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E30 - Kill switch installed up under dash, just floating around in the wiring, With half assed connector crimped on too it... Ended up with a dodgy connection, took me ages to figure out WTF was causing my car too die seemingly randomly.... Bluetack/playdoh holding the covers over the back of the headlights. The Beegees greatest hits jammed in the CD player!! 944 - Had the beginnings of central locking installed in the door, actuators and everything, but it looked they just gave up half way. Also had a bunch of bog in a chassis rail...

We have a new Donk, cheers to Brent and the guys European car parts for playing "find this bit" and answering all my emails! Picked up this morning, On the engine stand and stripped in the arvo. A few of the more interesting pics below, I took a bucketload of photos of the breakdown too help me stick it all back together. Managed to wind all but two of the exhaust studs outta the head, and three of the coils plugs are busted. Easy fix stuff. Outside of engine is a mess, inside it looks minta! Just waiting on an E36 manual radiator (going for a new one) a suitable brake booster and all the new seals/idlers/gaskets etc. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us

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^Sorted that out, the thermoswitch doesnt need to plug/screw into anything So far we have got sorted/nearly sorted, dont think ive forgotten anything.. yet... M50B25, non vanos. E34 sump/pickup/dipstick E34 Wiring loom and ECU (auto) Brake booster E36 engine mount arms E28 M5 mount rubbers E34 throttle cable E36 radiator and hoses A good fella too machine the 260's flywheel New seals for the Getrag 260 Kevlar clutch kit Electric fan kit Custom headers, complete new exhaust (single) Modified GB crossmember Driveshaft hoops Cold air intake box (im gonna make one outta 2024T3 ali) and K&N pod All new gaskets/waterpump to freshen up the M50 Z3 shifter and new bushes All the nolathane bushes for the suspension New floor mats and spots Hope to go pick up most of it on Saturday, if it all fits in the ute. Still to sort out - LSD, New brake rotors and pads, And some decent front seats that arent spewing their internals all over my ass. Anyone tried one of the Ebay ECU chips? are they rubbish? Any recommendations on Gearbox, engine, brake fluids? Anything obvious ive over looked?

I just realised I forgot something, googling has turned up jack. Can someone point me some info on going to an electric fan setup, 16" sounds like the biggest that fits. But what thermoswitches do i need to control it? and where do they screw into? Using an E36 radiator/M50B25 The fan/relay wiring is all shweet, but what makes it go click? I feel thick asking this, im sure the answer is simple and ive just over looked it... Other than that I think I have all the 12 peices of paper, covered in p/n's and notes for the swap, under control....maybe

That looks mint man, I want your seats! Im keen to get my hands on a Z3 shifter and new bushes at the moment.

Please dont ! Sounds like the beginnings of a german rice recipe, but maybe im not following ya.

That touring is the shizzle! He must have spent some serious coin on it.

Im keen on one, can you supply all the bushes at the same time? 1/85 E30, with the worlds most sloppy gearshift.

Just measured up my sway bars, hard to get accurate sizes with the verniers while jamming self under car Front is ~21mm, rear is ~14.5mm which makes them Mtech package sway bars anyway?

Dont insure stuff under your parents name, ever. I had my GTSt, co-owned between me and my mother on paper, insured under her name with me as a driver when I was 18. Still cost a fortune in premiums, and the excess was like 2.5k. Had a prang, rear ended a mitzy galant that decided to randomly throw the anchors on, broke the skylines headlight, bent the chassis on the galant! Written off.. I put in a claim for the galant, didnt bother with my car as the headlight was less than the excess. State insurance investigated the claim, and then sent me a bill for 8k!. Some time, and lots of nasty letters, in court later and state paid up, but I was blacklisted from using state insurance again (Big loss, after that nightmare I wouldnt insure my toilet paper with state. )

Shweet as, Ill give u a buzz tommorrow Jon, got a list going together at the moment (including floor mats and spots - cheers) . Need to go measure my sway bars up and make sure theyre havent been replaced with 325 ones, the more I dig into the my e30 the more bits I find that arent original Gonna go hire a steam cleaner for a few days during the swap, 25 years of crud too remove The end goal, long way off!, is something like this -

Any chance of a pic of the seats? Am interested.

Im on the look out for some bits for my P/facelift e30, Im after - - Some good condition floor mats (to suit a coupe) - Front sports recaro style seats in decent condition - Fog lights (pre facelift), even just the lenses will do Chur

In no order - 1986 AE86 (first car), I owned one before everyone thought they were cool 1982 Ford Laser Sport (twin carb woop!) 1987 Subaru Vortex XT 1992 AE92 Levin GTZ 1982 Porsche 944 1993 Skyline GTSt coupe 1985 E30 323 coupe I just realised ive never owned a 4 door, or an automatic

The before pics. M50B25 swap from an E34 All new bushes, likely some new springs, shocks, and sway bars from a 325 and new sloted rotors, And then she'll go in to get some minor rust removed, and panel and paint. And if I can find a new dash, wheels, and some sports seats in the process theyll be thrown in So far all ive got is a clutch, an engine stand, and workshop space organised The badge on the bonnet pic kinda sums up the states of the old girl

Well I ran the vin, (both the tag and the stamp match), and its my rego. So I pulled up the rear seat and found a build tag! woohoo. Vin number doesnt match, doh. I have the Rear seat from WBAAA32090-9496327, 320i manual coupe, 1 month newer than my e30, option list shows it having an additional fuel tank! (0850)

Nope only ran my plate last night, ive had the car for 2.5years. Ill have a further look into it 2mo. I guess the other option is my car is actually an MX-5, which means im in the wrong forum and and am actually a middle aged lady, which concerns me greatly...

Its etched into the glass in small letters, as a security thing. Not much use for advertising, its only maybe 10mm high in the corner of the windows

Dont look any different to any other e30's ive seen.

Possible that the guy I bought it off had two e30 coupes, one was a wrecked with SKISHD plates, and then something happened to mine that caused all the windows to blow out? Weird. Maybe SKISHD is actually my car, but the plates etc are off another e30 of the same basic spec? Mysterious, I wonder what happened.

I ran my E30's plates through carjam.co.nz, it came up all kosha as far as i can tell, in terms of registered details matching realoem's VIN description of my car. It also came up with two personalised plates on my car in its past - MSPORT and BEMAR in 94 and 96.. Thats cool.. but It didnt list the personalised plate that is etched into the windows SKISHD. I bought the car in ohakune, from a guy who owned the ski shed, so the etching kinda made sense, but why is this plate not listed by carjam? IS the glass in my car swapped from another that had SKISHD plates? I ran the SKISHD plates and they look to have belonged to an MX5 since new??? Weird, anyone got any ideas?

Nah dont think its a tech1 spoiler either, well its different too mine anyway, but its tech 1ish! I want those wheels and whatever he has attaching them to the car

Skrillz - Where did you find this one? Its the shizzle, my left nut to get my tech 1 coupe sitting like that. Are they 16 or 17's?

Read through ya thread man, all of em Be sure to keep us updated, all your troubles are making me start to dread swapping an M52 into mine! Hoping for a "I connected X to Z and it started first pop" post!