charles28

Lol, older E30 M3's are selling for double this price so the age doesn't come into it really..

The average person in NZ wants a boring japanese car (well, more of an appliance then a car) they have it in there heads that European cars cost alot to fix and go wrong often, which isn't the case, however most people have it engrained into them at a young age that Jap cars are the only way to go. If I had the cash I'd be keen on your car, but I have a policy now of only buying cars I can afford to pay for in cash. I used to get cars on finance, but it never got me anywhere. Your car is easily worth more than your asking, but everyone wants stuff for nothing nowdays, alot of people probably don't even know what an M3 is! Maybe post a link to a youtube video of your model doing 0-250km per hour, that might wake some people up to what an awesome car the E36 M3 is perhaps.

Am I blind or is there no link to a video?

Yes, the funny thing is these were on my White E30 before I purchased it, I think he removed them the day before I collected the car, probably thought he could make some extra $ out of them instead of leaving them on the car, i'm glad he took them off, it may well have put me off buying it.

Whats the ride height like this these? i don't want to break my sump

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-241111134.htm

this was about 18 months ago from Tonys Tyre Service, 205/50/16's They may cost a bit more now, but worth asking

My work mate has this Vtec Prelude with this ugly as bodykit, loud exhaust, lowered, only performance mods being a poddy, extractors and a chip, goes on about beating WRX's, Evo's, Skylines etc, he thinks my BMW's are a joke and that theres no way my 325i would have any chance of keeping up etc, this guys 31 years old too lol

I had them on a Honda Torneo SIR-T that i purchased, (Came with them fitted). They were not good really, especially in the wet. I ended up changing them for Toyo T1R's, the difference was incredible, however the T1R's cost me $160 a tyre.

Just purchased an MTECH Wheel for the white car, the normal steering wheel sucks. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=239997607 Might have even been someone on here selling it for all I know.. but $75 seems ok to me, its still cheaper than a Boss kit and some cheap nasty chinese made sports wheel .

As some of you know my white 325i manual is getting a factory M20B25 engine fitted, due to the ETA engine with 731 having issues. a nice quick fix so that the car is back on the road asap. I have now decided to fix this broken 2.7 engine aswell and fit it in my 320i Auto daily driver. The reasons for doing this: 1. Will give the poor 320i some much needed torque 2. After driving the white 325i it was painful going back to an auto 320i 3. I have to have both the Automatic and Manual E30's due to the Girlfriend only being an automatic driver. 4. I'm obsessed with E30's and need help 5. the 320i will be a bit of a sleeper and should be able to scare a few hondas etc from the lights with all the low down torque, the 2.7 has loads of it and doesn't like to rev out, in my mind this makes it an ideal partner for the autobox. As my 320i is a facelift Motronic Model I only need to change the ECU chip for the 2.7 engine to work well in it. Also will change the small case 4.1 diff to a 3.62 medium case diff (cheap non lsd one). Will replace the worn shocks, bushings, and fit a spring lowering kit (but it won't be that low). Will add photos later of the M20B27 onces its in bits. Both of my E30's will be on going projects, for along time to come, at the moment I can allow $200 a week to spend on my cars, so it may cause the odd gap progress wise. Although it could get tempting to max out the credit card. lol

Sorry, no longer for sale. This will be rebuilt and installed into my 320i Auto lol

No Longer needed, have purchased an engine from HELL BM!

