Project 318iS -> 2.7i finished!!

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Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:25 pm

As the title says, my conversion is at last finished, with the help from a view people.

Big up to E30Adam for the last 3 1/2 months of hard work and storage :D most of the work was done by Adam and was just generally a legend. :cheers:

Also today, to finish things off and to finally get her rolling, Sal AKA M5Pilot came all the way from London with the required propshaft and general expertise to finish her off, a huge big up to both these lads :banana: :clap: :thumb: :rock:
All I did was do something when I was told and fund the whole thing :lol:

As for the motor, I'm without Power Steering for a few days and the clutch has a low biting point but apart from these minor faults it's a complete beast. It has the standard exhaust on that I got from the donor car and I'm sure the lads will back me up when I say it's one of the best sounding exhausts out there! There's no way I'm upgrading exhausts, just gonna save my pennies for Emerald..

Will get some sounds up later but for now I'm gonna drive, thanks again to Adam and Sal for their help, AndyP for supplying for all important propshaft :D and everyone for their support.

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Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:26 pm

Top stuff mate, that's brilliant.

Well done Sal and Adam!

Get some pics/vids up mate!

:D

I'll see it at the next Lakeside meet!
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:29 pm

your going to drive? does the engine not need to wear in?

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Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:39 pm

Demlotcrew wrote:your going to drive? does the engine not need to wear in?

Andrew
Yeah it needs running in for the next thousand or so miles.

Labour costs at my rate of Ԛ£50 per hour, works out that you owe me about a million quid mate :lol:

Glad it's all finished now and can't wait for it to be taken for a proper drive.

Thanks for bringing the prop down Sal and thanks to Andy P for supplying it. We'd be waiting a few more weeks if it wasn't for the help of these two because the local scrappy is clean out of E30's!
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:42 pm

Nice one,big up the Zone support crew ! 8)
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:47 pm

Great news! Im very chuffed for you mate, know how long you have been waiting!! Big thumbs up to everyone who helped out, really shows the kind of community this is.
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:13 pm

:woohoo:
Looked a bit hairy at one point, but I bet that just makes it even better now! :D
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:16 pm

pleased for you mate
nice to see another engine conversion hit the road.

and nice to know there's fellow zoners out there who can donate thier time and help ( and knuckle rash) to other zoners 8)
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:19 pm

Yeah! :drive: :burn:
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:26 pm

Nice one :D

Gotta have respect to Jimbob for going the whole hog and building a 2.7 rather than the "easy" option of dropping a 2.5 in :cool:

Well done everyone who helped with all the work! :clap:
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:35 pm

Just arrived back home!

Thanks for the appreciation. Adam had already done a great job, I only did the last bit. Was a nice day out really.

This 2.7 has some serious grunt and the noise of that exhaust is fantastic!

Must also comment on how tight and straight Jim's car is.

Also had a ride in Adam's car, just as quick as Karan's but with more torque. And again the noise is proper sports car stuff.

Atlast Jimbob's 2.7 is finished!!
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:37 pm

Zayyan wrote:rather than the "easy" option of dropping a 2.5 in :cool:
:cry:

:)

Well done Sal.

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Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:38 pm

Nice one! Is there much work in converting a 2.5 to a 2.7?
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:57 pm

well done jim
is a great feelin when tht conversion starts up for the first time innit
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:01 pm

Adammcf wrote:Nice one! Is there much work in converting a 2.5 to a 2.7?
You could say that :lol:

"Much work" is probably an understatement... that's if you do a proper conversion!
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:08 pm

Was considering it if the head is cracked on mine but I dont think I'll bother! :)
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:25 pm

Awesome mate, finnaly got it sorted! Youve gota get some pics and videos! Be good to see your motor at one of the meets soon (Ace etc)
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:32 pm

wow

glad u got there dude!

good to see another 2.7 on the road....

i look forward to taking u on! LOL

best of luck
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:48 pm

I gotta get some sound clips tomorrow :drool:

90 miles closer to the 1000 mark :lol:
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:57 pm

Congratulations Jim!

Pop on round one night... would love to see / hear it!

Well done to Adam, Sal, Andy, and anyone one else who knows me :cool:
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:58 pm

well done the zone crew for helping another zoner out, man i need to start my 2.7 NOW, but ive got so many other things going on at the moment, also short on space but thanks to a few zoners for helping me make space, BIG THANKS goes out to Nelly for helping me knock down the shed and getting rid of it to the skip which means space for one more e30 which i have already got and filled the gap thanks to Jerran.

Jim cant wait to see this beast, bring it down to a meet which will help with the running in miles as well.

one more thing, :ttiwwp:
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:32 am

nice one dude!! get the sound clips up asap!! only 90 miles tho?! im disappointed!! :lol:
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well done :thumb: :cool:
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:13 pm

Excellent news mate, just don't make this one go bang! :lol:
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:35 pm

Well done zoners, sounds good, who's going to help me with mine?!
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:36 pm

Demlotcrew wrote:your going to drive? does the engine not need to wear in?

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Can't exactly run it in standing still! :mad:
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Simon wrote:Well done zoners, sounds good, who's going to help me with mine?!
Are you going 2.7 on the touring? Or do you mean 2.0->2.5?

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Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:43 pm

davetouring wrote:
Simon wrote:Well done zoners, sounds good, who's going to help me with mine?!
Are you going 2.7 on the touring? Or do you mean 2.0->2.5?

:)
2.7 for now, eventually would like to do the 3.2!
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:45 pm

:eek:

Good man!! That's good news.

I'm doing 3.5 on mine, and would like to do S38 M5 eventually I think, I'll see how Karan's goes first.

Might just leave it at 3.5 and turbo it! Or might just leave it and buy something different.... :?
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:49 pm

D'oh just went for a spin and forgot to get a recording :hammer:
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Jimbob wrote:D'oh just went for a spin and forgot to get a recording :hammer:
go again go again!
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:37 am

At last..
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Doesn't do it much justice with the shit quality and the wind :roll:
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:03 am

dunno why but the link doesnt seem to do anything.. click it it reopens this thread.. right click save as and it saves a file 1k in size..
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:11 am

Didn't work for me, til I copied the link info into the browser directly - something messed up with the link formatting methinks!

Can't hear too much detail like you said, but it already sounds about 6000 times better than a 4-pot! :jester:
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its a restricted site for me!! anyone wanna e-mail me the file lol
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