If you do mate, let me know about the Hartgeseko wrote:Might look into a 5 stud conversion nextgcorky wrote:hehe eko ,great car m8....i too get bored very quick!
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Wont be for a while yet,if at all-all depends on money now!Pal318is wrote:If you do mate, let me know about the Hartgeseko wrote:Might look into a 5 stud conversion nextgcorky wrote:hehe eko ,great car m8....i too get bored very quick!
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Bought a 525i touring MOT failure,nice and cheap and made a few bucks back after taking the engine outhammoj28 wrote:That is bloody brilliant!!!!! Sounds evil. Love it. Makes me wonder why i wanna stay 4 pot especially with that price.lol.
Did you buy a rotten 525 or something?
The noise is too much to be honest,looking at ways to quieten it down a bit!
318is is a lot of fun but to be fair is absolutely no comparison to M50-go on i dare you to do the conversion to yours,gaurenteed you wont regret it
eko wrote:
Well, tbh im actually rather tempted by it cos it seems a lot of bang for buck. Got somewhere to store the car and everything so its extremely possible in future. Would love to do it but i need my insurance to come down a fair bit so i have a few years to find a nice cheap 525.Bought a 525i touring MOT failure,nice and cheap and made a few bucks back after taking the engine out Wink
The noise is too much to be honest,looking at ways to quieten it down a bit!
318is is a lot of fun but to be fair is absolutely no comparison to M50-go on i dare you to do the conversion to yours,gaurenteed you wont regret it Very Happy
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did you get the prop fixed tony? 
Ive now been out in this animal, the CAR not Tony!! and its a monster. Acceleration in first and second and third....thats as far as we got, no more road left!!!! Sounds awesome goes like nothing else on earth! Tony's work is top rate, esp considerin its all done on his drive at an angle similar to climbin Mt Everest!! But then I wud say this, him bein a mate an all! 
Pure Kudos to the man tho, he is the man hahaha
Pure Kudos to the man tho, he is the man hahaha Gaffa tape is like "the force" - it has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
There's nothing that shouts "Poor Workmanship" more than wrinkles in the Gaffer tap
There's nothing that shouts "Poor Workmanship" more than wrinkles in the Gaffer tap
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Looking forward to hopefully getting a blip in this next sunday at the dartmoor meet....
Top banana Tony!
Top banana Tony!
"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Terry Pratchett.
benjy wrote:Ive now been out in this animal, the CAR not Tony!! and its a monster. Acceleration in first and second and third....thats as far as we got, no more road left!!!! Sounds awesome goes like nothing else on earth! Tony's work is top rate, esp considerin its all done on his drive at an angle similar to climbin Mt Everest!! But then I wud say this, him bein a mate an all!
Kind words Ben,never knew you cared Seriously will be loads better once i sort the exhaust and suspension out,hopefully get it done this week in time for Dartmoor!
Was going to go for a tear up the bypass earlier but didnt fancy it with this exhaust,2K is loud,5-5.5K would be ear piercing
Baz,lets hope it get it done in time
Sorry to go off topic but I told Dave Id post up.....
I got to drive randomdaves M50'd E30 today - I can see why people like this conversion
Sounds great, goes great - its what every E30 needs.
Cheers for letting me have a drive Dave
Tony mate, youre gonna have sooo much fun
I got to drive randomdaves M50'd E30 today - I can see why people like this conversion
Sounds great, goes great - its what every E30 needs.
Cheers for letting me have a drive Dave
Tony mate, youre gonna have sooo much fun
James
'91 325i Sport
'93 318i touring 16v
'91 325i Sport
'93 318i touring 16v
Neglected this post for a while so thought id bring it upto date!
Still got no video as the exhaust is just too loud to take it for a decent blast
Me and my misses have been using it daily over the last week or so with no real problems.
Centre prop bearing split but sorted this with a new one
Temp gauge is still running thru M50 temp sensor so is useless,but doesnt seem to get too hot,will be sorted this weekend though.
