I've used Pirelli P6000's and Bridgestone RE720's. The P6000's are fairly good all-rounders, and pretty hard-wearing. There is a fair difference between wet and dry performance tho'. The RE720's are (imho) really good tyres. I ran them on my road rally car for a season. They give good grip in all co...

Ignoring the differences in final drive ratios, will a 325 diff be a straight swap replacement for a 318 one? Mine's knackered and I can get hold of a 325 one quite easily from a mate.

Thanks!!

Took a while to find it, but got the timing hole eventually. It's sat purring on the drive now waiting for coolant to start circulating.

I've just swapped the head on my 318i (to cure a water leak and swap the *really* knackered cam for a less knackered one), and lost the timing on it. Everything rotates and valves and pistons miss each other, but there's no firing going on. (plugs are wet and there's sparks on 'em). The haynes manua...

I've always been told to keep away from the powerflex and use superflex bushes. (which, incidentally, have never failed to impress me - used them on Minis and Peugeot GTi's, and will be getting some for the control arms on my 318 as soon as I can afford them).

I've got an M40 318i with the usual cam rattle and a bit of a head gasket leak and have the chance to nab a head from an 8v E36 318i - will the E36 head fit straight on the E30 block?

Thanks,

Olly
(bit of an E30 newbie)