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Yeah, I had them on my first touring then fella nicked them and I nicked them back lol.

Going all red this time though.
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nice im quite far away with painting mine at the min but its going its original colour
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GemE30 wrote:Yeah, I had them on my first touring then fella nicked them and I nicked them back lol.

Going all red this time though.
Went from black to red with my malachite touring. Much better IMO.
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I want to respray mine next year. Won't be staying Malachite but will still be a BMW colour :)
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this looks :cool: really like it.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:16 pm

may i ask how was this for wiring loom ?
does it sit straight in with no sump mods ?
i fitted an sr20det but now looking to go this route..

what shell do these engines come from ?

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What reduction in oil capacity is that? I personally would be worried that there wasn't enough oil.
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oldroydsr4 wrote:What reduction in oil capacity is that? I personally would be worried that there wasn't enough oil.
Who needs oil when you look as cool as fuck!
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why is it so low? it just causes problems.
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as said above,is that sump reduction a good move ?

your going to need one of these .....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-Ltr-Syphon- ... 35c34406b9
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Damn. I've always wanted a TD BMW engine in my touring. Too bad there are so few running around over here.

All it needs now is wider/lower offset wheels. Ride height is just fine.
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The borbets look by far the best .
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I really think those weaves looked the best, just needed to be a little wider or have some spacers added. Big fan of the whole thing otherwise.
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What are weaves? :o:
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just basket weaves i think he's ref to, the original BMW wheels :)
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Ahh the BBS's?
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Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:52 pm

Hello gem, fantastic build thread, just read it front to back and looking very good!! Also I don't suppose you still have the standard tds intercooler and pipework sitting on a shelf somewhere do you?? also any safe mods you can recommend performance wise to the engine? Keep us updated, all the best, Dan
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Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:18 pm

looking good gem :cool:

whered you get the top mounts from? link??
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GemE30 wrote:It's so low because I want it to be.

The sump still holds 6l of oil so is fine.
I thought the P38's had over 7 litres of oil that quite a reduction.

Nice conversion by the way.
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GemE30 wrote:
Nice pair, I also have Touring and a 300Tdi Disco converted to a pickup

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