Electric fan is just to ignition on so this will have to be put on a switch/sensor,seems to keep it well cool though
Fitted the Z3 1.9 gear stick and it feels like standard?
It is the one from my iS so i know how it should feel,is it because im using M50 gearbox and E36 linkage?
Any other M50 guys had this?
Thinking about using a 2.8 one now?
Also the exhaust Everyone who has heard it says the same thing-leave it as is,but fook that,they dont have to live with it and carry 2 kids young around!
When i say its loud,i dont mean blowing/no backbox loud,i mean Throaty loud It sounds awesome untill the revs reach 2K then it gets a bit much.Honestly drive up the road and people 200 yards further up are turning round to see what it is 
Done a bit of open heart surgery on the Scorpion backbox.Cut it open and packed it out with Motorcycle silencer wadding,has made a bit of diference but not enough,so next move is to fit a front silencer,shame to loose a section of stainless though
Changed the front suspension now too,fitted the 51mm Billy`s from my iS,made a huge diference!
Already has new wishbones/balljoints/drop links fitted so feels nice and tight on the front.
Rear is still on drums untill i prepare the ream beam/disc set up from the iS with new bushes etc.
Well thats about it apart from,interior all fitted/couple of new tyres(205/50/16)which im still not sure about,new rear top mounts,blacked out smillies and a few other things ive forgot!
Ill post some pics up of it soon,looks and goes loads different than when i got it about 6 weeks ago
Still got no video as the exhaust is just too loud to take it for a decent blast
Me and my misses have been using it daily over the last week or so with no real problems.
Centre prop bearing split but sorted this with a new one
Temp gauge is still running thru M50 temp sensor so is useless,but doesnt seem to get too hot,will be sorted this weekend though.
Electric fan is just to ignition on so this will have to be put on a switch/sensor,seems to keep it well cool though
Fitted the Z3 1.9 gear stick and it feels like standard?
It is the one from my iS so i know how it should feel,is it because im using M50 gearbox and E36 linkage?
Any other M50 guys had this?
Thinking about using a 2.8 one now?
Also the exhaust
Everyone who has heard it says the same thing-leave it as is,but fook that,they dont have to live with it and carry 2 kids young around!When i say its loud,i dont mean blowing/no backbox loud,i mean Throaty loud
It sounds awesome untill the revs reach 2K then it gets a bit much.Honestly drive up the road and people 200 yards further up are turning round to see what it is Done a bit of open heart surgery on the Scorpion backbox.Cut it open and packed it out with Motorcycle silencer wadding,has made a bit of diference but not enough,so next move is to fit a front silencer,shame to loose a section of stainless though
Changed the front suspension now too,fitted the 51mm Billy`s from my iS,made a huge diference!
Already has new wishbones/balljoints/drop links fitted so feels nice and tight on the front.
Rear is still on drums untill i prepare the ream beam/disc set up from the iS with new bushes etc.
Well thats about it apart from,interior all fitted/couple of new tyres(205/50/16)which im still not sure about,new rear top mounts,blacked out smillies and a few other things ive forgot!
Ill post some pics up of it soon,looks and goes loads different than when i got it about 6 weeks ago
Dan,bit late but yes all is going well with it!DanThe wrote:All going well then
Took it on its first proper run today,bout 80 mile round trip to Fritz Bitz in Wellington,relatively trouble free.
Temp gradually crept up to 3/4 but didnt go up any higher,also heater was freezing.
On closer inspection(from RandomDave) turns out the matrix pipes were on the wrong way round,after id changed them round last week thinking they were wrong then
Anyway an hour or so later and all was sorted,both pipes redone,filled up with water and bled system!
Journey home was much better,sat at 90mph most of the way home,temp just below half all the way
Also picked up a 3.46 (open) diff from Fritz,so going to give that a try at some point soon.
Oh and my starter is knackered so got to change that too
although picked one of them up today too,just got to fit the bugger now.
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