E30 Zone

Yeah it bites arse honestly. But when i think about it, theres a high chance that as far as they know, its a C2 2.7- and some later owner has changed/ replaced/ fixed the engine!

Yeah sucks huh. "Dear Mr Herbert, Thank you for your recent correspondence. We are able to check the authenticity of ALPINA cars although I am only able to supply this information to the current owner of the vehicle. In order to carry out a check I would require: The request for authenticity from th...

Sytners demand $160 for verification. I am NOT willing to pay that!

My car seems to have everything (including grille badge) to make it an alpina C2 2.7. visually, and mechanically. almost. It has no engine number, and no stamping on the head. It was specified new with LSD and Sport seats like a C2, and has all suspension, trim, gauges, ecu, headers and black top of...

yeah i can JUST see 885. gay.

Oh well, best idea to part it out when i sell then i guess?

Well cant find any number- so must be a 325i engine- car has ALL th eother parts incl. ECU and headers, suspension etc etc, and the car is apparently an original sytner C2 2.7.. wonder what happened to the head and block??

I have a leak problem (when i bough the car the heater was disconnected) the valve is easy to take off, but the core wont come out without taking the metal bulkhead pipe off? The screws connecting the metal bulkhead pipe to the core are on the wrong side for me to undo!!! How is this done? does the ...

I think you are talking about the number which i cannot find dude.... just to the rear of the left side engine mount? (just forward of it on slightly later engines)

What should the number read? Do you mean stamped, or cast? (inny or outy)

It seriously has no number- pisses me off!

Hi everyone, i have an alpina c2 2.7 (genuine) The damn engine doesnt have an engine number!! where it should be is just blank, not ground off or dirty, its just clean metal. The safety tag attached to the sump is still there, (these are put there to prevent grinding the number off) The engine has a...

i can now see that it does NOT have a stamped engine number anywhere. the place where it should be (just aft of the port side engine mount) has the flat surface there, no signs of a ground- off number, and also the tag from the sump is still attached, so the number cannot have been taken off..... a ...

http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/ind ... wuser=1521

Thats his profile, u'll have to email or PM him directly as there isnt much on the forum about it, apart from it breaking down and needing a tow!

He isnt hard to find, as he owns the site!

Talk to andrew on http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums he has built a red e30 318iS turbo....

The car wont idle when cold, and will idle at 450 very lumpily when warmed up.

Could this be a temp sensor? how many does it rely on? Will test the ICM tomorrow as well....

Bit of an update again- took the ECU apart and part of the printed circuit board was fried. got that fixed for $35 same day, and now the ICV is working fine, but the car is idling too low! every now and then it dies, but i put this down to the fact that its simply too hard to maintaon a low idle!! d...

So the ICV is working fine on my mates car, the relays beside the air flow meter are fine also. what i now remember, is that yesterday (once the engine was warm, so that would explain not noticing the ICV stop) I reset the service lights with a paper clip (read: UNFUSED WIRE) and probably had it on ...

I want that digital vent display!!! will keep an eye on the spoiler auction.... Just noticed your from NZ, you on bimmersport.co.nz? Yeah same name on BS, its the seeecret alpina heh- i may put pics etc up when shes public- ready! (proper rear spoiler, paint touched up etc) graeme, will, and sam hav...

Im Not sure honestly, the headers are alpina, the exhaust is a non- cat twin pipes straight through to the rear muffler....

As for springs, IF i pursue them, shouldnt be too hard- i use to work for BMW and still have many mates there

Just had a look at springs, rear have the alpina sticker on them with the numbers, but the front are red and just have some digitally printed numbers on them- im assuming the front ones snapped, replaced, and the ride height approximated from the owner saying that all Alpinas have rake? (would expla...

Thanks guys!! i would never have thought that crud would have gotten down into the TPS! And also i now see that my ICV is fine, and VERY clean haha. TPS wasnt making a 'click' when i moved the throttle before, so i took it off, cleaned it, and refastened it at zero throttle so that moving the thrott...

The car was imported in '96 from the UK (obviously) and there is NO service book. ie. this car has not been someones prized possesion, just an old e30 to the previous owner! The car goes well, but i suspect it needs a good tune (clean up etc) to make it really GO again! 5th window switch is not wire...

Yeah everyone says that! Checked last night, springs are not snapped, and shocks are good

That one seems as low at the front..... but yes E30 people do coment on the back..... i dont think the big spoiler helps, nor does the kit- less rear!

Cheers for that guys, yeah i think the TPS will be the next (last) thing for me to check- and yeah it definitely had the chance to fill with crap! ICV is cleaner than clean, and i suspect its operation is fine now. Really does sound like tps......

Ahh yes iforget my eyes.

Top o fthe list issue at the mo is sorting idle prob as seen in Tech section.....

So today i decided to clean out my air intake/ throttle body on my M20. -Did all that with carby cleaner, dried nicely, put all back together with cleaner, tighter seals than before, checking all pipes etc for conition. All was mint. All elec connections clean. -Once it was all back together, the pr...

Yeah original red springs and yellow shocks.... meh probably snapped, easy way to check?

Here is my newest find, supposed to be a 1986 Sytner Alpina C2 2.7. It has all the bits, minus the optional front lip, and it has had a BBS spoiler replace the original lip at some stage.... The original order sheet shows that it was ordered as most Sytner C2's were- with LSD, sport seats, ALL optio...

Cheers for that, mine says the same, except mine has "BMW/ ALPINA E30 0266" Mine is a march 1986 car.

Have just been looking at your pics, it is MINT compared to my TLC jobbie!

Very nice C2!! I have just bought one very similar, but has no front air dam, and has tan leather. My car has white needles?(mine has alpina gauges, but your needles are red?)

Just curious- what exactly does your plaque say?

I have just bought myself a supposed c2 2.7 4 door (in NZ). I have been emailing Sytners, and after weeks of trying, i got a reply asking for (things i can readily produce) plus $160 (58 of your ones) Stuff that, ill just keep telling myself that its real- it has: Alpina headers, suspension, chip, w...

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