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The stock fuel pressure regulator is set to a non adjustable 3 bar. A guage would be pointless.

Isn't there enough slack in the pipe just to pull it through, trim it and refit? Or is this too bodgy? Suppose it's worth changing as the rubber looked as if it's reached it's use-by-date. Good luck. Yes. Trouble is at the point pictured it's been suffering fatigue caused by movement. The part with...

Nice one, cheers for that, I might be able to feed it through with a bit of luck. So it's connected to the expansion tank which I presume is located behind the drivers side trim in the boot?

Cheers dudes, I think this is the one, do you reckon it's a tank out job. I think I'm going to have to drop the tank by the looks of things because space is tight. Pitty I've just filled the thing up.

I was driving and could smell a strong fuel smell today so stopped and investigated. Under the large oval cover beneath the back seats there's a thisck braided hose connected near the fuel pump. Does anyone know where this hose goes and what's connected to the other end as it's split. I should remem...

Don't laugh but when my sport was a 2.5 and pretty much standard, I had big trouble losing a Lupo GTi on the M25 one day. Seriously quick for such a tiny car! I'd like to have a re-run now though!

Who put a shopping trolley handle on the back?

I bought a nice brushed aluminium one that fits very nicely under the driver seat and wasn't too expensive. I think I got it from Halfords. Believe me, it's definately worth getting a working one. Without mine I would have had to stand and watch my sport burn to the ground after a faulty FSE boost v...

Worn selector rod???

That's the only reason I can think of dude! It's obviously not locating properly and coming off.

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Welcome Henry, good to see you made it here.

I hope you realise that you'll be hooked for life now!

Nice one Jim. I met Henry at a meet at the Fox and Hounds meet a year or two ago now when the car had the standard lump. Ian332 was at the meet too and I remember Henry taking a very keen interest in Ians car and talking to him in depth about it. He said he was going to do the conversion and I've se...

Sorry dude, E30's only.

For the hassle and cost it would probably be worth switching for a new (second hand) sump unless you know someone who can helicoil it cheap?

You could pick a sump up for 20 quid and a gasket for a fiver.

Now you've just got to keep them like it. You'll find that surface wilol be dull and pitted if you don't keep on top of a bare metal polish after every drive!

Look good though!

steveyboy wrote:adam could you send me some info on your 2.8 , wat block you used , pistons crank rods etc

All the info's in Steve's post at the top mate. Stock M20 block and pistons were used.

For the money it costs to do this you're better off putting an M50B28 engine in, 24valves too!

Hi E30adam, thanks for replying, tell me this Mapped Maf with hotwire from the later E36 , what is that? is it easy to do ? and does it run on motronic system? or has it got anything to do with megasquirt? Any info on this, i would be most gratefull.. Cheers Mate jimi The MAF stand for Mass Air Flo...

That's strange, when I had my test the guy got really funny about it not working correctly and because he was a friend of my brothers said he'd let it slip the net. I'll be disconnecting that resistors then!

They certainly sell some awesome stuff.

The best thing is to call and speak to Jeff. It's not too expensive to call the states but bear in mind the 5 hour time difference.

Same one will be fine mate!

Bear in mind it will lose it's memory after being unplugged for a while when you're changing the engine so might run a bid lumpy for a while. Just take for a nice drive so it can relearn then settings and you'll be fine.

It's not that bad, just time consuming. One really important thing to remember is just before you put the new gasket on, make sure that both surfaces on the head and the block are absolutely spotless and free of any oil. Use sh!t loads of carb cleaner to get those surfaces good enough to eat off. Al...

When you consider the exchange rate, about a grand is actually a pretty good price for what you're getting!

If you're talking about proper mods, you've got to realise it's gonna cost proper money. It's a bit different from bolting a K&N on and expecting the 10bhp gain they state on the box.

There are 4 positions you can have the lights on an E30 1. Sidelights - Ignition key out, small 5W bulbs illuminate 2. Low Beam - Ignition on, one click on the headlight switch (main bulb, half power) 3. Dipped Beam - Ignition on, two clicks on the headlight switch, (main bulb, full power) normal dr...

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What a useful piece of information to add to this thread. Did you find something funny?

daaamn, so that link to the website, how comes he says it gave him extra BHP? ive gutted out the M30 AFM and painted it up, then was going to transplant the electrics from the E30 AFM.......... in two minds now what to do... id thought the more air you need the higher the fuel you adjust with the p...

I remember you buying tha yellow turd dips. I saw you win it on ebay because it was quite local to me in Bournemouth if I remember correctly.

So you're getting shot of the old turd now then?

Sorry I can't help but...

I'm not talking about the dipped beam, I'm talking about the low beam, i.e one click out on the headlight switch. If you disable the dim dip wiring, you won't have a low beam which is an MOT failure.

I'd love that, I think it looks amazing.

I'd definately get rid of the horrid chrome surrounds and black council spec mirrors.

I'd use nothing but a dealer gasket, not that expensive and you don't hear of so many failures like you do the gsf ones.

For a few quid extra, it's worth paying not to have to repeat such a long job and possible head cracking if the gasket fails.

He's not doing a proper job then and I'd take the car back and tell them you want a decent job doing. Sounds like he's not cleaned the surfaces of the exhaust downpipe or manifold properly. I've also seen people leaving the old gasket on before. He needs to make sure the old gasket is removed proper...

You'll run into problems though because you need low beam to pass the MOT unless you know a tester!

Ireland Engineering do stroker kits for 2.9, 3.0 and 3.1 litre M20's!!

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That's awesome Ed. Do you know the owner or just find the pics online?

Looks like it's got hydraulics too, the top pic shows it a lot higher on the suspension.

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