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As some of you may know. I owned this car about 3 years ago and selling it was my absolute biggest regret in life so I contacted the guy I sold it to and asked to buy it back and thankfully he said yes, at twice what he paid for it! I couldn't say no though as I couldn't put a price on it. So I finally have it back in my care. It isn't running at the moment as the engine loom is off but that will be sorted in due time. Also there has been quite a bit of rust developing which I intend to sort out. On the cards are the following things : * Panel and paint * Rust repairs * Interior change or retrim * Suspension rebuild * Manual Conversion - planning to convert to the later motronic engine managment too, this 3 speed automatic isn't doing anyone any favors * Lowering * Recondition exterior trims * Dry ice blast undercarriage * Some Period correct wheels * Ceramic coating of exterior I am beyond excited for this undertaking.

For sale - BMW M60/M62 centrifugal supercharger setup. Purchased Dec 2021, but circumstances have changed and now have other priorities. Details below are from the original owner and his setup. Made 406whp on original M60B44 setup with water/methanol injection at 5psi with belt slip at 5.5k rpm. Further modifications made to setup by the original owner, but didn't go back to dyno. With other supporting mods was guesstimated to be about 450-470whp Will include the following; Powerdyne BD10 Mounting bracket Upgraded one piece billet impeller shaft Upgraded input shaft pulley Upgraded internal drive belt Drilled case for improved internal cooling Custom toothed crank pulley Custom toothed supercharger pulley 6rib crank pulley 6rib supercharger pulley 6rib upgraded smaller pulley with grip enhancer Several drive belts included Spare impeller and drive pulley bearings 1x GFB Mach2 blow off valve 1x Scarles blow off valve 1x bosch diverter valve 2x tensioners AEM pod filter Blower to Intake piping Supercharger inlet piping Several silicone hoses/bends to suit Numerous mounting bolts/washers/nuts Will require the following; Modified ASC/Cruise control intake elbow or custom connection to throttle body. Custom ECU tune - can help with a Link G4+ Xtreme tune. Some users in the USA have included a resistor inline with their MAF setup to adjust the reading on factory ECU. Lots of info online about this A couple of silicone hoses/bends to suit your application Some vacuum lines to suit your application $6,500 ono I may have forgotten some items. Reach out with any questions, happy to chat and share any info I can. Cheers Matt

So I got the aluminium hats on Friday as promised about ten minutes before having to leave for a weekend away. The brackets are still hung up with UPS locally for some obscure reason, which I need to sort on Monday. The hats look really good and fit up nicely Also had time to get one of the rear corners assembled ... the brackets did not centre the caliper spot on so I have spaced it over using some washers for now. Just need to adjust the parking brake and wire up the pad wear sensor and that corner is complete (bar bleeding). Fitted up with the too short bolts temporarily while I wait for the drills to finish up the proper fasteners.

Just ordered the 5000TL230V quickjack from Sulco. It's on special at the moment there: https://www.sulco.co.nz/5000TL230V. Still pretty expensive and the price on there doesn't include GST (so you're basically getting it at the pre discount price but without GST). They had the wall racks in stock as well so I got those with it. Looking forward to using it though. Looking for a new torque wrench. Any recommendations?

Those engines have plenty of plastics fittings\hoses etc which leak, so probably best to get it pressure tested before doing a full change\flush. Top it up with water if its low. Penrite stuff is usually the best bet

Mate brought one of these. Best part of $240k . Remember getting a drive. These hide their weight and amazingly quick. 550 plus hp for that price ! GLWS.

Who do you get to do the dry ice blast?

@BMTHUG your old one?

Nice E28 at Mitre 10, forget how small they are compared to modern 5 series barges.

We love sunny days

Great drivetrain but I can imagine the ‘dog taking a sh*t’ silhouette might limit the market somewhat.

Date: 11 Nov 2024 Distance: N/A kms 1. Parts gathered.... Diff, and Front ARB Great news. The parts car produced a decent diff. Jon @ Begley Motor Worx has now degreased, prepped, painted the replacement 3.46, new seals all round incl BMW sealant on the cover. Ready to go with Penrite Synthetic. Fig. 1 what a diff'rence a day makes 24mm front ARB sourced from Hell BM (Thanks Ray!). I'll strip, prep, paint when it arrives. It's 5 years since we did the rocker cover gasket, so I've sourced a replacement (Elring) with bolt seals, and new BMW washers. Fifteen of the buggers! BMW part number 11127838077 (for ref). Nearly ready to sort it out. 2. Next items list: Replace right rear tyre (or both rears) - it's at 2.9mm Fit Replacement diff (e46 medium case) 3.46 (including the two small bushes, input and output seals, fill and drain bungs, oil, rear cover sealant) Replace the Power Steering fluid reservoir Top-end oil leak - replace valve cover gasket. Prep and install replacement 24mm front ARB New sunroof seal (Part ready to fit) Install that Msport steering wheel with the stereo integration, have sourced a post-Takata recall airbag from the parts wagon. Clean and rust paint the surface rust on rear subframe Then in near future I'll get into the stereo as per this thread... Next year: could be time for Lesjofors MSport springs, and either Sachs Msport shocks or Konis. Jeez, next April we'll have had this car 13 years. What would an Olaf update be without a musical reference? Let's take a trip back to 70's disco-pop with Esther Phillips 😄

BMTHUG's old e28 535i parked outside Waiuku College this morning. Sorry, no pic. Unmistakable with those rims and I'm fairly certain it still doesn't have the front bumper on. I regret not grabbing that when the previous owner put it up for a quick sale.

Right, so you’re telling us to gatecrash funerals and politely enquire about the plans for the deceased’s tools 😆