Silver Fox

2.93 common E28 525e manual 3.07 common E28 525e auto 3.15 rare M3 3.23 rare 323 3.25 common E28 528i and later 525e 3.45 rare 3.46 common 323 325 320 auto's 3.63 common f/l 325 3.64 common M10 316 and 318 3.73 common f/l 325 3.74 rare 3.9 common M10 316 and 318 and M20 320's 4.10 common M40 318 auto's 4.27 common M40 manual 4.45 common M40 316 and 318 auto the above are all open diffs, LSD's are another story. the E28 diffs fit, you need to change the back plate and output shafts, 5 mins work. A lot of cars have had diff changes, so you can find different ratios across the range now. Look around the wreckers, including Pickapart, and Hellbm on here, and keep an eye on trademe, they turn up regularly. Should have known Brent would have some too.

Rumour has it that schnitzer produced some of these, early 80's, anyone know of them at all?

Is that the one he got cut and rewelded?

Getrag 240 from a M40 318 will not fit. Not so certain on the 240 from a M20 motor, maybe someone else knows?

i believe it will fit, but quite a lot smaller, strangle it a lot I would think.

you'd need to change the whole lot incl ecu and loom, and do the manual conversion thing, M40 box don't fit sorry.

Seems to be a good buy if interested. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=171174028

Must have had a sh*t driver for Gus to beat it.

If it's sitting uneven it's more likely a spring problem, they're what hold the car to ride height, shocks are more like the springs little helpers, control rebound and rate at which spring works etc, from what I understand? Springs control ride height.

No need to talk dirty to him on his bday Ollie.

Hope the Whangarei boys treat you to a good one Bruce.

Heard Jonno's just got married and is on h'moon. Congrat's.

AFAIK the tacho is universal 4 or 6 cylinder, it's set by the small coding plug in the front of your instrument cluster. May only apply to facelifts tho?

Welcome, looks nice, paint code should be on the passengers front strut tower.

All looks right, same as I've done except my car is an E28 525e, so M20 motor, and I'm implanting an E35 3.5. You're a little luckier in that your E28 has an M30 in it already, so wiring's a little easier. The only wire difference is E34 pin 9 goes to E28 pin 9 in mine, tacho wire. Connector in the E34 is called X20, not C101. The M20 E28 only uses 10 pins in the C101 connector, so quite a few of the E34 monitoring functions are not used, and I've left unconnected. I have my motor turning over, but haven't seriously tried to fire it yet, so much to do.

Same here Bravo, never a problem, also using firefox.

So, by 525i, I'm assuming you're talking m30 engine? I can maybe help if it is.

I have the 535 side if you need?

That's what my race car started out as, manual everything and no sunroof, perfect.

Any good to you cam? http://www.turners.co.nz/TabId/188/vguid/A...6A/default.aspx

No worries, you'll need to get your engine builder to make sure the liner's thick enough to do the rebore? Otherwise just look out for a 530 or 730 block?

Interested, but link don't work? How much?

Maybe the last of the bargains? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-170199944.htm

If you want to go to 3 lt you'll need to rebore. The M30 came out in 3 basic bore sizes, 86mm for 2.5 and 2.8, 89mm for 3.0 and 3.3, and 92 mm for 3.5. There are a couple of variations to this, but the common ones fall into these catagories. Therefore if you want a 3 litre, then you'll need that rebore. As far as I can find out, all the heads are interchangeable, same cast numbers right thru. I have a 2.5 head here and it's the same as my 3.5 one, just a different cam. Hope this clears that up.

Only if you poked both my eyes out Alex.