Jacko

Depends what you want too do, and what your car already has. Could spend thousands, or a under a hundy if all you want to do is find a starter and flywheel and your gearbox bolts up. Ideally you'd want to do the cambelt, waterpump, thermostat, rocker gaskets etc, and the intake elbow is rooted (had been repaired with epoxy sealant, but needs replacing). You could add a set off plugs, new ignition leads, new dizzy and rotor etc etc etc. It has done 145,000miles, and is 26 years old!, but in saying that it was still running fine and dandy, but will need some love in the future I have literally only changed the oil (every 5k miles) in 3 years. Play with some wiring (it'd be pretty simple Ive just lopped the C101 (rectangle at the fusebox) and C103 (under dash next to DME) , but theyre only useful on early E30's anyway (pre 85) Ive re-emailed (3rd one) this guy on tardme, if no reply on wednesday we can talk. If all you need is storage for a couple of weeks (ie less than a month) its OK where it is. Edit - Gearstick got biffed sorry, had to draw the line with the massive pile of old/new bits.

Sweet, mate has one in his cosworth, was perving at it today wondering if it'd fit in the E30 (he was bragging about how much cooler his car is with its red coupler...egg) Good too know you can get em for E30, ill order one after christmas. Liking these too - https://store.nexternal.com/ireland/images/...ustableendl.jpg

Was just about to ask the same question, autolign it is Judging by how hard it is too push my E30 around, its wellll on the piss.

Had a think about it and... ^ Did this. Can get 5th, but one wouldnt want it any more on the turps! Can live with it. Started fabricating the exhaust, rear set of primaries are done, they look pretty friggin sexy, wrapping around the steering flexjoint. However I dropped the steering universal joint doofa out for ease of fabrication, and found that the rubber plate in the centre is toast. The one bushy thing I forgot to buy. DOH! Itll probably have to wait till later. Finally got an alternator bolt couriered out, pity it didnt fit, too short. Went on a mission to steel master (onehunga) and they hooked me up. M10x150 FTW. M20 heater hose is the one for the back of the head to the lower heater core fitting, it fits perfect. Sure I read E36 on the interwebs, but it dont have a hope of fitting. Got the radiator in, dunno how everyone says you can get a 16" fan in the front. I just got a 14" fan in, but I have the factory forward baffle too. Finish wiring and exhaust tommorrow, turn the key wednesday

Yup gone burgers. Diff/halfshafts are gone burgers. Havent heard a peep from the the dude on trademe who won my engine for $56. He seems to have lots of feedback about placing bids and not making contact So if anyone wants an M20B23 for $50, yell out and if I havent heard from him by wednesday its yours. Ive lopped some plugs off the loom, and it has no flywheel but is otherwise complete. For $60 Ill include the metal airbox

I hate those tugger clear tail lights. Why does every monkey with an E36 have em, they are epically rude.

squeek squeek squeek Sweet Ill send it over later. Its the chrome line one, so has go fast racing stripes

Yup What ya want? I havent come across a 2002 turbo yet Swap ya for a murcielago LP640/300SL/Dome/Lancia Delta etc etc?

Dont worry bought one

Whatya rekon about welding a bracket into the tunnel to attach the console in the perfect spot, so its no longer mounted to the gear box? I assume its mounted to the box to stop the engine moving around popping it out of gear, but I wonder if its really necessary?

E24/28 M5/6 mounts, Yup using renault clio booster, fits shweet and from what ive read actually improves braking on an E30. Also has the one way valve mounted on the booster, so looks cleaner too Theres roughly 15-20mm room between the rack/crossmember. Gearbox mounts are late E21 ones, they are a bit beefier than the stock ones. Bigger stud on them too so had to open up gearbox and cross member holes, but no biggy. Had a go at hooking up the heater hoses this arvo, got the top one on (from the "spider" hose) but the lower one doesnt have a hope of fitting on. I bought an M50 E36 lower hose and its totally wrong. Wondering if the M20 one fits? Whats everyone use? its a tight little space and I keep getting kinks however I work the E36 hose (even when cut down)

Pics - First couple are of the wank angle of the whiteline bars. Its like they copied the factory bars dimensions, but didnt take in the fact that thicker bars makes the distance between the bends smaller. On the rear it shows up as the sway links on an angle (as the ends line up directly with the centre of the U lugs on the arms) Could be fixed by fabricating some L mounts and bolting them to the arms. Engine in pics, Tig'ed on some studs to the lower strap of the radiator (think its a E36 328 one) so it mounts like the factory e30 one. ^ Wanky console angle, needs bashing.

