Cooks m52 316i - going S54!

[eko]

Massively Impressed with this! Only just found this post. I live down in Exeter, hope to see it about some time, if you see me in in a calypso red 320 moredore with horrific wheels! Give us a wave!
Good work chaps

Will keep an eye out for you
Fancy coming to a meet next weekend?Check out the link in my sig for details etc if so.

[Cook318IS]

I've been to exeter today in my iS funnily enough though! Didnt see any e30's in exeter. Saw quite alot today though around torbay!

Todays verdict - I need an s50 stainless exhaust system in my life.

[eko]

I've been to exeter today in my iS funnily enough though! Didnt see any e30's in exeter. Saw quite alot today though around torbay!

lol mini meet round my house earlier

[Cook318IS]

Yeah and i saw a red chromie with red grills on the way home, a black tech 2 with sport kit (looked VERY nice, ive seen it around before). Wasn't a half bad meet though! I still can't get over daves exhaust though. its nothing short of pure 24v sex!

[DavieP]

Massively Impressed with this! Only just found this post. I live down in Exeter, hope to see it about some time,

It's an impressive beastie and sounds good too. I can easily imagine Cook318IS's frustration at having to wait to get it insured. If it were me, I'd be dying to blip the throttle and terrify the daylights out of the old ladies around the bay as well as showing the local chavs a thing or two

if you see me in in a calypso red 320 moredore with horrific wheels! Give us a wave! Good work chaps

Come over to the coast sometime and we can compare horrific wheels To be fair, I'm using a set of 14" bottletops kindly lent while I'm refurbing mine. I never thought there was anything wrong with bottletops before, but they just don't look right on my car or feel right for that matter. If I didn't have them though, I'd have to use my Stagecoach pass, so I'm extremely grateful.

[Tom202]

Can't make that meet as im up in sussex around then. But hopefully meet you guys some other time. Would be nice to meet some other E30 enthusiasts, as most of my mates just rekon im sad

[Cook318IS]

The car.... is fecking awesome! I currently look like this :

Got alot of paperwork to sort out tommorow with the new insurance, but ill hopefully have the tracking sorted, rear bench fitted, new parcel shelf and stick the front splitter on! And give it a fecking good polish!

[Alex]

Bet you spend a fortune in petrol the next few days

[Cook318IS]

Aye... spent £400 on it in the past few days. I am literally broke. Put in £50.01p and it didnt fill it right up

Sounds awesome with a ripspeed induction kit!

[Alex]

carbon fiber ripspeed enclosed one for £50?

my mate has one

[Cook318IS]

metal gauze one.... can't remember what i paid for it. Ive had it for years! will have to take a video of it at somepoint!

[Alex]

get a standard m50 one in there like dan-the has in his chromie

[Cook318IS]

i probably will do at somepoint. I have an m42 airbox, e34 m50 airbox, m40 airbox and an m30 airbox so far

[Alex]

plenty to choose from then

[E30BeemerLad]

you can only get away with the M50 etc air box if you don't have ABS, otherwise you have to suffer a cone filter

[Cook318IS]

Good job that i haven't got ABS then

Fitted the strut brace (although i'll probably paint it at some point), rear bench and the black parcel shelf with blind. Still got a few odd jobs to do though mind.

Photo time!!!

clearance ftw




a pretty shite photo of the parcel shelf







Spot the iS that is still for sale...

[E30BeemerLad]

Nice collection of morsels on that car dude

[Alex]

i like it a lot

a proper sleeper

[Cook318IS]

a proper sleeper

Aye its got the chav next door intrigued about it. 316i with a zaust innit bruv

[Alex]

haha

[Bob_S]

m52/4b30 ftw

looks well cheif, time to lower it and put some good brakes on it

[XRMike]

Looks good matey. Ive been following this as im about to start on mine soon. Keep it stealthy ftw!

[RotE30]

lovely car, brilliant colour... doing this to mine next year, spoil us with a video or 3! Anybody got any links to any good 24V videos, so many CR@P ones on you tube.

[Cook318IS]

Thanks for the comments guys

I plan on washing and polishing it again this weekend and taking a few better photos. i'm already planning a sound test video

Oh and my mate worked out my rough mpg the other night... 14mpg

[E30BeemerLad]

It's just impossible not to spank them isn't it

[Daf318is]

14mpg? How on earth are you achieveing that! When mine was an M50 i struggled to get it below 20!

[Cook318IS]

Aye! its a beautiful song it makes!

My mate "roughly" worked it out. i've got an app on my iphone which works it out spot on as well as telling you loads of other stuff. I'll fill up tommorow and find out properly. I think its overfuelling a little bit too. I changed the ripspeed air filter for a universal k+n jobbie rated up to 215bhp (despite being tiny ) and i think its not quite as bad on fuel...

[Daf318is]

Best mod or an IS isn't it - give it the right number of cylinders!

[Cook318IS]

Even better on a 316i with a case of blue smoke comming from the 8v weapon from under the bonnet. I was pissing myself at a fiat punto trying to give it some against me

[Bob_S]

Best mod or an IS isn't it - give it the right number of cylinders!

Dafs sounds like he is in your crew for small air filters.. You both need a huage green cone like mine
Can't wait to get mine running right and listen to the vanos scream

[Cook318IS]

I've thought about an itg air filter, but i still want an airbox for that stock look though. But then i've also considered making up my own carbon fibre airbox... decisions

[Alex]

I think a standard airbox will be best for the OEM look

[Daf318is]

Best mod or an IS isn't it - give it the right number of cylinders!

Dafs sounds like he is in your crew for small air filters.. You both need a huage green cone like mine
Can't wait to get mine running right and listen to the vanos scream

I might actually resolve my crap induction system now that I actually have an engine that's in working order! It's only the 4th engine!

[Bob_S]

I think a standard airbox will be best for the OEM look

and a cone filter for noise.. had you got a vanos lump

[Alex]

Bit off topic but i currently have a list off all the parts needed for a 24v conversion in front of me, and had a decent ish quote to start fitting one into the IS this time next year ready for feb 2011 when i have 3yrs no claims.

i was under the impression m50 was single vanos and m52 twin or are some m50's non vanos