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Sold my V12 E34 Touring today! Heading to Blenheim, not sure if we have any members there but keep an eye out for it!

Gave the 550 a compound, polish and wax. DAMN wish I'd done it earlier, looks awesome, if I say so myself

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Some more goodies new water pump New valley pan and watt go's in this hole, I think Taylor must have mist putting in a bun? And painted the rocker cover Mainf I mean BMW blue

Today my nice new exhaust was fitted. There were a few very minor as-built changes during the fit but overall everything went pretty close to plan. The stainless tube was welded using the 'purge' method where the tubes are purged of air and filled with low-pressure argon. It stops the weld bubbling into the internal part of the tube to keep the flow undistrubed. The only untidy area was rear of the AdrenalineR resonator to get the pipes through the hanger area and mating up to the original rear exhaust section. Since putting the new engine in the car only a short time ago I've been chasing a very small exhaust leak - hadn't been able to find it. On Wednesday this week the leak suddenly got much worse which allowed me to finally find it. It was the flexi-joint on the rear headers. Information on this site led me to Autobend to buy a replacement. This was welded in during the fitting of the new exhaust. The results are excellent. The car now idles with a very nice sound and is very quiet in the cruise. Under power it has a very deep growl which is very nice. Under decel it has a deep warble a bit like a race car. Overall I'm very happy with the change. The exhaust put in by the local shop resonated and vibrated badly with a lot of odd harmonic frequencies - probably due to all the restrictions and expansions from the crush-bends in the pipes. All these odd sounds are now gone and there's a very regular sound across the whole rev range. During the change we also move the resonator back about 250mm from the position the local exhaust shop fitted it. The car now feels responsive again at low RPM. Another good find during the flexi-joint replacement was a big blob of weld where the old flexi was welding in. Whoever fitted it had to be the worlds worst welder - they'd blown a very big hole in the pipe and just poured in more and more weld to fix it. The result was an 8mm deep blob of weld 20mm long protruding into the 51mm diameter exit tube on the headers. This was removed with a rotary file to restore the pipe to it full internal diameter. New Exhaust: New Flexi:

Not sure if this will apply to your E46, but on my E30 I always make sure to remove the fill plug before removing the drain plug just in case the fill plug is stuck. The last thing you want is to drain the box and then not be able to fill it. Just my .02 :~)

Back to back RWC win. Yay!

Probably both. Comfort is key..lol

Haha Dave, that's dedicated, or mad, or probably both

E30's everywhere

Congrats Andy. Must be a bit sad to see it go though after all the work you'd put into it. Hope it's going to a good home.

As Toby says - remove the fill plug first so you know you can. The E46 auto boxes are a bit of a PITA to sort, but not difficult. It's just that ridiculous 'filled for life' mentality that lets them down. There is, for instance, absolutely no way to accurately check the fluid level. Get under the car. Not always practical for everyone. Check the location of the fill and drain plugs. Remove the fill plug, position catch tray under car (get one that will hold 10 litres and then you'll be fine - total system capacity is around 9 litres.) Remove drain plug. Wait. If at all possible, get a transmission filter and change that too - these don't normally come with a gearbox sump gasket so order one of them as well. It requires removal of 20-something bolts. Remove sump, remove filter, clean sump, replace with new gasket, and refit drain plug. If you're keen, remove the hoses from the trans cooler at the front of the car and drain that too. I don't recommend flushing the gearbox. Drain all fluids as best you can and leave it at that. Next, you need to pump the trans fluid up into the fill hole. Apologies - I don't recall the amounts to use but this should be done in stages. Pump (say) 3 litres into the gearbox, fit the fill plug, start the engine and cycle through the gears. (Don't try to drive anywhere!) Repeat until fluid starts to dribble while you are pumping fluid in, then repeat once more. By this time, the gearbox fault light on the dash should have gone out. There's a couple of much more complete write-up here: http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166135 and here:http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=438667

Vanos... Which I had overhauled thanks to HellBM but didn't (though should have) done guide rails.

They need to start up the e36 production line again....V10's for everyone ??

so, an e36 318is with an s85 V10 in it, i have all the ingredients for that! A bit too mental to drive to work everyday though.

Hi Nathan - hoping for around 1000kg without driver Engine should be circa 600hp (flywheel) when we get it going and lots of torque. Murchy reckons it will pull from around 3500 and run through to 7500 or 8000. Gonna leave it at 2.5 to make it rev and keep the rod stoke ratio up there. Gearing with the TTi sequential 5spd 1:1 top will give us around 245 over the stripe at HD at 7500

Taking my labouring missus to the maternity hospital in an E30 and bringing home my shiny new baby boy in the E39. Winning!

They have all 5 seasons on watchseries.ag so I'll have a look tonight.. Will watch a couple and post back tomorrow. Looks interesting though. OK, 3 episodes into season 1. Awesome show. Farm trucks my favorite. Just because it's a total sleeper.. You never guess that things so fast..lol

Side note: turns out the battery in my car is the original from 07, so i was on borrowed time with that as well!!

Gave the E30 a bit of a clean over the long weekend. There's a lot wrong but there's also a lot right and she's scrubbed up pretty well for an old girl, plus it was a beautiful afternoon for a wee drive and some photos.... And I do love my photos!! I've got some shorter springs and a LHS tail light (current is cracked and half full of water) plus a proper gear knob on its way which I'll fit as soon as possible but beyond that I'll just be taking care of any maintenance issues for the time being. Priority is still to get the 8er's rusty sun roof and sagging headlining sorted.