E30 Zone

at last all i have my 2.7 compleated and up and running the engine is running like a dream ,faster ,louder, more tourque the engine looks the part as well as the block ,head ,rocker cover inlet manifold were all cleaned and polished painted and a nice 2.7 badge was added to the inlet manifold the engine is the starting point on an enthusiasts car with lots more to follow custom made stainless steel air box on the cards ...lol and the car has already has a chip shrick cam and bbtb i do have pics of the engine in all the steps but dont know how to host them so if you wanna look pm me ........j

come on whats the spec then? head,crank,pistons,block?!?!

nice one thats my new project as i have done brakes and suspension on my car

get the pics up mate so i can

well done by the way

welcome to the 2.7 club.......

stroker engines rule......

325dude wrote:i do have pics of the engine in all the steps but dont know how to host them so if you wanna look pm me ........j

wow sound like a nice car
e-mail me the pics mate, will put'em up for you you have PM

well where to start i built the engine myselffrom scratch i started off with a few engines as spares a 525eta, 325i we were going to use the 325 block the eta crank conrods however even though the eta's block and 325 have different part numbers the blocks are the same so we decided to use the eta block the eta conrods i bought a new set of 2.5 pistons and had a spare head ported and polished a new set of valves camshaft (shrick 284/272cam kit springs) all of the seals gasgets are new as wel of course oil pump water pump replaces the block was blasted out cleaned the bores were cleadned and cross sanded to help bed in the engine sonic blasted injectors were fitted i spared no cost building this engine and when i get the pics up you will agree that it looks the part and would look good in any art studio ...........the engine also has the zone bbtb (worth the cash) and i also have the zonechip (not fitted till the engine bedded in) the night of the first start up was last monday after spending all day reconecting all the plumbing first i ran the engine up to oil pressure first without the fuel pump conected and then i conected the fuel pump the time was here i conected it and turned the key i was feeling really stressed now and then it started fired up in the first turn and it was sooooooooooooo loud ..............ace........ .........j

hmmm yummy, early 325 pistons ya? bet they were not cheap!

This sound's very nice geese, well done

my mate got all of the engine parts head kit sump gaskets pistons the looked the same as the ones i took off the 325 two offset dents for the valves and slightly domed one one side the head was done by agra (engine tuning) i think all in all its cost me about Ԛ£1500/Ԛ£2000 but it is totally worth it...........j

nice job you did with the bottom end, very clean.



now this pic i really like

Absolutely sweet mate!!

Very jealous!!

Think thats the next step for me!!

that engine looks a beauty

shud be mega proud mate.

with these conversions u can do, the e30 will neva die.

Very nice! That is the next step for my car too

by the way if anyone wants a rocker cover like that give me a shout i can run some more off as i did them my self and i did the inlet manifold as well but that takes ages so let me know.................j

splumph....

yeah that cosmetic preparation looks really neat on your engine - i just painted the lines on the cam cover on mine - looks decidely poor relation to yours!

interested to see your airbox when you do it

lol the only thing on my rocker cover thats painted is the background black the lettering and the lines are the oricinal metal poliched to a mirror finish.................... honist indian....................j