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Don't buy any bmw with a n42 or n46 engine.

this may well be the *ultimate* (non-M3) e30... it looks even better in the flesh, and sounds awesome too. Good luck with the sale, John. I trust this finds a good home. Olaf

Hi All, I have finally decided that I am looking to put this on the market, with plans to go to an E92 335i I feel I can't really own two hefty cars (although I'd love to). It's a great car, Drives extremely well and has been very reliable. It is quick as you can imagine, Breaking traction very easy at WOT. I have taken this on long drives across the country and it is an awesome car to drive. It's an 1989 320i NZ New Touring. LVV Certified, WOF and Rego. All parts are near new and have been installed since 5000kms done since the swap. Drivetrain: Engine: 2003' S54b32, At approx 110,000kms. New OEM parts done within last 5000kms (Since and during swap) New coils, Spark plugs, Gaskets throughout, Waterpump, All coolant hoses, MAF, CCV and hose to airbox, O2 sensors. Fully rebuilt VANOS with Beisan kit, Beisan anti-rattle kit, Beisan Oil Disk, Upgraded Cam bolts I have a valve shim kit, may do the adjustment sometime soon otherwise available, plus I have all the valve cam timing tools. Gearbox: 6-Speed Getrag 420g from the E46 M3 Lightweight Aluminium flywheel, 14lbs Sachs clutch kit. Rogue short shift kit. Delrin bushed shifter linkage. Diff 3.73 LSD, Completely rebuilt by Kayne Barry Motorsport. 4x new clutches (~40% lock). Z3M coupe 3 core radiator, 16" thermo switch controlled fan. AFE Stage 2 air intake, custom Fiberglass airbox E30 S54 Ergen Motorsport Headers, Exhaust system runs from headers twin 2.5" stainless to behind the gearbox, then merges into a 3" Stainless system with Vibrant Resnator and Borla rear muffler. Aftermarket oil cooler mounted behind the front grills Walbro 255lph fuel pump, New fuel lines throughout, with new E46 M3 external 5bar FPR mounted in the engine bay. Steering and Suspension; Z3 Steering rack, New tie rod arms XYZ Coil over suspension, 450/670 spring rates Rear Powerflex trailarm bushes, Subframe mounts New rear handbrake shoes New rear UUC OEM E30 brakes, Hawk Pads UUC E30 BBK in the front, 300mm rotors, Hawk pads Braided brake lines Body and interior; Lachsilber original paint, cleans up very well but has some small dings and scratches, notable the front and rear bumpers have some scuffing and paint damage. Genuine Mtech 2 kit Recaro cloth interior Illuminated 6 speed M shifter, E36 Window switches M Sport button Genuine 16' ACS Wheels I'm going to start quite high, I really can't put a price on all the money I've put into this and the list above is no way near complete. I have tonnes of receipts totaling stupid amounts of money for the swap. If you are serious, flick me a PM and we can talk. 25k ono, to get the ball rolling. And yes I'm asking 'e46 m3' money, but this E30 is something else

A few weeks ago I purchased this Cooper S: Im really enjoying ripping round in a small car again. I believe it could have been a demo from new (had the plate M1NIS for the first month or so) Its a pretty good spec, chilli pack, sunroof, xenons and different wheels from the Mini catalogue. Also at some point someone fitted a Remus exhaust and a Pipercross intake: When I picked up the exhaust it looked like this: With a bit of love: And centring:

Hello everyone! As of yesterday, I'm the proud owner of a 2007 E60 550i LCI. It's an amazing car, and so far, having driven from Auckland to my home (Bay of Islands), I love it. However, I do have a few questions I'd like to ask of anyone with experience in these matters: I stepped out of a 2.0 VW Scirocco TSi. Great handling, nippy, etc, straight into the 5 series. So I was a little taken aback when, taking corners that would have not even elicited a second thought in the VW, the BMW panics and the loss of traction light comes on. It won't even let me use cruise control at 80kph on the Dome valley as the bends are too sharp for it. Is this to be expected? The car is not an M-sport model, so it's got 18" wheels and run-flat dunlops. I know it's a much softer car than the M-sport, but this seems a little poorer handling than I anticipated. I've driven other BMWs (728i E38, 730i E65, 530i E39) and all of them seemed much more driveable than this. Road testing in Auckland and the motorway didn't hint at this issue. What do you think?

It's already done over 50k Nathan

there were smoked tail light covers?

yeah alright m8 let me pick a random number out of a hat. might need to know some things first. stroke rod length combustion chamber size heat gasket thickness bore size You said something about a S50 earlier but you haven't confirmed that either. Even then you could be using different rods or oversize pistons etc. What dish size did you calculate?

what you're supposed to do is to take off a chunk of the plastic covering wire but leave the wire intact. basically the wire needs a bit of room to move and the rubber covering expands and prevents this over time. Its really fiddly and annoying but a relatively simple solution to a b**** of a problem.

I could do with some silver facelift frontal parts for a ti project

Instrument repairers that make speedo cables can help with that. Try Robinson Instrument Services in Sale Street Auckland

No offence intended, but I'd say ring Brent or Ray $500

Now you can actually buy one of these http://www.carscoops.com/2010/12/ebay-find-1981-e23-bmw-735i-touring.html?m=1

I know that feeling! Especially when they're both old and there's always something you can replace

Noooo! But good luck with the sale!

http://www.velocity.com/tv-shows/all-girls-garage/ it's on Discovery Turbo.... need I say more?

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H & R sports + Koni adjustables + e90 top hats + double padded (5mm) the rear springs.

At least now you can focus more attention on the other E38. I find it gets too hard when you have multiple same model cars.

Do you referral discounts for repco or something? There's a hell of a lot more to oil selections than just the weight, especially when clutch packs are involved. I mean, on the one hand I had the recommended product for a cheaper price. On the other hand I had something close to the recommended product for a dearer price...

On H&R sports (35mm drop) and Koni adjustable shocks.

Installed JB4 last week and promptly destroyed the OEM charge pipe. Factory plastics don`t like the extra boost. Replacement with a BMS N54 Chargepipe seems to have done the trick. Dechromed as a sideline. Took her for a blast on a new road at the back of Hatfields beach over the Northern Gateway. Everything behaved as it should.