E30 Zone

managed to get an absolute bargan, 89 325i, needs some work is a fair comment but for £380 I cant complain.





took aprox 2hrs of owning until i set my tools on her.



21 years without a good clean

Looking good!

I'm due to pick up a 316i local to me in a week or two.

Priced about the same as yours. Absolutely mint.

Still thinking whether or not to go for it or not....

Oh and welcome to the zone

cheers for the welcome,,,

Definatly go for it, I ponderd for ages n missed out on a few. Iv worked on most Bmers 1998 upwards n they cn be a pain to work on I have to say that these beasts are a joy to spend time fixing. A cpl of spanners, sockets n a hammer n ur pritty much tooled up.

at the moment looks arnt really my aim . I wnt a solid purrr from her heart n a solid stance n then i cn worry about makin her evil.

The one I'm looking to buy isn't a beasty 325 but a teeny weeny 316i auto.

After having sold my iS which was a rotten lump of crap, I'm hesitant to buy into another trap of rotten turdness.

BUT, when I went to view the car, it was really really nice, arches fine, battery tray fine, engine bay all straight. Slight valence rust. Interior is fine, and it drove pretty smoothly for the few metres i drove it.

Slight problems with the sunroof and central locking, but I'm really really tempted to buy it and keep it for some time.

Totally original, hasn't even got a stereo! Got the original BMW blanking panel and the running in sticker installed and original dealer plates!!

Welcome to the zone That looks a real good base you have there, amaziing what can fall off of these when your spanner slips

Welcome along. Nice 325i man

You've got £200 quids worth of wheels on it and approx £100 quid at the bridge so I'd say you got a bargain.

Plus its a two five so nice one! Keep the pics coming and welcome to the e30 zone

nice find ,get stuck in m8

That is an utter bargain buy - enjoy your new purchase mate!

cheers guys.

Today adjusted the clearances on the valve train, cylinder 6 was 0.45 insted of 0.25 hopefully now the anoying tap should disapear. was going to replaise the tappets but desided against it until I deside on the turbo and cam setup when the block and head will get a full rebuild.

Off to pick up some high temp paint for the manifold and rocker cover, contemplaiting boring black but might detail it in red. unsure as yet, I want her to have an eliment of evil in her final look. will post some picks once its done.

whilst messin underneath i litteraly tapped a brake line and got a crotch coverd in brake fluid.

yet another job to add to the quickly expanding list of things to do.

Great find, I love these types of thread.

oomz1975 wrote: I love these types of thread.

+1

thought id sare the pictures of the manifold and rocker cover painted up, went for a mattish look, they need to cure in the oven for an hour before they can handle too much man handling. gave them a refit to see what it looked like.

Might do some detailing later, cant be fussed now.

Manifold



rocker cover



rocker cover test look, Getting some new shiney nits tomorow.



Manifold test.



Unfortunatley the light wasnt great and they look alot grayer in the photos

Also does anyone know where I can get a throtle body to manifold gasket?

Hope you like, Any sujestions welcome.

Spray the exhaust manifold while your there.

thats the plan, wanting for a new gasket to be delivered on tuesday, was going to spray it in situe but with my look the paint would end up all over the place

sorry to everyone for my spelling

went to bedford autodrome a few months back and forgot to upload the pics, shes pritty much as was appart from new polly bushes, funds are way too low to properly start the project, been collecting bits and bobs but wanted a benchmark as is to work from. main issues found, terrible roll, way too much lift in the faster corners. but all in all she kept up to what i threw at her.

Project plan
strip,
abs delete,
one way adjustable custom shocks designed in partnership with a friend who has access to parts,
sort out potentiometers, g meters and all other data logging
fabricate the cage I designed,
fit seats,
wilwoods,
then going to toy with different rim sizes with the g meters to pick what size i'm going to run.
rear diffuser and front dam, yet to designed in CFD package
in july full engine and gearbox strip + lightening.


By antonmayo at 2012-04-04


By antonmayo at 2012-04-04

jap scrap cnt keep up


By antonmayo at 2012-04-04


By antonmayo at 2012-04-04

mmm.. running half the contact patch at the rear and the front,,, well i might as well have a three wheeler


By antonmayo at 2012-04-04

Great work there, and what a bargain find!

Looks a lovely car for the money, nice find.

May be an obvious point, but your front tyre pressures look quite high in that photo, unless that corners unweighted?

yeh its on a left hairpin, the roll is unreal, springs are way too soft and I was throwing it around alot, wasn't too fussed as it cost so little, a fluids n filter and a small head clean is all its had and it lasted all day with no temp issues. it was many to test it to see wether it was worth chucking the money at. i have a small sim package and im measuring all my data so I can get the wheel loads and speck the springs acording to the weight when its stripped.

cheers.

looks really good here 380 pound ,thats a bargain

E30's look awesome on a track. Nice looking saloon that.

What a great buy fella,she really looks the part

What a great buy fella,she really looks the part

manifold and rocker cover in matt looks really cool

yeh I had an afternoon off uni n rather than do what i should have been doing I thought I'd kill a few hours,

did you get any history with the car Anton? i think that's a Portsmouth registration

I picked it up in southampton, the guy had it for a few years, got sick of paying garages who were ripping him off so started trying to do it himself, such as fitting a new radiator. he didn't blead it properly so it was overheating. I figured this out n thats why it was so cheap. I have history for about the past 10 years.