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Going by what I read on the internet, installing a V8 into a e46 is a prick of a job and with only a couple hundred houses from the 3l v8 is it worth it? Hell yeah I think a V8 3 series is a cool first car. To get around the oil Pump problem you have when installing a M60 into a E46 I decided to dry sump the motor new sump machining the drive gear to fit the factory crank pulley mounting the pump

we already have an e36 with an with a M54 and itb's

small update today bleed the clutch , plumbed up all the coolant system and p/s system etc fitted 75% of the 330i exhaust system probably going to a E89 3L Z4 rear muffler will need to change the rear bumper for the Msport type , has a wider cut out for the twin tips drives now. video here .

if your budget is $6-7k, I would stay away from the E90 series (2005 onwards shape) and go for something like an E46 325i/330i or an E39 530i. No matter what you do, dont buy a 4 cylinder BMW such as a 2006 320i. You will regret it.

200 horses is ample power for a fun car, especially a first car! Dry sump cost... How long is a piece of string? A lot depends on how much you do yourself, before you get to pumps and accumulators and oil lines and... Definitely worthwhile though.

Sorry... got you all beat: Introduced July 1970: Daihatsu Max 360 SS - 40PS (39,5HP) from 360cc... of course it's 2 stroke :-) It was also detuned very early in it's production life, but it still was just over 100hp/l I had 2 non-SS models, which were a bit less powerful.

Needed a few things for a wof. -inner tie rod ball joint -front brake hoses -front tyres So after getting all that work done, getting a wof and an alignment it overheated on the way home. It cooked for about 20mins all the way home. Couldn't find any obvious leaks aside from the radiator cap. I bled the cooling system about 7 times using all the techniques posted on various forums. No joy, but this evening I learned that the waterpump wasn't new. The joys of $400 e36 cars.. Wof'd Wheel Alignment The reward at the end of an early Saturday morning The reason

Just landed a set of Stoptech Street Performance pads from BuyBrakes.com landed in NZ for $160. Good reviews with a bit more temperature resistance than the very good Hawk HPS pads. Downside is they dust so weekly cleaning is supposedly a must.

I Have a 330ci and with good pads and rotors the car stops very well indeed. Bigger brakes than on a V8 commodore pre 2005 or sam year Falcon so can't see a problem.

Interesting project. Keep the videos coming!

What a great project. I'm doing something similar but progress is at a waaaay slower speed.

Certainly has been resprayed. the engine bay is still the maroon and some hints of it on the hatch. The door jambs have been painted black however.

have plans to change the front of the Ti , to get rid of the ugly duckling look something like this but with a msport bumper

some videos

Any Japanese import Euro car that is over 5 years old is liable to turn into a very expensive money tip. Especially the lower spec small capacity versions. A 10 year old low km is a hand grenade waiting to have the pin pulled by a heavy right foot. I have one 2 in the workshop today. Euro manufacturers have lost the plot with reliability since about 2005.They are now building / manufacturing to a 3-5 recycle rate which only continues to burn the consumers bank accounts

As promised here's the mini.my version of a 1963 mk 1 rally works car. Take no notice of passenger seat it is there until restall seat arrives from England.

I took pictures of my dads 2002, not my bmw but kinda close...