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Just needs a manual swap for ultimate win.

Shame its not a Roadster. Always wanted one of those.

You need to read up on what Valvetronic actually is before you start messing with anything.

The N46 engine is a dog. Just drive it until it eventually terminally fails and then scrap it. Dont try to mess with it or "improve" it.

Don't own a bmw/euro if you don't want to be fixing leaks. 

its worth whatever you're willing to pay. Its low KM, but thats not always a good thing (especially with imports), and its not a "desirable" model other than being motorsport.

I used https://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/p/penrite-ldas-full-synthetic-power-steering-fluid---1-litre/540569.html When my 650i needed a steering top up

Dash swap looks good, much better than the billy basic compact dash. 

With the shifting thing, did you use 6 cylinder shift linkage? The 4 pot linkages cause weird issues like that because theyre a different length.  

11 hours ago, GorGasm said:

His videos seem quite good but there's something about his face/voice/manner that throws me off.

 

I find him quite hard to watch, which is a shame because he tests some cool stuff. I think part of it is that I hate Kiwis. We look/sound terrible in everything we do 🤣

42 minutes ago, Arata said:

I mean, using 15 litres worth of petrol in 10 mins non-stop driving is insane isn’t it?

This means absolutely nothing. You need to do full to empty to full, and calculate the average over the distance to get something useful in l/100km or km/l.

If it was using 15 litres in a couple of kilometers, you'd be fouling plugs, misfiring, chuffing black smoke or straight up just pouring petrol onto the road. Thats worse than my Rover which averages 23L/100km, and doesnt do any of the above.

Define "high". They're a underpowered engine for the car, with an auto, so will tend to use more fuel than a bigger capacity engine in the same car as it's working harder. 

Is it a new issue or has it always been like this? 

There you go. Reshell, manual convert, job done.

What in the holy heck happened to that clutch disc?!

Is it engine out to do the gaskets, or is there enough space to do them in the car? That might be the deciding factor if you need to yank it anyway. 

11 hours ago, Allanw said:

https://www.manheim.co.nz/damaged-vehicles/000000000006628329/

Just sayin'

"engine damage"

Franklin looks 100x better with the Euro plates though.

41 minutes ago, lord_jagganath said:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/540i/listing/4040830263 

Still my guitar gently weeps. 

Bloody tragedy. Still, great donor... 

36 minutes ago, HJ130i said:

 

Don't want to send them away in a 130i and for it to break down on them!

Better buy them a Corolla then 🤣

11 hours ago, m325i said:

A part-out dream!

An engine swap dream 😁

52 minutes ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

Lots of potential race car builds coming up, don’t need the interior, electrics and air-bags in those!

I've heard it called the "mermaids" class on Facebook 🤣

They're really only good for things like body panels, and maybe some interior bits after a thorough cleaning and sanitizing. All electrics will be trash, and anything mechanical would need a strip down to ensure its not full of water/mud/corrosion. 

As said, the majority will never be on the road again, it's far too hard to satisfy the requirements, especially when it comes to newer cars with airbags, in which all of them, and their control units, need to be replaced. 

Really needs a leak down test to confirm where the compression is escaping 

1 hour ago, lord_jagganath said:

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/220391820387280/

That's dodgy. It's worth more than 10k in parts alone. 

To clarify, a dog leg box would have first where second is, and reverse where first is. Usual trick is people putting it into reverse at stop lights, instead of first.

28 minutes ago, Olaf said:

Looks like newspaper in the rear footwells to soak up water. $5k for a 6cyl petrol e60 that doesn't run?!  Great opportunity for a bridge salesman.

Doesnt have a sunroof through, so if its leaking its probably just the door vapour barriers... which is something i guess.

I do agree its overpriced for a non-running UK import oddity, even with the manual box. Would be a great car once running, and in a good spec/colour though.

Being a UK import, is it 122k KM or Miles?

Id tend to avoid the N53 just because it has most of the same issues as the N54 (induction system excepting), without the benefit of being turbo. Better off finding an N52 one.

I still want it, but my bank account doesnt 🤣

I wouldnt be surprised if you could import a better condition, but probably still rusty, 911 from the UK for less.