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First one i've seen of these that fit the radiator in front of the engine

That looks great Brent, well done bringing it back to the family.

Looks grouse.

Count me in on a couple of small things

Embrace the stone chips! They're badges of honour.

Good work!

Oh my that looks great. I think the black inserts will look great, too.

Awesome.

I'll take it - i'll PM you details

That'll do it! At least you know what the problem was

Would you ship?

Prefer not to if possible to avoid the hassle. Sorry.

Pm`d

Sold to you sir.

$200 SOLD

Pickup North Shore, Auckland.

Delicious. GLWS

Good stuff Mateja. Intake looks better

Nice install, seems you planned everything out well! cars super tidy too!

You use the M30 engine loom?

What driveshaft combo did you end up using?

Thanks Lucan. Was really pretty trouble free from start to finish. Seems simpler than a 24v swap in many ways.

Yes, used the m30 engine loom. I've heard you can use the m20 looms too. Only things I had to do was to ground pin 15 to get the HVAC & windows working, and rotate the ECU under the dash 90 degrees, as the m30 loom is slightly too short.

Driveshaft is the standard 325i driveshaft, but with the front part of the e34 shaft welded on just in front of the front UJ order to provide the larger flange. Including a rebalance, this set me back about $350 from ADL.

Apparently you can also use a e36 328i ZF 5 speed driveshaft, or swap the output flange on the getrag260 to the smaller type and use an unmodified 325i shaft. My driveshaft in the end was exactly the same length as an unmodified manual e30 325i driveshaft.

jeez, you had a mitsubishi that lasted more than 5 years?

sorry, my bias. IMHO they use complex solutions to problems other manufacturers (such as Toyota or Nissan) solve with ease, though they fail at ten years. Case in point: white metal bearings for the balance shafts in 4G63 & G63B, they seize and shred the belts. Porsche & BMW execute balance shafts without issue. Oil burning like a tanker at 10-12years, it's pretty rare to see a 12 year or older Mitsi on the road. /rant.

sorry, perhaps I shoulda put this one in the quick rant thread!? #8 )

Haha. I have no particular love for them. Its one of the australian built '96 mitsubishi magnas with the truly awful 2.6L Astron II 4cyl.

Can't fault this one for reliability though. ~360000ks and still going. Bit rattly now though. Oil changes and virtually nothing else.

Welcome.

Finally put the new thermostat that's been sitting on my windowsill for a month into the E30. Pretty simple to do, but definitely more annoying than the M20s I've had in the past. It has also made the air leak more noticeable, I should probably get around to tracing that sometime but I can't figure out how to take the intake manifold apart so I've given up for today.

Did a thermostat replacement for one that was stuck open in the old family mitsi wagon. It'd been like that for 5 years+. Immediately sprang about six different coolant leaks.

Bit of a rabbit hole sometimes.

Awesome!

Thats awesome.

Saw this awesome thing in Hawaii. Wilwoods hiding under the front wheels, plus the number plate suggests something else going on too. Love the colour!

Saw this on the weekend. Coming along nicely. You certainly know how to get things done

What's it like to drive with no PS?

Miles better than it ever was with PS. Used to be very vague on-centre, the PS delete completely got around that. Obviously heavy at low speeds, but really tight and responsive, and the feedback is really good.

At some point i'll do a sporty e46 rack swap with PS, but until then this is all good.

Just took it out to Muriwai, ~100kms all up. Went great! Love this thing.

Wheels look great Kyu.