5.3 litre 12 cylinder tourer project.

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Post Mon May 15, 2006 11:20 am

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Post Mon May 15, 2006 11:32 am

Woah!! Gonna hurt your back lifting that outta there :D
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Post Mon May 15, 2006 11:44 am

What engine is that then? Doesn't look like an M50 to me? :roll:

Awesome wheels man, altough I prefer the front ones, must look a bit funny on non matching rims.
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Post Mon May 15, 2006 11:49 am

M52 !

complete with small manifold wrongness :lol:

Ste, where you get the toplines fella ? I know the Hartges would have rubber bigtime with that mill out back.

looking forward to this project... may set the trend for my touring :wink:
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Post Mon May 15, 2006 11:55 am

Toplines are my Brothers. I bought them down here for a zone user 'Panesar' to collect as he was alledgedly buying them about 4 months ago...

As you say - stuck them on as I wasn't 100% sure the Hartge's wouldn't rub with 120kg stuck in the boot.

The manifold will be sorted before the engine gets implanted. Need to have a chat with the Alpina527 fella.
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Post Mon May 15, 2006 1:15 pm

Good work Ste! If you need any help just give us a shout :)

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Post Mon May 15, 2006 4:56 pm

nice project,there seems to be a lot more interesting engine transplants happening to the e30 these days,long may it continue.are the toplines the wheels on the back? i like them,are they still available? 8)
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Post Mon May 15, 2006 5:00 pm

fookin hell :eek:

werent expecting that :D

dnt suppose its staying in the back??

you could get another for the front and really take the pish :bow:
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Post Mon May 15, 2006 9:23 pm

Thats a tight fit ! 8)
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Post Mon May 15, 2006 9:30 pm

Sweet project
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Post Mon May 15, 2006 9:32 pm

how on earth did you get that in there?!! :eek:

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Post Tue May 16, 2006 9:54 am

Jhonno wrote:how on earth did you get that in there?!! :eek:

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Post Tue May 16, 2006 10:09 am

Ste... is that the 2.8 block then...? You planning on fitting the 2.5 inlet manifold? If so, let me know how easy it is to do and what other modifications you had to do... very interested!

Looks like a good project!

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