Project Frankenstein. . { 320i auto to 335i manual }

[Cypriotgeeza]

I thought I saw this car at the meet my one was the cream cab e30 nice car mate

Thanx man! Was yours the one with the borbet A's? If so yours is gorgeous mate! Also loved the e30 convoy on the way back!

[sumo2000]

That's the one, still need to finish it of waiting for my mate with the red one to free up some time to swap my 318 lump to a 325 m52. I love the note yours is making pulling away sweet

[Cypriotgeeza]

That's the one, still need to finish it of waiting for my mate with the red one to free up some time to swap my 318 lump to a 325 m52. I love the note yours is making pulling away sweet

Thanx mate! Its exactly what i wanted..not too loud but deep!

You mean the man with the v8 one? now that sounded gorgeous when he pulled away! I saw him on the side of the road with his hazards later..hope it was ok? i was going to stop but didnt know any of you and didnt want to look nosey

[sumo2000]

He was waiting for my passenger as I had to back to ilford and my mate back to dagenham. No problems just waiting for my slow car to catch up. You going to any other shows this year? We've got a massive list of to attend

[Cypriotgeeza]

Yea me and my mate made a pact to go to every show this year lol hoping i will be able to..next one is DC i think..and definantly Gti international! always a good one !

[sumo2000]

Don't forget bimmer flex that's another good one to go to

[Cypriotgeeza]

Don't forget bimmer flex that's another good one to go to

Is that the one at gaydon? if so im definantly there as my boss has a stool selling his merchandise..you heard of "stormmotorwerks" thats him..

You see this ace cafe meet on monday the 2nd of may? might go but still not sure..

[sumo2000]

We might go all depends on the interior being finished in my mates red one hopefully

[Cypriotgeeza]

Bit of an arty pic i took the other day

[leeparkes]

Id loose the DTM business mate, straight/slash cut FTW

[Cypriotgeeza]

Id loose the DTM business mate, straight/slash cut FTW

The plan was to chop the tips off when i was fitting it..then i had a change of heart still an option for the future i guess..

[Cypriotgeeza]

Me and my mate got our cars in after work the other day...was rude not to take a few pics
(iphone quality pics im afraid...edited but still cant beat a proper camera)





My knob

[Cypriotgeeza]

one of my mates took this HDR pic the other day!

[Rav335uk]

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[Cypriotgeeza]

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Thanx Rav man! Time is coming again to try to insure my 3.5..wish me luck man! lol

[Dezzy]

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Thanx Rav man! Time is coming again to try to insure my 3.5..wish me luck man! lol

GOOD LUCK

[Rav335uk]

Good Luck!

[Cypriotgeeza]

thanx lol last year they wanted 5,000...hmm might start playin higher or lower bruce forsyth style n start taking bets..

[Cypriotgeeza]

Well went to buy some parts for my dads car yesterday and saw a sign for a macdonalds and thought why not..came over a little hill and was greeted with this view! I even told the woman behind the counter this was the best Crap'ds ive ever been to lol she wasn't very impressed lol

Thought it would be rude not to take a couple of pics!

[Dezzy]

Pics look great mate.

[Cypriotgeeza]

Only just saw your comment Dezzy thanx

Ok finally the time came for my "loose rear end" to get tightened up! lol

what job to do! id defo never want to do that again tbh! From seized handbrake cables to seized on the bolt bushes i had the lot!

DEFINANTLY worth the hassle though as it now drives like a dream! All BMW bushes used and New M3 control arm bushes to go on the front once lowered

heres some pics of the mayhem!



anyone seen a bush half hanging out before??!!





This is my main man Richard!! Couldn't have done it without him! Dont find many good people around these days..defo one of them right there!






Fresh bushes



Also gave the rear A.R.B a rub down and spray while it was down..wanted to do the same for the whole rear end but time was against me as usual so hopefully a project for the near future!




And of course the mandatory clean finished car at the end

[leeparkes]

Never mind the arse end get them Borb's on

Is that a large case diff?

[Cypriotgeeza]

how can you tell? im looking for a 4.27 to finish off the rear end overhaul mate..iv got a 3.73 on atm killing the acceleration! lol

[leeparkes]

Large case has 8 bolts holding the back plate on, small case has 6

[Cypriotgeeza]

Large case has 8 bolts holding the back plate on, small case has 6

will it still bolt straight on without having to adjust the prop length?

May sound stupid but whats the benefits apart from a slight weight reduction?

[leeparkes]

Large case diffs are stronger, Gareth blew a small case diff to bits with his M30

iirc the prop does have to be adjusted slightly to swap between the two.

[leeparkes]

Here...

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 52&start=0

[Rav335uk]

Good work

[Cypriotgeeza]

Here...

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 52&start=0

that is gruesome! haha so im guessing i need a large case diff for the old m30

Thanx Ravman, like i said what a job it turned out to be! considerin we was doing it after a 10 hour work day..staying back untill 11-11.30pm everynight we didnt do too bad..and i now have a handbrake that actually works on both wheels lol

[Rav335uk]

I have all this to do mate.

[leeparkes]

Its well worth it Rav, i did mine in the summer

Did you fill the voids in the beam bush Eren?

[Rav335uk]

Poly on mine Lee

[Cypriotgeeza]

Its well worth it Rav, i did mine in the summer

Did you fill the voids in the beam bush Eren?

No...should i have? lol

Good luck Rav! its WELL worth it but jus prepare yourself for what your going to have to go through..dont know about yours but im sure most of the rear end on mine hasnt been touched in a VERY long time! the handbrake cable was the worst! wouldnt come out of the hub! had to get the whole arm on the bench...take the 2 14mm bolts out of the holder then give it one almight clout with a punch! just about came out!

[Cypriotgeeza]

Poly on mine Lee

i considered it but cant stand it to be too harsh on the ride comfort..going to lower it w/16" low profile rims as it is!

[Rav335uk]

It's not "Harsh" at all on polys with 16" Alpinas on the cab.
I think you have to try it first rather than reading all the hype of the OEM "Cap" guys.