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hammoj28
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Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:02 pm

Thought Id post a few pics of the E30.

Had the M50 runnin for about over a month now and loving it. Pulls so bloody well and sounds mental!

All I need now is a respray, refurb suspension, coil overs and some nice split rims and she'll be done pretty much.

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Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:13 pm

Very nice, good work on the conversion :cool: :cool:
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Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:15 pm

looks nice fella, its coming along nicely :cool: .........
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Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:47 pm

ready for the ring then!
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Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:49 pm

Not quite Simon, need to get my suspension and brakes sorted big time......but getting there.:D Oh and tyres, dunlops are pants!!!
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Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:56 pm

very nice looks good, the M50 engine looks nice and snug in there
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Looks nice fella top job so far :cool:
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Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:14 pm

Good work on the M50, I can't wait to start driving mine
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Looks like its meant to be there 8)
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Nice work mate and crackin motor.
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Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:30 pm

Ahh, so this old shed is still knocking about?

Looking good James-need to get up to see it in the Flesh!

Is the mini finished yet? :D
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Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:56 am

Lovely car m8......

Cant for my M50 transplant........ :cool:
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Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:38 am

320Touring wrote:Ahh, so this old shed is still knocking about?

Looking good James-need to get up to see it in the Flesh!

Is the mini finished yet? :D
Hehe, aye still going about the old slaag she is.

Yeh, feel free to come up Neil.

Mini not been touched.lol
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Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:43 am

Thats looking pretty sweet! Having a red strut brace looks awesome in a black car too!
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Cook318IS wrote:Thats looking pretty sweet! Having a red strut brace looks awesome in a black car too!
It was a must have item. winkeye
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Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:01 pm

Nice one James, iS box isnt it? What diff are you using?
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Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:32 pm

Loks sweet as it is on the BBS, and the engine looks very OEM :D
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Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:55 pm

DanThe wrote:Nice one James, iS box isnt it? What diff are you using?
Its the iS box and iS diff.:D
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Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:22 pm

bet it goes then with that gearing!
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Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:13 pm

If its a 3.91 the gearing will be very close to mine, 3.25 diff with a 1:1 5th gear
Pulls like f*ck but tops out at 130 @ 6500 revs :(
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DanThe wrote:If its a 3.91 the gearing will be very close to mine, 3.25 diff with a 1:1 5th gear
Pulls like f*ck but tops out at 130 @ 6500 revs :(
iS is usually a 4.10 smallcase dan :eek:

James, I'll be sure to try and organise a trip up :cool:

get that bloody mini finished- I've done 8000 miles in the 320i, so there's no " yours aint done yet" type excuses left :P
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Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:44 am

looking good kidder.
That rocker cover looks familiar, doesn't it dan? ;)

Have to get over to Germany in it soon matey :)
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Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:52 pm

Ahhh I remember that cam cover..... still got the bubbles under the plastics? :D

The engine donor was sent off this morning along with another 2 ton of rusty old shite :)
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Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:12 pm

what is the strut brace called on your car looks good
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Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:26 pm

looks nice fella :cool:
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Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:27 pm

Looks like a Sparco M3 strut brace. IMO one of the best and most purposeful looking braces and one of the cheapest too
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Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:39 pm

Tis indeed a sparco M3 one.
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Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:13 pm

I fancy one of these for mine, is £62 delivered a good price? Know of a better price anybody?
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Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:21 pm

Id say thats a decent price. Is that demon tweeks? Thats where I went, altho i think i paid a bit more than that tbh more like 70.

They used to be like 50 quid but the price hiked up a few months ago to around 60-70ish.
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Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:28 pm

From these - http://www.lkperformancestyling.co.uk/c ... races.html

I will have to paint it black though :)
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Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:34 pm

Dan, not sure if you,ve seen these, or have a clue on the quality but it would save you from
painting it.

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Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:42 pm

Too late, ive just bought one :D

Id rather have the Sparco TBH, wing is getting repaired next week so I will have him paint the brace at the same time 8)

Sorry for the thread rape James :) will you be evicting the battery?
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Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:41 pm

Hehe, dont worry bout the hi jack.

And yes the sparco one is a lovely bit of kit. Keep it red tho.;)

I shall be moving the battery to the boot yeh. Will be much better with it in the back.
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