O/T any experiences of an E30?
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I see your point about the seats then.lol

Its certainly possible.lol

Edited by hammoj28turbo on 19th Feb, 2008.

Fook me, thats not what I wanted to see, gettin too many ideas now! how did they get that in there? Touch of grease around the edges, hang over engine bay, then drop, so it will wedge itself in! LOL
Shane.

Just sold my old bus on ebay!





http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...cTODAY.m239.lVI

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

Yeah, its pretty tight. Your best bet is the 2.5 m50 out of the e36's. the 24v one. Conversion can be done for under 500quid and they are 190bhp. Im very tempted.

Is that the vanos unit they had all the probs with that the engines dont make it past 100k? Under 500? now thats tempting!
Shane

Feeble, always quite liked colour.

Shane, nah, well. i dont think the early ones had vanos so you should be alright. I know, 500 quid is why im tempted. Would be a nice upgrade + they have lots of potential for a cheap turbo conversion.

a guy i know put a 3.2 evo m3 engine in his tourer, 320bhp. Now that was a weapon!! He took me out in it and its was unbelievably quick. the power delivery was amazing. Here it is...

I love the M-tec two kit, would looks the nuts on a tourer! Too expencive tho. Reaaly need to do something to the front of mine, prehaps a rieger lip or something? The bigger engine is getting so tempting. My Neighbour has an e36 evo2 borrowed it when I had ajob interview last year, scared my self silly, good fun tho!
Now to start trawling Ebay and breakers for engines................
Shane

Lol, mtech2 kits is cool but they can look just as good without. Reiger lips are quite nice because you can make up a wee splitter for them too. You can get copies on ebay which sem to fit alright, my mates had one and it looked good.

47quid ain't bad. I payed a fair bit more than that foo a genuine one.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-e30-front-lip-sp...1QQcmdZViewItem

Hehe, yeah they are quick. Yeah, you should be able to find a 325i or later 525i for under 400quid. Altho some early 5's came with the m20 lump.

Would like one with sencible miles on it tho, so prob going to end up payin more........ At least with the M20 lump I know my way round it, and have very few mating issues. How difficult is the m50 conversion?
Shane

If your happy with an m20 then stick with it. id personally go for an m50 as i personally find the m20 quite lazy.

Iv helped out on one, its quite tight when lowering the engine in. You have to use a clio servo for clearance issues. The hardest things seem to be:

Exhaust manifold, you withe need to cut and modify the original or get a custom one made up to clear the steering rack.

And the gear linkage has to be shortened depending what box/prop that you use.

[quote]I agree with the m20 being "lathargic" but still good fun to drive, with the m50, what box/ and prop options are usable, any thing I already have?
Cheers
Shane/quote]

Erm, the guy i know used the 318iS gearbox ad a 320prop. I think you could maybe use a 318i gearbox too but you would have to check. Theres tons and tons of threads on m50 builds on the zone. Its a very popular one and they go like stink.

Think at the minute I might stick with the 1.8, I know if I start messing with engines that the mini wont get looked at for another 3 months.
Still trying to find a lip / splitter to finish the front off, found this on the bay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-e30-front-lip-sp...1QQcmdZViewItem
What do you think, leave it in red or get it painted to match the car?
Cheers
Shane

I like those alpina front lips. Id get it colour coded tbh. would look cool, but it would still look fine in black.

Thats what I was thinking, I have some paint given to me when I bought the car so the match wont be an issue, Think Ill buy it, fit it, drive around with it in black for a week, see if it grounds out on anything, if it does Ill not bother getting it painted.
Cheers
Shane