E30 Zone

Rav asked me to start a thread so here it goes. (someone has got to keep him happy )




Swopped my 325i touring for this, its a 325i povo spec moredoor in Lazur Blue. Its in far better condition than i thought, when i was told it has scuttle rot and towing eye rot i thought that would just be the start of it but i'am very supprised with it.

The Footwell jacking pads are excellent and like new, the inner rear arches and outer arches are spot on. Roof excellent inner wings excellent. Yet to get the carpet out but i think its going to be a good one.

Its got the standard 3.64 diff and a 325i exhaust of some sort but i'am not sure wether its 2 or 3 piece yet.

its stripped out inside apart from 2 bucket seats however ive got some recaro high backs and houdstooth rear bench which will be going in, i think i'am also going to fit my 15" bbs to it.

Plan is to get the rust sorted if it was really rotten i was just going to leave it but i have a feeling that once the scuttle and towing eye are done its going to be pretty spot on.

here are the pics i have so far. Traveled to east london yesterday with Magpie left my house at 8.30am and got back home at 12.00am that night. I'am still shatterd a day later. but well worth it

Plenty of council activity

Old Touring




arches just need a clean, thats dirt not rust


Hell of alot of work to be done inside the engine bay, i'am going to get a 324td washer bottle and e28 535i air filter, also 4 pot wiring covers and an m3 battery tray bulkhead cover. Aswell as sort out the rest of the wiring, the starter is on a switch so is the fan, i will probably opt for a danthe fan loom (assuming it works with an m30)

Should have said Alex, I could have got that collected for you, & stored around my place until you were ready to take delivery.

Have you drove it yet?

Even giving bonus points for the lucida grand lounge, you guys are merely trainee council types. Truly epic council activity was spotted in the 'heath at 9 am yesterday morning of the E32 towing a 535 sport minus its N/S/R wheel /brakes that had been left on the M6 south bound at 9 pm the previous evening

Pics to follow !

Thanks TPS But needed to do it all in one go really.

Not yet lee, Need to get the exhaust sorted, interior fitted, sort out a rough idle and fit new discs and pads then its MOT time

Its a good old Chariot is Magpies Frag bus

pacerpete wrote:Even giving bonus points for the lucida grand lounge, you guys are merely trainee council types. Truly epic council activity was spotted in the 'heath at 9 am yesterday morning of the E32 towing a 535 sport minus its N/S/R wheel /brakes that had been left on the M6 south bound at 9 pm the previous evening

Pics to follow !

oi mr pacer,we had one of the trailer wheels binding on so it was red hot,i bet you could have fried an egg on it.at times with no car on for the last 20 miles it was just locked up smoking like a goodun and screaming in protest going through small villages at 11.30 pm

magpie wrote:oi mr pacer,we had one of the trailer wheels binding on so it was red hot,i bet you could have fried an egg on it.at times with no car on for the last 20 miles it was just locked up smoking like a goodun and screaming in protest going through small villages at 11.30 pm

Dont forget Grannys Shouting That they will phone Police

she was funny

Another anchored turd

Cue the abuse from the CR24 crew

Epic councilling mate - I reckon you should leave the bottletops on it for now and do a bit of diffin

24v or M30 i dont care as long as its fast

Have you been in a m30'd E30 before Alex?

No

I think you will be pleasantly surprised mate 4000 rpm in second is good

looking forward to getting onto the road

what mpg do you get cant be much worse than a b25

Can get down to 17-18 mpg messing about. 25-28 on a run

about what i got from my sport

, nice one Alex, fook the 24v crew, you seen the light my child.

pacerpete wrote:Even giving bonus points for the lucida grand lounge, you guys are merely trainee council types. Truly epic council activity was spotted in the 'heath at 9 am yesterday morning of the E32 towing a 535 sport minus its N/S/R wheel /brakes that had been left on the M6 south bound at 9 pm the previous evening

Pics to follow !

i think the wheel and brakes have since been picked up by Jim320i, who has now "super-minted" them and put them on the bay

Rav335uk wrote: , nice one Alex, fook the 24v crew, you seen the light my child.

you might know whats the circle hole thing ontop of the alternator for ? cooling or something

if it's the same circle thing as an m50/2 it just a cooling thing,should have some trunking off it going to the front of the car originally i think .

Just looks odd, might get the angle grinder out

Alex wrote:Just looks odd, might get the angle grinder out

It's there for a reason Alex, just feed a flexi onto it.

Rav335uk wrote:

Alex wrote:Just looks odd, might get the angle grinder out

It's there for a reason Alex, just feed a flexi onto it.

plenty of fettling to do

When you starting work on it???
Weekend

Thrusday saturday and sunday hopefully would love it on the road for the York meet in June

are e28 airbox's hard to find?

Plenty of piccys to come

Try uncle steve, as he's fettling with E28's

Sick

I needs to be the following though

****SUPERRARE AND AWSOME******

I would be taking it easy when you go out in it for the first time with the 3.64 on it.
Especially if it's wet or damp.
You will be following through then

Rav335uk wrote:I would be taking it easy when you go out in it for the first time with the 3.64 on it.
Especially if it's wet or damp.
You will be following through then

I will i dont like booting them in the wet anyway

I want a slipper for it, Ideally a 3.43 or what ever they are.

The Rev counter doesnt work and the starter has been wired to a switch, is there some wiring that needs altering in the c101 socket thingy ?

Yes, 3 wires for the rev counter, lights and fan.

All in the M30 section, i'll dig it out.

And leave the 3.64 in it atm, don't go any lower unless your doing motorway mileage.

Wiring
Using the M30 engine loom, some minor modifications are needed... Temp sensor - the brown temperature sensor on the M30 block will need swapping for an E30 (M20 only?) item.
Extend coil connection - you'll probably find the coil will need to move, & the 2 (non-HT) connections to it will need extending. Not a difficult job, & best left until you know exactly where you'll mount it & how long they need to be.

Facelift wiring mods (these apply to those with a facelift shell) - the engine will run without doing them, but for everything to function correctly, the following are needed;

To get the 'economy swingometer thingy' working you need to swap pins in the M30 loom:
Pin 3 (black and white) and pin 8 (black and purple).

To get the electric windows and sunroof to work with the doors shut and for the heater blower to work at all you need to connect the black and green wire from pin 15 on the E30 C101 to a small spade connector on the starter motor.
rev counter?

Wiring
Using the M30 engine loom, some minor modifications are needed... Temp sensor - the brown temperature sensor on the M30 block will need swapping for an E30 (M20 only?) item.
Extend coil connection - you'll probably find the coil will need to move, & the 2 (non-HT) connections to it will need extending. Not a difficult job, & best left until you know exactly where you'll mount it & how long they need to be.

I have a feeling the blue temp sensor might still be an m30 item on mine as it runns lumpy as anything below what seems to be about 2000rpm

Blue sensor is, it's the brown that needs changing as above