me e30 journy so far!!

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WEEMANDANBRITTON
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Post Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:45 pm

this i my first tourer but my second e30, i bought this and it was a 325 on the log book and it was an ebay purchase, after running the mot it had left on it out i then took it off the road to rebuild the engin when i discovered that for some reason it had a 2.0 engine in it!! :x i was jumping!! paying insurance for a 2.5 and only having the power of a 2.0!! i put it back together then re motd it and used it for another 12 months, i then took it off the road again and did this to it..........

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unfortunately 2 years down the line i missed driving an e30 and soon lost interest in the car i had my heart set on driving again and insted purchased my secound e30 tourer and one that im going to keep until im old and grey!! well old as imalready going grey!!



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with 230000 miles on the original engine (providing it was still the original) i figured it was time to cange the engine, i prchased this from a work mate and a fellow zoner (driftnething)......

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the head was from a different engine as the original had a couple of bolts snapped in it, it is an early sport high comp lump, i rebuilt it then fitted it into the tourer.......

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out with the old and in with the new........

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now dont that look better??

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the last two pics are how she stand at the moment, in the last 2 weeks of it being on the road i put corsa springs in the rear and lowered the front, she is now on a sorn and i have a list of things to do before she bocomes a weekend run around as the cost of fuel and doing 50 - 60 miles a day to get to work and back is hurting my finances so i had to go french and buy a 1.2 clio to run around in!! oh well at least it saves miles on the e3o!! i will ad pictures as and when i have others to show the progress of my car.
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Post Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:21 am

Interesting
pukar
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Post Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:27 am

th new engine must feels a lot better! how long did you think it was a 2.5 without realising?
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WEEMANDANBRITTON
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Post Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:04 am

pukar wrote:th new engine must feels a lot better! how long did you think it was a 2.5 without realising?
only realised it wasnt when i put it back together with a 2.5 head gasket and it wouldnt run!!

took it apart again and compared the gaskets and the one that came off was smaller bores!!