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Ive got a few spare minutes up my sleeve, so I will continue will my jibberish to try get my little rant up to date. now this will be where people will hate or rate my car, being one to like cars that stand out a little ive gone down a route that not many would choose. There is method to my madness so dont jump on the hate too quickly. As said before the stock m20 was utterly sh*t, id always liled the look of m50s in e30s so i jumped right into getting all the gear together. Trying to keep the costs right down the hunt began for a parts list and some sort of plan to put the engine in. I found myself down at Mosen's yarning to kerry and aquired the best part of a e34 520. As the car was always destined to be a drift car i wasnt worried about the engine being a 2.0, the idea of putting a turbo on it was natural coming from a range of nissan engines (sr, rb, fj20 and a cupple more.) cutting through the sh*t i had basicly the whole drive train sitting on a workshop floor and i started spinning numbers on how to get the old girl boosted.. having been down this road a few times i scribbled down a list on a pad. And there was the straw that broke it for me. the 10 grand list of parts to add to the engine, computer, turbo, manifold, wastegate, cooler, pipework, fuel, tune the list goes on!. And yes you can cut that cost down by shopping around, getting used parts ect but after 3 or 4 set ups its just sometimes simpler to buy what you need and not spend time trying to make things work. so that was it, parted out the m50 swap.. onto something with more cubes. now this engine will seem rather random to most but ive had a fair bit to do with them for various reasons.. and to be honnest the cost was what got me in the end!. a quick trademe search and i had myself a 3800 ecotec v6 manual conversion for a lazy $350. Now while these are known here as a holden v6, they are actualy a buick engine, and buick being american they have aftermarket parts for next to no cost, plus they are tough when it comes to hard use so for a drift engine it ticked the right boxes for me. I sorced a series 1 computer, it uses a map sensor instead of the air flow the series two stock computer uses and one weekend we had the thing hung and bolted onto my poor e30. The fit was pretty good right from the get go, gear stick fits through the stock hole in the tunnel and the sump clears the rack and sump perfectly. It was ment to be!. I even got to weigh the m20 and the ecotec before they swapped places the ecotec coming in at a solid 40kgs lighter then the stock engine and the manual trans (t5) almost the same weight savings compared to the auto. Anyways thats my time spent for tonight.. next update will be on changes im actualy doing instead of have done. Cheers

S70 engine out of the 90s M8 prototype is my fav. http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/s70.html

just watched, brilliant better than Senna first NZ grandPrix in 50s 70,000 spectators, Damn that would have been impressive

Same applies to all the other Euros, including BMW. The A4 is on par with an E90 and a C180/C200 in the lower end range of those models

so he loves his cars with the engine in the front bumper

Do you need a SUV? There's a 2008 530i M Sport Touring on TradeMe with an asking price of just under $11k. Seats lots of people, lots of space, could be a better 'drive' than an older X5? (I've not driven either so that is speculation.)

Every 5 years or 120k whichever comes first...if no receipts you must accept that its never been done and do it. Front off on these

It would be better to do a leak down test

On today's episode of Trademe trials and tribulations, Olaf makes a shilling discovery. On a serious note, this car has been discussed at least 3 times now, including before the original owner bought it. Each time it was "overpriced and underspecced", let's not forget LHD. But the guy really didn't want to listen and sadly got ripped off IMO. As well as any consecutive buyers if they buy anywhere near what they're asking.

Nothing M Technic about this car parts from it being registered as "M TECHNIC" . . . The options don't show any of the below from factory: LSD Body kit M Suspension M Steering wheel

I would strongly suggest you get a PPI carried out by either the Dealer or an independent BMW specialist

nah man, you can't use existing images. it's in the rules (above). "historic photos are cheating".

M sport badges 330s are bait for 335i's that didn't come with them.

That's been on here a few times. The owner is a little confused.