Eko`s M50,On the road now!

[DanThe]

325 E30?

[eko]

325 E30?

Fingers crossed its the small one then!!
Thanks Dan

[Jhonno]

whats the dia of the french crap servo?

[DanThe]

Aint got a clue mate,
I will put a tape accross it on the morrow

[DanThe]

Manifolds are coming from Moseleys!

How much is he charging you mate?

I got mine off him

[eko]

Dan,which airbox are you using?

[eko]

Manifolds are coming from Moseleys!

How much is he charging you mate?

I got mine off him

Ԛ£50 for the pair

[Jhonno]

eko.. can you measure the outlet of the m50 airbox at all for me?

[eko]

eko.. can you measure the outlet of the m50 airbox at all for me?

Will do tomorrow mate when i start stripping it!

[DanThe]

M30 engines airbox with the MAF mounted inside



You need to use M20 rad though, I couldnt get the M50 rad in
See how tight it is

[eko]

Could i just get away with an induction filter?
Shielded of course!

[DanThe]

Ԛ£50 for the pair

Yeah, I thought that was rather expensive

[DanThe]

Could i just get away with an induction filter?
Shielded of course!

Thats the way most seem to go, I just wanted a proper filter

[eko]

Ԛ£50 for the pair

Yeah, I thought that was rather expensive

Expensive

His first price was Ԛ£100

[eko]

Dan,was it straight forward enough changing details of conversion with DVLA?

[DanThe]

Dan,was it straight forward enough changing details of conversion with DVLA?

I havnt 'COUGH' 'COUGH' got round to it yet 'COUGH'
Didnt need to for MOT or insurance though, so dont think ill bother

Ԛ£100!
Jesus, he must be running low on stock

Thats one thing, if I find cheap, I will keep in the shed.
Had a right game finding some, was gutted when I had to pay a 50

[eko]

I thought 50 bucks was quite reasonable!

[DanThe]

whats the dia of the french crap servo?

210mm or 8 1/4 inch

[TW166Y]

dan i cant wait untill im ready for the swap, you deffo seem like the man to be asking questions to, your local as hell too......magic

[eko]

More progress

Went and picked the mountings up from the dealer this morning,nearly Ԛ£90 lighter but 1 step closer i spose


Also took the M20 out,thanks Ben for your help!
Took a couple of pics along the way



Bought Ԛ£3 of diesel and gave the engine bay a scrub down


doesnt look that clean in the pics but it has actually come up quite well!

M20 loaded in the back of the tourer(now a 4.5lt 32valve )


Jhonno ill measure the outlet tomorrow for you!

Oh and M52 manifolds are on there way too

[alex-is]

All good cheers mate, been doing bits to the car here and there, wish I had the time/skill to take on something like this tho!

[Jon_Bmw]

Eko how far south of bristol do you live again, i'm back at uni soon and fancy popping down to lend a hand/piss about one weekend when i'm bored. I can't make a cup of tea though

[eko]

Jon what a nice offer
bout 90ish miles south of Bristol mate,so maybe a bit too far,but your always welcome mate!!!

To be honest im hoping to have it done in maybe 2 weeks max,wouldnt mind going to Santa pod in it to be honest but that is only a distant thought right now

[Jon_Bmw]

Jon what a nice offer
bout 90ish miles south of Bristol mate,so maybe a bit too far,but your always welcome mate!!!

To be honest im hoping to have it done in maybe 2 weeks max,wouldnt mind going to Santa pod in it to be honest but that is only a distant thought right now

Damn its further than I thought actually, i thought perhaps 40 miles or so. Oh well if you haven't finished it by the time i'm back, and i'm not to busy getting pissed I may pop down. Be good to piss around with e30's again. Mines long gone now Up in norfolk somewhere.

[eko]

Well if you get bored mate your always welcome!
Even if this ones finished theres generally a few E30`s here to piss about with

[srad]

[dark_sounds]

omg just caught onto this,,.., woah eko man,, from thinking about a standard m20 25 to this! nice one dude! take it things are looking up,, new house, car, conversion. healthy kid, lifes good eh!?

nice one man! ill be keeping my eye on this now!

[eko]

omg just caught onto this,,.., woah eko man,, from thinking about a standard m20 25 to this! nice one dude! take it things are looking up,, new house, car, conversion. healthy kid, lifes good eh!?

nice one man! ill be keeping my eye on this now!

Ali,things are going well mate,best theyve been for a long time

Yeah M50

Wasnt my first plan,but after seeing the donor on Ebay it got me thinking-just meant waiting a bit longer but as my iS is still running(just) i can allow for the extra time needed!

Trying to get it done in time for Santa Pod,not deffo sure ill be going yet,but does give me more incentive to crack on and finish it

[dark_sounds]

i think you should go santa pod,, didnt get to meet you at gaydon! atleast hitch a ride with benjy! lol im sure he wont mind!

[benjy]

Unfortunately i shall be bobbin around on the ocean blue whilst you lot tear up the Pod

[eko]

i think you should go santa pod,, didnt get to meet you at gaydon! atleast hitch a ride with benjy! lol im sure he wont mind!

As Ben said above,hes away at sea then so.....anyway all depends on funds as to wether i go,oh and if the car is finished would help

Anyway few more developments today,went and picked up golf servo,bit grubby so gave it a lick of paint,will be fitting that tomorrow.

Started to take the M50 out too,got most of it done,just prop and gearbox mount and a couple of other bits and its ready for out!!!!!

Gutted though-i expected to find an electric fan for the air conditioning but there isnt one
Means another trip to the scrapyard i suppose

oh and offered up the M50 radiator to the E30 just to see-not a chance is that going to fit!

Also going to ring the dealer in the morning and order E36 325i gear linkage-thanks Dan for the info

[DanThe]

You should be able to use that M50 rad by swapping the lower mounts around
Got any measurements for it?

[eko]

^Dan,its too wide to sit flush?

[jmc330i]

What car is the engine (and rad) from?

[eko]

What car is the engine (and rad) from?

92 E34 tourer!