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"what did you do to your BMW today" cheers, Admin.

got this thing mostly sorted , driving now

Gave it a wash on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Then put it back in the garage so it won't get dirty.

I literally didnt post this because it fall s under the group of that minivan thing they loled up. This is a BMW site, not a children drawing competition.

i threw up in my mouth.

I am exempt from such childs play.

Purchased manual conversion for touring 2.0. Sick of pissing around trying to get the auto box going.

Replaced the leaking lower radiator hose on the e46. Then replaced the ac belt tensioner pully and engine mounts in the m3. Fun times doing the drivers side!

Spotted one for you today. Good looking blonde driving a newer Megane Turbo.

N42 is the engine code. You only need the last seven digits of the VIN number to order the correct parts for that engine in your car. You don't need the engine serial number.

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210016 http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=416484 http://www.ehow.com/how_6820982_identify-bmw-engine.html

e34 M5 is a fairly well regarded car, there must be something to them. A 540i/6 won't be far off performance wise, probably evenly matched. Apart from the engine all the rest is practically identical bar some minor brake tweaks. Probably nothing in the prestige stakes between an M5 and M540i/6 either. Good luck finding an M540i/6 though. The regular 540 isn't far off, just needs the 6 speed and sway bar / brake upgrades to M540i spec. Any of these e34's will benefit from shock/spring refresh to get a better result than what was offered in the mid 90's Shadowline trim doesn't mean anything other than shadowline trim as far as I'm aware. It was just an option available to punters. e34 is a big heavy solid car. I'm not sure it would ever track like a smaller lighter vehicle. At 22 years old though mine is enough for me, they really are a nice car to drive whether dawdling along or thrashing through country roads.

Grotesque thing. Looks like the fat old uncle of the CSL wearing a too-small yellow morph-suit. And sporting an underbite.

Into the back, rear 3 quarter looks the bomb, front looks like bomb has gone off and blown the side panels up in a weird way

Wet weather tail gaters. They should loose their licence for such insane driving!

That is fairly good for such a sized car. Not to shabby all things considered. You do need the V8 torque to get it moving off the line though.

and what did you see in that 2x3 pixel block?

having a convertible in winter.

It's raining so we must all drive at 85, and turn our outside air off with fogged up windows

Another wof in the $300 e36. Another clean sheet.

303 - 2 Test Match Cricket! NZs day all round, lots to come in this one..

They sure are, $200 for the pair. Electric folding too. Thought i recognised your TM name from somewhere haha.

Venting about vents in the vent thread.

Gavin @ Hi Velocity is finally back up and running !! :-) He spent most of the day yesterday tuning the car. Power delivery is now a lot smoother and sitting a fraction under 190bhp ATW. Next on the to do list is removing the very old original centre resonator which is probably pretty restrictive by now, and maybe some higher flow injectors as the dyno showed they are struggling slightly at the very top end.

Birthday cards, presents, wishes, pay rise and a bonus... all on the same day. Choice bro.

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I thought some maybe interested whats gone into my e36 turbo and setup its now done 30k from a fresh engine and still runs well apart from minor crack in the head, oh ya. Anyway it runs a M42B18 which most may know is turbocharged from ground up it goes like this, small case 4.1 rear end 220g box custom clutch and my own billet flywheel 5kg, bilstein’s all round on lowered up rated springs 6 cly brakes etc custom gear lever very little travel ( great when you get use to it ). As for the heart it’s a stock block been tank and many hours grinding and blue printing it much time was spent on the oil system, stock crank and journal sizes use ACL bearings stock timing chain. 135mm H beam rods JE Mitsi evo pistons 86mm 22mm pin drops comp ratio to 8.8/1 pistons sits 1mm down from deck, use cap screws for head bolts pulled down to 85 ft/lb and stock head gasket no o ringing has been done. Head is stock as per cams but centerline for timing has been changed a large amount cam pulleys slotted more to allow this, intake manifold is stock first 4” then cut off and 4” plenium is welded to it uses a m50b25 throttle body 660cc simmens injectors stock fuel rail two Detuchworkx pump intank. Headers are custom 4 into 1 steam pipe port matched to head 2.5” exhaust off turbo to rear with two offset chamber mufflers ( did have one but droned like hell ) 38mm Tial gate welded to turbine housing, turbo is one of my units a HRC35RS 6cm turbine ( Holset based ) rated to 500hp front mount cooler is 600x300x75mm. Cooler piping is 2.5” from turbo to cooler then 3” to throttle body, no blow valve is run or needed its how the turbo is designed has 4” intake with air amplifier added to the front ( my design patient pending ), ECU Haltech Sprint 500 ignition wasted spark using Subaru coil pack. It currently runs 18 psi makes full boost by 3500 rpm I rev it to 7500rpm has launch control and few other toys, wheels are Sparco NS6 18x8.5 with Dunlop track DOT tires, car still gets 90km around town on $20 and use 91 octane, don’t freak theres no det and runs very well as for performance lets say its over 300hp To how it drives its very stealth and tons of fun demoralizing many expensive road cars ( on closed roads of course ) topend doesn’t stop no matter gear ( closed roads again ) its handling is pretty good and stops well using Ferodo pads hard on the discs but stops J, this is just the workshop hack body is rough doesn’t really stand out apart from the plates lol hope I haven’t bored you guys too much.