E30 Zone

I was in East London over the weekend and I've never seen such a large concentration of e30s, some really nice ones too, no doubt a few of these boys. I was inconspicuous in my new e34 though.

Christ you boys don't rest for a minute. Would love to have a drive of this Ric when you get it done!

I'm off to pick up a 60k mile e34 525 on thursday, erm, 350 miles away! I think we all need more stimulating careers or something...

And yeah jaffro is a leg-end for sure.

I got a lovely 318IS converted malachite green touring, 80k no rust whatsoever, shiny as a new penny, comfort leather. Just in case you decide to stick with the e30s.

Adam

I will do, but it's raining like crazy here right now, all in good time. It's malachite green metallic, beige leather. Paintwork is superb.

Oh yeah, forgot to say the car is originally an 80k miler, all documents to prove!

What does everyone think? I'm going back to five series and screw the fuel bills, so selling up my e30. Just quickly: Bought from your classic retiree, FSH, thousands spent in its lifetime. lowered (shocks and spring) 318IS conversion from a 100k miler with history, from spadge, supposedly the best ...

That stuff took a litre every two days head gasket/cooked head down to a half litre a week top up on my M20 e34. Erm, two bottles...

Wow, how glad am I that I didn't buy that engine from JimtheJunior...

This is madness. Are some of you guys seriously being forced to give up transit vans? Under what jurisdiction? I'm in the provinces, no congestion charges here yet...

Gentlemen, As usual, thanks for your absolutely belter advice. I traced the hacky water ingress to the hole in the firewall that had been drilled for the AC pipes (factory fitted, ha). Damn daylight coming through there once the carpets were peeled back. The car spent the afternoon idling with the h...

Hi guys, Okay water in the drivers footwell, noticed when attempting to dry the car out after a valet. There's a lot! If I press the carpet down it squishes out of a circular hole (capped but it comes through around the cap) below the footwell beneath the car. STILL getting water after rain, after t...

And hey jeepster, thanks for that link, that little application answers a lot of questions, nice one.

Thanks for all the replies gents. I can't understand why one of the tyre measurements they put on the side isn't the overall diameter, but hey. Well that's going to make my MPG calculations all the more difficult isn't it. Bah, will have to find something else to do on a saturday evening. So the the...

"Think about it, your old wheels were smaller but had a taller tyre wall, your new wheels are 1 inch larger and the tyres are 15mm smaller tyre wall!" Umm, I'm confused, I thought the '40' number was not mm, but a percentage of the width of the tyre? Thanks guys, tyre sizes annoy me. Overall the new...

Ah hah, good idea. They stay open for a while after buying don't they? I've had them for a couple of weeks.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=010

Just got some pretty nice dishy alloys (apparently BMW, don't know what they're from- will post pics eventually), 16s, bought them on ebay from a guy who was apparently going to put them on an e30. They tyres are 215 40s, they're brand new eagle F1s! Got the wheels and tyres for 200 quid, which is a...

Hey Alan.

Yeah the 320 didn't last long I'm afraid, couldn't justify having two cars and couldn't use the 320 for work cos it was too nice. I wonder how it's doing...

You'd be impressed with my new touring though, almost as timewarp, much better bodywork

Thanks a lot for trying, didn't get him in the end, bah!

Brianmoooore wrote:The colours they look depend entirely on how your PC monitor is set up!

Uh huh, and the eye compensates for colour temperature very quickly too. It's like being on a digital photography forum, all this talk of colour temperature.

Sorry for the double post, this is an emergency! I need to get in touch with JimtheJunior as a matter of urgency- I'm supposed to be going to pick up his IS engine and bits from him him this afternoon, but I've idiotically gone and lost his postcode. He'll be at work so I doubt he'll see the PM I've...

Disagree. If the 1 series came with 4 headlamps I'd probably consider buying my first brand-new car. I think they're great. The photoshop job is terrible though...

Yes, I'm afraid you are hanging up on the gas point here. The gas i deal with is more like, get your house warm, have nice bath sort of gas I'm afraid. And while that involves engines of sorts, unless someone's done an E30 Baxi conversion I'm afraid I'm of no use. LPG is interesting though isn't it?...

Well call me old fashioned but I think they look great. Would look better with a load of newspapers and coffee cups all over them though. pimp tight baby.

Wow, looks like i've started something here. I'd be well up for a meet on a weekend if you wanted to get it together. I've done about 50 miles in the new car today, including a spin to my brother's to have a go in his e36iS. Interesting day: -I'm a bit worried that I have a bit of a vibration over a...

Hi everyone. Thanks for responding so quick. Alburglar: Yeah the mileage is genuine- have plenty of service history to back that up. All the MOTs were pictured on the ebay auction too but the seller seems to have forgotten to put them in the folder I got- I'm getting on to them asap about that. They...

Hi there, I've been snooping around your site for a while now, had a long love affair with E34s, and a keen interest in E30s (with little active involvement), but rising petrol costs (I'm a self employed gas engineer using my 525 for work- youch) have made two fewer cylinders considerably more attra...

yeah these old 2.0 jetronics are only like 125bhp or something, so stepping up to a motronic 2.5 with a chip or summink would definitely make a difference. Thanks for the advice! Anyone know any basic mods for squeezing a bit more out of these old 2 liters?

Thanks for the quick response! I'm in Newcastle upon Tyne. Have come across some guys in Teeside doing it, but I'm afraid I have mistrust of smoggies bred into me ; ) Just joking of course. Have been reading up a bit on the 2.5 m20 swap, seems a little more complicated than i first thought due to po...

Hi there. Well, I may moving down in the world (wink), from e34s to a nice old 320i. Hopefully firming up the sale today and maybe picking up on the weekend if all goes to plan. I love this forum (e34ers got nothing like this), have been looking at it for ages as I've always been tempted by a 325i t...

Christ, that's great. I'm new here, but I immediately found your cars (actually saw pics on united bimmer first and then hunted here). I may get an e30 and do an m50 swap (had e34s up until now and love that engine). You seem to be pretty au fait with the process. Know anyone that could turn one aro...

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