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Cage, M54, ... I like where this is all going Nath!, getting back to your 316i roots! gonna be awesome.

what kerry said.

swap my rough as pre fl 325iM/4 with the new LSD and Evo IV recaros...even chuck the E34 M50 in the garage in so you can do it all again haha!

Seriously though think long and hard it's suuuuch a nice car bro!...

If I had 7k i'd buy it and sit it on the same wheels... wouldn't change a thing

leaking, rust and engine noise is all that puts me off mine! and i could fix those with abit or money and time, otherwise I think its a barrel of laughs, I drive it like its stolen haha makes it more exciting!

http://www.rarespares.co.nz/

In sydenham Bro , these guys sell "pursuit rims" (cop rims) with tyres, they fill out VL guards real nice and they come with good tyres, grippy bridgestones from memory, with plenty of tread left usually, a mate brought some for his turbo VL awhile ago.

watching this space!... niiiice

Glenn you legend! so glad youve just said that haha I've just had this argument today with a mate who owns a VW... service place told him lifetime fill/seal and nows he's convinced thats the way and it'll never need to be touched

Bump for your hump

loving those exhausts... if i didnt have a E30 the E39 would so have those by now

take it to bmw or a bmw specialist and they maybe able to tell you more about the current problems and possibly find more issues

bump get some msport spec up ya, good for 7.9 RWHP

Have PM'd you

Geez, I hope he doesn't take that personally (no really, actually personally).

In this case, you might just have to assume he knows what he's doing.

Oh f**k I LOL'd!

CamB you said [i]exactly [/i]what I thought when I read that, then I scrolled down and there it is haha

Comply the 325i mate!, Even if u have to get a loan, you'll get much more for it...

and its a good feeling to finally get a wof sticker lol

exactly why i dont look at E39's on the net...my 540i would love some of this treatment!

Small update

Z3 shifter arrived, Thanks jase/SIRE30!

Steering wheel arrived

Boss kit is being collected tomorrow

Bushes are awaiting install

Sway bar bushes to be purchased

in talks about some Evo 4 recaros and uni rails for a good price so they might be in soon aswell

and finally get my LSD off Andrew/APT Next week sometime while im up in Auckland, will have to arrange that...cant wait to get it back to CHCH!

and that should be it for awhile! should keep me entertained

now the exciting stuff, because I obviously like spending silly amounts of money on my E30

I am currently saving/researching for the M50 turbo build. Aiming for 200ish KW at the wheels. just want good usuable power, 99% sure about it going ahead at this stage.

It'll get ARP head studs, slightly thicker head gasket steel/MLS or whatever, crank scraper, the usual maintainence, waterpump plugs themorstat etc etc

New tougher clutch and flywheel

Sort starter out, swap bits over or such? (using factory E30 325i box since I have it)

then will get it mounted and wired so I can get an idea of space sort manifold/manifolds

During all that I will select turbo, aquire oil lines and fittings, boost control, safc, and all solve everything else that doesnt work out, wanna keep powersteer at this stage so E36 rack swap?, and other stuff like connecting heater, only just thought of that while typing so theres something else to find out! any answers on that one? haha

Then Tune, cert and lots of fun with minimal breakages hopefully

Early days yet haha! sounds too easy for a novice like me so expecting many head scratching moments probably take me a good year or more!

Whatever the Question, V8 is the answer... Simon* will agree with this

So get the V8 if possible

Welcome to the world of BMW's, enjoy

we just got one from supercheap 10-150 range for like $26 on clearance for when this exact only once situation pops up for me haha

Maybe check you local supercheap and see if they have any on clearance

Buy it back and swap the lot into it

they're steelies lol

M50 Turbo it... go on Luke.... you know you want to!

Whats it need Cert. for anyway?

GL with sale, wish i could buy it to M50 turbo,would look super sweet with a cage in it

Im a mother f**king hustler.

And you know what Hustlers do...?

They get crunk and f**ked Up

Respect haha

suprised I didnt get any spam and sh*t last time I posted my number haha

Bimmersport Directory in the CHCH meet thread possibly?

either do a full NA build otherwise don't f**k around wasting money just to have a extra couple of HP or whatever the f**k ya get from cams and exhausts for a year , just drive the car and save up to turbo it

In Reality Rather than worrying about power worry about getting to to the ground and have it handling well, Power means f**k all without those two things, you just end up with lotsa power and no control like flat peak, 20de+T auto, cefibro drivers that CHCH is all too Familar with LOL

get a LSD, get new bushes, and then decide if you want a set of well paired shocks and springs or if you want coilovers, go drive lots and enjoy it

Had a "manchester st women" of a day Sorry, nothing against you

We're all ambitious when we get a new car with big plans, I started with wanting 2.5 high compression ITB's and a cam, then 2.5 with SC14 super charger, then 2.7 Turbo, then just a 2.7 NA stroker, now I Have a M50B25 in the garage to Build up and am deciding what turbo/turbo's to use

I Guess what im saying is until your sure of your plans work on the smaller more important things such as what i've outlined in Bold

Good Luck!

stranger things have happened I suppose Mark, LOL

Watch the meetings thread mate, towards spring something will pop up no doubt, CBF'd with winter it can GTFO