Does anyone know if the engine in the below link would fit in my car? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-239961517.htm Its a 1989 525i, claims to have M20B25 engine, (they said v6 though lol). According to carjam it had only done 99,000ks at last WOF, so i'm thinking it could be a good engine for my sick E30 325i, as standard this has a better head then my 2.7 setup anyway. Would this engine fit in a E30 325i though? or would it need some changes. cheers

Hi guys, As my engine is about to have a rebuild, I was wondering if the compression might be too high? My headgasket blew between 2 Cylinders, I think this could have been from Detonation. There is 2 possible ETA blocks that my car could have, one being 11-1 and the other 10-1, standard compression on a 325i was only 8.8-1 for facelift model. On ebay I have seen cometic headgaskets listed, these are triple layer stainless steal headgaskets available in differn't thicknesses, anyone thing something like this is necessary for my car? The Current 731 head was fitted to the engine in 2006 (by a previous owner) in my mind 3 years isn't very long for a headgasket to last considering the car had only done 5000 Miles in this 3 years. My guess is that its had detonation issues, once I check the number on the block I can confirm which compression ratio I have. Another question, should I get an ECU chip designed for the 2.7 Conversion? there are a few available over seas, also locally Autopassion can re-map the ecu, but at a cost of over $1300, however this option allows for the most power output, as its custom for the car. I assuming dyno tuning is part of it.

That sounds like excessive fuel usage, however is the air filter clean? is the car warming up to normal operating temp? (Middle position on Temp Gauge) Thermostats that are faulty stop this happening which will increase fuel usage due to the car never really warming up to normal temp. I used to have an E36 320i auto, I did find it a bit heavy on fuel, but more like 12-13L/100k, what your suggesting is 20L/100k

Cars been diagnosed, has blown head gasket between 2 Cylinders. Am getting the engine rebuilt though, ie new rings, bearings, etc, the engine is coming out of the car next week, am paying a mechanic to do the work as If I did it the car would be off the road for months, but this way I should be in it driving again in 1-2 weeks and a decent job should be done, where as I might mess it up. Will most likely get a Racing cam of some kind, 272/272 kinda thing, just need to find one

yeah tru, just thought I might get more than 3 days out of it though, might look at getting a more aggressive cam for it, will probably just rebuild it to standard specs though, + the cam and maybe some tuning so that its setup the best it can be.

Mines shown no signs of overheating, infact it runs too cool if anything, temp only sits at 1/4

My 325i I just got (as per my topic in showroom) died today. I went to an exhaust shop today to get a quote on a less rude looking muffler, drove home, car was fine 2 hours later I go into the garage and notice a big puddle of coolant is under the car and running everywhere.. i notice that its leaking from the coolant hose (Thermostat Housing to Waterpump outlet). I take the hose off, it looks ok, but it did seem loose, I put it back together, re-filled the coolant, let it run for a while and bled the air out. Took it for a drive, came back, noticed that it was still leaking a little bit and for some reason coolant was going out the overflow of the coolant reservoir down the passenger side of the car. I topped the coolant up again, drove to the mechanics, asked him to have a look, when I got there there was no more water leaking (typical) he commented that the car ran nicely and sounded quiet etc in the engine. I then leave the mechanics, start driving home, 5 mins later car stars running bad like its down on 2 Cylinders. I turn around and go back to the mechanics, he can't believe it, takes all the plugs out, 2 were oiled up really bad, cleaned them, re-installed, still only running on 4cylinders. took out one that had oiled up, got the compression tester.. only had 50psi in both oiled up cylinders. doh. the others were 190psi approx, so no wonder its not running well, my guess is that it needs a reconditioned head and new rings and bearings, however comments most welcome

Nice car you got there, mmm maybe I might look at some sideskirts, + painting black bit under back bumper.

Hey man, are these now sold? if not i'm keen

I'm with you on that one man, I am going to the exhaust shop tomorrow to get that damn fart canon removed, in place i'll get a Dual Outlet exhaust, Euro style!. I'll put an updated Pic on as soon as its done!. As for the car being all white, I like that about it, its one of those things that everyones not going to agree on. This is my 1st Manual trans BMW and my 1st BMW with more than a 2 Litre engine. All I can say now is that I wish i'd had one before, I didn't know what I was missing i guess.

yes i'll be sure to come along to a BMW meet sometime soon in Christchurch.

heres a video of it starting from cold and idling, has a pretty mean sounding idle i reckon