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djaaron89
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Post Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:47 am

in the past month my e30 has been giving me issues!

bmw e30 320i auto

as it stands there is a problem...

put the car in drive, the car will pull away reach about 10mph then the revs will pump up and not move.

i been told that in order to fix this the gear box would have to come off.

if so looks like its time to upgrade the engine and gear box

the desire is for a manual box with power and a little bit of economy.

price will be the main factor to the build but i was either looking at an e30 325 or a e36 328.

would like to see what you guys have to think and any suggestion on who to take the car to would be great.

thanks aaron
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Post Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:54 am

location ?
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Post Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:55 am

harrow, north west london
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Post Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:09 am

If you want to know what's involved, have a read of the Engine Swaps:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... gine_Swaps

At present you have an M20 engine, and you're thinking about either a bigger M20, or an M52 engine.
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Post Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:18 pm

sent the car off to just e30s so cant wait till it gets back

325 manual