Show us your 16" wheels

[inlovewithRWD]

Bob those Hartge splits are .

[Felix79]

Just thought it would be nice to be a little different. Couldn't do if they were real. They will be for sale with a free m50'd moredoor soon.

Too many doors and too many vales Needs to be 12 vales for me

24 valves is the way forward

if I had a V12 then I agree. I love the noise from the m20 and m30. If I ever get an m3 or 320is then 16vales is exceptable

[e30topless]

Just thought it would be nice to be a little different. Couldn't do if they were real. They will be for sale with a free m50'd moredoor soon.

Too many doors and too many valves Needs to be 12 valves for me

24 valves is the way forward

when all the 12 valves have blown/died I might consider a 24v ,

but i doubt the 24v's will outlast the M20/30 donks !

[Rav335uk]

BBS's 16"

[Rav335uk]

Too many doors and too many valves Needs to be 12 valves for me

24 valves is the way forward

when all the 12 valves have blown/died I might consider a 24v ,

but i doubt the 24v's will outlast the M20/30 donks !

Ain't that the truth brother, Amen to that

[bss325i]

I am feeling the hatred
I have your lovely hartge kit aswell now Barry.. along with a nice 300mm brake kit and a lovely b32 with a nicely crafted BTB trumpet

'twill be awesome!

[shazE30]

BBS's 16"

Rav them are sexy as Fooookhhh

[town325i]

24 valves is the way forward

when all the 12 valves have blown/died I might consider a 24v ,

but i doubt the 24v's will outlast the M20/30 donks !

Ain't that the truth brother, Amen to that

Noah's arch run on 12 valves

[Rav335uk]

BBS's 16"

Rav them are sexy as Fooookhhh

Cheers Shaz

[Ilkorin]

Noah's arch run on 12 valves

Didn't it have an is engine in it? All stuff of legend was M42 powered...

More on the topic - daring to be different, I've got some rota slipstreams going on the E30 soon.... once they are on I'll get some pics up!

[Felix79]

when all the 12 valves have blown/died I might consider a 24v ,

but i doubt the 24v's will outlast the M20/30 donks !

Ain't that the truth brother, Amen to that

Noah's arch run on 12 valves

Well it only allowed things going two by two so 2 vales per clyinder .

[magpie]

BBS's 16"

you serve a mighty blow with those Rav




a BIG hit.

[Rav335uk]

Thanks Magpie

[e30topless]

when all the 12 valves have blown/died I might consider a 24v ,

but i doubt the 24v's will outlast the M20/30 donks !

Ain't that the truth brother, Amen to that

Noah's arch run on 12 valves

and it still ticks over smooth

no stripped block threads or nickosil issues with Noah's chariot

[The_Diddler]

Ain't that the truth brother, Amen to that

Noah's arch run on 12 valves

and it still ticks over smooth

no stripped block threads or nickosil issues with Noah's chariot

No just puddles of oil everywhere he leaves it, due to various oil leaks the cars had from new

[Felix79]

Obviously yours was just a bad example. Then again why put a good engine in a moordoor.

Mines done 233,000 miles and does not drop a single specs of oil. Hell it don't even smoke any more! And yes it does have the right level of oil in it!

[Kos]

Obviously yours was just a bad example. Then again why put a good engine in a moordoor.

Mines done 233,000 miles and does not drop a single specs of oil. Hell it don't even smoke any more! And yes it does have the right level of oil in it!

all m20's leak oil

an m20 with out an oil leak is not an m20. even brianmoore will confirm that

[poolnoodle]

all m20's leak oil

an m20 with out an oil leak is not an m20. even brianmoore will confirm that

Hmm, maybe a bit of a generalisation. My chromie has done 245k and doesn't leak a drop - sits on a clean concrete garage flow and never leaves a trace

[Kos]

all m20's leak oil

an m20 with out an oil leak is not an m20. even brianmoore will confirm that

Hmm, maybe a bit of a generalisation. My chromie has done 245k and doesn't leak a drop - sits on a clean concrete garage flow and never leaves a trace

it may have leak somewhere else, they all leak

[Rav335uk]

My M20 never leaked either, nor the M30, my driveway is clean

[Felix79]

Obviously yours was just a bad example. Then again why put a good engine in a moordoor.

Mines done 233,000 miles and does not drop a single specs of oil. Hell it don't even smoke any more! And yes it does have the right level of oil in it!

all m20's leak oil

an m20 with out an oil leak is not an m20. even brianmoore will confirm that

I was under the impression they burn oil rather than leak it everywhere.

[Kos]

nope they do all leak. tired and loads of miles burn it as well.

[Felix79]

Well I always thought the nick name of them being called oil burner was due to them burning oil. Mind you I remember my old mans beemers over the years would burn oil off, none of which were m20's.

[Kos]

any dervs are oil burners.

never heard an m20 called that.

[Felix79]

Does the m20 have a wet sump, if so which is the reason for their being the leaks?

Anyway I got to try and get some sleep.

[Kos]

yep, most m20 sumps are wet due oil leaks lol

but on serious note, it has traditional sump with oil in it , what you are actual asking is it not dry sumped. not many road cars are dry sumped, not even bmw's S engines.

[MillRat]

I have had several BMW's and engines (3xM20, 2xM10), and they all leak(ed) oil regardless of engine age or number of cylinders. Surprisingly my Audi A4 also uses a lot of oil (burns about 4L per year) but never leaks a drop. Must all go through the turbo and/or rings.

[Nay]

Firstly, Bob, they are stunning hartge splitties. Not too much of a fan of 1 piece hartges though.

Wouldn't choose alpina's, but still nice wheels.

Rav. I hate you so much, I want RS's soo badly...


For me, BBS RS or Borbet B's. Both in 16x9 flavour!

[mrLEE30]

proper (sorry Nav ) BBS 16x7 splitties



same wheels on the cab



16x7 Schitzers on cab and coupe:






and some 16x8 / 7 RH split copies:


and for the real old school MK 16x7



and the winners are... well Alpine are council, BBS not rare enough and get made too wide , Hartges are to 80's and all the rest just copies.....there can be only one real 16 inch that is rare and looks good on any E30

[MillRat]

I don't know why, but I have never been a fan of AC's. I much prefer BBS RS, but with black centres. RS's are everywhere for a reason.

Please excuse the low quality picture;

[Dezzy]

Well quite the debate we have here.

There is nothing wrong with a proper M20 in an origonal alpina/hartger or even in the right copy

The moredoor has the wrong number of doors but is totally rot free. It's now got the right engine in. It was a good lerning cerve. Also it's tech2 kitted, with every bush replaced. It has some very nice little trinkets fitted and will make a very good road car when finished

Almost the complete oppersite from a rotten 2.5 reshelled alpina

[zaust]

[poolnoodle]

BMW Z1 16x8
Unloved by just about every zoner except me

[topbananabm]

16 inch BBS RS

[mick_318is]

I really want these though the offsets are wrong ET 38.

I would loose the stickers as well, maybe get the dish polished??

Still deciding if I like the idea of spacers.