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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

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-242901571.htm Looks original and looks good enough to do up etc. $2900, i'd buy it myself if it was local, can never have too many E30's lol

Nice, mmm I work with 2 guys that drive Honda Preludes, both with bigbore/ loud exhausts, they sound like bumble bee's imo. I'm sure if we had a sound off to see who had the best sounding car that the BMW would win hands down

Some Gifts for the 325i Sure.. some of you will consider this to still be a boyracer muffler, but its not as bad as the one that came on the car lol.

From my experience most cars seem to be optimistic when it comes to Speedo showing the correct speed. Most read 10-15km faster on the GPS, this got worse the higher speed was, mates Honda at 180k only showed 164km on the GPS for example, which he didn't like, as he was hitting 180k (on the speedo) on the straight at Ruapuna, but really only doing 165ish lol

Agreed, I used these on 2 seperate cars at 2 differn't track days. Car 1: Honda Torneo SIR-T Car 2: Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Version 3 I was impressed with these T1R's on both trackdays, sure they aint T888's but they are a good Street tyre that can handle a track day if need be.

Its almost tempting to do a Dyno power run with and without that chip installed, if a dyno day comes up in CHCH i might look at doing that perhaps. What would be funny is if the auto 2.7 ends up having more power.. mmmm that 2.8 stroker build option might be required in the near future for the mighty 325i

Thanks Mark Cool, I thought about doing that, but was too lazy to find the stuff on the net, Yeah.. auto 2.7, its going to be the daily driver still, once the works done I will re-focus my attention on the fun manual car. but I have to have one car on the road at all times. My engine should arrive for the 325i tomorrow, purchased from HELL BM, hopefully that cars up and running this week.

Yeah i've heard that also, I wouldn't rev it that high anyway, I change gear just before power drops off/goes flat, which is likely just over 6000rpm anyway. Would need some 284 degree and better rockers etc to bother revving to 7000 I reckon.

Yeah, I thought it seemed like a rather nice deal really. I havn't ordered them yet, but will on payday this week, don't want to run out of cash..

Also ordered a "Performance Chip" for the 325i from speedtoch on e30zone.net. Worked out to $85NZD including shipping. The claims are " The Mild gives an extra 8-10bhp but dramatically increases low-down and mid-range torque for improved driveability and better fuel economy. The rev limit is raised to 7000rpm for when you're in the mood for a blast. In my 1988 325iSE, this chip brought the 0-60mph time down from the standard 7.3 to well under 7 seconds and raised top speed from 135mph to 140mph, whilst returning 30mpg average with ease. " Also this gives me a chip spare for the 320i so that it will run properly with the 2.7 engine, as the current chip in my 325i ran the 2.7 engine fine.

Next on the cards is some decent shocks for the 325i Might put the shocks from that in the 320i, as they are still fine, I just want better ones in the 325i. Something like http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-E30-318...s#ht_1015wt_939 Landed in NZ, $820 including Shipping and in NZ currency conversion, not bad considering the same ones on trademe are over $1100

This picture shows some of the issue with my current exhaust on my 320i, its a lot worse than what the picture shows, both the back box and middle muffler/cat have alot of rust on them, it sounded terrible too (drone). Today I purchased a 325i Exhaust from a S.A 325i wrecking on trade me, which is in way better condition than mine. Also purchased a 325i Air flow Meter, as the part number is different to the 320i item, so I thought it was a good idea for when the 2.7 engine is installed.