mr E34

Hope all goes well, the E39 is a lot more complex compared to our old E34's. I think from memory all the suspension arms are aluminium, must go like stink with a modern 3.5ltr V8. Let us know what your thoughts are on the E39 after owning for 6mths.

ps. hope i'm not too negative on old cars but the advice i was given was to suspect its a pile of trouble till proved otherwise. Trust is good, SECURITY is better!

With 200k's on the clock everything has been well used, i.e. wheel bearings, suspension shocks/bushes, fuel injectors/pump, exhaust etc etc so depending on work done this car would be a must for dealer check.Repairs can cost a fortune compared to the great value these cars are now.

Looks like a top job, i personally stick to black with aluminium highlights.

Mr E34 don't know much about E39. The main fault is the shape! Just kidding, the engine should be ok being Alusil, suppose the only thing i have heard is cooling system failures due to high pressure/temps etc. Get a full BMW dealer inspection and speak personally to the tech that did the actual check and get his thoughts on the E39. Don't rely on any so called expert. My 2 cents.

Hi Brent, what happened with the 540 wagon on TradeMe? E34 done 96000km, bid at 15k. Nobody regretted buying quality.

Like to see your car up & running sometime(+ dyno) Noticed you fabricated short intake runners etc, suppose with turbo you can do that easily. Go M30 PWR.

Thats the problem with all this SMG business.You can't beat a good manual gearbox. 600k Ferrari V12 stopped outside my house due to DIFFERENTIAL ERROR, engine ecu shut the whole car down. Dealer plugged in portable scan unit, cleared error and off they went. Whats it going to be like in 10-15yrs with these cars???

Nice looking Astra Graham, must fly when at 100k's++ when you have full momentum. Family just bought one of the top spec Astra SRi Sport with 2.2ltr motor, runs very strong. Must catch up some time at a meet. Boris. Any ideas for engine transplant for the E30 Touring?

Imagine the sound of that old race spec CSL in the pix i posted, must have pulled some rev's to get over 400bhp. just noticed on pix-8500rpm.

Don't forget Will if there are any complaints with the touring you know i will take it off your hands for a modest sum!

Wish i had the room to fit those in the 535is. Did they fit headers in your Motorsport 540is 6 speed Cain?

I know where you guys are coming from but the more 'logical' (used loosely)is to fit up individual throttle bodies (fantastic sound) with a fully mapped ecu. You can never tune carbs across the rev range like fuel injection, only my opinion. Nah, a car(not even an M) can never substitute for a women!! p.s. not unless you sell me your 325i Touring!

Might be a dumb question, but why go to all the trouble of link etc etc and not run fuel injection which can be tuned on dyno etc. Surely fuel injection/timed is more precise than old carbs??

Just a thought Jeremy, you should really dyno 1st so you know where you ARE and then do mods so you know where you are going.

Shame about the motor, believe me plenty of cooked BMW's because of the dopey plastic side tanks/fittings.It's always the hot side that breaks off, tanks crack or rubber seal gives. Planned life span, and engines now run hotter/higher pressure.

I only used that word for legal reasons, out of PRINCIPLE i would not use that place anymore. It's allegedly easy to pay yourself hundreds of thousands as wages and drain the account.The alleged real estate is just down my road so know about it.

I am just replacing F1's on the car now but to be honest I've found them a little soft wearing All i need is more hp/torque like the 540 to wear them out!

If you need them picked up let me know, unless the onr wants to drop them off here for shipping etc. If you need tyres i would recommend Goodyear Eagle F1. Fantastic tyres for the $$$, all 4 cnrs on my car(17") $1000.

Good to see some more 'Alpina Class', those 20 spoke wheels are timeless. Do they have good rubber? What type of tyre?

Is that the cover you need on the front of my M3 race engine???? Slider throttle & BMW custom electronics.

I was told NOT to put in THIN synthetics.Bavarian put in my 535is a good Motul dinosaur oil, uses no oil between services.(Team Mc Millan BMW use magnatec for older) A lot guys with older 300zx cars stuffed the top ends using thin synthetics, they are too thin for older engines with wider tolerances etc. They use a diff grade in the daughters 318is as well.

With regards to oil for your engine, phone your local BMW dealer to find out what they use.

Yeah 10-12000k's seems about normal. Are you sure synthetic is o.k. for our older M30??? BMW usually put in Magnatec or Ersnt at Bavarian uses a good Motul oil.