E30 Zone

im considering getting rid of the car, think im gonna be sad when she goes as its my first e30 and have enjoyed my time with it, doin all the jobs etc. plus its never let me down since ive owned it. But i now feel its time to move on.
just think its strange as other cars ive had i havnt had a problem when selling them on, but with the moredoor i think its gonna be an emotional affair whats wrong with me ffs

You want a 6 pot

Alex wrote:You want a 6 pot

nah he wants something with BBS's on

Alex wrote:You want a 6 pot

how dare you

Nothing.
Had over 20 cars and only felt sad about selling two of them..........

1st. Toledo tc.
2nd. Manta.

I also believe the more you work on a car the harder it is to part. It's not like that for me with bikes though.

What are you going to get next?

What are you going to move on to ?

tylerma wrote:

Alex wrote:You want a 6 pot

nah he wants something with BBS's on

Like a 6 pot with BBS on

capri_rob wrote:What are you going to move on to ?

im interested in a nice little 2door m40

but gotta sell mine first though

So why are you thinking of selling Jaymos?

You're not a secret FWD French turd deviant, are you?

sihooker wrote:So why are you thinking of selling Jaymos?

You're not a secret FWD French turd deviant, are you?

na no frenchie turd for me

If you can afford to, buy something with 6 or more cylinders.

How are you going to market it? Will you put the more door up for sale on the internet? Or just put it out the front of your house? Or send it down the car auctions? Or scrap it? Just interested to know.




I've just realised, your interested in that Silver Shadow aren't you?

sihooker wrote:So why are you thinking of selling Jaymos?

You're not a secret FWD French turd deviant, are you?

Cough Cough... they're not that bad ;)

jaymos wrote:

sihooker wrote:So why are you thinking of selling Jaymos?

You're not a secret FWD French turd deviant, are you?

na no frenchie turd for me

Pleased to hear it!

So what's the M40 you're thinking about? 318i or 316i?

VeinAST wrote:

sihooker wrote:So why are you thinking of selling Jaymos?

You're not a secret FWD French turd deviant, are you?

Cough Cough... they're not that bad ;)

Yes they are!

Ollie_bwoii wrote:If you can afford to, buy something with 6 or more cylinders.

How are you going to market it? Will you put the more door up for sale on the internet? Or just put it out the front of your house? Or send it down the car auctions? Or scrap it? Just interested to know.




I've just realised, your interested in that Silver Shadow aren't you?

haha the dolphin grey one ollie

prob put it on the net and put a sign in it, would never scrap it, its taxed till end of april and mot till november

sihooker wrote:

jaymos wrote:

sihooker wrote:So why are you thinking of selling Jaymos?

You're not a secret FWD French turd deviant, are you?

na no frenchie turd for me

Pleased to hear it!

So what's the M40 you're thinking about? 318i or 316i?

1.8

what do ya reckon i would get for it? and no i dont accept hubba bubba or pork scratchings.

jaymos wrote:what do ya reckon i would get for it? and no i dont accept hubba bubba or pork scratchings.

Any pics????

Has the inner arches been fixed properly??? a more door m40 with inner arch rot cant be worth much

jaymos wrote:what do ya reckon i would get for it? and no i dont accept hubba bubba or pork scratchings.

Well, it's got teabag rear inner-arches, so i shouldn't be turning down the hubba-bubba offers so quickly!!

What dolphin grey one?

And its an M10 Alex.

Ollie_bwoii wrote:What dolphin grey one?

And its an M10 Alex.

Even worse, fit some weber carbs

An M10 is better than an M40.

Ollie_bwoii wrote:An M10 is better than an M40.

Only if its injected the Carbs on them are a pile of poop

mine used to nearly flatten the battery before it started if i was starting it in the cold and hadnt run in a while.

way better engines in terms of reliability but shit carb spoilt the 316 as well as poor MPG

Ollie_bwoii wrote:An M10 is better than an M40.

Dont talk rubbish Ollie. BMW didn't spend millions to develop an inferior engine

Mine is running perfectly. Cold starts are not a problem at all.

Alex wrote:

Ollie_bwoii wrote:An M10 is better than an M40.

Only if its injected the Carbs on them are a pile of poop

mine used to nearly flatten the battery before it started if i was starting it in the cold and hadnt run in a while.

way better engines but shit carb

Induction and fueling aside, the M10 is a far superioir design to the M40.

M10's generally dont eat cams, have a cam belt to snap and blow head gaskets.

Im sure M10's have a forged steel crank as well as opposed to the M40 cast iron one.

Ollie_bwoii wrote:Mine is running perfectly. Cold starts are not a problem at all.

Mine was ok if it was started at least once a week

you can get direct replacment twin choke weber carbs for them.

I paid £25 for mine used iirc

Can't be bothered when my carb is fine. You also have to have a manual choke.

Ummm twin weber m10

sounds cool

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Ollie_bwoii wrote:Can't be bothered when my carb is fine. You also have to have a manual choke.

Not many carbs you dont tbh

bss325i wrote:

Alex wrote:

Ollie_bwoii wrote:An M10 is better than an M40.

Only if its injected the Carbs on them are a pile of poop

mine used to nearly flatten the battery before it started if i was starting it in the cold and hadnt run in a while.

way better engines but shit carb

Induction and fueling aside, the M10 is a far superioir design to the M40.

M10's generally dont eat cams, have a cam belt to snap and blow head gaskets.

M40's are lighter, designed to run on unleaded, dont require tappet adjustment and are the easiest engines to work on i've ever owned.

I've had them for 7 years(2 cars/85K miles total) and never had a cam or a head gasket go.

Neither of my cars ever let me down apart from a battery dying.

So is the m40 engine not any good then? As for the inner arches the passenger side has been patched up to stop the water getting in, Its holding up fine, the driver side is ok, there is a hole in the boot though which I'm gonna sort at the weekend

my 316 was designed to run on unleaded, it even had a sticker saying designed to run RON 95 Unleaded, i thought all e30s were

All E30's can run on unleaded. I am sure because I asked a BMW technician for Mobile Tradition, Germany.

M40's sound like diesels, the tapets get that bad.

An M10 is a far easier engine to work on. Less complex without fuel injection.