engine - I had a '98 MCoupe that threw a rod through the side of the block the day after the car was serviced by my (then) local main dealer. Despite of the car being out of warranty, BMW replaced the engine (a...

That's a Sport Evolution M3 suede wheel. They were Ã‚£240ish without the horn push from the stealer when I bought one years ago...

The suede gets tatty very quickly - I replaced mine with a leather ACS wheel....

Seven pages in two days - Simon, the Zone loves your car!! :P Alpina Blue is the Holy Grail - uber rare, and backed up by a full photographic rebuild. You can't go wrong. 8) Does anyone know if Alpina leather was available for the C2? You HAVE to source a set if it was.... and whilst the car's in bi...

Thank you Bailey for the exposition! Next time I'm confronted with one of these abnormal frowny faces I promise I'll try to get the point. And I know this is veering off topic, but traditionalist that I am, I also can't stand football squad numbers, names on shirts and logos on every square inch of...

Given the price of donor 3.5's I can't see that anyone would have seen the point in transplanting the 2.8 M30. It's not got a lot over a standard 325!

I agree Ziggy, but definitely post a link here to wherever the guide ends up!

Same if anyone's got the steering rack conversion to work with the M30?

Alpina used a 2.79:1 ratio LSD - anyone know if this was fitted to anything else?

It might also be worth annexing a guide to relocating the battery in the boot - I don't think I've seen a conversion with the battery still at the front of the car?

Doesn't the M3 dog-leg gearbox mate up to the M30? I know it's not cost effective, but another option?

The Alpina B6S had exactly the same gear ratios as the M3.

Excellent write-up, it's about time there was a definitive guide! I read somewhere (I think in Andyboy's book) that the 324td washer bottle (p/n 6166 1385 280) is the only one that works. Has anyone done an M30 conversion with the E36/Z3 rack conversion? Again, there's a suggestion that the left han...

Hi E30Topless - check out mobile.de, there's normally a couple of "standard" E30 bodied B6's for sale, they built 227 of them. As for a B6S - no way they're worth anything like Ã‚£50 grand. Ã‚£20 tops.... Search for "Kelson" (I think), he's got a very nice, diamond black B6s. PacerPete's got a stand...

I'm sure this is a repost - I remember p1ssing myself laughing at the 24 "carrot" wheel bolts, and I'm sure he was on drugs with the price. It's not one of the 62 genuine B6s, just a standard early car with a B6/B10/B11 M30 engine, nasty rear lights and a questionable retrim - why no photos of the f...

Nice collection!

The Porsche's registration plate would look the part on an Alpina B10 Bi-Turbo, and I hear Peter's got one festering in Iver! Tell me you're not tempted!

have a look at www.300mm.de they sell some serious brake upgrades.

And have a search for Andrew (Demlotcrew)'s car. It's got a huge homebrew brake kit fitted, and the car's stunning...

Best of luck!

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