Lee Parkes' E30 Alpina B10.

[Chase007]

I am getting more and more turned to the idea of this conversion will be watching with great interest Good Luck.

[Rav335uk]

I am getting more and more turned to the idea of this conversion will be watching with great interest Good Luck.

You know you want to M30 your cab, believe me, it works well in the car.I love mine, so much fun and now the weathers getting better too, hood down and listen to the music from the exhaust note

[Chase007]

I am getting more and more turned to the idea of this conversion will be watching with great interest Good Luck.

You know you want to M30 your cab, believe me, it works well in the car.I love mine, so much fun and now the weathers getting better too, hood down and listen to the music from the exhaust note

Just cant make up my mind if i want a newer engine or what

[LeonNewton]

Looks ace man. Haw and where do you be rightoffs

[leeparkes]

Looks ace man. Haw and where do you be rightoffs

Cheers,I got this from e-bay mate,

[leeparkes]

Quick update,

ive done the wiring mod on the loom,
instead of messing with the c101 plug(ie pulling pins out)i cut into the loom

i unravelled some of the tape what covers the loom then picked out the 2 wires (white with black stripe & black with purple stripe),sniped and swaped them over then wrapped it back up with insulation tape.

[leeparkes]

Paint the rocker cover then go over the raised parts with a block and wet & dry, polish those and lacquer it, lovely!

I want to do the rocker the same as the inlet mani and polish the raised bits but i did a test today,painted a piece of metal with hammerite black,left it dry in the sun for a couple of hours the put a coat of lacquer on it,it reacted straight away bubbling,
so a word of warning!
DONT put lacquer on top of hammerite!

obviously lacquered is on the right.

[DRIFTBOY]

Oooh, I feel feel partly responsible for that now!

Sorry!

[leeparkes]

Oooh, I feel feel partly responsible for that now!

Sorry!

lol,no worrys,

Good job i did the test though

[leeparkes]

Bit of help needed.

Does anyone have a picture of where on the manifold flange it needs grinding down?

Thanks

[Rav335uk]

Exhaust manifold I take it.If so it doesn't.
Just rotate it 90 degrees so it misses the steering guibo

If i'm wrong then let me know

[retroboyo]

cant see in the photo sorry how to rotate it, is the a joint in manifold?

[leeparkes]

Exhaust manifold I take it.If so it doesn't.
Just rotate it 90 degrees so it misses the steering guibo

If i'm wrong then let me know

Mine looks exactly the same as yours in this picture^ (angle of the flanges)

Are you saying it doesnt need fettling with?

In the picture is it the bottom flange what normally catches? and does it catch on the bottom uj?

Cheers rav

[Rav335uk]

In the picture is it the bottom flange what normally catches? and does it catch on the bottom uj?

No mate that's how i rotated it

[leeparkes]

Been and took a pic of mine
What do you think??? looks the same angle as yours.

[e30_singh]

Lol at the kiddo going mentalist on the e34. I have a black rocker cover if you are interested..

[leeparkes]

I have a black rocker cover if you are interested..

Cheers but ive got plans for my own

You will need shades to look at it,lol

[e30_singh]

You will need shades to look at it,lol

Pull out the supersonic angle grinder!

[Rav335uk]

Even if you do get problems, heat up the flanges and rotate.If you read the M30 write up, people are cutting them and then rewelding, why?? i don't know

[leeparkes]

Even if you do get problems, heat up the flanges and rotate.If you read the M30 write up, people are cutting them and then rewelding, why?? i don't know

Heat up and rotate,never heard that one.

do the down pipes catch anywhere as they go under the car?

[Rav335uk]

One answer to that Lee.
No.
How far u got?

[gareth]

One answer to that Lee.
No.
How far u got?

not so simple... mine clobbered the wishbone lollypop so i had to 'massage' one downpipe a little. i used a M3 system though so it should be possible to make them clear otherwise. not sure what the manifold / downpipe bit of the M3 exhaust looks like, they must have done something there for clearance.
cireland engineering lollypops will give loads more clearance though

[Rav335uk]

Mine cleared everything , no hiccups at all.

[retroboyo]

Whats a lollypop on a car?

[leeparkes]

How far u got?

Done the spray bar mod and checked the valves while i was there,they were all spot on! no adjustment needed

Ive sprayed the rocker cover the same as the inlet manifold (hammered black) just waiting for it to dry fully so i can polish up the raised bits.

my order should be here from cotswold by the weekend
new banjo bolts and seals for the spraybar,thermostat hose and sump gasket

Hopefully my mounts will be here tomorrow from beefy too!

[leeparkes]

Whats a lollypop on a car?

It holds the front control arm bush

[retroboyo]

thank you

[leeparkes]

Bit of an update!

Rocker cover rubbed down and painted in hammerite hammered black,
took 2 days to fully dry



Then hit it with the dremel with a polishing wheel and some megs metal polish,
cant get a good picture but it is like a mirror!



Here's what i used




Delivery came from cotswold today

New banjo bolts and washers (for the spraybar),top hose (little elbow) E28 T piece and the sump gasket



i was bored so i decided to put it all back together and as you all know one job turns into another







Done a bit of plumbing too,i used the E28 T piece and the original length of hose to the heater matrix


Made a cut for the T piece




Then fitted the hose back on and with some fiddling around got it to sit just right so the open end of the T piece is ready to connect to the E30 expansion tank (hope its right)







This is how they come out at the back of the engine,hopefully they should be long enough,i will cut to size when the engine goes in.



Left to do:

SUMP GASKET

[ImysE30]

Great work on the paint job, looks awesome mate

Getting there nicely now, bet ya can't wait

[DRIFTBOY]

Now that is a good looking M30, good work!

[gareth]

and to think, i was chuffed with lobbing some degreaser over my head while it was off and painting the manifold and rocker cover black...
looking schweeet dude!

[leeparkes]

Thanks!

i need to find something to bring the hoses and loom wires back to life ie temp sensor wires,top of AFM,plug lead cover,etc....see pic below

[gareth]

your AFM cover may rub the bonnet sound deadening... mine was removed for this reason

[Rav335uk]

Tep, you'll have to remove the sound deadening.
To bring the hoses back up use WD40, works a treat don't you know
Well done on the work on the engine, looks the doggies, how long now till it's in????

[gareth]

bet you slop oil over it when you first fill it