Hartage

Am looking to find out a bit about M40 318 motors,

just bought one with a probable blown head gasket, Do the heads crack normally?

Any body got another motor, head,???

Twin cam????? will it swap over easy or not???

Performance and chips to make them go better, where from??

Thanks

Hahahaha

Skooled!

Last head i sold on Trade Me, went for $500.00.

That had been recond though.

M20 heads are known for cracking, if its in good order then its worth every bit of $300.00. as is.

More if given a valve grind.

My 5 cents.

Yeah. I guess so... Kept the gearbox that's in the car behind the m50

Thanks Guys

I have a complete 325i motor that i will sell for a good offer!

Its not in bad condition. But could do with a valve grind.

Hahahaha Classic.

He was the unjoiner on the weekend.

It goes too damn fast!!

126.6 at manfield.

really? that would be awesome. looking at the two pistons/rods it looks about right. will test fit them when i can and see...fun times.

how does yours go? FL or pre FL pistons?

They should be the same. So long as they are both either Pre face lift or face lift. Driveshaft rubber mounts are differant. Face lift is narrower on the later cars.

Some ring suppliers recomend that you Dont Hone, and assemble the pistons and rings dry ( no oil ). So check this out before you Hone.

The cylinder head Valve stem seals are the biggest user of oil, If you were getting any smoke off the motor before, then i would do a valve grind and fit the new seals.

Engine oil to assemble is ok, I tend to put Clean grease in the oil pump when i assemble them, It makes it pick up the oil quicker when turning over the first time.

Just My way of doing it. Hope it helps.

Its probably a broken Gearbox/transmission mount. Or driveshaft center bearing rubber busted.

Not a huge expence, but you may be able to stick the cost as a result of the Bacon hitting you!

Righty Ho, well its only been happening since my run in with the cop car, every now and then if i accellerate heavily in 1st gear (from standing start) I can feel a faint shudder/knocking vibrating through my seat, it doesnt do it in any other gear although there is a slight knocking sound but no vibration if I am in a high gear at low revs but the car has done this since i got it and never thought any thing of it, everything under the car looks in order (had a look when I got my WOF last week)

Also ive only noticed it since the accident but the left side of my car sits approx 1 cm lower than the right side, it handles well and I dont get any vibration or wheel shudder at all. All the panels line up and structurally (sp) it looks sweet, yet ive measured from various points and as said above the ride height is uneven. Shocks and springs should be fine as I only got new ones a year or so ago... Should I be looking at dodgy panel work?

One other thing that came into mind was the fact that my car originally had no side repeaters and the fender that replaced the damaged one had a side repeater on it but the hole was welded up. Could there be a difference in the guards even though the replacement was off a pre f/l?

Any help would be good, cheers guys

Chris

Good question!

I have no idea!

Am sure that someone on here will be able to answer.

I like your first offer!!

But really, i am open to realistic offers, i paid alot for the one i have at home, medium case.

PM me if you prefer,

But as i remember doing the changes, you dont have to swap the splines over????

Have done plenty of swaps in e30 small and medium case never found this problem. Am a bit confused!1 :confused: :confused:

Had a look in the e30 resto bible, factory in some 320i's but rare!!

Hi Andy,

out of e30 320i Tourist delivery 4 door car.

I suspect thats what it is, as it 11/85 reg NZ, with a MPH Speedo.

Not sure what the norm was for these cars, or what it may be worth

Savini,

it will go in any e30 car as far as i know, have had a few of these and not seen any differences in mounting.

Got a 3.45 : 1 LSd for sale. Good condition, small case.

What interest is there out there??

Give you all a few days then its Trade Me!

PM

At the moment, 2000 e46 328i ,

1983 323i race car,

1985 320i parts car.

previous , 1998 E36 Ti

1986 318i

1985 323i ( Red )

1985 323i ( Black )

1985 320i ( White )

1985 325i ( Grey )

1985 325i ( White )

1983 323i ( Bronze)

1991 320i ( Black )

Then we wont mention the Fiats, Jaguars, Daimlers,Minis,Holdens, Etc

Hate to think how many cars i have owned in the last 20 mumble years!!

Who has had more than 50???

I have only had BMW's since 1996!

Come on where are the BIG milage cars?

My race car had 380,000 on it when i bought it, re ring and bearings, clutch and bits, sold motor out of it with 440,000 on and still pulling like Carl!!

Wrecked UK built 325i with 215,000 MILES on it!!

Just feel that i should join the debate on Shellys.

Having spent lots of money with them, last car was only 6 months old when purchesed, And been given the "go away" responce from them re club involvment. They did not see the club as having any benefit to furthering their business.

I only take my e46 there, as they are not interested in older cars.

Spares department is outstanding in service, and i find them not over the top for the regular maintainence parts, oil filters and such.

The way I was treated by the salesman when i bought the car, would not make me at all keen to buy again. I would rather go the Jeff Gray and commute back to get it checked.

My 10 cents ( as thats the smallest now)

Its only held in with a spring loaded pin.

Pull backward and it should fall off in your hand.

Yep, e46 and they go on top of the lights, i think.

They for sale??

Happy Birthday Princess, Nice dice!! :pimp:

The clue is in tha spark pack. Probably not running on that cylinder, over fueling and caysing the smoke. try replacing it!

If you mean the "Torx" type that look like a star, I got my set from Trade Tools, Branches about the country, about 80.00 for the sockets. Both internal and external. And a allen key type set was about 25.00.

Has it bent the chassis rail??

If not then it may be worth fixin'.

looks as though it was a tidy one before the hit!