advice on the best route to a damn nice E30!!!!

Post Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:03 pm

i have starterd runnin into a lot of trouble, rumblings through the seat when you blip the throttle, juddering at 2k cruisin, the central locking has packed up, the diff rumbles like a bitch when you have held any speed up for more than two minutes and i got a good hole in the bulkhead just under the master cylinder!!

so i have decided to take it off the road and begin my first ever full strip down and rebuild, now my main goals are reliability, performance and handling, and lookin damn sexy!
the advice i seek is what would be the best combination of diff and gearbox for the quickest acceleration. erm, are there any nice and cheap big brake upgrades you can get out there, and what else would anyone advise to do while i have got the engine out and everything set out neatly on the floor. with the diff off and painting everything i can!
would be most grateful of any help, its gonna take a few months, but thats cause i wanna do it all right, and if anyone is trying to sell anything like a performance gear box, clutch or fancy bits, then let me know, i could be very interested!
cheers again guys!

Post Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:07 pm

What model do you own?

As for the brakes, wilwood are what I'm going for! http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/catalog/pr ... ts_id=3912

Post Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:20 pm

what car though first!!!!

best diff/box combo IMO for eg 325i is sport box and 3.91.

brakes? who needs a big brake conversion when u can have ate power disks with mintex competion pads!

Post Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:21 pm

Simon13 wrote: who needs a big brake conversion when u can have ate power disks with mintex competion pads!

Are they as good as the wilwoods?

Post Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:30 pm

i have not driven both but mine lock up at 90mph in the dry when u stamp the pedal

when they are warm, just sqweek alot in traffic!