E30 Zone

Hi Paul and welcome home mate :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: If you wish to keep the value then keep it stock, end of !! But at the end of the day it`s YOUR car so do what the hell you like to it as long as you enjoy it :banana: :banana: The wanted section is still here and so is E-Bay but be scared a...

Welcome back, In reality not a lot has changed stuff learned 20 years ago still valid, Bit more of a 'stanced' scene in places, but the price that originality fetches makes needless modifying a bit less popular on good original cars. IMHO on a 325 all you need is Arms, brakes. bushes, belts etc etc...

Hi all, after a short break of something like 15 years I’ve returned to E30 ownership and reactivated my zone login. Having spent huge amounts of time on the zone as we built the original community back in the early 2000’s I then dropped out and moved on to work, kids, lots of other cars… I’ve succu...

Simon wrote:He lives!

This car was on e-bay recently. Still looked as nice as ever.

Ah was it!

How much did it fetch? Wish i'd never sold it now...

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Looks to me like the 814bhp S50 engined car with the Air filter removed for photographic purposes.

Top car with an S70 fitted on cross spokes.

Sorry I have to disagree, the BMW engine has very fine tolerances and is perfectly suited to synthetic oils. There are too many benefits to ignore them. Cheers Simon I'm not arguing with you I'm simply offering my opinion. An M20 with 100k+ miles on the clock as most E30's have doesn't quite fit in...

Are you saying you've fitted a late Motronic ECU to an early Bosch L-Jetronic high compression engine?

The looms for the two cars are very different, how did you get round the crank sensors etc?

The BMW M20 engine was designed for use with a multi-grade 10w40 to 20w50 mineral oil, putting fully synthetic in an old engine is never a good idea.

I'd stick to a semi synthetic 10w40.

10W40 semi is the best all rounder for the M20, most of them had mineral in from new.

If you're getting a rattly startup i'd check your valve clearances.

g57yle wrote:did everybody know that once you lower your e30, not only do you end up with negative camber but your rear wheels also toe aout. and they both induce premature inner tyres wear!

It's a very well known fact, you can correct it with offset bushes.

I'd suspect it'd leak pretty quickly with one bolt missing, if not when it's cold then it surely will once the system is hot.

Have you tried adjusting the CO on the AFM? Also check your Idle control valve is clean and working correctly, fueling for a certain idle and then not allowing in the correct air will cause a high CO. You must remember the Auto models idle slightly lower than the Manual version. Somebody has the exa...

2 main places for E30 leaks are around the tank inlet, that builds up with mud and crap, often more noticeable when you have a full tank or corner hard.

The other is the hoses that clamp onto the injector rail, they're under pressure and often perish and crack from the heat.

Yes the AFM has little function at idle on the M20, the screw to adjust it is for idle CO setting only. In a lean case i'd check for vacuum leaks, or a faulty ICV which may also go with a rough or uneven idle. Idle CO isn't too important to the car's over all running but it can vastly improve the wa...

Low idle CO like that, i'd look for a vacuum leak somewhere mate.

I always kept my 325i dead on 1.3% CO @ idle.

As Scott says really, pop to your local dealer and give them the reg number. They should be able to print you out the original spec of the car.

Simon wrote:Yes, white is cool!

Best white ever is the pearlescent white they used on the quattro.

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That's sexual Simon, i think you share my love of those.

Ah what i'd give for a UR Sport

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That Mini vs F150 test is balls, the F150 deformed so greatly because it's over 2 tonne of weight, the mini is far less. If you crashed the F150 Head on into the mini then see who survives. The E30 is a tough car, but it's very rigid which means the entire shell takes a hard impact, modern cars are ...

Touring isn't that great on fuel extra weight and the lower ratio diff, probably get mid 20's out of it averaged.

I managed high 30's from my 325i SE on a long run, but you only have to floor it a few times and that goes to pot.

I always lay my bike up for the winter, tyres wise I make sure there at the correct pressure and I move the bike around the garage once a month so there is a different contact patch on them throughout the time its standing, agreed that may be more difficult with a car. A spare set of wheels tyres d...

lol no mate, i think i lobbed them in the end, kinda liked the grey

breaks up the black don't you think?

Yeah close to a for sale ad there Dan but good idea to get some input on what it's worth. I can vouch for this car having owned it, several people have seen it at meets and commented on the condition. It really is a very mint example. Sure dan can throw in some snaps of himself for the ladies too :w...

I've used Zymol for a while and if I'm honest it's not as good as people say, it leaves a lovely finish and the smell is amazing but it doesn't last more than a couple of weeks. Autoglym is far more impressive for a longer amount of time. Halfords own make polish is actually pretty good stuff too. ...

6inline wrote:cheers
What donor car would this be? 325? 318is?

325i sport diff is the LSD version of that ratio, open version is the touring diff if i remember rightly..

A chip would make a noticable difference, ask 90% of owners on here tbh. Early jet cars aren't really chip tunable, the ECU is so basic it's hardly worth changing it. The motronic on the other hand responds very well to different ECU software, gains of 5-10bhp maybe but the improvement in drivabili...

No problem, hopefully somebody else will offer their opinon to

I've used Zymol for a while and if I'm honest it's not as good as people say, it leaves a lovely finish and the smell is amazing but it doesn't last more than a couple of weeks.

Autoglym is far more impressive for a longer amount of time. Halfords own make polish is actually pretty good stuff too.

Ideally you need to find the cause of the cracking. Has the body work been filled or has fibre glass been used on that section in the past? Badly done filler often allows rust underneath which causes cracking, can happen in old paint to. If you don't have the time/money to investigate the cause of t...

speedo will over read by atleast 10% at that speed, i've seen over 150 on a lightly modded 325i on the clock, that probably equals high 130's.

1. Smithy318i (too far to travel) 2. slideordie (i live in Northern Ireland) 3. Dazleeds (no spare cash) 4. 318-is (car not insured until early sept) 5. player6 the only weekend ive worked this year and it had to be this one 6. M3GTR (it's the missis's 30th and I value my balls too much!) 7. Zayyan ...

That's been about for years, cool bit of kit though.

Way to complex though, silly turbos when they should have charged it.

My lightly modded 325i managed 155 on the speedo, so about 140mph.

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