Greg111

I have the same prob also, lots of noise but limited air movement. Will try those links.

Ha ok im sold, be in contact, will make it work somehow.

Grants M5 and your 540 were pretty similar in speed wearn't they Simon? Edit: Nice M5, cheap too.

Let me know how it goes man.

Haha ya reckon, went out and had a look before, the pedal basically has to be on the floor for first gear.

It's really a 316 isn't it haha.

Well that's true, i could always try one out.

Car looks good, the induction setups great, well done. Now that i've seen the clutch stopper i can understand where it sits, if my clutch isn't pressed to the floor it often won't go into gear hence this may make it difficult?

You could tell it had a huge ass intake on it by the shear noise it made, wouldn't be surprised if it sucked up rabbits on the road

Well that's not too much money. The thing is with this sort of issue without having the correct gear to diagnos you're just going through a process of elimination, if the tensioner doesn't sort the proplem (lets hope it does) then you go to the next thing knowing that you now have a good tensioner in place. Best to get a stethiscope to try identify the noise.

Take it to an aircon specialist, they connect their equipment to the two lines in the engine bay, not a job you can do at your house. Around $60 to just get it filled, they may also test for leaks if the system is completly empty.Edit: Most workshops these days have enough equipment to do the job also.

Ha sweet, will be up there next weekend

Clutch is run on a hydrolic system so unable for adjustment, if you mean too much play on the gear shifter itself, this is how they seem to be, mines the same, when in gear it still moves freely.You might want to get the Vanos issue checked out with someone professional in your area, sounds like it might be a faulty unit? Better to get an opinion by a BMW technician.

Don't know about the strips myself but the rest looks very tidy. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-199369622.htm And at such a cheap reserve, ks are in the hundreds but still should be good for many more.

Ha less than a 1000km in 3 years.

Yeah ok I wouldn't mind trying one out, post some pics of the engine bay up, the kit sounds nice!

Well i might be interested in one of these clutch stops then, can always just try it out if they're cheap enough, what kind of simota setup do you run?

I like having a heavier clutch pedal, feels more controlable than than a sloppy one.

The CDV is only on evo E36s and e46s, highly doubt your 328 had one. I'm guessing the clutch stopper doesn't let the clutch come back up so high? Mines basically ingaged about 10mm off the floor but as the clutch wears you would need to remove the stopper to get the most out of the clutch before replacement...right?

Yeah i saw that too, very nice!

Tell me how the hell that looks like an Enzo? It just looks............confused?

Are thet quite expensive? I would assume around $200 at the very most for just the tensioner?

Ha sweet. [email protected] Haha they're pretty good!

I assume it just has a throw out clutch attached to the prop?

At 138,000km i highley doubt the chain would be stretched to the extent it starts making noises.