my m52 swap (mines no more interesting but it's mine ha ha)

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Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:40 pm

good to see this moving on kev,
'cos then you can crack on with a couple of jobs for me :teehee:
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:36 am

Looking good kevo. Are ya giving the engine a spruce before it goes in?
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:29 am

Yes i will be giving it a tart up mister, not quite to the extent of my last one (below) probably but a good clean and gasket replace before it goes in. i'm thinking of bringing the engine upwards too to put it in, seems to be an easier way i think too.

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Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:04 pm

Hi mate, how's your project coming along?
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Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:15 pm

it's in fella, haven't quite finished it yet as it's not quite running properly but i think they're just minor foibles more than anything else. i'll get some pics up once it's finished
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Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:25 pm

Thanks to kevo I've only had to go and buy a bloody 2.8, e36 rack, bilstein 325 challenge suspension and lots of bits n pieces to get the car running. Kevs car goes really well. Nothing really between my civic type r road car.
So with all these good bits should have quite a quick rally car in the making, one thing though- I don't even own a BMW car yet??
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Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:21 pm

He needs the m50 inlet ect then cos mine has no issues with type R's mate!

My friends got 1 and he can't get near me in mine :D
A 2 door e30 with 8 cylinders, what could be better winkeye :D
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Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:13 pm

Is it that quick? I'll be looking for the inlet manifold for my conversion as want as many beans as possible for the rallying!
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Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:41 pm

Type-R's are dust mate
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Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:48 pm

yep!

im running a remapped ecu aswel at the moment which is advised when using the m50 inlet to get the most out of it and she flies...!

tyre R...................... no problem, they may have 190bhp but typically honda have feck all torque :wink:
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Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:57 pm

Typr R's a childs play, even in the cab :D
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Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:18 pm

even with the m30 also ay rav :wink: :) 8)
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Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:26 pm

e30-dk wrote:even with the m30 also ay rav :wink: :) 8)
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Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:31 pm

Awesome pics gotta love a bit of bridge action, check out the dead cavaliers ! :D

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Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:03 am

there'll be two m52's in the family soon and three e30's. mint.
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Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:13 pm

kool :cool:
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Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:56 pm

Slowly going to get bits together. Bit difficult when kev giving all the encouragement to get it done and seeing at least 3 e30s everytime I pop over his house. Looking forward to doing an epynt and a forest rally on the loose.
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