E30 Zone

recently bought an e30 and starting to bring it up to former glory with slight improvements. startin with the mechanicals. apperently some of you may know the car as "avo" its now back on its original plate G***EOH (the kids have named it geoff???)

Its a 320i auto converted to m20b25 manual, whoever has converted it has done a cracking job, looks factory fitted and very tidy. the car itself has done a low 65k

jobs i have already done since owning in the last few weeks:

Service including:
plugs
filters
new oil
valve clearences
diff oil
gearbox oil
cambelt kit inc water pump and tensioner
new coolant.

things i want to do in near future:
replace/repair rear arches (slight surface rust)
refurb the bbs wheels
upgrade the brakes
upgrade the shocks and springs
stainless exhaust (manifold back)
LSD

pics to follow

needs a clean (live by a farm, gets filthy quickly) but pics as promised:







Also had new windscreen fitted this morning due to the old one being chipped and cracked, had one with sunscreen fitted too

not keen on the cloth interior or the mtech steering wheel, in the future i'll be looking at dark cloth/leather seats and an original none mtech leather steering wheel

I quite like that, bit of a jem! You're right though, some leathers would suit it nicely!

The sun was out yesterday so i give her a quick bath, polish and took it for a drive:







The wheels in desperate need of a refurb, they let the car down now the rest of it nice and shiny, surprised how well it came up for a 23 year old motor!

Geoff !

Looks good mate, like you say the wheels need a refurb to be nice bright silver, got a classic look to it this car has being 4 door no spoilers and etc, I like it

no spoilers

are you sure ?


nice car

thanks, the standardness look is staying, even the standard lip spoiler

these have arrived, will be putting them up until the rest of my parts arrive:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/bmw-325-injec ... 7675.l2557

Haven't been on for a while but an update of the car:

I have now done rear crank seal and clutch, major service including gates cambelt kit.

I've had some paint work done on the front end of the car as someone ran into the front of me, minor damage but ended up needing a new wing, arch liner, indicator lenses, bumper and paint, all genuine parts used and insurance didn't write it off or catorgorise the car which was very lucky and took a lot of begging and fighting with Lancaster to do so!

Just need an exhaust to get him back on the road now, been too long since I've taken him out!

Old rotten holey system out


New shiney system in

Nice to see this car getting some love

Is this not topless/diddlers old car?

bss325i wrote:Is this not topless/diddlers old car?

Yes, I bought G820EOH 9 years ago with 68k on the clock for £1000
I have owned it 4 times..

really good to see it getting some attention.. it was best when it was a 320i auto

e30topless wrote:

bss325i wrote:Is this not topless/diddlers old car?

Yes, I bought G820EOH 9 years ago with 68k on the clock for £1000
I have owned it 4 times..

really good to see it getting some attention.. it was best when it was a 320i auto

Is the 2.5 donk out of Pauls red car?

EDIT.

And a hair cut?

hampton wrote:the car itself has done a low 65k

bss325i wrote:

e30topless wrote:

bss325i wrote:Is this not topless/diddlers old car?

Yes, I bought G820EOH 9 years ago with 68k on the clock for £1000
I have owned it 4 times..

really good to see it getting some attention.. it was best when it was a 320i auto

Is the 2.5 donk out of Pauls red car?

it is Barry, something he should have rebuilt to go back in his !!

e30topless wrote:it is Barry, something he should have rebuilt to go back in his !!

Agreed!

the diff suspension and noisy box was from his car too,

luckily the 3.73 diff droned out the sound of the layshaft ! I sold it for £600 2 years ago with 90k on the dash a suspect head gasket and crumbly rear inner arches,
it wasn't the car I once owned

I think the front wings came from sals turd (pete's passage)? the interior came from a car I dug up from a field after Paul fitted E28 recaro's ..

it used to look like this

e30topless wrote: it wasn't the car I once owned

Is that why you didnt cough up for it?

DanThe wrote:

e30topless wrote: it wasn't the car I once owned

Is that why you didnt cough up for it?

oh I paid alright

How did it have 90k on the clocks 2 years ago when the last 3 mots are all under 68k? (Currently on 68k, done 500 miles in a year) the head gasket has been sorted? Any more info on the engine inside her? The bloke I bought it off 18 month ago was vague

Engine/box came from this

- http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... light=door

No diff or box noises when I drove the car after swapping it all over

[Edited for privacy

It's going

hampton wrote:It's going

LOL, just get it on the road and enjoy it mate! Who cares about history when it's had an engine swap it doesn't really mean anything anyway! It doesn't really matter on the grand scheme of it

It's not the history of the engine that bothers me, the 2.5 lump is mint now I've sorted crank seal, clutch and everything else, it's the fact that someone has felt the need to clock the car. Engine conversion or not the car hasn't done 68k as it reads, but why would all the previous mots add up? I have worked my nuts off on this car thinking it was genuine...

Hopefully someone has made a mistake, will look further into it but otherwise I'm going to sell and buy a genuine e30

Looks like you have purchased a bit of a franken turd. Doesn't mean it's no good, it's been owned by some skilled forum members who will have done good work on the car.

Don't worry just enjoy it.! No e30 is perfect.

hampton wrote:How did it have 90k on the clocks 2 years ago when the last 3 mots are all under 68k? (Currently on 68k, done 500 miles in a year) the head gasket has been sorted? Any more info on the engine inside her? The bloke I bought it off 18 month ago was vague

Who did you buy it off?

Some bloke in mansfield

hampton wrote:It's not the history of the engine that bothers me, the 2.5 lump is mint now I've sorted crank seal, clutch and everything else, it's the fact that someone has felt the need to clock the car. Engine conversion or not the car hasn't done 68k as it reads, but why would all the previous mots add up? I have worked my nuts off on this car thinking it was genuine...

Hopefully someone has made a mistake, will look further into it but otherwise I'm going to sell and buy a genuine e30

All the more reason to keep and enjoy it surely?

I bet you never paid a massive amount for the car itself, I'm sure it was a reasonable bid?

I have a friend in Bejing who is interested and will not be bothered about the mileage discrepency

pacerpete wrote:I have a friend in Bejing who is interested and will not be bothered about the mileage discrepency

LOL, is this your international quattroporte specialist Pete?

I see it, that the more work you do on a car the less it's history matters. It's not like the cars original anymore and really what 20 plus year old car is?

I would feel a little hard done by but would swallow it soon enough and just carry on enjoying. The cars a beaut.

Unless you really want an all legitimate low mileage car; then you'll be starting again only to be confronted with the same potential problems.

Keep and enjoy it

mcbonio wrote:

pacerpete wrote:I have a friend in Bejing who is interested and will not be bothered about the mileage discrepency

LOL, is this your international quattroporte specialist Pete?

Happy ending long time !

G-Bear wrote:I see it, that the more work you do on a car the less it's history matters. It's not like the cars original anymore and really what 20 plus year old car is?

I would feel a little hard done by but would swallow it soon enough and just carry on enjoying. The cars a beaut.

Unless you really want an all legitimate low mileage car; then you'll be starting again only to be confronted with the same potential problems.

Keep and enjoy it

Most have an interesting past and/or rotten, it wouldn't bother me if the example was nice like this