jeffbebe
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I reckon you'll struggle to fit even a pipe in let alone the big RS box on the driver's side then.
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Presumably you're chopping out the wheel well too. Looked into it for my E39. Plenty of room if the wheel well goes.
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Will do. Space is very tight on the E31 and it will require completely new mounts but hopefully doable. Have been quoted $500 to fit (assuming it does fit), including old resonator with the RS4 one (again, assuming it fits) and adding a set of E9x M3 tips.
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Made a few light purchases to get the ball rolling: Msport rear diffuser: decided a cheap FRP rep is okay for the back as it should be out of harm's way. Will save for a genuine front spoiler I think. Interestingly the car has the msport mounting bracket so I'm guessing it had the diffuser until some bright spark decided to fit a tow bar. Some new genuine wheel 64.5mm wheel cap aluminium stickers A trans service kit - am still debating whether to do this. Have read that sometimes servicing these old 4hp24 gearboxes can do more harm than good... Advice appreciated. Oil and air filters and some new oil - will do a quick service as soon as I get time. Next items on the list: Exhaust - have picked up some RS4 bits from Mike and will investigate feasibility of fitment. Already have Tristan's old M3 tips which will be a perfect replacement for those uglyass Camaro monstrosities. Lowering (probably just 20-30mm front as I think the rear should be fine with the right size tyres), new rear tyres and wheel alignment - will be using a bit of the cash I've got left from the sale of the sc and 540i to pick up a pair of new 265/40/18 rear tyres to replace the ill-fitting Champiro 255/35/18s that are on there now... If anyone needs some cheap virtually new 255/25/18 tyres, let me know!!
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Time to change the title of your thread then... Mod time!
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Had to sell the charger to get the car.... Brent's going to put it in his E34 540i wagon.
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Not really, Martin! The S62 was seriously underused... It should have been in a lot more cars!!
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I'm no expert, Tristan, but certain that you only need to comply cars you want to drive on NZ roads and you only need SIV to comply vehicles that are of 'special interest' and wouldn't pass current emissions and frontal impact regulations.
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I reckon the pricing's about right but way out of my league!!
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These could have been blue... Once.
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Buy an M5 ex UK. You can get one for as little as NZ$7K so $10K + GST landed. Take all the bits you need and part the rest... Hey presto. S62B50, ECU, looms and gearbox all for probably sub $6-7K. It's what I'll do for the E31 when I've saved enough cash. (You might want a coupla grand in the back pocket for some new bits and pieces to fix up the engine when it arrives)
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Thanks Sanjay... It'll be a long while before the S62 conversion happens and all sorts of things can happen with a 20+ year old car in between that can delay it even further but pretty happy with the car I've found. According to VIN decoder the original colour was called Brilliant Red, which is pretty similar to Hell Red (possibly even identical just an older name). Although the PO didn't remove the engine to paint they've done a pretty good job, even masking the engine and doing the bay, though there's still a bit of red here and there if you look hard. The good news the shell paint is good and seems to be thick so will certainly stand up well until I can afford to return it to its original colour. Checked today and found it already has lowering springs... Not low enough by all accounts as it sits with about 5-6cms clearance at the front. The rear will be fine once the correct size tyres are fitted. Not sure the brand of lowered springs but guessing Eibach's as I've read the drop on these is a bit Emperor's new clothes. Will probably compress the existing springs initially and see how it rides, if that's rubbish I'll save for a set of H&Rs.
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Haven't got the report yet but called the BMW specialist in the UK who did the inspection and he said don't buy it. He said they'd found 20 issues that would make it unlikely to pass any kind of compliance. Pity, it was a great car. The owner offered to fix them but I decided it was too risky... Plus it would probably cost him the value of the car to fix!
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All moot really... I don't want to turbo charge the V12.
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Why? It wouldn't need complying as it wouldn't be driven on the road.
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MOT'd M5 complete car shipped from the UK FOR sub $12K. Take everything I need for the conversion part out the rest.
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Would prefer 8 normally aspirated cylinders of the S62 kind.
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For now, Tony!
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Must be a 'thing' in Hamilton to repaint cars black.
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The inspection happened to it. Owner was pretty devastated when he found out what was 'hiding'.
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You may not see it very much Adeeb. This one's staying garaged most of the time!!
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Yeah Mike, totally.... Oh wait, no.
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Done.
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I think the red had faded pretty badly... And it was in Hamilton.
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Yeah... But I really don't want to it to break quite yet as I definitely can't afford a new engine right now!
