E30 Zone

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I have a M52 double Vanos 2.8 lump from a Z3 that I am gonna put in my E30.

a few questions:

1. not sure which ECU I have so need to check, but does the wiring loom (says for an E36) as shown in the wiki work for the single AND double Vanos engines?

just remove it. it does nor seem to make any difference, and for those who say the engine will get hot and blister the paint...i live in a country where its over 50C in the sun, and my paint is just fine.

in the wiki section there is an article on how to smoke lights, that expains how to open the lights

if the paint on the bolts was good to start with then they can be polished in a tumbling polisher using wallnut shells or similar, however if the finish on the bolts is damaged then they will need to be re-finished after polishing or they will rust within days. For a home polish throw them in a jar ...

engine : building an M20 stroker will take mauch time and money if you cant do it yourself. easier to buy a better 2.8 as in an M50/2 B28 and have 210-220 hp for probably less then a grand all in. as for your standard 2.5 M20 there is not really mush you cna do cheaply to it, a big exhaust only chan...

you need 81/82 mm. the reason on ebay the rear is different is becasue the rear badge is angled if you buy a proper one, however the 82mm bonnet badge fits perfectly well in the rear, it just sits flatter - you cant tell from more than a few feet away. cabs/baur/tin tips all have exactly the same ba...

harry_p wrote:Some info on where it came from and some pics would help

well simply click on the link he has provided where it says " this ebay link"

OK if in the states then 100% the cogs, easy to change but you need to get the correct ones (Miles or KM) but to be honest its just as easy to swap for a known good speedo. but look on US Ebay and they sell the cog sets for about 50 USD. M10's work like almost all engines (except a different engine ...

onyl difference between tin top 2 door and cabs is under the rtear seat, the cabs have a cross member under the rear seat thast is thicker on a cab for added strength - thus the carpet is slightly differently shaped.

My logic behind fitting a bigger rad wasn't so much for extra cooling but so I had more water to loose should I spring a leak if it has a leak then it does not pressure properly, water under pressure has a different (higher) boiling point, so a system with a leak will not hold pressure and thus the...

cracks in the inlet pipes, or poor seal in the inlet manifold.

spray some carb cleaner around the inlet side of the engine while it runs, a change in engine speed as you spray is a good indication of an air leak.

if the speedo works and no odometer then my money is on the plastic cogs have worn out ot become brittle and broken, this is common in hot countries but not so in UK - assuming thats where you are. Also given the amount of issues with the dash are you sure its the correct dash in there..ie not one f...

Cloggy Saint wrote:One word - Schnitzers.

ohh no no no, you are clearly drunk!

pull off each lead while running, the note or speed will change, the one that does not affect engine pitch/speed wher removed is the one with an issue

if you have the rad off, and asuming the thing has nbot been done in the last two/three years then you are also halfway there to chaging the timing belt and water pump, I would do that too, "while you are there".

did you pre load the bearing? if not then try this first, with the bearing housing in a finger tight position, slide the bearing housing about 5mm toward the gearbox and tighten in this position. Also WD40 is not really a lubruicant as such, in fact it acts as a degeasing agent, so spraying WD40 on ...

for erratic windscreen wipers my first port of call would be the wiper control unit, it is located in the fuse box, its a fag packet sized box above fuses 6 to 15 (top right as you look from the side of your car at the fuse box)

yes remove it, and also the rear one. this will save you much weight. also wing mirrors are not really needed.

you will fail an MOT and no doubt attract lots of police attention, but who cares when you have no bumpers and have such a fast car.

good stuff!....the one underneath that says "inspection" means you need to bend over and lube up 8O or it means you take a paperclip and short pins 11 and 7 in the diagnostic plug, turn to IGN wait ten seconds, and carry on as normal. no doubt your faulty alternator was not giving any voltage thus ...

as the car is running then the battery light should be off. the main lights from left to right the P is for your parking brake on, if that does not go off with the brake off then the issue is the swtich located at the base of the handbrake the one to the right of that is the brake wear warning ( its...

when you say does not trun over you mean it does not fire or does not turn over? both are very different issues! What did you service? did you play with the air filter?, did you remove the Air Flow Meter to do that? sounds to me like the AFM is not working, or you have not connected the pipes from f...

ALL E30's have the same lock (its not the backup, this is the actual lock) but its not a prod, you need a LARGE flat screwdriver, and you insert it onto the hole in the catch and turn it - you may need some dolphin grips on the screwdriver to help turn it if its very stiff. it may also help to have ...

belts even have a shelf life when they are on the shelf. The ones I buy here in the middle East have a due date on the box, thus as Brian says the rubber has a finite life, less if stored incorrectly..or worse if stretched on the car...it could be feasible that the belt could last for another thirty...

upon a re-read and also how many miles the engine has covvered my money would be on poor running, or possibly a dodgy sensor, GENERALLY blue/black smoke tends to be poor running, white smoke is oil. As yours is blue/black I would possibly just drive it for a few hundred miles, and get a few tanks of...

no running in lsowly applies to 1950's buitl engines, just dont drive it at any one RPM for too long, ie accelrate quite hard then back off, vary speed at motorway or vary the gear (4/5th). after about 100-200 miles drop the oil out, have a good look for big bits of metal ...assuing all good change ...

If it was last filled in 2011 i woudl just say it need regassing, i fill mine once every six months on the E30, the hissing here gives me a clue. but look on the wheel arch under the bonnet and you will see a pipe that runs from the compressor toward the firewall (ie into the back of the dashbaord, ...

real shame its not the later big rear light cab as i would like to see a M3 big light version - just to see something different

Having been very very lucky enough to have driven many high end sports cars around a track( I instuct at the track in Bahrain along with another zoner called flying Farrier) I can also say the Lambo's are brutally quick, but then again so is just about every other fast car you can mention, there is ...

we just apply silicone grease!

I dont think you can "tighten" the front seal, but they are not expesive to buy, and fairly easy to replace, try silicone grease first if that fails then replace.

OK makes sense. if you are selling the touiring why not swap the front panels around, they wil lbe the same except the colour

silly point perhaps but can you not sell E30 in Oz for silly money?

and given the fact that you point out the car is far from concourse with a front end bash...why not sell it, save the shipping and buy a 2 door from UK??

from the rear of the steering wheel where the stitch is you can inject some rubber glue using a syringe, i have seen them do it here as Toyotas have the same habit. Trick is to find a syringe with about a 1mm indder diamter and a glue that will flow through it. syringe you should get from a good pha...

I had the Z3 3.0 coupe for a few years and it was an awesome car, and chalk and cheese compared to the 2.8, it got sold to make way for new baby but i would buy it back today. its only downside was not good if you are over 6 foot the seats dont go back far enough. Twas a bit of a hooligan car and qu...

the clue you give me here is the fact that it is worse when the window is opened, this says to me the cause of the fumes is likely from the gearbox area......allow me to explain!!! when you open your window (or sunroof) you create a low/high pressure at that point as the stationary air in the car is...

I disagree. the drain on a battery is only the ECU and the coil assuming you turn off all electrical things such as lights, radio, fan, demister etc i reckon a fully charged battery will last a few hours and it wiull onyl be toast if you leave it discharged, if you charge it immediately once you arr...

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