E30 Zone

Awesome project, do you have any more pictures of the black E30 with the sunblind on the rear windscreen, only ever seen a picture one other E30 with that on, awesome 1970/early 1980 styling?

Thanks for that. I'll give that a try!.....But my rev counter doesn't work. Well that's probably next thing on the list of things to do then. Enigne sounds all right. The tapping is just the way these engine's sound once the have done 90-100.000 miles. But do keep on setting the clearence otherwise...

The ABS system works, if I recall correctly, in a way so that when it senses a wheel skidding, and wants to "cut in" it blocks the fluid coming from the master cylinder and then pumps fluid around to the calipers by itshelf, once it senses all wheels are rotating again it opens up again. It's this b...

What about the diff bush and 2 rear subframe bushes in front of each rearwheel, have they been replaced? Otherwise that is a normal place for an E30 to wear out. Where I come from the MOT guys allways start at the rear subframe bushes, it's very easy for the trained eye to see if they're gone. (I do...

Another reason that S5? ITB's don't find their way onto M20's is that the port on the M20 is a circular shape cut at an angle which makes a tall rectangular shape, whilst the S50 ITB's have a flat rectangular shape. So any amount of grinding or adapter flange is not going to make the geometry align....

yes the Scorpion system for a 325i will fit your 320i. www.Fritsbits.co.uk also has a complete from the cylinderhead to the tailpipe stainless system. The mufflers are quite reasonably priced, manifold is not as cheap as the cheapest LHD's, but then it's probably better quality. LHD's also come more...

Funny I have a 325iX, it's one of the very first made, so does not have the dualservo that is the norm on iX's. I have always thought it was due to someone having changed the servo before I bought the car. But when I use the vin on realoem to check if it would have had the dualservo it comes up with...

I should hate it, but there is a purpose with it and I've become a fan of a functional car over minter that can't stand a raindrop. I like it, though I wouldn't bother with the all the M3 stuff, just get some universal wheelarch extensions like on say a old mini, and give them some mattblack paint, ...

It seems that if you get to the lash cap propaganda there are 2 arguments:

1: wear on standard valves, like mine
2:tuning with special valves that can't take the punishment, titanium, and some stainless.

@h35-24 got a link to any info regarding the m20 TB with m30 internals? I'm sure it could be a big help in this thread. I was making these BBTB's for a while before I was moved off the machines. It's an expensive option to sacrifice an M30 TB when the butterfly is 2mm ally plate and the M20 shaft c...

Found the German add with the bored out M20B25 TB with M30B35 internals:

http://www.e30.de/ka/showad.php?adid=109578

bmp design in the USA sell lash caps for the M20 and oversized eccentric as well. VAC motorpsort also sell lash caps Hi Reggid Yes I have found them: http://store.vacmotorsports.com/vac---7mm-lash-caps-sold-individually-p1678.aspx Asked CA international, VAC's UK dealer if they could send me some. ...

@h35-24 got a link to any info regarding the m20 TB with m30 internals? I'm sure it could be a big help in this thread. Well I have the Total BMW issue somewhere, I'll try and find it. And then I know I have seen some people around the web, I think the first was zoner, wasn't there a webshop in her...

What Kedge has found that Metric Mechanics do with the M42 intake is always present in all engines. It's wavetuning, and all manifolds intake and exhaust are in someway tuned to give the engine the torquecurve it has. Basically there are 4 important things to know: 1. A Wave in air travel at the spe...

Nice section sketch, Looks like the real thing:

http://wp1016621.wp027.webpack.hosteuro ... f01501.htm

I'm sure some of you are aware, Alpina also modified the throttlebody. It's a neat extra trick for a m20 that has had all the work done. Dinan, US tuner, is also known for supplying modified throttlebodies. In case of the M20B25 throttlebody, it get's bored out and the internals from a M30B35 body i...

Actually it might be the other way around. Are the valves bi metal or tip hardened? If they are tip hardened then it may have worn through and the rough surface from grinding the eccentric may have quickly filed through the valve stem. If so then a lash cap could save the day, as they would proven ...

