E30 Zone

got my first e30 in feb this year, its only a 318i, but we all start somewher,I have slowly put it together to make it my tech 2 wannabe it is today, my baby boy is nearly 6 months now so progress has been slow but the few pennies i have had have amounted to this, i bought the car for £200 (came with BBS's with new tyres all round, so it was silly not to buy it), bought the kit for £200 as it had damage, a month later the fuel pump went costing me £140 so that set me back again, but since fitted eyebrows and done a few other minor bits and heres what it looks like so far: over all it owes me £600, honest opinions please and suggestions (especialy how much i could get away with lowering her) many thanks, Dan

Looks smashing

looks good especially based on your budget, but £140 for a fuel pump!

its looking nice and clean ,good condition and well presented so overall id say your doing pretty well so far.
as for lowering it ,the back looks low already but the front looks like it could do with a -40 to level it up imo.

march109 wrote:looks good especially based on your budget, but £140 for a fuel pump!

thats the going rate for a ECP pump. i changed mine for an escort cosworth walbro244 pump .direct swap and only £100.

nice looking car you got there mate. no shame in having a 318, its an e30 so thats all that counts. you can lower it as much as you like. it all depends on what ride your after. 60/40 drop would look cool but i'd go for a 40/40 low but not to low. keep up the good work. all good things come to those who wait. doing abit at a time is the best way in my eyes, that way you notice the changes that you've done. keep the photos coming as you progress.

fuzzy wrote:

march109 wrote:looks good especially based on your budget, but £140 for a fuel pump!

thats the going rate for a ECP pump. i changed mine for an escort cosworth walbro244 pump .direct swap and only £100.

I got a pump in perfect working order albeit s/h for £30. Fitted it in 25 mins, job jobbed.

and i got that trade through my brother, was i being mugged off? was yours a in tank pump? how did you calculate the fuel pressure? or was it for your cozzy lump?

thats the going rate for a ECP pump. i changed mine for an escort cosworth walbro244 pump .direct swap and only £100

needed a pump fast as its my every day car, but £30, bloody hell i feel sick now,
thankyou all for your comments,
where close to surrey is there a good breakers?

There was a superb breakers in Chobham http://uk.local.yahoo.com/England/Surre ... 02176.html, tucked away down a wooded lane - used to spend many a happy hour browsing around there, clambering around the assorted wrecks - none of my local ones allow this any more

There was another quite good one in Sunbury.

bmwowner wrote:needed a pump fast as its my every day car, but £30, bloody hell i feel sick now,
thankyou all for your comments,
where close to surrey is there a good breakers?

Nice looking car so far and all for six hundred quid! Dont wory about the 1.8 lump, can always change it for an is engine or a 6 cylinder of some kind later on. If your going to lower it and change the engine at some point it may be worth changing the front struts to 51mm ones from the 45mm you will probably all ready have. Where abouts in Surrey are you?

carshalton, about 2 miles from you

Where abouts in Surrey are you?

Very impressed indeed...well done dude

Get some new badges on those rims and your away...

More pics too..

Pal

bmwowner wrote:carshalton, about 2 miles from you

Where abouts in Surrey are you?

Cool, im actualy in Purley. There is a meet in Guildford every month and a few people from the Croydon area go. The next one is on the 10th, check it out in the meets section. Would be good to see another E30!

Get some new badges on those rims and your away...

got one good badge out of four and it is driving me crazy, one of many things on the to do list, its all money though.

Cool, im actualy in Purley. There is a meet in Guildford every month and a few people from the Croydon area go. The next one is on the 10th, check it out in the meets section. Would be good to see another E30!

yeah sounds good, got to get to some meets, been ace cafe a couple of times but always get there too late,
i also get ready to go places after a day of cleaning her and then the good old british weather kicks in and i just stay indoors looking at my car through the window thinking its just taken me 20 bloody minutes per wheel to clean for poxy mud to splash all over them, then i think about suicide.

bmwowner wrote:

Cool, im actualy in Purley. There is a meet in Guildford every month and a few people from the Croydon area go. The next one is on the 10th, check it out in the meets section. Would be good to see another E30!

yeah sounds good, got to get to some meets, been ace cafe a couple of times but always get there too late,
i also get ready to go places after a day of cleaning her and then the good old british weather kicks in and i just stay indoors looking at my car through the window thinking its just taken me 20 bloody minutes per wheel to clean for poxy mud to splash all over them, then i think about suicide.

Yes the bbs's are a pain in the arse but suit th car well. Keeping my car clean is hard as its used pretty much every day.

Looks great bmwowner

Kit looks good too

Keep up the good work mate

Cool, im actualy in Purley. There is a meet in Guildford every month and a few people from the Croydon area go. The next one is on the 10th, check it out in the meets section. Would be good to see another E30!

dude i am in kenley never seen you about how long you lived there ???

Looks great bmwowner

Kit looks good too

Keep up the good work mate

nice one isTURBO, cheers mate

sound motor dude done yourself proud.

fowler wrote:

Cool, im actualy in Purley. There is a meet in Guildford every month and a few people from the Croydon area go. The next one is on the 10th, check it out in the meets section. Would be good to see another E30!

dude i am in kenley never seen you about how long you lived there ???

I've only been in purley since aug but i was in south croydon from march 05. What E30 have you got? I may have seen it about. As i said there is quite a few of us in the Croydon area, the closest meet is Guildford, try and come along.

bmwowner wrote:and i got that trade through my brother, was i being mugged off? was yours a in tank pump? how did you calculate the fuel pressure? or was it for your cozzy lump?

thats the going rate for a ECP pump. i changed mine for an escort cosworth walbro244 pump .direct swap and only £100

yes its an in tank direct replacement on my cossie touring. just needs mounted to the carrier. problem with second hand is theres no guarantee and it could maybe only last a week or 2.

sweet looking car and top work for the budget you have worked to so far.

Well done

I second the responses, nice work on a tight budget, its looking sweet.

Good effort.

That looks great, mate!!

You've done fantastically well with such a small budget (forgetting the fuel pump fiasco that is...lol)

That looks great. Very very nice car for the cash.

Car looks stunning, and especially on that budget, nowadays you can just about get a rust bucket for around that price, as bss325 said, try to come to the guildford meet, first time im going there too(hopefully). We can all meet up somewhere and drive down together.

Thats alot of e30 for the money! wish i could get a genuine tech2 kit for£200, where DID u get it so cheap?
i would lower it about 30-40mm.

^^^^^^Another Croydon zoner! Have you ever thought about going to the Guildford meet?

Thats alot of e30 for the money! wish i could get a genuine tech2 kit for£200, where DID u get it so cheap?
i would lower it about 30-40mm.

Yeah nice one beema_style thanks for sorting me out with the kit,
your motor is looking well sweet, thanks for your help with mine

No prob's pal, what else have u got planned?

No prob's pal, what else have u got planned?

talk someone round to sort me out some nice leather trim hint hint

My plans for the future are to lower it by 40mm, dutch plates, try and sort some black leather trim,
get it ZONE stickered up and just a general tidy up as it has a few scabby bits here and there, and also a bloody good service.

nice looking car mate well done, go for a 60/60 drop and black out the front grill will look sweet.
keep up the good work