E30 Zone

Can anyone see the subtle difference? Look very closely



This badge no doubt confused the Leon Cupra R that I destroyed today



Slight difference hehe!




I need a new front spoiler...
Sump is low



Lovely new Sparco strut brace copy... Needs to be painted lime green




Welded rear

Such a clean looking engine bay, you need a new rad though imo becuase its letting it down! An airbox would look pretty good too though

A very nice car indeed

Really liking this love the engine bay nice and clean. Looks as the engine was factory fitted

it's too low for cr24v rules and the grill is a fail under the same policy


looks a good job well done, with the above put right your in with a shout of being a fourth musketeer!

nice one, engine bay is impressive!

Engine bay looks great! super clean

How much was the strut brace and does it fit the turrets snugly? Cant understand why they didnt bend it properly though

I saw something on the net about 3-in-1 oil for cleaning up alloy and they were using a rad as a demo, came up mint!

on the airbox

looks like an ultra racing brace' ?

Awesome looking engine bay!

what's a good engine bay cleaner,i need to have a go at this

nice engine bay
what car do all the nice plastic bits come from that keep the cables hidden?

magpie wrote:what's a good engine bay cleaner,i need to have a go at this

Traffic film remover and a power washer do the business. TFR isn't very kind to black plastics and can fade them a bit. I'm assuming you're looking at doing this when the donk is out?

Think i used the Auto Glym stuff along with some general degreser and Gunk i had knocking about to get mine looking like this;

Cook318IS wrote:Such a clean looking engine bay, you need a new rad though imo becuase its letting it down! An airbox would look pretty good too though

These are unflattering photos to the rad really. She's quite clean... and I would take the sticker off but don't have a suitable solvent to remove the glue afterwards.

The washer bottle sticks out like a sore thumb though!! It doesn't even open properly!

I'm going to get my brother to fabricate something to separate the air filter off when he's less busy.

Cook318IS wrote: A very nice car indeed

Thank you kindly good sir.

magpie wrote:it's too low for cr24v rules and the grill is a fail under the same policy


looks a good job well done, with the above put right your in with a shout of being a fourth musketeer!

This has already been thrashed out! I'd also have to get 16" rims, bigger brakes too. I like the idea of bigger brakes but I love smaller rims (catch 22). My council grill suits my smoked Hellas (also, against the rules). And the Hellas can't go; I bought them before I owned my first E30!

Hence I'm resigned to my 'partially council' status. I'd love to be a proper member but will have to accept being a lone bandit.

There's hope for the Beaver though in the 'less-council' stakes. I want her to be ultra-sleeper... Although she will be 16v.

AJP8

DanThe wrote:How much was the strut brace and does it fit the turrets snugly? Cant understand why they didnt bend it properly though

As for the snugness, mega snug. So much so, I imagine I may need to watch that area for loss of paint. I paid £200 to have the front fabricated and rear welded.

And yep... the bends look sh*te. But when I have it painted lime green, no one will want to look at it anyway

magpie wrote:looks like an ultra racing brace' ?

Cannot comment. I simply asked for strut braces. They test fitted a 'hallowed' old Sparco one, then set about re-fabricating it. Ask Penton!

noclue wrote:nice engine bay
what car do all the nice plastic bits come from that keep the cables hidden?

Once again, ask Penton08! Or Richard of BBB ('BigBavarian')...

magpie wrote:what's a good engine bay cleaner,i need to have a go at this

Mine was cleaned and battery tray welded in (as she had a hole the size of a dinner plate and had been leaking like a b*stard into the footwell), then resprayed.

It's amazing that the car was so clean underneath yet had a battery tray from hell

As soon as the rear arches are done, she will be luuuurvely

How much bhp are you putting out atm?

noclue wrote:nice engine bay
what car do all the nice plastic bits come from that keep the cables hidden?

From a 318 is.

Rav335uk wrote:

noclue wrote:nice engine bay
what car do all the nice plastic bits come from that keep the cables hidden?

From a 318 is.

The plastic section behind the strut brace can be found on any 4 pot injection car. The plastic cover in the battery tray location is from a M3.

E30BeemerLad wrote:

magpie wrote:what's a good engine bay cleaner,i need to have a go at this

Traffic film remover and a power washer do the business. TFR isn't very kind to black plastics and can fade them a bit. I'm assuming you're looking at doing this when the donk is out?

the m42 is out Lee,work begins next week

You need stiffer springs.. My chin was lower and didn't get battered like that. Love it though!

Would rock something similar for a daily

Nice mate, very clean engine bay. I like

I did the same with mine before I put the lump in and she came up the same but I recked it when I fired the beast up with no manifolds .
Will be giving it another once over soon with degreaser ect, its a nice look

ultralinear wrote:
It's amazing that the car was so clean underneath yet had a battery tray from hell

My chromie is the same, although not such a big hole.

Very nice car there,

Get penton to sort you out a new washer reservoir and cap from the dealers,

Hope i get a chance to see this at BBB some time

Rav335uk wrote:

noclue wrote:nice engine bay
what car do all the nice plastic bits come from that keep the cables hidden?

From a 318 is.

Do you think the same can be used to fit over the m30 cables?

Probably...

It came on ANY 4 pot btw

Thanks i hunting some down, according to realoem the cover on the battery tray is also for all 4 pots.

The battery will be in the way on all 4 pots other than M3s for that cover to fit i would've thought.

Thats what i thought until i saw this:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=51&fg=20

noclue wrote:Thats what i thought until i saw this:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=51&fg=20

You arnt getting any closer to acceptance mate. Lime green strut brace


It's a really nice car and the engine install looks to have been done well.

24v donks are far and away to best looking motor once fitted correctly!!!

noclue wrote:

Rav335uk wrote:

noclue wrote:nice engine bay
what car do all the nice plastic bits come from that keep the cables hidden?

From a 318 is.

Do you think the same can be used to fit over the m30 cables?

Yes, the cables will fit.