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Looks good, Sleeper as. Is this the final look?

Get a one piece. Would have been an improvement they made.Theres a small gap where front meets back on the 2 piece.one piece will seal better/

#e30life

Haha, This swap gave me enough headaches though was easy enough. Don't think an m52 is well suited for a turbo like an m50

Try VASK for a MK1/MK2 golf brake booster. Bolts right in using e30 M/C.

They lost me after e46, Everything newer I have no idea and they all look the same.

First clean in a long while, Just got some new VANOS seals going to give the vanos unit a rebuild. And still waiting for some Loom covers, rear trunk gasket and trunk struts to arrive from Schmiedmann. Bought over 2 months and only just shipped so hopefully not too far away.. Quick Duck tape tape job of the wiring loom to the strut brace for the mean time.. The front also sits almost half an inch to an inch higher than it did with m20. Overall alot lighter in the front, So might have to sort that out at some stage.

Nah that is an overflow. Yes it is for e30's, But 318i e30's with the m40. It was never for an m20. You may be able to route the hoses to it the sizes should all be about the same just the lengths and bends won't be right.

That's not a radiator for an m20 that's for a 318i, but they are used with m50's, m40's etc in e36's. The hoses won't line up properly, you will need to ditch the E30 expansion tank, and route the big T hose that goes to it to to bottom of the radiator mounted expansion tank. The top hose won't be needed with the expansion tank on the radiator..

No. You need 51mm strut housings to fit 51mm struts. If you have 45mm ones you need to change the entire strut.

You can DIY it quite easily, All you need to do is cut a 'v' out of the under side of the rear 3 section, and push it closer towards the block so it clears the steering joint, also chop the lower flange and mount it abit further down. The front pipes only need the lower collector part extended further back as it hits the steering rack. That's if you were using the m52 manifolds (which I see you have cut already so can't really use them without rewelding them).

Would be cool to see a Euro powered BMW drifing like they do in Europe.

The only good thing about the e36 is taking their engine and putting it into an e30.

Sunroof up no matter what the weather in a e30 haha. Gotta look good always.

I think you are way off the mark if you only have one window not working, You may want to trace where you are getting power to (faulty switch is possible) or else see if ther is power reaching the window motor and thats where your fault could be.

Yours sounds entirely different, If you get power at the switches and others are working it's not the same as this issue. Check the connector between the door and pillar by the hinges. Probably corroded connectors.

I did it on my last e30. Boot and bonnet badges. Wasn't sure if I liked the bonnet shaved after doing it though..

BUMP finishes tomorrow. Somebody??

i had this happen on my last e30, didn't get to the bottom of it though. It has something to do with the door closing buttoms on the inside of the pillar, Click them and you may hear a relay clicking in the passenger footwell. I think that has something to do with it, because that is what happened with mine. I ended up changing that cars entire body electrical loom due to other things but yeah.

You are the biggest tool in your toolbox

Bump!! Accepting reasonable offers

I got one in red if you want for cheap.. It's tidy but has been outside for a month or two.

Now on trademe.. Needs to be gone in the next 2 weeks. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=684823676

Sweet, Are you going to run 2.5 ECU and have it remapped?

Not specifically e30, but it is universal and you adjust it to clamp the clutch disc and pressure plate. It's quite Sh*t that's why I line it up by eye then use it to clamp it that way so I can attach it to flywheel. Flywheel bolts 77ft-lbs, And loctite them too. The ring is supposed to even out the force of the bolts against the flywheel. Theres alot of theories anyway - Real OEM confirms it is on the bolt side (#10 shim)