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Alex
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Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:36 pm
The rev counter in my 1986 316 has green on it and just wondered if anyone else has seen it on any other e30s because i haven't.
And no it hasn't been painted on lol

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Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:39 pm
Arent they m3 clocks?
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Alex
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Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:41 pm
1an wrote:Arent they m3 clocks?
Well its not an m3 They could't be further apart
the clocks actually came from my previous 318i m10 because the rev counter was knackered, and i keep meaning to ask about the green bit

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Never seen that before either mate, but what happens between 5500 and 6250???
I'd say M3 clocks at a guess but not sure. I notice you've got a 150mph speedo like the 6-cyls but no "swingometer" for the economy.
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Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:49 pm
maybe bmw just had some bits left over from the e21's and put them into the e30's
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Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:49 pm
1an wrote:maybe bmw just had some bits left over from the e21's and put them into the e30's
maybe be just an experimental thing who knows

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Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:54 pm
Barnz wrote:Never seen that before either mate, but what happens between 5500 and 6250???
I'd say M3 clocks at a guess but not sure. I notice you've got a 150mph speedo like the 6-cyls but no "swingometer" for the economy.
i have a book in front of me now stating that as from sept 1985 all were 150mph.
it must have been an optional extra before that coz my 318i was from 1984

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Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:57 pm
maxfield wrote:M3 clocks have oil temperature where the MPG meter thing usually is...

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Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:02 pm
agreen wrote:is it something to do with econemy >?
its probly a cheap version of an economy meter

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Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:16 pm
How strange.
M3's also redline at 7k, and have red needles!
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Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:19 pm
I've come across this before on early 316's in the scrapyard. I like them, shame there's no economy gauge as the others i've seen have been the same as this.
Seems to have been more popular on e21's
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Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:20 pm
BMracing wrote:How strange.
M3's also redline at 7k, and have red needles!
m3s go to 8k

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Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:21 pm
bry wrote:Clocks from an Eta model?
no
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Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:23 pm
they aren't M3 clock!
just early pikey spec 316 clocks. Really early ones had a clock instead of a rev counter but the rev counter was soon standard equipment on all models!
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Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:24 pm
maxfield wrote:They redline at 6750.
Sport Evo's redline at 7800.
obviosly an evo im thinking of

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Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:47 pm
As Simon13 says. they are clock from a very early 316 or 318 who dont ticked the clock option when they orderd the car new... I think they are a bit funky and to be honest, the ecco system they have can some times be anoying, very anoying when you drive an M30 3.5 who is thursty as Dracula

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maxfield wrote:They redline at 6750.
Sport Evo's redline at 7800.
Which M3 is this then!

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Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:41 am
E21`s dont have, not here in UK anyway, only in germany and a few other european countries, so these clocks were probably imported OF someone aquired the RPM meter and swapped it, ive only ever seen them once back in 1987 on a 325i, never seen em again
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:16 am
e30 m3 clock? all the new ones are like... more digital if you get what i mean
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:16 pm
BMracing wrote:maxfield wrote:They redline at 6750.
Sport Evo's redline at 7800.
Which M3 is this then!

Looks Evo II to me

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Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:26 pm
Nice, but being poor I need to know my economy

Bet anything you've just painted them on to spark this whole in depth debate.