E30 Zone

E is for everyday driving and works like any other auto, it uses all the gears and goes in to overdrive/lockup for economy at just over 50mph (depending on what diff you have). You can use kick-down for overtaking or move the gear lever down to 3rd, or even 2nd. S is sport mode and as already descri...

Bodywork stickers Alpina style? (Needs to be .net not .co.uk) Nice pale silver/grey would work on standard colours.

The zone shop quotes 17% more airflow but no dimensions. If I get time tomorrow I''ll take off my bellows and measure mine but I'm not too well at the moment.

Had the bbt b on for nearly five years now. I did notice a difference at the beginning but I've since had a maf and ITG fitted and a complete r/r remap so it's now got lost amongst other mods. Mine's the car featured in in the 'Throttle Bodies' FAQ on the zones. I should mention that mine's a 2.7 co...

Can't give you the figures but I took these when mine was being fitted.

Bought my 323i new in 1985 and had it for 16 years until eventually the rust got it then bought the current Sport six years ago (which has some of the 323i mods in it!) So I've had E30s for 22 years.

This is very often the scuttle drain getting blocked and excess water overflowing behind the pedals and down into the footwell. The drain is under the bonnet on the driver's side bulkhead and looks like an 'elephants trunkk' pointing down. It's only made of rubber so pull it off and clean it out. Re...

I toyed with the idea of purple some time ago so had a play in Photoshop - had some other fun too but kept Diamond Black and original! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/monsport42/PSOLENTPURPLE.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/monsport42/longpurplesport.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/...

I think the noise of a whole Scorpion system would drive you mad for everyday driving, imo. I've compromised and have standard factory downpipes and centre box and a Scorpion Le Mans back box. That way the car's quiet inside and sounds great outside - a nice powerful low burble. The other thing is t...

This is confession time: I own a Civic as well as the Sport 2.7. The little Jap number is a great workhorse car quiet, smooth (it's an auto) and has never had anything go wrong. It poodles along on the motorway at above limit speeds and id thoroughly boring. A fast car it ain't.. I leave driving it ...

I used Lepsons to refrurb my original Alpinas I think it came to just under Ã‚£50 a corner. They came back looking the dogs. I've had 2 probs tho both stemmming from the amount of paint they put on, that is a lot. First was on track. The wheels were really tight but the extra stress put on them caus...

I am pretty certain that only EH switchable boxes on Sports and later tourings had separate ECUs. My old late model 323i four speed definitely didn't have one.

Have changed the card to read 'net'. Sorry already done before cap A for articles.
Blatantarrogance - I'll need your e mail as the printing sheet is a pdf.

I'll get the cards changed today and e mail them to you Grant. Malcolm

Quickest way is to check the fluid (ATF). First it should be at the right level and second and perhaps most important, it should be a clear(sh) pink colour. If it's a muddy brown colour it's a sign of problems. Unless you're a well trained mechanic about the only thing you can do is change the filte...

Been having trouble accessing Photobucket but eventually got in to my album. Here's the card as individual jpeg. As I said, I can supply this 9 up on a A4 sheet ready to print.

Hi gaszman. If you pm me your e mail, I'll send you an A4 sheet of Zone cards as a pdf

Already posted my 2.7 but just to keep the list building.... 1. Oz - tech 1 - 2.7 2. Simon13 - Alpina C2 2.7 3. Templ8e30 - 2.7 Lachsilber Touring 4. AdamS - 2.7 Alpinweiss Touring 5. Oakey- tech 1 - 2.7 6. bmwscorpion - alpine white 7. Staffy- ? 8. Bottlecape30- Green 2.7 9. MONSPORT42 - Tech2 Diam...

Hi Quaser, Good to hear from you. Got my share of life's probs at the mo, but the Sport's not one of them thank goodness. Still going strong and pulling like a train and it sailed through its MoT last week - Friday the 13th too! See you are selling your lump. What's next?

1989 325i Sport Auto, Diamond Black with Bexley built 2.7

Alpina had 16 inch wheels on MTech suspension (lowered 15mm) but they had modified shocks to complete their package. Mine's lowered 40mm with 16" wheels but I have Bilstein Sport shocks to control it all and it goes round corners on rails! (I've got an LSD as well). It will be safe if you go for the...

1989 M Tech 2 Auto Diamond Black (one of the 400 or so auto sports made) Now a 2.7 though

What you have is an EH Switchable box also fitted to Sport autos. E is for everyday driving and works like any other auto, it uses all the gears and goes in to overdrive/lockup for economy at just over 50mph (depending on what diff you have). You can use kick-down for overtaking or move the gear lev...

Don't know what BMW's official figs were but I think for town driving it's about 2mpg less. Motorway cruising is almost identical to a manual. Mine's now a 2.7 and I get about 25-26mpg around the suburbs and 30+ on a longer journey. My best was 35.6 on a 1000+ mile tour. Hope this helps.

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Since 1982: E21 320i (new). 1985 E30 323iA(new). 2001 to now 327iA Sport.

Yes, it certainly worked better. I used to go out on track days and would be working it at near max revs in 2nd and 3rd all the time without any problems (in Sport mode). The only problem was overheating of the geabox to the extent where I was just about to fit an extra cooler when ill-health forced...

My autobox cut-out quite often kicks in before the rev limiter if I cane it in first/second especially if it's not thoroughly warmed up. But it goes into limp home mode (third gear). Have to turn off ignition and restart and all is fine. Have made tentative enquiries about remapping the autobox ecu ...

Yeh, it was a dose of reality I could have done without. Having said tha, it did mean my upgrade to the Sport which I've now had for a good five years and I'm a very happy bunny. Good luck tomorrow. I hope you don't find anything untoward with your prodding and that you have a car to cherish.

Hi, From memory the inner wheel arches were very bad, but it started with an MoT fail on rot around front jacking points. The metal there was so soft it was like rubber. I took it into a bodyshop to have it looked at. They started to cut away the outer sills then moved on to the inner sills but when...

Most 323is have gone to the great scrap yard in the sky so a good rust free one is very rare but would probably only of interest to a collector of some sort. They are not slow but BMW brought them out to try and match the original Golf GTi in the market but it didn't really cut it with its slower re...

Great to see so many cars out on a rainy day. Good to meet everyone again, sorry I wasn't able to make the pub. Seems like we've got a hard core of members for regular meets and we have the makings of a good convey from Portsmouth to Dorset in the coming weeks. That could be fun. Great pictures Mark...

Do they work with a door open, i.e. is it just the switches. If they are working with the doors open then it's likely to be an earthing problem. Happened for a while on my Sport especially in the wet. A member suggested cleaning/tightening the cables on the starter motor connection (disconnect batte...

Welcome to our zone mate. Quite a few zoners on your side of the pond. Interesting to hear about US spec cars. Look forward to hearing more about yours. I expect you'll learn to spot the insomniacs over here with the time difference!!

You need to have the car on the level with the engine running and warmed up. Check the level with the yellow dipstick at the rear of the block. The fluid needs to be at the mid level and should be pink and translucent. If it's brown and muddy it could spell trouble. If it is you could try draining t...

Welcome to the zone mate. Not far from you. Look out in the meets section, we've got a Portsmouth meet being planned about mid Jan so you could meet up with some of locals.
Sorry Gordon. Just posted and seen your reply

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