It followed me home.. Can I keep it..?!

[Jhonno]

makes me think that I need to get on with my turd !

You may have covered this already but what colour you going for and you going to be doing some seam/stitch welding as well as a weld in cage to the turrets ?

Pull your finger out

Back to Sterling Silver I think.. I was tempted to go lairy, but I am not sure it is me..

I had thought about it.. Not really made a decision yet, will see how much the rest is gonna cost first

[Jhonno]

this is the engine you need for there

WANT!

[Jhonno]

No real updates to be honest.. It has been sat waiting collection for cage/paint etc for quite a while now.

These did arrive today however..

[Cook318IS]

you deviant, I really want a set of rs's. This car is going to be epic!

[Rav335uk]

No real updates to be honest.. It has been sat waiting collection for cage/paint etc for quite a while now.

These did arrive today however..

BBS RS FTW!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dezzy]

You weren't kidding mate when you said you'd been spending.

[glenn]

No real updates to be honest.. It has been sat waiting collection for cage/paint etc for quite a while now.

These did arrive today however..

beautiful

[march109]

So you won the euro millions then....

[Baz666]

Nice wheels Dan going to look really nice when it`s done.

[Jhonno]

Cheers fellas..

Not original I know, but when they look so damn right on an M3 it had to be done..

They look clean there, but a quick going over of 2 with some Megulairs metal polish had the pad black

Gonna wash the pad and do the final 2 tomorrow hopefully..

Feels a bit wrong getting tarty polishing wheels.. They have been Poorboys sealant'ed also, to make them easier to keep clean (cheers for the tip Dave!)

[Jhonno]

The Euro millions would be quite handy to fund this Gareth.. Sadly, I don't even play it

[DanThe]

Nice rims bruv

Poorboys sealer is good stuff, mine come clean eaaaasssy with just wash/wax Cleaning wheels is a mugs game, but if you get some decent gear on to start with its a piece of pi55

What sort of cage is it getting?

[Jhonno]

I am hoping it will make it nice and easy to wash em off after use! Fook cleaning them properly everytime I use the thing..

It's getting a full weld in job.. Tying in front and rear struts, inc pickup on the boot floor that could at a later date be turned into a diff pickup.. However as it will see some road use fuck that basically..

[Quaser]

Hiya Mate - dont know if your interested, i have a engine and recond turbo out of a 745i (M30 Turbo) - no loom but i was gonna ms it anyway - ive had a change of mind

Just food for thought!

Q

[DanThe]

Are you offering an M30 anchor to grace Jhonno's engine bay?

I was thinking of using an E36 backplate and tying it into a rear strut/floor brace for mine, will be more useful than a totally solid mounted diff

[harry_p]

Go on, solid mount the diff, you know you want to

actually, has anyone tried it on a road going e30? My lancias rear diff was solidly attached to the floor with a steel tube diff brace and never seemed to be an issue.

[Dezzy]

An M30'd E30M3 one for the purists right there.

[gareth]

An M30'd E30M3 one for the purists right there.

Even i wouldn't go that far!

[ImysE30]

An M30'd E30M3 one for the purists right there.

Even i wouldn't go that far!

BMW did

Nice rimz Dan, look lovely

[gareth]

An M30'd E30M3 one for the purists right there.

Even i wouldn't go that far!

BMW did

Nice rimz Dan, look lovely

No they didn't. Alpina did though didn't they? And to be fair, that's the only time i'd ruin the originality of a rare alpina. A M3 is not the right place for a M30...

[ImysE30]

Even i wouldn't go that far!

BMW did

Nice rimz Dan, look lovely

No they didn't. Alpina did though didn't they? And to be fair, that's the only time i'd ruin the originality of a rare alpina. A M3 is not the right place for a M30...

Same thing Was the Alpina B6 and B6s IIRC. Alpina must have thought it was a good idea

[bss325i]

Alpina B6S 3.5.

Pacerpete had one once.

[ImysE30]

http://www.alpina-archive.com/?page_id=53&nmt=B6-3.5S

Best of both worlds

Sorry for O/T

[DanThe]

No they didn't. Alpina did though didn't they? And to be fair, that's the only time i'd ruin the originality of a rare alpina. A M3 is not the right place for a M30...

An M30 converter that talks sense, rare breed that

[gareth]

No they didn't. Alpina did though didn't they? And to be fair, that's the only time i'd ruin the originality of a rare alpina. A M3 is not the right place for a M30...

An M30 converter that talks sense, rare breed that

I stand by my argument. a M30 is a good engine, CHEAP and suites a heavier daily driver better. And is the cheapest way to 210BHP+

a M3 needs to be lightweight or it's pointless. Maybe a S50 would sway me there though...

[Jhonno]

Strangely enough.. Despite being ginger and driving a turd with an M30 boat anchor, Gareth is relatively normal

Although he is possibly a little out of touch considering the M50 is now also a very cheap swap.. Even an M52 is really..

Gareth.. I'll show you mine when it is done..

[march109]

So the real question is what tasty bits won't you be transfering over to the M3?

[gareth]

Strangely enough.. Despite being ginger and driving a turd with an M30 boat anchor, Gareth is relatively normal

Although he is possibly a little out of touch considering the M50 is now also a very cheap swap.. Even an M52 is really..

Gareth.. I'll show you mine when it is done..

I'll take that as a compliment... i think?!

Remember though, my M30 has been in and running for about 4.5 years and i was buying parts about 5 years ago. M52's were all big money still and i was considerably skinter then also!

I wouldn't bother with a M50 myself, I'd go straight for a M52 as a minimum.

For a track plaything, i'd want a M52 with ITB's etc... so it would make sense to go straight for the S50.

Sorry for going totally off topic










M30 FTW