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Merry Christmas to me... After 2 visits to view car, I made the offer and it is mine... a 3rd trip on the buses and trains to Auckland to drive it south.. I'm essentially the 3rd private owner, last owner 10 years, with a pile of receipts... So far it's had a damn good clean (wasn't even vacuumed), 2 oils leaks fixed (filler cap and sump drain plug), the lights sanded and polished, the interior mirror glass replaced, and more parts on the way... and more and more cleaning and detailing.... Drives good... mostly everything works... but got a big list of things to do.... wheels, emblems, windscreen trim, fan clutch, filters etc etc.

Idle issue fixed by giving the ICV some attention. Now idles consistently at 1k. Fixed the alternator by plugging it in properly. Drove it up the road with no issues, other than the clutch not playing ball, needs new fluid, rebleeding, new filler cap. I might change the slave cylinder while I'm there too. Next up gearbox fluid change, new clutch fluid, new brake fluid reassemble the interior and off for a WOF. So yeah, New Years is very feasible.

Hey Ragtop. Sick of Boring Black, Wearisome White, Gloomy Grey and Soulless Silver. Still looking, no panic. But there must be something out there. There is a nice 2013 on Trademe at the moment but can't quite get to that level just yet.

The big V8 diesels CAN'T be performance engines as most truck builders won't fit them with a 3 pedal box.

Nicely done! Another e39 M5 getting some restoration love.

I reckon. I've had more favourable nods and waves from the fairer sex on the Duc than any other bike I've owned bike put together. Should have been the gsxr1000 from a performance pov . No wait... I'm off topic . Agree on opperator. Quite humbling when you thing think your a good road rider and attend a session where the Bernard team fly passed and are at the point of getting elbows down. anyway, thread is reminding me that my a series turbo project needs dusting of. Not a performance engine, but certainly built to push the power to double the factory tags.

Ron are you admitting engine weight is a factor, surely not.

As power and torque are the two main criteria of an engines performance then I would say that is the case. i don't care if it's only 500cc and producing 70kw it's not a performance engine but a 6.2ltr V8 producing 312kw is. Can't do much with 70 but 312 is plenty of KW under your seat.

I'm not sure if this has been shared before (if it has apoligies) but I did this to my car the other day reffered to as the golf tee mod. By unpluging the actuator in the trunk it apparently opens the flap in the left exhaust. Took 2 seconds and it sounds great at lower rpm along with the alpina gearbox flash on the downshift. I didn't get any errors pop up on the dash. Here's the link if you want to try it. http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80661 Sound clip of startup with acutuator unplugged. I didn't have a sound clip of the standard setup but most owners would know what theirs sounds like on startup. IMG_1326.MOV

I have a mfactory in my e36. Supplied by and installed by Kane Barry motorsport. Pretty much needs a full refresh when open so you know it's good for the life of the car.