My five e12

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Post Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:56 pm

here are the pictures of my own 5 E12 .... in wich i put an S38 engine !

it does not roll again ....

My project is not finished ..... and does not progress quickly ... but , I think , it will be running this summer

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the spec's are :

H&R lowered springs , bilsteins B6 schocks
vented disc ( drilled and grooved ) with front four-pot caliper , braided hoses .... and racing fluid .
limited slip differential , five speed sport gearbox
and an S38B36 , remakes has nine ( I will sent all the pictures of engine rebuild) .....and now ready to put with three sidedraught weber carb's ( 48 dco/sp ) and a programmable ignition ( megajolt )

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soon, the tyres should smoking ...
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Post Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:58 pm

nice car 8)
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Post Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:00 pm

Thats superb, I'll be even better when finished,E12's are lovely, especially in that condition.
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Post Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:23 pm

Superb :cool:
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Post Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:36 pm

S38 on carbs. Going to be stunning.
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Post Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:46 pm

Very :cool:
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Post Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:49 pm

Nice build mate, I like that a lot!
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Post Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:31 pm

Why on earth would you swap the throttle bodies's for carbs?!

Cool looking car though!
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Post Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:56 pm

Pure work of art! 8O The first french car I've ever wanted!
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Post Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:01 pm

Is that a CSL i spot there too?????
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Post Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:30 pm

That looks :cool:

I know for what appears to be a very tidy E12 528i for sale locally to me for less than a bag, I am tempted!
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Post Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:20 am

Jhonno wrote:Why on earth would you swap the throttle bodies's for carbs?!
Have you ever heard three Webers sucking through 6 open trumpets?
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Post Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:37 am

cecotto479 wrote:
Jhonno wrote:Why on earth would you swap the throttle bodies's for carbs?!
Have you ever heard three Webers sucking through 6 open trumpets?
have you ever heard TB's sucking in with out the BMW air box? you can even get carbon airboxes for that donk

carbs need tuning and adjusting far too often for my liking
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Post Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:15 pm

cecotto479 wrote:
Jhonno wrote:Why on earth would you swap the throttle bodies's for carbs?!
Have you ever heard three Webers sucking through 6 open trumpets?
the modern injection ( as the motronic ) are not compatible with my E12 :mrgreen:

either I put three weber carb's or either a slide throttle bodies with a kugelfischer pump .... as at the time ... and nothing other ... :bmw:

for the ignition I have choose the simplicity and performance ....
I could install an ignition with breaker point ..... but ... not reliable at high Rpm
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Post Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:03 pm

cecotto479 wrote:
Jhonno wrote:Why on earth would you swap the throttle bodies's for carbs?!
Have you ever heard three Webers sucking through 6 open trumpets?
As Kos says... Have you heard ITB's.. :?
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Post Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:04 pm

tom17 wrote:
cecotto479 wrote:
Jhonno wrote:Why on earth would you swap the throttle bodies's for carbs?!
Have you ever heard three Webers sucking through 6 open trumpets?
the modern injection ( as the motronic ) are not compatible with my E12 :mrgreen:

either I put three weber carb's or either a slide throttle bodies with a kugelfischer pump .... as at the time ... and nothing other ... :bmw:

for the ignition I have choose the simplicity and performance ....
I could install an ignition with breaker point ..... but ... not reliable at high Rpm
Surely the much better option would have been to convert to run the injection..?! You have installed a more modern engine then taken it back to the dark ages :?
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Post Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:15 pm

tom17 wrote: the modern injection ( as the motronic ) are not compatible with my E12 :mrgreen:
Yes it is. Lots of E21 owners fit E30 325i engines with Motronic 1.3.
Not easy as such, but possible and a lot better than three Webers.
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Post Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:59 pm

a little try before to make the inlet pipe !


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I have an inlet pipe for M10 who give the good angle for the webers
I will just to make the same for the three carbs