325 Touring project UPDATE 11/02/2010

[blitz877]

after finally selling my 2door yesterday i took delivery of this thanks to glenn









needs some work but its something iv wanted for a while, gave it a clean earlier and it deffo needs a good t-cut polish+wax as its minging!!

my exhaust will be goin on later today too

[cliffybabe]

looks like a gooden, i guess ur on the hunt for some carpet too?? What colour u putting in it

[blitz877]

carpets not going back in mate, cant be arsed and i like the stipped out look anywho

[blitz877]

fitted my HID's the other day and full scorpion is now on too, sounds bloody lovely now

[oomz1975]

Nice touring, any chance of some close ups of the grill, I like the idea of the air induct.

[blitz877]

Nice touring, any chance of some close ups of the grill, I like the idea of the air induct.

i will when it stops raining mate and thanks

[Curr946]

what you doing with the front seats?

[Curr946]

nice car, looks very much like mine

[blitz877]

what you doing with the front seats?

iv got a pair of spare i.s seats if your after a pair?

[blitz877]

so some more pics

mint scuttle



hid's fitted


the all important scorpion


random hospital car park shot


and the requested intake shots

[flipmode786]

interesting induction work
nice car tho

[greentouring]

I like your induction mod.

[blitz877]

I like your induction mod.

was on the car when i got it, sounds nice-ish tho

[blitz877]

well it finally has insurance! mot on friday and then a bit of rent in the window i suppose

[SLIMADI]

Looks quite clean,plenty of fun to be had with new mods etc good luck with it

[blitz877]

well it passed with no advisories which is a massive bonus!

[blitz877]

the car is all road legal now but iv managed to break an engine mount and the prop bearing!! more work for the weekend then!!

[SLIMADI]

^^^keep at it fella you know it will be all worth it in the end

[blitz877]

looking for a 24v lump now cos this is shocking on fuel!!

[blitz877]

so iv managed to sell the 2.7 and box and decided to get an m30 which a mate had cheap, came with box,loom,afm,modified down pipe for 325 system, pas pump and ecu

heres some pics of the removal, not many tho cos it was raining alot when i took it out




out on the floor


and the empty bay


and heres whats going in instead



the bits that came with it


and here it is sat on the subframe


so all iv got to do now is sort the wiring cos some numpty cut the c101 plug off the m30 loom, got an engine mount coming this week and gotta put the box on at some point too

[gareth]

from:

looking for a 24v lump now cos this is shocking on fuel!!

to:

so iv managed to sell the 2.7 and box and decided to get an m30

haha, i can see the problem with this plan!

[DriftWorks]

Looking good pal keep the pics coming....

[Rav335uk]

Another decent M30 going in, good choice of engine

[tonybtonyb]

nice project lots of work to do.. keep up the good work

[SLIMADI]

Looking good fella keep it up!

[zaust]

I thought you were complaing about fuel

Keep the update's comming mate, look's like it will be nice.

[blitz877]

so i spent many hours yesterday trying to get the engine and box in on my own which was soooooooooo much fun!! NOT!! but its finally in now albeit sitting on the subframe for now!

heres the pics

goin in


and sat on the subframe


many thanks to leeparkes for all the help iv pestered you for pal

[zaust]

I see a resemblance there, Was the same sort of time of year too..

[blitz877]

I see a resemblance there, Was the same sort of time of year too..

yeah its all good fun mate, nearly done now too

[blitz877]

Well the m30 has gone in favour of a 24v instead due to the milage the car will be doing

[blitz877]

Well the m30 has gone in favour of a 24v instead due to the milage the car will be doing

well couldnt find a decent 24v lump so its now got an m20 back in it!! just got to insure it and im back on the road again

[Rav335uk]

[blitz877]

i no, i no, but rest assured it will be converted soon enough!

[bmwsport]

Imagine all the un-neccessary work you've put into it though, only to down-grade it to a 2.5. Stick an m30 in it and have done, you know it makes sense Whilst the engine is out give the engine bay a proper deep clean/degrease too.

[blitz877]

Imagine all the un-neccessary work you've put into it though, only to down-grade it to a 2.5. Stick an m30 in it and have done, you know it makes sense Whilst the engine is out give the engine bay a proper deep clean/degrease too.

i havent had a car for 3 months so iv put the m20 back in for now, only short term tho