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so can anybody confirm what a stock standard 320I Auto diff is ? my car is F/L does that make any change to it?

My car ( F/L auto )does aobut 3000 rpm @100kmh is that any indication as to what diff i have?

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Apart from the lines needing to be made up. Are the old bushes and old shifter mount included with the gearobox even if they are worn out? Would this would mean the box only needs a shifter to be complete ?

Hi Silver Fox

I am quite interested in this gearbox, you even mentioned you had it for sale in one of my topics.

what is the condition of the gearbox and do you know how many miles it has done? have you had it in a car and did it shift well? if it hasn't been in a car does the input shaft have any slop in it ?

320I Auto

30 km a Day and usually 450 Km by the end of the week inbetween other things

Costs me about $85 of 95 octane each week

Well the cars i have had since i got my license

1981 Datsun 1200 Wagon last of the rear wheel drive type

1985 Toyota Corolla Hatch bough it with a blown head for $100 got it going and got my licence in it then sold it for $900

1986 toyota Corona i bought this while i had my corolla but it was a better car so i got this one going good and that was my car untill i started work

1985 Nissan 300zx Z31 single turbo 3.0 v6 ( my project car )

1990 E30 FL leather seats and a real straight rust free car ( Daily Driver )

1984 Nissan 300zx Z31 it goes but its not Rego or Wof

Giday there

how much is the reconditioned Auto selling for ? and do you have receipts for the work ?

All i need now is a manual gearbox to go with those flywheel bolts that should be replaced.

is there a muffler brand/type anybody could reccomend for the 320i twin inlet exhaust ?

Hi guys

Recently after joining this forum i was driving along and my temp shot up on my E30, Pulled over right away and got towed home. After pulling the head the headgasket showed some signs of leaking at cylinder 6.

After having it hardness tested it read full hardness and the surface was nearly perfect and only needed the lightest skim only to remove old gasket material. i am very impressed with how well built these old engines are, inspecting the bores and still seeing the hone marks at 150,000 kms they seem to be built tough.I was surprised that I wasreccomended to use new head bolts.

yeah so with a new camblet and water pump and all the upper gaskets repalced the engine shouldn't need serious work for quite some time.

I did this to my E30 320i

it didn't seem to make any performance difference, and with the stock muffler it made it sound horrible at low revs but it sounds great at 4000+ RPM. My stock muffler is well on its way to being totally stuffed though

Thats good news on the driveshafts

But it looks as though getting any manual conversion parts at all will be very difficult

Hi guys

Im new to these forums and have had my face lift E30 320i for 6 months now and while its down getting the head rebuilt i have some questions about transmissions.

1) How much of a thrashing can the auto box take before it gives up

2) Are they pricey to have rebuilt and does somebody have a cheap spare laying about?

3) providing the gearbox came from a M20 engine can i use it in my E30 and still have the shifter/linkage line up.

4) is the drive shaft from the Auto too short or too long to be used with the manual gearbox, and i assume the auto drive shaft has the incorrect yoke ?

i understand the Getrag 240 was the factory manual gearbox for these cars what other models are known to work

Current Slush box is just fine but i have a feeling its the next on the list now that the head gasket is leaking

also is there any good things to do while the cylinder head is off the car ? ( aside from hardness test, skim and valve seating )

If somebody can recommend a mild cam grind to go with that would be great..

ahh piss this post is in the wrong section can this please be moved to the general section