*Glenn*

Welcome back.......where ya been ???

Hiding or jail ???

Check out "My E30 335cc" project thread in Projects

Due to other commitments I am selling this project. Just don't have time or the room to put it on hold.

Due to other time consuming commitments, this project is now for sale

Will sell complete with the 316 and the mock up car or seperately.

Selling with everything I have so far

M30 motor is a M535 10:1 compression motor done 89,000 miles ( can be confirmed )

E28 Getrag 260 gearbox and driveshaft

E34 sump, oil pump, engine brackets, power steering pump, alternator, front pulley, ignition trigger etc

Engine brackets all profile cut, not welded up yet

Will sell complete (both cars) for $7,000

Or sell mock up car with M30 and everthing else for $2,000

Selling this car now

1990 face lift

3 owners NZ new 210,000km

Manual, air con, manual steering, custom sports seats

Alarmed with 2 remotes and keys

Have fitted fog lights and tail lights painted red now. Black kidney grills

Recent cambelt, radiator, water pump, cam kit

Sports exhaust...sounds good and not loud

New clutch

Z3 short shifter (genuine)

New battery

New starter

Near new Pirelli tyres

Lowered with king springs and new shocks 5 years ago (172,000km)

Tow bar removed but is available with car (with fitting instructions)

I have been servicing this car for 5 years now and it runs better than most 318's Ive driven

$5000..... No offers and no trades

I can provede receipts for $13,800 worth of repairs & maintanence carried out over the past 5yrs

I can fax copies on request if need be

Cheers Glenn

Front and rear Bilstein set for E30

$500

This is on exchange basis. I would need your old shocks even if they are knackered

Call in next week and I'll have a look for you. Please phone me first 2722546

Common problems are :

Rocker cover gasket

Front crank seal

Oil filter remote housing gasket & "O" rings

Sump gasket

I have one

Correct me if im wrong, but m40, last i heard is chain driven,

You a corrected !! sorry you are wrong. M40 is belt driven. M10 is chain driven

M40 cambelts must be replaced every 40,000km, M20 every 60,000km or 5 years which ever occurs first

$400- $500 is about right dependant on what is required.

Cambelt

Water pump

Idler rollers

Tensioner

Rocker cover gasket

Coolant

+ Labour & GST

Could also need distributor cap & rotor too

hey guys. doing some work on one of the workmates cars. its a 1996 328i and the heater blows mildly warm on one side and no heat atall out of the other side. it has the fully automatic heater control with dual climate zones.

i have a sneaky suspition i know what is wrong but am not 100percent sure. where the heater pipes (3 of them) go through the firewall. 2 of them conect to what looks like a little regulator. it has a pipe in the bottom which gets hot. but the 2 pipes coming out of it are not very hot atall.

can anyone help?

cheers. oli

Thats called a duo valve. Take it off and have alook inside the ports where the hoses go on. The diaphrams are probably collapsed. Replace if they are collapsed and you should be fine.

Nope, never even heard of it. The Megasquirt seems the way to go right now. It's under $300 for what I need. I'll do a bit of research on that ECU. The West Oz dealer is like 5 minutes from my place.

Also... there are always cheap piggyback ecu's on ebay here... there is one there at the moment for like $1 and 1 day left on it with one bid... however, it is to suit a different type of vehicle and a four cylinder. I think they are universal and that I can just reset it back to stockand wire it to my pc?

Also noticed you worked in the industry, what am I looking at in terms of pricing for a Link ECU?

NZ$1,000 Check out the link I posted, you can email or phone them...great guys and really helpfull

Hi I have a 728i 2001 E38 two issues:

1. One of the keys does not work to lock and unlock the doors. I dont think it is working at all.

I have tried re-initialise it but that did do anything. Do I have to get this from the dealer, or can I go

aftermarket somewhere.

2. The key that does work is set to move the seats, mirror etc to a certain position, but it is tailored to the old owner, how can I change this to suit me?

(1) Quite often people dont get this right, and you need to do both keys at the same time, one after another. If the key is knackered, Dealer only, its micro chipped.

(2) Have you got an English Manual for the car ? Its all explained in there. Did you try setting your seat memory. Adjust your mirrors first, then seat position and save in position (1)

Hey all,

I posted a question not long ago about my 87 E30 325i having a problem with the starter motor, i am now looking for somewhere to get it fixed. Can anyone suggest a gud mechanic in north shore or even better whagaparoa area that is good with older bmw's.

Cheers

Ben

Bavarian Motors Ph. 4445312

Ask for Ernst

Can Gavin remap all sorts of BMW's? So it set you back $1k to get the remapping done? Where is Gavin located?

Regards,

Ian.

Gavin Bellars @ High Velocity Ph. (09) 4445312

Give him a call Ian

Chris @ Suspension Tech in East Tamaki shortens shocks

Ph. (09)2731232 or 0272145325

Before you start this project Adam, these are some of the things you must research & consider.

