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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:04 am

andysheep wrote:Great attitude rossy,i have kids so i guessed his age, and lad is passionate,hes just gagging for info,and iv seen how euro car are held together,and parts pricing ,so good luck to him,sport,(be so easy to be a holden or god forbid a ford guy over there)
thanks man holden is basically non existent now they have gone overseas :(
and the same with ford they have made there last xr8 supercharged and they have gone of shore to. once I get an apprenticip in fitter and machinest I am tossing up in getting a brand new 7 series m sport coupe(I only by coupes or 2 door cars.) or to by a brand new Chrysler 300c srt8 6.4L or a hellcat.
did you get my email andy?
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:25 am

Yer i got yer email,im old style, you should fix the regal its a beaut! :D and rare.iv heard bad things about holden and it breaks my heart. :( but thats the way car companys go.one off my workers in oz had a commadoor with a skyline engine in it and she was a burn out queen.ah the good old days,and your pics were ace,i could pull my toranna to bits in the dark.cos i knew her so well.you dont know how hard it is to work on cars in built up uk.iv been pumping my brakes on my cabby today,and the leaking t peice is giving me nightmares,but i think i got it sorted.i had 3 leaks.my mate (pumping my brakes)was like fuck you had your shit together last time whats going on,mean time its driping in my face,im sorting it out dude i shout,lol mending and building cars its a laugh,but hard some times,and you?
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:58 am

andysheep wrote:Yer i got yer email,im old style, you should fix the regal its a beaut! :D and rare.iv heard bad things about holden and it breaks my heart. :( but thats the way car companys go.one off my workers in oz had a commadoor with a skyline engine in it and she was a burn out queen.ah the good old days,and your pics were ace,i could pull my toranna to bits in the dark.cos i knew her so well.you dont know how hard it is to work on cars in built up uk.iv been pumping my brakes on my cabby today,and the leaking t peice is giving me nightmares,but i think i got it sorted.i had 3 leaks.my mate (pumping my brakes)was like fuck you had your shit together last time whats going on,mean time its driping in my face,im sorting it out dude i shout,lol mending and building cars its a laugh,but hard some times,and you?
which regal the ap5 sedan or the ap6 Canadian body station wagon?
the commodore would've been a vl since there Japanese wirering and black motor six comodores are shitfull things I bloody hate them I am old school if it aint got chrome im out! but for a new car it would be between a brand new bmw 7 series m coupe or a new Chrysler! I have just pulled the dash cluster out of my bmw e30 and it was piss easy once I found those two stupid knurled nut things that hold the cover on. then I pulled the speedo out and replaced those odometer gear myself lol good fun! then to check if the speedo works I gave it a squirt in the backyard getting it up to 20kph at 3500rpm side ways drift!(I live in the heart of wodonga where backyards are basically non existent).
I also pulled the gearbox out then found the aluminum billet cover tork bolts have been striped cause some idiot tride to remove them with a double hex socket lol after getting them of somebody decided to shove foam in the gearbox to stop leaks so that was all burnt up lol
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:41 am

Don't want to shit on your parade, but you aren't going to buy a new 7 series or Hellcat as an apprentice
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 10:29 am

ross_jsy wrote:Don't want to shit on your parade, but you aren't going to buy a new 7 series or Hellcat as an apprentice
over here we get $800-$1000 per week with tax for a 1st year apprentice and one of those m6 coupes are worth $70000-$80,000 over here! or I could go for a fully optioned z4 3.5is wich is worth around $70,000.
my mate who imports cars can get a helcat converted to right hand drive for $80,000. max to my front door.
I am currently making a mock up of the 333i stripes out of strips of a4 paper coloured in the correct 2mm lines. it looks pretty cool
what sort of e30 you got?
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:05 am

You will find out how the real word works soon enough after starting work. AUD 52,000 is £28kish over. No one earning that will be buying a 7 series unless they have zero other outgoings.

