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Chip not installed yet, waiting for overnight parts from Auckland, namely the Top Radiator Hose. I will take the car for a drive tomorrow night and use it for the week then put the chip in on the weekend and compare the difference (if noticable). Will post up results

Yeah, hes one of those Tools that goes on about BMW meaning Breaks my Wallet etc. But personally I have found parts to be not that expensive and theres pages of e30 parts on trademe going cheap , how much difference did you notice going from M20B25 to M50B25?

Another gift for the 325i Got these brand new for $17USD each when I purchased some other bits, should help to tidy it up a bit

Hehe, i'd take the E30 over the prelude anyday, but I have to work with a guy that has a Prelude who goes on all day about how he's faster than this car, that car etc, typical Honda driver, theres nothing really wrong with Hondas, just the owners.. I actually had one of those Preludes 10 years ago when I was 20, I thought it was pretty good at the time, but now all I see is an ugly 90's Jap Coupe I think I can still beat him at circuit racing, his Prelude is on my youtube profile doing Ruapuna, took him 2:08 with the dipper, I don't think that will be hard to beat Sooner or later he's going to be on about me going to the drags, but I think I'll be busy that day. I didn't buy an E30 because they are quick, I like the shape and RWD config, it was also the last BMW that was designed the old fashioned way (E36 was Designed with CAD software).

Today a cork gasket and metal cover arrived that I ordered from the net. Do I need to use sealant with the cork gasket on this outlet? Cheers.

Ok, $50 including shipping? surely someone wants this, its $144 at supercheap auto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgX2ezcm2Zk Annoying video really hehe, as my workmate has a Vtec prelude and hes been going on about going to Ruapuna for the Drags to take me down, looks like I wouldn't be able to take him on in a drag race if they beat a M50 powered E30 lol, but hopefully Ruapuna Circuit Racing/track Day is a different story.. This may give me motivation to modify my 325i though

Well, i didn't make a video, (forgot camera) but it did end up starting 1st turn of the key, after a few mins alot of smoke was coming out the exhaust, I was getting a bit worried, but 10mins later it seemed to clear. Only problem was, i had to borrow a radiator hose off my other BMW to enable this car to work, as the radiator hose kit ordered was for the model with the smaller radiator, however as mine now has a bigger radiator I needed a differn't top hose, which happened to be exactly like my jap import 320is one. Then the bleed screw wouldn't move, rather than risking snapping it off I left it running for ages without cap to get rid of any air, but then had to give up as the mechanic guy needed to go out for dinner.. Had to put the hose back on the 320i and drive that for the weekend, but early next week it should be sorted.

Petrol Used: 95 Octane Engine Size: 6 Cyl, 2L Trans: Auto Car Year: 1990 Typical KM/L = 9KM/L Combo of around town / open road driving For my 320i

Yes, I purchased that exhaust from you. thanks for that I don't need to worry about the 2.7 engine for now as I went with the option of a factory 325i engine for that car. but will slowly strip down the 2.7 and see what it needs repair wise, i wouldn't mind having that engine in the 320i. I still havn't got that exhaust put on yet, but should be on next week, I have a spare 325i intake manifold, but need a 325i throttlebody for it eventually. I need to double check the block numbers on my eta block, its possible its not the 11-1 compression model. if it turned out to be the lower compression one then I can use the 731 head from my 320i engine, although it would be nice if the 731 head currently fitted to the eta block wasn't stuffed as its already port matched to that 325i intake manifold.

Going to strip it down and see what work it needs doing on it, will then put it in the 320i as the M20B20 engine lacks torque down low and annoys me

From what I've read the surge after 4500 doesn't really happen with the 2.7 stroker engine, I noticed that with mine also and it has nice headers etc on it already, then again mine only had the 731 head. My 2.7 claimed to have a 323i cam with 260degree also, which should help this? Today when the 2.5 engine is running I'll compare to how it was before, the 2.7 was taken out, i'm pretty sure it will instantly pull harder to the redline with everything else left as.