First research it and see what others have done before (I like to be different)

Auto is harder because the bell housings are bigger....reduces all clearances

Clearances are the major factor

Using stock motors the issues are: bell housing, brake booster, cross member, steering rack, radiator, airflow meter and distributor cap clearances

You will need to make up engine mounts

Modify driveshaft and gearchange

Change diff ratio

Modify cooling system.. no viscous fan ( no room )

Use E28 radiator- modify for mounts

I'm doing this:

635 10:1 comp ratio motor

E28 lightened flywheel

E34 getrag 5 speed

LSD .. probably a 3.64:1

E34 M60 V8 hydraulic brake system..works off p/steer pump (130bar) with accumulator & pressure regulator

No distributor.. "Link" G3 ignition only, 60-2 trigger system

Coil over, wasted spark ignition (e36 coils)

I'm going to run carburettors with custom airbox & CAI

Extractor exhaust system (custom)

Custom, encaptured engine mount brackets(my design) with E39 mounts

E30 engine oil cooler with custom lines

Diode switched electric cooling fan (stock) running dual high/low switches 80' low speed 90' high speed

Complete refresh of engine, port & polish, blueprinted intakes, cam, balance

Then theres the suspension and brakes to consider as well. I'm going 5 stud with E36 front struts (coil over)& adjustable top mounts, E30 rear sub frame with E36 318TI flanges & w/bearings. Standard vented E30 rear brakes

with E46 330 front rotors & callipers. All new eurothane front and rear bushes & HD sway bars.

This list might put you off, however thats what you need to consider before you start

Personaly, I wouldnt use the M30 2.5. You would be better off sticking to the M20 2.5 and refresh the motor. It would cost less. Remember the M30 weighs alot more. My project car is an E30 316 therefore my gains are going to be an extra 1900cc with the mods I'm expecting to get the 218hp engine up to around the 250+ mark

So far Ive spent more than 100hrs getting sorted to mock up stage in a deregistered E30 325 shell. Once I'm happy with the mock up it all goes into the 316 for final check. Then out for the engine rebuild and then the final fitting. Then its on to suspension, brakes, mags & tyres,exhaust and over to Gavin @ High Velocity to get dyno'd

Hope this all helps with your decission

Cheers

Glenn

Have a great day Alex

Have a great day Martyn

http://www.hksusa.com/products/more.asp?id=1965

Will this be OK for my Turbo 327i install? I can pick up one second hand used for a SR20DET for $200... just unsure on the tuning. Maybe I am better off with a Megasquirt which has been proven.

Alot of Australians are telling me to go with something that can be tuned at a shop... like a Haltech/Wolf3D... however I think Megasquirt is the way to go. Just ordering from America is a pain in the...

Have you considered "Link" ??

http://www.linkecu.com/

Cheers

Glenn

I presume you want good job done?

Euro Collison in Glen Innes

Evans in Penrose

+1 See Dave

I finally got around to phoning Glen. What a top bloke - told me to bring my car down, even though it was Saturday and he does not normally work Saturdays. Problem sorted quickly and with no fuss. All this for very reasonable cost, and very good advice (probably will save me $$$ in the medium-long run) thrown in for free. Thanks, Glen. I am lucky I live handy to Botany Motor Worx - I now have a great place to get a great service. BTW, the project car looks intriguing too! I am a very happy camper again.

Thanks Brett

BTW the reasonable price was "FREE" and so was the advice

When you get approached by nice people who need help, and the right attitude, its great to help them out.

I get alot of arseholes coming in here "do it now" "do it cheap".........my answer.... fark off

Glad I could help you out there Brett

Cheers

Glenn

Try a wheel alignment first by someone who knows what they are doing ( camber is adjustable, but limited). Try that and see if its ok. You might still have to tweak the camber switch linkage in the right dirrection to sort it though. We got involved with this about 2 yrs ago, but I've forgotten exactly what we did. But I'm sure the car we did it on had the hydraulic shocks removed. We just had to get the warning signal stable

E36 facelift do use lifetime oil (at least mine is)

Was quote $850 by another BMW Sepcialist to do the same procedure. Apparantly, those "lifetime" fluid (Esso LT71141 or equiv.) are real expensive. To the point that BMW's maintainance documents (TIS) actually say those fluid are meant to be saved and reuse if transmission service is needed. Go figure.

$180 was more like the standard stuff. That's what a Honda Civic would cost for a tranx fluid change.

I saw that in TIS.....I would never reuse old oil, how friggen silly is that. $850 was a "little" over the top. And half the time most dont Scan and clear adaptions because they dont have the equipment. To do it properly, its not a "5min" job and you need to let it drain with the filter off for at least an hour to allow the torque convertor to drain.

Done properly it will take approx 5 litres of fluid.

I stand corrected.....never seen one....never worked on one either

Its not listed in my vehicle ID (BMW NZ) either and my version of ETK doesnt go back that far

Getting back on topic though, we need to know exactly what Adams got. Big block M30 chain drive 2.5 or M20 cambelt 2.5. If its an M20 the jobs easier than the M30. If it is the M30 hes got a sh*t load of modifying to do. I know this because thats what I'm doing on the E30 335cc Project

Cheers

Glenn

IF you pay that much you're getting ripped off, I paid less than $180 for mine - can't remember how much exactly, I'll try dig out the last service receipt for the 320 ...

Ripped off ????

Bullshit ....go do your maths

The fluid is $28.46 a litre +GST, filter & pan gasket $100 (OE is is more expensive) + 1hr labour +gst

If thats all it cost you, they used the wrong oil and didnt do it properly, thats if your trans is "longlife"

If its not longlife $180 is still cheap, and they probably didnt use full synthetic, or remove the pan & filter.

Did they just drain and refill with new oil ??? if so, thats not doing the job properly.

You actually got what you paid for " a cheap job "

Thanks for the nice comments guys

Its nice to get a thankyou.....not many people do these days....

Cheers

Glenn