E30 Zone

I've got a carsoft diag kit that seems to work very well on my 328i. if you get really stuck come up and plug it in if you're not too far away - M1 J30 area.

I have an M-tech 1 steering wheel for sale on the forum. It came from an E34, and I've tried it on an E32 which it seemed to fit fine. I thought it was identical to the wheel I had on my E28 m535i, but someone has suggested that the E28 is a different fitment, and I'm now concerned that I'm going to...

glenn wrote:
well well well, where the hell have you been mate?

mending this red thing, mainly! however in my defence I've now acquired something M52-powered to replace it with

Hey Gareth!

nothing else was ever really going to be enough, was it!

car looks great.

you'll soon be turning the boost up

Let me know if I can be any help Martin ok, looks great so far!

and as for videos, it's poor quality but this should give some idea...

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v334/ ... 020824.flv

ShepsEvo3 wrote: After, with CF airbox & UniQ..
ATW 219.4 bhp @ 7579 RPM
Flywheel 263.0 bhp @ 7916 RPM

i'm probably missing something obvious, but why are the flywheel and rear wheel power figures 500rpm apart?

Smashing day, thanks for the passenger rides Karan/Andy/Theo :cool: A few more pics :D http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/tobyunna/P1040969.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/tobyunna/P1040982.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/tobyunna/P1040993.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/alb...

As promised... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/tobyunna/P1040582.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/tobyunna/P1040607.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/tobyunna/P1040647.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/tobyunna/P1040650.jpg vids front: revs top left (white numbers)...

pic CD in the post shortly Andy.

i can upload a couple of vids if you'd like?

this car is ace on full throttle, really smooth power delivery and it certainly shifts

m30 turbo is cool

that looks really nice!

is it the standard kkk turbo?

bellhousing pattern is a similar overall shape between m20 & m30, but different

maxfield wrote:I was on about the 'M-power' bit and the fact that it has 24v

i know

maxfield wrote:

A proper engine too

indeed, a straight six.

you're learning Jamie

:lol: i'll mention that you said thanks next time he's trying to replace a fuse and can't find it :cool: glad you got home ok anyway, good to meet you. had a pretty dismal run back up the M1 as it soon started raining - and despite the resulting light footed-ness the b@stard still ended up burning 5...

i'm liking the torque plateau between 3500 and 4750rpm

I enjoyed today a lot, good to put some faces to names :D some great cars too, Oakey's tech 1 sounded ace and put down some serious torque; Daimlerman's car meanwhile didn't have so much of a torque curve as a torque 'line', very impressive 8O nice to see a few E28s putting down good figures too. I ...

just driven my e30 home from where i keep it, in prep for tomorrow. christ i hope there's a bit more grip in the morning!

Simon13 wrote:This one is a chariot modded turbo's and 450bhp

http://www.thealpinaregister.com/photos ... saloon/414

that looks like a council estate-spec 520i

people put M60 V8s and M70 V12s in sometimes, i'd imagine the extra torque makes for a nice car.

as far as i know it's usually a good bit easier than putting big engines in E30s, because the 5 is closer in design to the 7 which naturally got the largest engines when new

dippytrout wrote: wats the power out put of these?

150bhp. leave it in its field.

i mind...

bring the e28!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1984-BMW-728-I-SE-SILVER_W0QQitemZ200172794925QQihZ010QQcategoryZ9837QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem i'd imagine? :D at least it's a manual, actually looks quite straight doesn't it! not a lot you can do to that 2.8 that I know of, lovely smooth engine though. to be hone...

blue temp sender is fine

brown one needs swapping for m20 one with single pin, or temp gauge won't work (i think e32/4 uses a 2 pin sender)

i guess how much difference you feel will depend on how far gone the old rubber hoses are Andy.

main thing is though, cheaper than BMW and you won't need to do the bloody job again!

Dieselmeister, i'd go with what Gunni said re 3.5 vs 2.5. with forged crank etc as standard and a litre more capacity it's a better bet for outright power and shouldn't cost more than an M20 to put together in terms of the turbo system. my system is frankly pretty crap in terms of manifold design/tu...

6 secs dead to 60 without too much trouble, my non-stripped 2dr with standard engine would do that. e34/e32 engine is definately the best choice NA tuning is possible but expensive for the gains you'll see - you'll get to 270bhp if you want to but it won't be cheap :eek: adding a turbo makes a nice ...

ronin is full of mistakes!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122690/goofs

thing is though,

whatever it is that E34 sounds magnificent, as does the 6.9 merc, as does the S8

edit, anyone notice the white (i think) e28 quite late in the M5-406 chase?

some useful info there Chu

lambo replicas though

Geoff wrote: At the end of the day you would barely notice a few bhp - if it sounds better, doesnt feel slower then who gives a turkey right?

exactly

not much help, but i had a set of E30-fit Ford recaros once. bought from a breaker where they were installed in an E30, fitted straight into my car no probs; looked original underneath no welding bodging etc.

sold them ages ago though.

i had a 320i once

unfortunately i had a little 'incident' while towing it along the M6

gotta be worth a shot though!

2 hours later...

Nickk wrote:I would be carefull with tie wrapping the pump to the cradle as petrol does melt some plastics
and the residue aint good going through the fuel system !

they come as part of the kit with the pump, and i didn't notice anything amiss when i had the pump out after a year or so.

Best way to run it in is, go on motorway, top gear. 2000rpm all way to redline and then let the engine brake back down to 2k. Do this quite a few times. Then it's pretty much done. http://www.pumaracing.co.uk/runin.htm http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm :roll: :roll: so where on these ...

you want a nice torquey engine in a big barge like that, not a tuned up M30 and certainly not a revs-to-the-moon S50 :eek: I aqree that getting power from an M30 is expensive. therefore, the only sensible option is to put a 750i mill in :cool: re an S50'd E39 - i can't see that being half as good as...

It was some respectable Zoners that gave me the info. Only saying what I've been told. well you've obviously misunderstood or misremembered something! say it was me asking the question. if my car could get to the redline in top as you suggest, it would be doing around 180 mph :eek: as far as i'm co...

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