I think mine predates the mounts for the alloy console, not 100% on that though. Can you tell from this ? Uploaded with ImageShack.us I might have to get my grind/weld on

Anyone else swapped an M50/260 into an early E30? Im looking at my pressed steel shifter console and the wacky angle its on, and im not liking it, im also scratching my head working out how to fix it. Its distorting the rear mount something chronic. Google aint helping

M20B23 sold for $50 Diff for $1 Hopefully some of you guys got a good deal Still available - * Metal airbox, could use a paint * 323 Halfshafts (pair) * 4 Spoke E30 steering wheel, good nick * E30 expansion tank, very tidy * M50/52 thermostat housing gasket - New (obviously) * New O rings etc for M50/52 oil filter (Big one, little one, and washer) * E34 M50B25 engine mount arms - Free. * Gasket for the casting around the camgears on a M50 (NV) 11-36-1-740-840 * Pair of E24/28 engine mounts, 2nd hand but good nick. (E30-M50 swap ones) * New genuine crankshaft bolt and spacer 11211720633 & 11231288660 for virtually all M5x engines from E36's too E85's Offers on the lot, needs to go

Bump. I need the body side of one of these plugs, looks like its more common than my T plug which I cant even find a photo or reference too

Forgot the camera again, but shes looking more and more like a drivable car. Take pics tommorrow Got the engine in, had to grind a rib on the M50 block to clear the huge early E30 starter. Getting the engine in wasnt too much of a nightmare, its tight on the firewall side though. Got the gearbox crossmember modded and bolted in, think I might have to do something about the shifter console, its all on the piss. Whiteline front bar is in. What a bitch. They are about 10mm too short I think, the bushes ride up hard in the radius's and make installation a total mare. In fact the rear bar looks too narrow as well. Its all in though, hopefully the bushes are up to the job. Added to the fact the kit came with half the bolts AWOL, im not that impressed. Gonna email whiteline as the fit is really sh*t, and could be way better. They are however EPICALLY stiff. Serious go-kart stuff. Lowered the front end, got some cool stance going on, the sway bars are so stiff that undoing the tophat on one strut is pointless as the swaybar doesnt allow it too drop. Makes it very entertaining when adjusting the ride height.

Shweet, be there 8-5ish today, gonna try jimmy my way in to do the wiring on my car tommorrow too. If the front door etc are all locked up shoot around the back. Lots of theiving dero buggers in Mt eden. Some dude stole about 600kgs of engines and old gearboxes in the weekend. Broke into the locked scrap cage and stole every peice of alloy, and left behind all the sh*t...

Be awesome to have a looksee at a real live working one, but am kinda at the grindstone with the M50 swap, off to seattle next week so time is precious! If your around Mt Eden at any point and feel like collecting some beers, shoot into the TTT auto chop shop (behind burgerfuel) at 222 Dominion Rd

If you want to try a swapping it with a known good booster I have one you can have. Its currently in the scrap pile, but can be rescued if you want it, just yell out before it gets converted into beer money.

Cheeers!

Shes rollllling Engine goes in tommorrow, sort out the wiring, make a new gearbox crossmember and start fabricating the exhaust. Then turn the key and see what happens

Me Ill fire it up again in 30 odd min if your keen to see some more mad drift skills! (HA!) Hopefully the server doesnt nut out again, got really confusing and was kinda laggy (your car was jumping around the track)

Anyone able to post a pic/pics of how their battery is secured, how the cable is routed (under the dash), and where the + terminal block sits on the firewall, in an E30 boot setup (factory) I have a box of random bits im trying to make fit together. Could just mongrel it, but there must be some combination of bits that works! Im pretty sure I have excess bits too, some dont look like BMW parts

Ill send you the k car now, you send me the vitz. K car is pleeennnty tweaked to beat the K car race. Save me from buying a vitz lol Happy to swap back once ive done the vitz race. Also have a hot 98 mini and a weapon for the light weight british cup. Need a hot ferrari and gallardo, and a classic race car if anyone wants to play swap cars