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Hi guys I’m slowly chipping away at the m325i. Lately I have removed all aftermarket stereo components and reinstated the factory wiring, sans amp only to find that the original head unit is shonky. Something for another day. Everywhere I uncover I’m delighted with the absolute absence of rust! One thing that bugs me is that the speedo reads 10 km/h too slow, at all speeds. Any clues on this?? nath
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The price of basic car cleaning products right now, wtaf... $70 for wheel cleaner? $60 for carwash? Someone in the supply chain is making an absolute killing.
- Yesterday
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This is a really nice car - hope it can go to another Bimmersporter (also just spotted mineral gray F31-ception in the background of your pic)
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🤔? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008679396331.html
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Pretty sure I've finally found a source for the male MAF sensor connector that allows for MOQ of 1 (and it's cheap to boot). This is what I'm talking about: I've ordered a couple to check and confirm, but if it is then this is the missing piece for people to be able to build their own harness extensions (and IAT relocation extensions I guess, not that I think they're good idea) without having to pay Turner mark-up. It also means anyone wanting to do what I did (keep the MAF connector and wire up for MAP sensor) doesn't have to buy a Turner extension just to then hack it up to add on the Bosch MAP sensor connector, etc. I'll wait til these arrive and I've confirmed and then put up a post with all the various part numbers needed to do this.
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Whole family (including myself) are sick this weekend so took the opportunity to try out doing a VE table tuning run with the MAP sensor turned off. I've been wanting to do this for a while as theoretically it's another variable that can be removed from the process. With the MAP sensor taken out of the RF calculation path the car is essentially running in "Alpha-N Mode". My theory behind this is that depending on point in time conditions the MAP sensor is adjusting the final RF either up or down from what's calculated from the VE table. While this is desirable in day to day use, for the VE tuning process it's an unwelcome additional variable. Unfortunately I can't really think of an objective way to measure the impact of it to the VE tuning process, so it's really just a subjective assessment I guess. The difference with the MAP sensor disabled is immediately noticeable in the part-throttle conditions the MAP sensor targets. The car is less responsive and throttle input is jerkier and less consistent. I found a couple of RO/RPM conditions which I hadn't previously been able to flush out. I intend to do another tuning run tomorrow or Monday on a day when I can get further out and up the RPM range more to get a more complete test. It would need more people to try this out and get their subjective feedback as well as to whether disabling the MAP sensor positively influences the VE tuning process (I think it will mostly be about the speed at which one arrives at the end result), but I am pleased to have finally proven out that changing the configuration byte from 0x12 to 0x02 does behave as expected. Oh and also gave the nylon MAP sensor adapter a couple of good heat cycles and then took it off and inspected it - appears to be unaffected by the heat so far, so off to a good start.
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Price lowered
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I had similar with my last B30, tried a bunch of things, but never sorted it before selling the car. In my travels I came across a couple of others that had similar issues and at the time there seemed to be no answer. Among other things, I rebuilt my vanos, replaced the FPR, vacuum leaks, replaced idle valve, checked DME and VNC for solder issues. Everything in INPA checked out fine, it ran and drove fine, it just had that idle stumble.
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Drove from Wgtn to Auckland for one of those Dyno days. Great fun ! ( e46 m3 day ) Would be interested is seeing how an s55 with stock and GTS tunes does 😀
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This is the left corner light on my E36. Any tips for resealing it? Or is it toast and I should get a new one? Seems hard to track down genuine clear corner lights. But I guess I can just look at aftermarket options.
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Right gotcha. No unfortunately haven’t found anything suitable yet, I think I’ll use something like dynamat or similar on the inside but not sure what to do for heat protection on the outside just yet, debating just heat wrapping the headers and leaving it as is.
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Thanks mate, been seeing your posts on Facebook. Car looks good, you’re getting through it quick! I sandblasted them myself at a mates shop, although wasn’t the best compressor so wasn’t the best job so had to wire wheel quite a bit off. Did you figure out what to use for the trans tunnel / firewall insulation? Mines a bit worse for wear to and don’t really want it going back in.
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Just read through your thread now, awesome work! I’m currently restoring an e30 as well, have all the suspension stuff stripped out currently, who did your sandblasting of the front strut housings for you? Need to get that done along with rear trailing arms, front and rear subframes, heatshields etc
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Used this stuff for the internal vents: https://a.aliexpress.com/_msIlXjh got a bunch of foam from AliExpress / Temu including the thick low density stuff that seals between dash vents that clear the windscreen mist and heater unit. Had to draw the line at a $50 piece of foam from FCP. Just made stencil out of paper and transferred it to the foam and cut out.
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Is This Where The E30 Market Is Now..?
MD13 replied to E30 325i Rag-Top's topic in TradeMe discussions
Yeah I get people spend a lot on their project car but unsure how much of that cost you can tack on to the sale price... Might be just getting old and grumpy though 🙂 -
So good! Amazing attention to detail. Where did you get some of that adhesive foam if you don't mind me asking? Any local suppliers or need to look overseas?
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Is This Where The E30 Market Is Now..?
jasera94 replied to E30 325i Rag-Top's topic in TradeMe discussions
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/316i/listing/5238422426 So it turns out the engine had 260,000 km when installed years ago, with just a skimmed head...not reconditioned. Was driven hard on track and at the drags apparently.. Ticking time bomb? -
Car is currently stripped out. Engine / transmission, full wiring harness, interior, dash etc. Car came non aircon from factory and has the horrible dealer fit aircon system where they just cut into the heater unit and stuff in a condenser and add an extra blower along with ugly wiring in the engine bay and extra holes cut into the fire wall instead of using the factory stamped cut outs that cars with aircon would use. Overall a useless / ugly system that doesn’t blow cold anymore and can’t be recharged (R12 gas). Managed to find a new unit for a non aircon pre facelift car and promptly pulled it apart and reapplied new foam to all the vents along with giving all the plastic a thorough clean and the wire cables a good greasing. All the foam in the unit (like all units of this age) was disintegrated and don’t create any form of a seal so good to get this done while the car is in bits. Fitted new o rings and resealing the pipes the come out the side of the heater core as well. Wiring for the unit got stripped of the old loom tape (along with the rest of the wiring in the entire car) and new loom tape applied. Doing a huge amount of other work to the car at the moment so more of that to come.
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A valve cover gasket set (there are two gaskets) isn't going to break the bank regardless of where it comes from. Try BMW? Bear in mind that there are two possible gasket sets - one has a 2-hole fitting centre gasket, the other has a 5-hole fitting centre gasket. They are not interchangeable.
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I want to replace my valve cover gasket n46 ? Where can you buy erling here in nz? Or can i use permaseal? Thanks
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And now I own a broken E60 M5…..
BreakMyWindow replied to BilbeJ's topic in New Member Introductions
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I’ll try, the aim is to keep it below m235i money but make it just as fun
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Just try not to spend E30 M3 money on your E30 😂
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"I want to see that one" -- ok............here you go. You're welcome.
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