The white car should be on the road today, The replacement M20B25 is now fitted (has now got new Cambelt, waterpump, tensioner etc and new oil seals.) the engine bay was given a bit of a clean before installing. The radiator was tested and cleaned but came back as 25% blocked, I have since purchased a new much larger radiator for it, the factory one was rather small, I assume this is because it was a UK import in Manual transmission with no A/C, the radiator had a 40% bigger than original cooling capacity but fits fine and looks factory anyway. All coolant hoses have been replaced also, I don't want to take any chances with reliabilty, this car may see some laps at Ruapuna so I want it to be as good as I can afford it to be. The $ is adding up quickly, but thats to be expected, I will add a video of its 1st start up later on, technically it has had an engine conversion really, considering it had an engine with a 731 head and a 525e block before hand. Cheers

http://www.turners.co.nz/Vehicles/Pages/Ve...3&imgpage=1 Says its 1989 but its non facelift? carjam also says its 2500cc.. wierd.

Want to buy my ETA block? just needs new rings and its good to go probably

Cool, so I got some Selleys Instant gasket, have used it and am putting it back together, however it says that it takes 24hours to cure, doh I'll be off to work in 12 hours lol

Thanks man, I doubt there's anyone open now, but I'll grab some tomorrow and see how it goes.

So now my other E30 has an issue, so I now have 2 broken E30's and no reliable transport to get to work tomorrow. Anyone know if there's a quick fix for this problem showing in my video? I was stuck out at Rolleston today with it like this *happened on the way there*, I drove home with the radiator cap undone to relieve some pressure, however by Templeton the Coolant light was on again and had to fill it up 2 more times to get home to New Brighton. Video shows leak with Radiator cap on tight to show location of the leak, (after engine turned off even) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFjgbWb3LqQ

Brand new. $80incl shipping in NZ (This is for 1x FRONT insert only sorry) you could buy a second one at Supercheap but at a higher price. A useless company sent me this on ebay when i ordered 2x for my BMW E30, they send me 1x correct and 1x incorrect, am selling this as its useless to me and the company I purchased them from is being most UNHELPFUL as far as them sorting it out. I have listed what I could find quickly on the net as far as what car its for. Suits: BMW 5 SERIES E34 BMW 518, 520, 525, 530, 535, 524TD 11/1987 - 07/1990 BMW 735i , 735iL, 740i , 740iL ,750i , 750iL (Exc.Self-Leveling & M-Tronic) 9/86-1994 BMW 735i , 735iL, 740i , 740iL ,750i , 750iL (Exc.Self-Leveling & M-Tronic) 9/86-1994 BMW 735i , 735iL, 740i , 740iL ,750i , 750iL (Exc.Self-Leveling & M-Tronic) 9/86-1994 BMW 635Csi,530i All 1/88-91 BMW 530i , 540i All 1994 BMW 535i All 11/87-91 BMW 524TD (Exc.M-Series) All 3/88-91

Picture of me preparing for the installation of my sub and amp etc. That's only a 10inch sub, but its a decent one, dual voice coil, despite having the ski panel non removed it totally blasts out the sounds in the car and as you can see it doesn't take up alot of space either. All i have is Front DLS components, Infinity Reference Amp and Image Dynamics sub. this basic setup really kicks ass for the money.

I'm trying some speedtouch chip from the UK in mine as soon as its on the road, I'll drive it around without 1st and do before and after videos for 0-100 etc on youtube. the guy claims that the 0-60mph is under 7 seconds with the chip so will put it to the test

Just some pics of the engine being almost ready to come out of the White 325i, is coming out tonight.

Nice Car, i see one very similar parked down my street sometimes in New Brighton, I drive passed in my crappy 320i auto thinking what a nice car

yeah, i'd buy both and put the black interior and door cards in the manual one, then the blue interior into the auto one and resell.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=242727205 then you want this one for the black interior! Mmmm its lucky I have no room here for more than 2 cars