My touring Looks like the welder is coming out :-(

[town325i]

i thought i would take some pics of my touring today meanig though ive given it a clean for the first time a long and next week we are off to newquay for a week camping and taking the touring along

[SUMPCRACKER]

Looks good, a nice balance of mods and tidy. Dont think i would keep the eyebrows though.

[town325i]

last time i took pics of it no one noticed the eye brows i dont mind them tbh and i cant be arsed to take the 4 screws out that hold them on

[SUMPCRACKER]

Must admit they look better black blending in with the grille than colour coded with the car.
Nice drop as well.

[town325i]

its a bit to low when i hit a big bump in the road i twat my exhaust off the ground

[SUMPCRACKER]

Me too, somtimes i have to pick my front lip up as well.

[town325i]

after i took these pics my is lip came off again and got stuck under the car so when i get back from newquay ive got to repair and paint it for a 3rd time

[town325i]

Right then after 10 months of uming and aring and starting to build an m20b28 (lack of interest happend on this one) i given up and thought balls to it m50b25 is the way forward for me so i found one on ebay sheap as chips here is a teasing pic of it.

Ive also just got hold of a clio servo and M52B28 exhaust manifolds for this im just trying to sort a sump out with a local bloke off ebay he was after £75 for it with the oil pickup pipe i thought that was a bit to much so im trying to get it off him for £65.

This weekend ive got some new suspention to fit got my bilstien B somethings and my cab spec Eibach springs and an o/s front track control arm and top mount this is a serios case of buy cheap buy twice cheap euro car part control arms are rubbish.

[town325i]

what fan would you recomend to use? E30 a/c one is that good enough

[town325i]

here are some of the bits ive bought in the last couple of weeks.

Nice new Eibach pro kit

Some second hand new to me Bilstien B8's i think.

and last of all my M52B28 exhaust manifolds.

[capri_rob]

It already handles well - will be like its on rails with the Bilstein/Eibach combo

[town325i]

there is always room for improvment

[town325i]

I recived this through the post Monday my Clio servo

also got this the same day


Got it cheap enought the tech 2 valance but it seems to be more damaged than the seller led me to belive but its nothing i cant fix

Danthe was kind enough to get a rad and cooling fan when he was buying some bits off a bloke and is going do me a loom for the fan as im really crap with wiring. Just got to pick this lot up at the weekend.

[Alpina99]

Looks good,
Will you be doing a picture set of the engine swap ??

[town325i]

Looks good,
Will you be doing a picture set of the engine swap ??

Normaly when im doing stuff i forget to take pictures untill ive finished but if i remember to.

[Dezzy]

Really good looking touring

You will have it in an running in no time. Any a/c fan that's designed to sit infront of the ad will do. One of my was out of a v6 cavalier my mate was breaking foc

[Alex]

looking good, yet another m50 sleeper in the making

[town325i]

looking good, yet another m50 sleeper in the making

About time you got yourself an M50 Alex

All my new suspension is on now and the difference is amazing its stiff but it is more comfortable than the old suspension i had on it.

[Wocka]

I like this car, will be watching the M50 swap with interest.

Does the new valance mean your flogging the old IS lip?

[town325i]

I like this car, will be watching the M50 swap with interest.

Does the new valance mean your flogging the old IS lip?

possibly but it is battered tbh its got 4 pop rivots and a steel plate holding it together on one corner from when i run it over.

[Alex]

looking good, yet another m50 sleeper in the making

About time you got yourself an M50 Alex

All my new suspension is on now and the difference is amazing its stiff but it is more comfortable than the old suspension i had on it.

I cant insure anything like that till i'am 21 although hopefully the cabby will be done by then so i can possibly do something like this to the IS

[town325i]

Just a little update im still gathering bits together to do this change i took delivery the other week of my modified engine loom off Danthe at the Midlands meet and the other week Dan also put this on the engine for me as im a retard.


Now for something Ive actually fitted i bought these off Dips this week a set of H&R roll bars for a good price.





Personally i really did not think these roll bars would make much difference to the handling of my car but fook me was i wrong they do stiffen things up more the only problem i think i will have is i will be driving harder every where.

[town325i]

Small update on this ive pulled the old engine out changed the servo for the clio one now ive just got to clean the engine bay and finish putting the sump on the M50 and other odd bits ive got to do before it goes in the bay

I will put some pics up for you pervs soon

[capri_rob]

Bloody hell you have been busy !!! You around tomorrow afternoon ? might pop up for a look

[Sanchez]

Im fing jealous i want a M50 in my touring. Just missed out on the engine Dezzy was selling.

[Dezzy]

Good work mate. Who did you get to do the heavy stuff?

[Ollie_bwoii]

Nice work, this will be one hell of a nice touring when it's done.

Will it be back together for the next Mids meet Mark?

[town325i]

Good work mate. Who did you get to do the heavy stuff?

I picked the heavy bit up with my teeth us midlanders arnt all girls you no

[town325i]

Nice work, this will be one hell of a nice touring when it's done.

Will it be back together for the next Mids meet Mark?

Im hoping so but i dont no yet. Ive just bought a mk2 golf on coilovers to get me about while this is off the road

[E30BeemerLad]

Good work, there's plenty of 24V build action going on at the moment

[DanThe]

Good work mate. Who did you get to do the heavy stuff?

I picked the heavy bit up with my teeth us midlanders arnt all girls you no

Nope, just the M30 freaks

[town325i]

Rob i might be round there depending how bad the rain is i will probably be test fitting the cooling fan that could be fun

[Dezzy]

Good work mate. Who did you get to do the heavy stuff?

I picked the heavy bit up with my teeth us midlanders arnt all girls you no

Nope, just the M30 freaks

FFS don't set him off again on another 24v thread.

[town325i]

If we were still at school it would be called bullying what you lot do to Rav

[Dezzy]

Excuse me!

Noah when he built the arc turned his nose up at an M30 engine as he found something mre modern

whiter than white I think not