E30 Zone

Hi all. I recently completed an e30 M30 swap to the stage that it can move under its own power. Since the suspension is still stock 318i I'm in the process of securing upgrage parts i.e heavy duty lowering springs, shocks 51mm struts etc. My question is if you run staggered 16 inch borbet A wheels h...

update on this thread. PIII achieved! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/varden/IMG_0194.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/varden/IMG_0197.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/varden/IMG_0195.jpg and SM f/wheel and clutch fitted! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/varden/IMG_0192.jpg

Hi all. I was in the process of removing the engine from my e30 today and I noticed that the TPS was not plugged in at all, in fact I had to scratch around in the engine bay just to find the plug on the ljet loom. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/varden/IMG_1732.jpg Is this normal for a MS fuel ...

Thread update on getting my engine into PIII! I took my 323i for a trackday on the weekend and while I was prepping it I noticed that the engine mounts in my 323i were significantly shorter than the mounts in my 335i project. 65mm 335i mount. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/varden/P1010126.jpg ...

Gudday Nick I'm Located at Sunnybank Hills, it always helps to compare notes. There are a few of us on Eurocca.net doing the conversion too. As for the flywheel/clutch issue I grabbed an e12 525i M30 7kg flywheel and unused clutch kit off ebay. Got it all for a great price! http://i8.photobucket.com...

Oh damn I'm clearly not trying hard enough!

They are .de mounts that were made about 3 years ago. I brought them off a local who never used them.

I think I will remove all that sound deadening and apply more hammer, then try again.

Get the engine in position 3 aswell. I'm not sure there is room for these mounts to go back to PIII. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/varden/IMG_0396.jpg But the engine will be coming out and going back in a few more times yet before this car sees any action, so the firewall may get more hammer...

Hi all I'm in the process of fitting an m30 engine and G260 box from an e34 into a facelift e30 and I would like to ditch the dual mass flywheel in favour of a single mass item. The M40 flywheel is a no go and I have a M20 HD clutch kit laying about with options on a couple of second hand HD puck cl...

An update after many months..... :? I caved in and brought the e30 2dr, well a 1987 325e auto.... http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/varden/S6301465.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/varden/S6301466.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/varden/S6301467.jpg I saw it on ebay for a starting...

Hmmmm....its time i updated my progress towards my 325e project..... I picked up a donor car for the M20B25 efi set up, for the same cost as i was quoted for the efi set up on its own from the local wrecker. :cool: Can i plug this motronic 1.3 engine harness straight into my 1987 325e chassis harnes...

Its always good news when your BMW problem can be easily resolved!

Cheers

Yup its leaking, but not where the pipes bolt into the housing as i first thought. But from the circular casting on the underside of the housing, there looks to be a cir clip in there and that is where the oil is leaking from. Is there a pack of washers and o rings under that cir clip? Hopefully it ...

So my dad was wrong all these years??!!

I feel so disillusioned...

Daimlerman wrote: First incarnation of my 2.7 was in a 320ise,the 4.1 diff was way too low,caught the wife pulling away in third....Found that a 3.64 was pretty good. I will be trying a 3.45 with this engine in project cabbie,see how it goes. I tried the 3.45 in the touring with the M50 engine,but ...

Damn $9k asking?? Just as well the ad is only costing $25, he can afford to wait! I got an 89 auto back in June for somewhat less. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/varden/S6300642.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/varden/S6300672.jpg It was rough as guts tho. I tried to get my wife into a...

My question is...is there any difference between a SA assembled 318i and the German assembled ones (assuming they were assembled in Germany) I have been led to believe that any car coming out of SA will have an entire car full of different grade and pitch threads for every nut and bolt. A concern if...

There will always be a place in my heart for the Mk1 escort 68-75, loved the shape, but the engine, drive train, brakes and susp all needed to be replaced with better kit. I had no less than seven mk1 escorts in my youth, tho one did get reshelled twice! winkeye Did my first ever trackday back in 19...

So much passion for the tall diff gears. The car will be a trackday toy, nothing else. It will be driven to and from the track and that's about it, unless I want to get up to other shenanigans. B7 wrote: 4:10 is useless for a 2.7 or 2.5. You cannot compare it to any FWD 1.6 Ford Scrap. 1.6 BMW's had...

Is that 80mph with the stock 4500rpm redline?

Cos i gotta say I've had 4spd 1600 ford escorts with 4.1 diff gears top out at more than that (But not much more).

Oh and the stock 325e ratio is 3.15:1 i checked that out before i even got the car....it has to go.....uuuurrgh

Well after some more deliberation and some f@#king hot weather that my daily driver has been roasting in while these two sit in my shed i have decided to wreck out the 2door and reclaim a parking spot. In fact, here it is being removed after i gutted the last of the steering and susp on the tray. ht...

think of all the trees your car is helping to grow

A few weeks back i picked up a mint condition fully functional 325e 4door manual with all the bells and whistles... http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/varden/S6300728.jpg with the intention to find a suitable 2dr body shell to put it all into. This is what i found, a 1985 323i manual, the price wa...

Willnz your a dead set legend, i tried the fuel line swap and the bastard started up right away.

If i was in your neck of the woods i'd buy you a beer!

hi everyone, i recently installed a 325i engine and motronic 1.3 efi into my e21 323i, but despite it having spark to the plugs and fuel to the regulator while the car cranks over it just won't start, i think its the tps i can hear clicking on and off when i turn on the ign and the solenoid on the m...

I think we have a winner!!!

Cheers mate that all makes sense to me.

I'm in the process of reconnecting the engine harness to the engine etc and I've got a couple of strays with no homes.... The harness is from a 1989 325i with motronic 1.3 Firstly this plug has no home, its not for the airflow meter that ones accounted for. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/varde...

Is there anything that could prevent me from slotting this engine infront of a getrag 5spd box?

fook!

hello ET13! That way i could play swapsies between my e21 and my e30! winkeye Tho with ET13 on the e30 surely your tyres would be touching the body work quite a bit. I've got 14x6 et18s on the e21 and they rub, prolly largely due to my driving and the shagged suspension... :D http://i8.photobucket.c...

That does seem reasonable, i was under the impression that willwood stuff was hugely expensive.

Anyone from here purchased and tested any of this kit?

I'm thinking ET20 will be the go, i'd even go ET18 on 7 inch wide rims, a little flaring and rolling won't do any harm, car needs a respray anyway.

Thats Gold!

And here i was planning on using a hoist!

orangecurry wrote:7J BBS supplied by BMW are offset of 24 IIRC.

I'm afraid I don't understand what 'fill up the guards' means.

What do you poms call em? fenders? wheel arches?

I've done a search, 20-24mm looks like the go.

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BMW e30 S2 staggered 16 inch borbets and lowering?

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M10 flywheel on M30 engine with M20 clutch kit?

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1989 325i motronic 1.3 spark, fuel pressure but still not go

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325i wiring harness plug and vac line with no homes

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