This belong to anyone here? 340 touring

[schnaarf]

Looks very nice! Wouldn't mind know what engine it is

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[Jhonno]

Colin's Touring.. Now broken up and he's back in OZ iirc

[Jhonno]

Funny enough it is a BMW 4.0 V8..

[dips346]

[quote="Jhonno"]Funny enough it is a BMW 4.0 V8..[/quote

which is in shazs car know

[schnaarf]

Funnily enough it is a BMW 4.0 V8..

was there only one 4ltr BMW V8? Any pics under the bonnet?

[Morat]

M60 IIRC
It sounds great in the vid I met the guy but not the car.

[daimlerman]

M60 IIRC
It sounds great in the vid I met the guy but not the car.

I did both!
Was at the visit to the BMW Mini works at Cowley last July...
Colin rumbled up in that thing,I wandered over to him and asked him two questions,
'WTF is under the bonnet,and why do you need to push-start it?'
In reply,Colin popped the bonnet,and explained that the exhaust passed very close to the starter,which complained by refusing to play with a hot engine....
Went very well,though,he came up alongside me on the Oxford bypass,dropped it a gear,gave us a wave and was gone...

[Kos]

brutal car,

he left it with me for a month when he when to australia for a holiday, during which time i had the exhaust made for him and got some other work done.

its shame he broke it up

[inlovewithRWD]

God I bet that would be quick!

[Dezzy]

The noise when running would have made the odd push start worth it.

[inlovewithRWD]

Absolutely!

[Kos]

God I bet that would be quick!

yep, it was geared for silly speeds too. pull over an indicated 140 on the clocks in 4th gear.

the noise was good too, almost TVR like. Multi sotry car parks were good fun

[SPADGE]

Myself and Col put the engine and box into Shaz's car off here so it's still going strong.

Sadly the touring got fragged as it was rusty beyond ecenomical repair

[Simon13]

F**k me didn't it go well! twas a properly rapid wagon

[E30BeemerLad]

this is where my Sparco buckets came from too, via Spadge

In hindsight, one of the best purchases I made

[bmwsport]

That sounds awesome. If i was ever going to go through the hastle of engine conversions this would be the route i'd take... Its just awesome

[oze30]

Yes, It was mine, with a great helping hand through Spadge. Was a shame to break it, but these things happen. Miss it like hell, especially here!

It was always fun pulling up at Ace Cafe and watching everyone gawk, then have a go at the odd rev up and down the road... Hmmm... Noise!!!!


Even out here, nothing beats it for pure horn-Ford/Chev, no comparison.

First time I ever dyno'd a car- the torque curve was steep and very flat. Perfect.

Those sparcos were (and probably still are) one of the best seats I ever sat in. Comfy and not bum numbing on long journeys, yet enough bolstering to keep you firmly in the seats.

If I could download vids off facebook, i have a vid on there coming out of Ace Cafe...

Anyone know how to do that?

[oze30]

Mid frag, but you get the picture.

[ROC]

Remember this one Col, at the Silverstone trackday

[schnaarf]

I'd love to do this one day, looks like it fitted well!

[zaust]

Myself and Col put the engine and box into Shaz's car off here so it's still going strong.

Sadly the touring got fragged as it was rusty beyond ecenomical repair

Tail gate was ok

Col took me out in a couple of time's, Did not have a brutle pin you in the seat pick up, But the power through the gear's seemed endless, Just kept going and going, and so smooth with it.

[Steve]

If I could download vids off facebook, i have a vid on there coming out of Ace Cafe...

Anyone know how to do that?

You can use the grease monkey plug-in if you're using Firefox

[SPADGE]

Remember this one Col, at the Silverstone trackday

Nice barnet Col

[oze30]

If I could download vids off facebook, i have a vid on there coming out of Ace Cafe...

Anyone know how to do that?

You can use the grease monkey plug-in if you're using Firefox

How do I use it???

[Kos]

Myself and Col put the engine and box into Shaz's car off here so it's still going strong.

Sadly the touring got fragged as it was rusty beyond ecenomical repair

Tail gate was ok

Col took me out in a couple of time's, Did not have a brutle pin you in the seat pick up, But the power through the gear's seemed endless, Just kept going and going, and so smooth with it.

come on marc

it was far more savege than an m30 donnk

posibly one of the fastst e30's i've driven, and i've been in few e30's with hairy engines.

[oze30]

If I could have fun with 911's and M3's, I'd say it's plenty rapid!

[Kos]

type R's were demolished for dinner and e36 M3's for desert

[oze30]

It's all in the start!

[Kos]

3rd gear pull was immence, i still recon it would have beed great with 3.64 LSD on the back.

ok, you'd top out at 140mph, but you'd get there even fooking quicker

[oze30]

I had an open 4.1 I think... And that was rapid.. but 1st was useless!

[pacerpete]

I had an open 4.1 I think... And that was rapid.. but 1st was useless!

Stone the crows, our favourite kiwi has surfaced ! Come on Colin, tell us what you are driving, is it a shocker ?

[oze30]

'07 Subaru Forester!

But the Golf is here and my jeep is getting modified. Unfortunately, not as cool as the woody, but it's an Overlender CJ8.

Been looking at the prices of E30's and they keep going up! Most are pre facelift and 320/323. AND 2 Door!!!

Happy Australia day Kiwi!!

[oze30]

Looking for an E28 M535i now, and possibly an M60/62 to transplant from the UK. time will tell if it happens though.. That and the rising fuel costs are abit crap. $1.48c/l for E10, add another 12-15c for premium.

[pacerpete]

Goodaye you kiwi galah ! You must be a caked executive by now earning all them gold plated Aussie dollars ! I'd love to get out there for a break but my worthless English pounds would mean selling a load of my sorry turds or remortgaging

[oze30]

Hey pete.

Waddya reckon?
http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/pri ... &silo=1011