New toy.

[gooner1]

A few pics of my suprisingly fun to drive 318 lux touring, and the lump that will (one day) be going into it,






engine
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Got the usual tailgate diesease but will more than likeley Munkyfie it anyway.

[Andy325i]

. . . and so another Q car is created what other mods are planned for the car?

Good stuff, keep us posted


Andy

[gooner1]

Other plans Andy?, engine will probably take me into retirement.

Lower it a touch and tbh thats about it at the min.

[Andy325i]

lol! Its a slippery slope! It will start with the engine and then brakes and wheels then suspension

Andy

[Jesus325iTouring]

OOOO Nice

Wasn't expecting to scroll down & see what appears be a rebuilt 3.5

[gooner1]

OOOO Nice

Wasn't expecting to scroll down & see what appears be a rebuilt 3.5

Trust me Jesus, appearances can be deceptive, fair way to go yet

[gooner1]

A quick update on M30 swap.














318 is looking better already.

[m-dtech]

thats a nice use of a hiab !

[gooner1]

Perk of the job m-tech. Might be a bit undelicate for putting the new lump in though, we.ll see.
No great rush.

[agreen]

cool!

[Andy325i]

Good stuff Are you going to do an E36 rack conversion while its all apart?

Andy

[zaust]

Keep em comming. Nice find..

[gooner1]

Not sure on the steering rack Andy,its an idea though. Still not %100 sure of which car to put 3,5 in.
Could end up with the 3.5 in cab and the 325i one from the cab into the touring Mean while couple more pics of beauty &the beast Cheers Zaust.

[gooner1]

Is it me or am i going to have trouble using these engine mounts. In the 318 engine bay the mounts are a wedge of rubber that slots intoa metal slot. Whereas the spooxmotorsports need to be mounted on a stud

[gooner1]

BMW E30 M3 SCORPION S/STEEL FULL EXHAUST SYSTEM,DTM Item number: 190164624517


Am i right in thinking that this wouldbe ideal for my conversion, in whichever car the 3.5 goes into?.
Thanks.

[maxfield]

My Dad has tried calling you but to no avail.

You will have PM in a mo.

[agreen]

that exhaust would be soo nice

[trevski]

whats that lip you have on the red cabby! its the same as mine and im not sure what it is!!!!

[SPADGE]

Rob you need to bin those rubber mounts mate and use 325 ones

[gooner1]

whats that lip you have on the red cabby! its the same as mine and im not sure what it is!!!!

Do you mean the spoiler trevski?,its an original Bmw spec one.

[gooner1]

My Dad has tried calling you but to no avail.

You will have PM in a mo.

Just spoken to him Max.

[gooner1]

Rob you need to bin those rubber mounts mate and use 325 ones

Going to be using these for engine and gearbox mate.

[gooner1]

Bit more progress, gearbox and prop off, diff is proving to be a pita and tbh i really dont fell like getting under car again today 730I gearbox painted and nearly ready.


Mocked fitted E28 rad in bay. take it bootm lugs on bay need cutting off



Spadge , just in case you,re interested mate, this is the gearbox that came out.
Has these numbers on 2200225.93. and 1221845.9 with 052
22 3. on it .


Did a quick search on ETK but couldnt find anything.
Diff has 4.27 followed by 5741 on the tag, whatever that means.

[Andy325i]

Good stuff, have you decided what engine is going into what car? I personally recon a 3.5 would be wasted in a cab A sleeper touring will be much more and a lot less work


Andy

[gooner1]

Beginning to think that way too Andy, dont mind the work as im not planning on rushing things.
Just think that it would be nice to keep a chromie cab standardish

[whipsey]

mines same colour and same year rob with the same engine going in lol

[gooner1]

How far you got mate?.

[whipsey]

How far you got mate?.

lol not as far as you rob i've so far got the engine and gearbox brand new diff from an e39 535 and my heated leather sorted still sourcing some bits but it's going to take a while

[SPADGE]

How far you got mate?.

lol not as far as you rob i've so far got the engine and gearbox brand new diff from an e39 535 and my heated leather sorted still sourcing some bits but it's going to take a while

How are you going to get the e39 diff to fit an e30

Rob hows it going fella is it running yet

[whipsey]

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How are you going to get the e39 diff to fit an e30

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not sure yet but will do a write up when it's done

[gooner1]

How far you got mate?.

lol not as far as you rob i've so far got the engine and gearbox brand new diff from an e39 535 and my heated leather sorted still sourcing some bits but it's going to take a while

How are you going to get the e39 diff to fit an e30

Rob hows it going fella is it running yet

Ermmm, not quite Spadge but as soon as i remove this propshaft from my ribcage it wiil be
Not going to put lump in till ive cleaned and removed little rust areas from engine bay and underneath. Will posibly renew a fair bit of suspension while im at it mate.No rush geez

Sean, if you can make use of my hiab when you pull/install yours mate
give me a shout and we,ll sort it.

[whipsey]

i've already got a hoist here rob i might take you up on the offer though lol

[gooner1]

Very little done since last post but have managed to scource a 3.64 lsd( cheers Andy) and a e30 m3 exhaust.
Will post pics as soon as i pick them up for anyone who may be interested.

[gooner1]

Hope to be fitting the manual gearbox (730i) to the E34 engine soon along with new clutch.
Gearbox has been sat in garden for a while and the driveshaft has traces of rust on it. Would i be ok cleaning this with some brake cleaner?

[gooner1]

Picked up a 3.64 LSD from Andytouring today.Wish we both had had a bit more time to chat mate.
Will post some pics when its been cleaned up a bit ,if anyone is slightly interested.
Jeez this touring is going to be one hell of a mongrel.