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250bhp is about the power i want to go for so ill look in to that as well.

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yea it isnt running right i know that its on the wrong ecu for a start and needs a service.....but i like the idea of a 3.5! it is still powerful low down but isnt quick....it perks up big time at 5K upwards.

Ill have to keep my eyes open for a full car and in the meantime obtain a prop and engine mounts etc. All the E34 535’s I can see are about £1000 so will need to keep looking!

If you know of any then do please let me know.

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Based in Leyland near preston. Yea looking around for a donor car as we speak. I presume it doesn’t matter whether I get a 535 or 635? And auto or manual? Im currently doing a red top nova conversion and a redtop kit car so im pretty clued up on engine swaps at the minute!. I presume it would be bes...

Budget isn’t a real issue but cheaper the better. Im currently gathering in money from selling my mk2 golf gti (if anyone is interested in it its mint ;-) ) selling few bits off my nova and astra and also I could sell the engine from my E30. It’s a M20B27 oh and the LSD. Just wanting more usable pow...

Hi, Im looking in to the possibility of an engine swap from my 2.7. What are the best engines to put in an E30? I have been looking at 3.5 but this seems quite complicated with shortening props, customs mounts etc. Is there any direct swaps? Cost needs to be relatively low but I can of course sell m...

well my electric window cut off switch now turns on my fuel pump......little security thing ive done

I am the exact same though fuzzy. I want one as they look the dogs danglers but whats the point on buying one. It’s a badge of respect for the car. I wouldn’t let my car have one unless its been round the ring. Once my car is running right im off over to Germany to EARN one

cheers mike very helpful indeed, i will psot back all the numbers later on tonight and hopefully ill have a good one!

The car revs way past 5000 ive had it to 6500 easily.

ok well ill check the stroke. Thinking as a matter of course ill book it in for a rolling road session and look in to getting another ecu. does anyone know where i could get a 2.7 ecu from?

yea his build spec is pretty good. cams, injectors, lexus v8 afm, chipped plus lots more. he also has a 500bhp supra which is nice.

what sort of stroke am i looking for?

ah ok ill have to check that tonight then. problem after problem with this car.....still love it though

well yea its nowhere near as fast.....saying that though it is still pretty quick and his is running 250bhp. He sells rolling roads for a living so hopefully get in somewhere even cheaper.

it is wrote in the service history what engine was put in. The car had a lot of work done on it all at once. Engine swap, gearbox, lsd, full leather recaro and alpina wheels. Plus my mate who has a 2.7 has checked it over and it is exactly the same as his. to be honest everything is so up in the air...

not at all. I had a few queries when i bought it as the guy who i bought it off didnt have a clue. I was buying a bmw e30 325i with heated seats 5 months tax 3 months mot. what i got was a 2.7 none heated seats e30 with not mot and 1 months tax. but i thought the fact he didnt know it had lsd, uprat...

that would certainly give me more power and better response. I have megasquirt on my kit car and wouldnt want to do it on another car.

Cams, remap and BBTB is definitely an option.

arent lightened flywheels hard to fit? suppose it would give me the chance to change my clutch whilst im there.

I am looking at doing some engine mods to up the power on my M20B27 engine. What would people suggest as some cheap but effective mods? So far im looking at a chipped ecu, forced induction, possibly some fast road cams (regrinds possibly) and some bigger injectors. Im going to start with the best an...

not sure but id give it a good servie change all your filters and see how it goes

yea the greenand black is a winner for me....its a bit less sharp than kawasaki green but still bold enough to stand out.

reminds me of the 80s for some odd reason

i like this

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hmm very tempting i like the blue there.

bit too retro that mate but the nato blue is nice!

i dont think its an easy thing to get right so i always tell the garage to do it when doing my mot

ah i see your point now. ill check it out!

yea this was another option. i know tappets would cause this noise but its the fact it reacts to the accelerator pedal and not revs

nah its an m20b27

im happy that i bought my e30 with a near mint set of recaros with the leg extensions!

well i planned for about £600 on paint so that should buy me most colours. not liking the blue and orange suggestion sorry i want something not that stand out. ST Orange was an option but again people do them and im trying to be different. I even though of a metallic brown colour. sounds rank but i ...

Hi there, Not BMW related im afraid. Im currently doing a track car Nova with the 2 litre red top engine in. Im at the painting stage and am torn on which colours to have! I was originally going with a Kawasaki Green with black wheels/roll cage etc but after seeing a few of them about i realised i d...

Ah right nice one gives me a good few things to be looking in to. I don’t mind if I have to remove the head as I am looking at doing some head work on the car.

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its a ticking that gets faster and louder with the accelerator pedal and not speed which means it must be down to something like injectors.

Does the exhaust manifold rattle or catch?

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Hi,

My car has a very loud ticking noise coming from the engine it increases with acceloration and quitens down when my foot is off the pedal. The noise i believe is the injectors but it sounds like its under my dash.

any ideas?

just removed mine as any changes i made made the car run lumpy with rough idle and less throttle response. Fitted the standard one for my mot and it runs perfect. FSE is going in the bin!

i found soaking with wd40 sometimes helped. other than that then an air saw through the bush.

good luck!

well just to let you know i went with the oil pressure option and now i have perfect working abs *cough* Passed my mot now too! after its third fail! Got pulled by the police driving to collect a drivers seat but a £60 fine is nothing compared to the feeling i now have of having a legal car back on ...

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