I own 2. A 325i sport with a 3 litre m50 turbo being built, and an 325i SE I use as my daily
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:22 am

ross_jsy wrote:You will find out how the real word works soon enough after starting work. AUD 52,000 is £28kish over. No one earning that will be buying a 7 series unless they have zero other outgoings.

I own 2. A 325i sport with a 3 litre m50 turbo being built, and an 325i SE I use as my daily
what was the m50 motor and what is it out of?
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:22 am

ross_jsy wrote:You will find out how the real word works soon enough after starting work. AUD 52,000 is £28kish over. No one earning that will be buying a 7 series unless they have zero other outgoings.

I own 2. A 325i sport with a 3 litre m50 turbo being built, and an 325i SE I use as my daily
what was the m50 motor and what is it out of?
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:29 am

It's the 24 valve engine out of an e36/e34 and others
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:43 am

were the 3.5 535i e34 motors 24 valve as well and could you get them in dohc configuration?
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:28 pm

E34's got the 12v m30 for their life as far as I remember. I have one I pulled out a couple of weeks ago to go into my daily
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:38 pm

so what sort of power did those m5032 make compared to the standard 3.5 e34 motor that they used in the m30 swap page on the zone wiki?
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:45 pm

There is no such thing as a m50b32. There is an m54b30 from the e46 330 and similar and the s50b32 from e36 m3 evo's
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:01 pm

just finished the boot and one sides worth all I have to do know is make 17 more strips for the other side and the two ticks lol aha sorry I read it wrong sorry mate. can you swap the head and pistons over from the dohc m50 to the e34 3.5?
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:15 pm

No. They are very different engines.

To build a 3 litre, you use the Pistons, rods and crank from an m54b30 into either an m50 or m52. People are getting 250 to 260hp from them and if using an m52, makes for a lot lighter engine than the m30
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:39 pm

that sound very similar to what want to do with my 323 2.3. I want to get the 81mm stroke crank out of a 325e and bang her straight into the 2.3 it should mean a nicer bottom end torque for the auto apposed to a lumpy cam even though I would still like to run a 288 cam with the auto and jetstronic as the hartges did I found! but is it possible to drop in the 325e crank into the 2.3 with 2.3 pistons, conrods and the stock 323i 200eka head?
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:18 pm

check this beauty out for 15 large

http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw ... -highline/

condition - check - history - check - colour - check - millage - check

its got all of the above for less than you may/could spend restoring any 6 series for that matter
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:43 pm

driftmaster808 wrote:check this beauty out for 15 large

http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw ... -highline/

condition - check - history - check - colour - check - millage - check

its got all of the above for less than you may/could spend restoring any 6 series for that matter
bloody hell man its buetiful how much is that in Australian currency?
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:54 pm

$28,000, give or take
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:55 pm

Plenty of reading here

Bear in mind I had a good car to start with

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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:57 pm

yes its a corker alright, no idea about aussie dollars isn't it two for every pound
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 3:12 pm

thanks kos my father basically pulled the plug on me buying it but I think he may have a 1966 dodge charger so I would rather that lol
but back to my big question I am dieing to know if I can put a 325e 81mm stroke crank into a 323i block with still keeping the rest stock ?
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Post Fri Apr 08, 2016 9:37 pm

Griffffo wrote:were the 3.5 535i e34 motors 24 valve as well and could you get them in dohc configuration?
You could get 24V dohc versions of the 3.5 M30 12V sohc engine used in the E24 635CSi and E34 535i.

The DOHC version was the M88 as used in the E24 M635CSi and the S38 as used in the E34 M5.
http://www.bmrperformance.co.uk

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Post Sat Apr 09, 2016 1:12 am

to ross_jsy can I email you a phew pics of a intake I want to buy and then you could post them for me? I have no clue what this intake is and eager to find out!
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Post Sat Apr 09, 2016 8:45 am

Go for it. Email it my username with @yahoo.co.uk
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