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gauges look badass.and yeh they do look sh*t hot at night! Going for front mount eventually?Are you doing it all yourself or nay? Coming along mean!

Yeh it is a pre f/l 2.5 going into a pre f/l 2.3 so should basicly be straight swap? What do you mean by splice the loom together? I have a spare loom if it needs butchering?

Right,upon checking with the mechanic on how much he'd charge to fix the problem with the motor in my car,I am SERIOUSLY considering sticking a 2.5 in.Im pretty sure my motor would be f**ked or well a lil rooted after driving almost 10kms with no oil So,the only problem is...would a 2.5 m20 pretty much "bolt on" as a replacement over the 2.3?Eg. are the looms the same,any modifation needed to cross member,would gbox etc work.Pretty much want to know if it'll be an easy swap or may aswell put a m40 in kinda swap...nahmean? hahah. Already got a few 2.5's in mind,just need the info pleaaaase! Cheers Ashkan

Got bored of looking at the car today seeing it's not running so went and tried to get the tech1 front and back on.Failed both miserably. On the front,I undid the 2 bolts to the left and right of the number plate,found there are 2 bolts under the inner gaurds.Are these what I undo next? They seem to be the only thing that seems about right to undo! Then obviuosly undo the lower lip thing and away we go? On the back,undid the 2 bolts from the inside and undid the 2 from the outside in the middle.gave it a yank and still wouldnt come off.Thinking those big whorry black things on the inside of the boot are what gets done next. Any help much appreciated! Chur Ashkan

Nay

Basicly,unless you have a spare set of axles,a spare diff head etc,don't lock the diff unless its a track/skid/paddock car. Owned a few cars with lockers and all my mates cars ATM are all locked and you think it's cool for a while but then you realise that you've stripped an axle and can't go up a hill cos your wheel is skidding the whole time.Best mod you can have for a non-street car is a locker IMO but don't do it on a AUTO E36,won't have the balls and will be doing underpowered skids anyways! My 2cents.

So it is most likely the keyway?If so would it be easy enough to find one?and if so,would it be easy enough to install? The mechanics seem to have put their own timing marks on the dizzy so figure it should be a quick enough job for them...well I def. hope so!

Buy it for whatever he wants for it.save it for a rainy day..sure someone will buy it!

Right,know this may sound stupid as but if I left the key in the sump is it going to anything in the long run? I imagine it'd be bigish and too big to get into anything?Only saying this because taking the sump off to retrieve the key would take a while and cost a shitload..shitload of money that I dont have! Would it be easy enough to find another key?Can't imagine a wrecker having one lying around...come on brent!

+1 for either of the above mentioned.Both kick so much ass.

f**ken post whores.

Gonna use a f**kload of gas if it's anything like gus's one if its just for daily hack. Do it

Ahhh,allright...took it back to mechanic ( towed the biznitch) and he seems to think (without opening it) that there is a key of some kind under the dizzy which drives the oil into the top of the motor.That was pretty much what Will said! Anyways,problem now is that with us removing the dizzy,that little "key" has come away and is now most likely at the bottom of the sump.He seems to think that it would be a hella expensive fix. Would it be worth draining the oil,taking the sump off to see if it's there and then take it into mech if I find the doodacky? If so how hard is it to remove sump?Had a look and it looks like just the bolts around the sump and your away? Any ideas? Cheers!

not dreaming at 10k.mint the interior up(will take f**K all) and itll be one kickass show car.remember that gay ass familia,pulsar,primera and sh*t at the show and shine? Good luck man,new "thing" looks/sounds/(smells) badass.

Ohhh that is cool.Turbos mmmm

Yeh man,timing belt is done. Awesome write up! Think I figured out why the oil light is on though...I am pretty sure there is no ( or very little ) oil getting into the tapets etc.The only reason I am thinking this is because it sounds f**ken horrid when you turn the car over ...kinda like a fingernail on chalkboard thing.Would this have anythng to do with the timing belt etc or is it purely the oil pump or something completly different...again,it never used to do this till timing belt was done. Still getting really hot,drove home with the heaters on from albany to glenfield to keep it cooler and it was sitting just above half...as soon as I turned it off or stopped at lights etc it would start creeping up. Idle is also at about 1300 but when it gets warmer (very quickly) it drops to about 900. Would the lack of oil be affecting this...or is ANYTHING here related? Ahh whata bitch.

Oh and despoilered looks so f**ken good with the tech1 arse.You do it properly or just with good old gaffa?

Eah bro phat ride seen this rolling up kaweenz bro looks gang*!!!**. Ahhh why boy,what happened to the BMW tattoo?or are you keeping it BMW yo?

Cream.

Righty oh,thing is running.Took it to a mechanic and fixed it...fiddled with the dizzy and there ya go...hats off to Will Only problem now is,oil light is on...checked the oil and it's fine..any ideas? Also,drove the car home and as soon as I got home it over heated,I semi-thrashed it on the way back...but normally it'd take a caining.Another little thing is it seems to be mis-firing at about 5 grand.Kinda revs up to 5 then backs off for a fraction of a second and then kicks in again,checked plugs etc all got spark.Mech also did a compression test and it was fine on all 6. Not too fussed bout 5k missfire,I don't fang ,overheating is a prob...oh and Gus,rad doesnt seem to be leaking...was probly just water from something else...

Again,new BS kicks hard ass.

Bahaha barry,love it.

I would imagine it would just be those little orange covers that make the light orange,just fiddle round with that?Maybe get some made that are clear and then spray em accordingly? I dunno,but that's what I would have thought it would be...either that or maybe Ebay?

Man,headliht smoking is so badass. Mean looking car man.

^^Especially on a 323 hatch.