E30 Zone

steve_k wrote:a lightened flywheel will make a (slight) difference but not a massive one on it's own.

Absolute cobblers, a lightened flywheel is one of the best mods you can do to an M20 and makes a huge difference to the way the car drives.

Plenty, thanks. If you want to argue it, go jump in an s2000, Supra, rx7 or anything with an integrated gear selector/gearbox casing and feel how nice the shift is. If you think a separate gear shift that attaches to the body via a rubber bush and as a result is subjected to the twisting motion of ...

daysack_RH wrote:only bad point is a problem with central locking

You're not looking properly a˜ƒ

The conversion kit is NLA but the O rings and pressure switch still are so just get a drier from ECP..

ross_jsy wrote:I don't think any BMW has a particularly nice gearshift. Was driving an e92 m3 last weekend and even that wasn't a great feeling.

Care to furnish us with your M power driving experience?

Do you have a set to sell?

That flywheel will be great, where did you get it from?

I have one on an S50B32, feels like an extra 50 horses on the arse dyno

There's not much I'll pay a monkey for

An M20 belt job isn't paying anybody's mortgage down here magpie. I've forgotten how many of these I've done so end of comments from me on this, good night :) i'd rather do it myself after a quick read up on here . more money saved for part worns and maccy d's innit . :D Obvs, but not everybody is ...

An M20 belt job isn't paying anybody's mortgage down here magpie.

I've forgotten how many of these I've done so end of comments from me on this, good night

Cam belt kit, fan and PAS belts, water pump and 5ltr of coolant from ECP is about £80. 3 hours labour is plenty. £80 will not buy you f**k all towards this Barry at list prices! I have bought all of the above more times than i care to remember at that price. Genuine BMW On the other hand..... Ok fa...

Jon, my plans have changed now for this weekend, PM on its way.

bss325i wrote:Cam belt kit, fan and PAS belts, water pump and 5ltr of coolant from ECP is about £80.

3 hours labour is plenty.

£80 will not buy you f**k all towards this Barry at list prices!

Maybe ten years ago Id rather pay the extra and be happy the job is done right by somebody competent than take it to fitterzz for £50 cheaper Correct... £125 to supply and fit a decent brand M20 cambelt kit and antifreeze change will only be found from types working from government sponsored accomm...

Good skills, did you get what you wanted?

I recently served a similar turd for £1500 and then a bags worth of extras/work on it and I'd like another, they're great cars !

It's the input & layshaft bearings that give these boxes a bad name because of the chatter that many suffer.

E36 boxes were £500 10yrs ago, I doubt you'd find a decent one now.

Si you had a result at £125 and I expect the whiney diff drones out the box !!??

Has this been served?

I was watching it but either I missed the auction end or you sold it early?

Brianmoooore wrote:IIRC, Pfeba made kit for BMW, and were the suppliers of 'BMW approved' aero. kit in the pre mtech 1 days

Correct Brian, they made a lot of body kit parts back in the day for E30, E24 & E28 that I've personally seen, quite possibly more.

No half that sounds about right Maybe ten years ago Id rather pay the extra and be happy the job is done right by somebody competent than take it to fitterzz for £50 cheaper Correct... £125 to supply and fit a decent brand M20 cambelt kit and antifreeze change will only be found from types working ...

There's only 1 type of E30 centre bearing, the year makes no difference and as far as I know if it's been bought from ECP/GSF it will be wrong. I believe they stopped selling the E30 item a while ago and is now main dealer only... E36 items do fit and work but are not correct, I think these are what...

The prop is marked when new at the factory with 2 white dots of paint, so long as these are lined up it will not need balancing and shouldn't vibrate unless its had a slap during removal.

I'd be checking the centre bearing is an E30 item and has been preloaded when fitted...

Use the Elring one on the final build, very good quality parts.

It will physically bolt on but the bore sizes are different, 80mm on the 323i and 84mm on the 885 head...

Speedtouch wrote:Aren't you forgetting the legendary galvanised bodyshell made from unobtainium that the 318is supposedly has? ;)

And there's this problem too

Split_S wrote:Yes but you will be able to swap everything over.

Yes that's right but your previous post said 'the rest is pretty much the same' which is not correct

The engine is the only difference between the two... Good luck.. Pretty much everything on a 318is is different to a 318i saloon, actually. Once you swap out the engine (and wiring obviously) and drivetrain the rest is pretty much the same.. Sway bars are thicker front and back..big deal..You'll ha...

HairyScreech wrote:After market tensioners do it as well far as I can see. Seen it with Contitech and INA ones.
So not even cheap crap.

INA is EE garbage from what I've seen...

That can be welded just fine but as stated you will need to completely strip the seat to weld and then paint it. I've done it loads of times

Split_S wrote:The engine is the only difference between the two...

Good luck..

Pretty much everything on a 318is is different to a 318i saloon, actually.

Hey guys Bit of a conundrum. I have a H reg 318is that needs a full restoration. Its rotten, the interiors shagged and it will need a fair amount of money pouring in to it. Now this was a perfectly fine scenario as I was prepared to do this and purchased an accident damaged E30 that looked really g...

Turkey joining isn't any different from what we've got with Germanys open door policy. It's completely different. If we are part of the EU when Turkey join the Turks will be allowed to come here unquestioned and there is nothing we can do about it. 75'000'000 Muslim peasants that are eager to join ...

Soon enough 75 million peasants will all be free to move here, claim benefits and drag the NHS down further. The prospect of the EU's borders extending to Iraq, Iran and Syria is not good either... I'm not sure any other reason to leave is required, although there are many more. The free trade bollo...

Why anybody would cut the brackets from a 2 door seat and weld them onto a 4 door seat is beyond me.
By far the easiest thing to do is simply swap your covers/bolsters onto the 2 door seat frame.

If you need any seat frames PM me, I've a good stash here

It's not got a cream interior, it would be much better if it did.
The interior is light grey/silver, BMW's name is 'hellgrau' and I think it looks crap with a green body...

An explanation of the mileage discrepancy in the advert would be an excellent idea then. Selling high mileage turds is a tedious task, as brettski is going to find out, if he doesn't already know. On eBay it's the dearest one by 2 bags and has 40k more miles, theres also a 1 owner car with 99k there...

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