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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:05 pm

Woah......... Didn't see that coming from you mr The 8O lol
A 2 door e30 with 8 cylinders, what could be better winkeye :D
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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:13 pm

^^^ lol
thats an abc lump and tons are still in use today. I prefer a Perkins (and not just because they made an M20 engine).

Don't google it as its an oil burner of the crudest order (the Perkins one not the BM......



I give up :roll:
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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:20 pm

e30-dk wrote:My m52'd e30 with 2.5' system sounds very very nice... :twisted:

It has a note like a fighter jet 8)

And for the person who said m52's don't come close,, your off ya friggin head mate! I liked the rasp of my m20b20 at around 4500rpm but that doesn't come close to the sound of my 52 through the pipe I've had made.

Its perfection 8)
Im with you mate!
My M52 sounds awesome with its twin 50mm stainless and ITG filter :P
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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:23 pm

This is my donk through an M20 scorpion middle and back box

Camera phone recording with drivers window open

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Sounds better under trees or tunnels 8)
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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:25 pm

DanThe wrote:M30 sound BEEFY! :D

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check out the M30 B35 pig iron donk on song ! :D
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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:26 pm

As Dan admitted, M30 :twisted:
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CR24v??? Where's it all gone?? LOL
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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:31 pm

Falkster wrote:I was going to post one of those Patrick Snijers videos but yours will do fine!!
it seems rude not to :D

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oh and my Fav, crank up the volume for this :D

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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:38 pm

standard e30 wise you cannot beat the sound of an m20b20 with decent exhaust system

listen to this (shame about crap music)

watch from 105 seconds

[youtube][/youtube]
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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:39 pm

Alex wrote:standard e30 wise you cannot beat the sound of an m20b20 with decent exhaust system

listen to this (shame about crap music)

watch from 105 seconds

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it doesn't reach 105 seconds :)
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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:41 pm

For the simple people 1:05 :D
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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:41 pm

i had a universal stainless twin dtm on my old 320i, the fukker burbled like a v8 on tickover lol, sounded awsome pulling through the revs.. the 2.7i cab sounds great too at high revs,
id have the 2.0i sound on tickover and the 2.7i at higher revs :mad:
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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:46 pm

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holy fuk.. he driving the shit out of that!!
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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:48 pm

Mine sounds like this...

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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:54 pm

Mine from the other night, its was difficult holding the camera and driving!
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Post Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:02 pm

Only in car of mine, but you can barely hear it (£10 mini DV cam). Move the video on to about 2m30 and watch me get served by Dan :)

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Post Sat Dec 03, 2011 1:09 am

M40 318i :mad: On a good day it sounds like a Transit van. Goes like one too!
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Post Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:30 pm

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Post Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:32 pm

thats a judd engine, so dosent really count.
2.8 development thread http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=170822

m3.3.1 m20 thread - now running, chip needed - any volunteers?
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Post Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:44 pm

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Post Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:04 pm

M30!!!!
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Post Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:23 pm

I think the M30 is the nicest sound when you are driving, no need for a stereo
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Post Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:38 am

I love this one :) the idle is amazing

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=MZAMvDH65N8
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Post Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:05 am

Gotta love the E30 M3 with CF airbox and unichip @ 8000rpm haha.. anyway, Playo's old car, now belongs to Warren (fourmotion) Few videos of it on his youtube account :D



And after an engine rebuild and another remap by me. Can't believe this is over 2 years ago now :(

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Post Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:29 pm

m20b20 FTW

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Post Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:54 pm

Snijers is a fucking maniac in that car. On my phone so I cant link but I heard one with a meistershaft system and its the nicest iv heard. Theres a video of one of their systems on an e60 m5. Wildest noise iv ever heard out a car
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Post Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:19 pm

thought id put these up here 8)


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Post Tue Jun 10, 2014 8:50 am

Holy thread revival 8O
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Post Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:47 pm

Mine

Looks OEM
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oh and is tech1
and sounds the business louder than E46 M3
Ask Barry about the donuts!!!!
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Post Tue Jun 10, 2014 3:40 pm

TouringTash wrote:[youtube][/youtube]

Do you normally drive like this or had you taken some 'I'm going to act like a c**k medicine'?
ok, hands up, i have done this before, and as mentioned so have most at some point......but good advice re: seeing "index number"...get rid of it before you get done mate. there might even be some coppers on the zone 8O

i would be upset if anyone thought i'd ever acted like a "c*ck medicine" though, although that sounds pretty funny :wink:

btw, wheres the "BMW spend millions on R&D..." lot?
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