I have some M10/20/30 oversize rocker eccentrics, if these dont fix it, you are in trouble ! £10 + post each. Don't know how much the wear is right now. I tried taking a standard excentric and adding material by welding it on, and then grinding it back to the propper shape. It does the job a tickov...

I have a exhaustvalve on my daily driver, that has become to short for the ecxentric. Thus I has started wearing more and more, and as I can't adjust the clearence the wear seems to accelerate more rapidly. I have found out that Volvo, VW bug's and some American cars use these small "top hats" on th...

I'm seeing some one has pleased the painter and read a haynes manual. Why oh why do you agree to have frontwings and the frontvalance painted before they are fitted to the car. And why oh why don't you split the door hinges by just undoing the vertical 1 bolt that hold the 2 hinge halfs together. It...

It's drums. I bought the car as said about 3 years ago. I have done all kinds of stuff on it. Front struts have been replace completely, new front suspension bushings, it's got a M technic suspension, and I also replaced the exhaust and gearbox. But other than changing the rear subframe bushes, spri...

My bushes are 1 year old. The car wobbled before and after. So I don't think it's the bushes.

The duk duk duk is distinctivly related to the speed of the car, it dies out when I pass 20 mph, and doesn't reappear until the next morning. (I allways leave my car in gear when I park it).

The way to tell is a diff is a lsd is if the ID plate's gearing is stated as S3,64:1. Also if the original paint is intact there will be a big white S drawn across the top of diff casing. Some people say you can also tell by turning one wheel when in neutral and the rear wheels being in up in the ai...

Oh and I should mention I got brand new sommer tires, which the car runs really well on, the wobble is very subtle with these on. But on my winter tires, which are about 1a year old the wobble is more noticeable.

I have owned my 320i for just over 3 years. It has always wobbled. But it's getting worse now. It seems to come from the rear axle. Recently it started to have a subtle "duk duk duk" noise from the rear when I pull away from the cerb in the morning. The diff has had a slight wine since I bought the ...

You mention new rims. If it was my car I'd look at some stock Vauxhall Corsa steel rims they come in 15x6,5et35 and 16x6,5et37 4x100 but the centerhole needs 0,6 mm increase on the diameter. And if that isn't enough then www.bandedsteels.com can probably help you further. Just a suggestion, to go wi...

nice car mate lach silver FTW loose the spot fog lights they look wrong and maybe some 15" bbs alloys and you have a winner :D good luck with the car :wink: I second that. A final tweak: Check if the front appron has let go of the clips holding in at the top. The appron seems to be sagging a bit. I...

I own 2 E30's from 1988, and they both are/were very rusty, considering the general condition. So seeing your 1988 M3 just conferms my suspicion that BMW had a problem with their bodycoating this year.

I also own and two 1986 models and they are very rustfree.

Remember the thread is left hand, so to loosen you have to turn clockwise.

the dash thingy not sure what it does it's in german, but it looks pretty ! That is a Alpina Engine and Axle info display. The upper "Achse" and "motor" unit in *c are oil temperatures for the rearaxle and engine. The lower "Saugr." and "Motor" unit in BAR are intake manifold and engine oil pressur...

I'll give you some places to look for rust: You probably know typical facelift rust problem around the rear towing hook, then there's behind ALL wheels, sealer might look nice, but there can be trouble underneath. And then there's is the sunroof problem. As you probably guessed by now I've been in y...

Damper could be loose. I had changed dampers on my 325ix once, after about 10 miles it starting knocking when I drove over bumps at slow speed. It drove me mad. Didn't know what it was, then I upgraded from standard suspension to a sport suspension and in the process I found that one of the damper n...

My daily driver 320i has a knocking noise from the engine. It seemed like a camshaft noise, but the engine has had a complete cam kit fitted be the previous owner, I've done about 30.000 miles in it now, and the cam seems like new, and so do the rockerarms. I've also given it regular valveadjustment...

I'm currently in the process of upgrading my 1988 325i Sport with some options, that it didn't have from the factory. Everything is original parts. I like my BMW's authentic thus I have decided that this particular car should be totally standard. I have installed the top hifi system available in 198...

Well I guess this won't be enough, but you can find the tÃav approval for the standard 286 bhp version on www.300mm.de under download.

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