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as if my e30 didnt have enough problems was out driving, going to pick up some friends, when suddenly, BANG, followed by a really loud exhaust tone, thought it could be only one thing, carried on driving till i got to where i was going, had a look, and the exhuast had fallen off, had a look undernea...

Templ8e30, dazleeds and TOURINGDADDY all top guys

could be a bit of water/moisture in the doors causing the window electrics to short out

who doesnt???

sideways action!!!

the 4.1 you have, yes, but the fact its an lsd over an open diff will not make any difference to the acceleration, it will but not enough to notice it

well as you have a 4.1 already, you wont see any change in the acceleration, should fit your car, but ill let someone else fill that one in

pacerpete wrote:4.1 LSD for sale ex 25000 mile u.s M3 as new , no corrosion Ãƒ”šÃ‚£400 . Yes it is expensive but it is as new and you won't find another.

i wouldnt call that expensive even at that price, very good price imo
i would have it but i have no money

if you want acceleration 4.10 is better than the 3.91, but ive never seen a 4.10 lsd for sale, good luck finding one, the 3.91 is much easier to get hold of

yeah all 4 pot e30's had 4.10 open diffs as standard, but there was an option of an lsd on the 318is

3.64 or 3.91, depends on what type of driving you do, lots of town work, then the 3.91 but if you do a lot of motorway miles then the 3.64

its rather impractical for road use, especially round town, acceleration would be terrible, motorway economy would be great though

and i think the diff will fit

318-is wrote:drums are a bastad to work on tho

got that right, and there crap too

best leave it till you know you wont need the car for a while

make sure your using the right fuse to start with

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... 0fuses.htm

other than that i dunno mate

i think he has a 316i mate, if so it'll have drums on the back

there isnt one, keep the standard airbox, if you want some noise drill some holes in the bottom of the box at the front

squealing probably means your discs and pads are glazed over, take the brakes apart and using a fine grit sandpaper, clean the discs and pads, rebuild the brakes and use plenty of anti-squeal compound on the back of the pads, not on the braking surfaces

my 318i is awful on fuel, it averages just under 22mpg arround town being really careful

but more to the point will the carpet fit, mats can solve the pad problem

just a quick one, are lhd and rhd convertible carpets the same

cheers
James

i could deliver them for you, wont be cheap though, going from where to where?

there was an excellent article on www.bmwe30.net but the site is down again

what would be the better option then, getting the m40 up to a decent standard, i.e. service, tappets etc. or put an m10 in it?

hmm scrap the idea of an m10 conversion, wonder if anyone has an m21 for sale

mine is pretty bad to be fair and it's got recently worse after I boiled the water and almost emptied the rad. oops. I was gonna post up this on here but I guess we may as well share a thread if that's ok. I was gonna investigate the CTS firstly. ive boiled it a few times too and emptied the rad to...

the car is a '89 318i m40, i filled it up yesterday, and since then ive done about 130

miles arround town, and im already on halfway, this does not seem good too me! that works out to about 22mpg, which is awful
really need help as this is gonna end up costing a lot to run

cheers
James

when i turn the lights on only the speedo and fuel gauge light up, have tried hitting it

and turning the knob for the lights up and down, but still no luck, do i need to replace the bulb, if so how easy is this

cheers
James

finally someone that agrees with me

329iturbo wrote:M50 it is

2494 cc, 189 Net Horsepower @5900 rpm, 24 Valves, DOHC

192 bhp actually

definately not a bm engine, i think thats a jap diesel engine, how that got mixed up with bmw is strange?

diesels never work out cheaper to run, i had one and cost more than a 325i to run, and they break easy and cost the earth to fix
and if unleaded is Ãƒ”šÃ‚£1 a litre diesel must be arround Ãƒ”šÃ‚£1.30!

m50 maybe, or the early m60?

whats needed to upgrade the brakes from a 318i to 325i spec, am i right thinking ill need:
front calipers
new discs and pads
brake servo
rear calipers
brake lines

do i need to put the whole rear axel from a 325i on the rear, or can i just swap the brakes

cheers
James

short and sweet, no, cab suspension is different to coupe

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carpets

poor economy

dash only partly lighting up

318i to 325i brake conversion help