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I've got an angle grinder. But then you will need a new bonnet Just curious as to what they are vented to and are they weld on?

bump. Might as well say eveything is ono as i'd like to make some space

What sort of play are you talking? Is it just play in the shifter itself? or crunching gears or noises from the gearbox? I'd listen to the gearbox specialist. Did the bmw repairer recommend a new gearbox?

I don't think you have the space to slide the box back enough. I'd just remove it. Top bolts that hold the box to the engine suck. If you can run extensions and universals to the back of the box while someone else holds the torx bit in place it should be easier. Good luck

http://www.carspot.co.nz/a_standard.asp?ci...p;aid=240024341 they do a very thorough search

It isn't going to be cheap. I'd be a bit worried that the head might have cracked on one of its warm drives as well. A leakdown test will show if it has. It could be something as simple as having air in the cooling system or low coolant level caused by a leak. For some prices have a look through here http://realoem.com/bmw/partgrp.do?model=BF...hg=11&fg=35. You'll most likely want a waterpump, radiator, thermostat Good luck

are you using the e46 front gaurds for the rear? Looking forward to updates

Live rego?

All seems like the same stuff to me. It's all just a matter of shimming and torquing everything up right.I do get those noises. I just see it as the car encouraging me to drive better I'd say the noise from the on and off acceleration is caused by the amount of backlash between the ring and pinion. Excessive backlash will definately make some noise going from coast to acceleration. Mine was in tolerance of what it said in the tis manual. If you need some figures i'm sure i can dig them out. I also found it interesting (i'm sure many wouldn't)that the specified backlash on the diff's is a lot less then any other diff i've tinkered with. I've never pulled a pinion from one of these diffs but from reading this thread http://www.ohiobimmers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3624 it doesn't seem overly hard to do. I should hurry up and get another diff to play with to prove it. What company is trying to fix it? Found the exhaust rattling problem. Snapped another rear muffler rubber. I'll have to look into why these are snapping. Most likely solution will be cutting up the remus resonator nearest the subframe.

The adjustable suspension is from Mike Mosens car. They have bilstein inverted shocks and look to be steel sleeves welded over the factory strut. Not sure what the spring rates are on them. I'll need to make something to mount the rear shocks higher though. I do have the alloy and delrin bushes in. I've got no sound deadening and the whole boot is stripped out. I hear a bit but it's nothing over the top. The noise is not noticeably more since doing all of the back end. What subframe bushes are you using? The powerflex purples that I have are quite soft. I'll get a video of the noises My noise list goes: -Clunking on not so smooth gear changes -Squeeling when the clutch slips -A knocking from exhaust touching subframe on bumps (this i'm getting sick of) -Reversing and turning makes the lsd bind up. This leads to interesting noises The NTK sensor has arrived. New boot has been put on. Currently still has 320i badge Finally smashed off the fibreglass front lip. Might rebuild it next week. I'm going to have to get better at parking before i go any lower Front grills are currently out getting ready for paint

Whats that like to drive?

The centre section is the same layout as the dual pipe e36's. But the pipe outside diameter is 54mm. Kerry do you mean the rear muffler or the centre section?

Sorry for the mix up nastnas was right. Milltek cat delete is for an e46 330

I'm not sure actually. Cheers for pointing that out. I'll do a bit of a research on it now

H&R sport e36 m3 springs. All still in very good condition. Part numbers: 29910 HA rear and 29910 VA front examples of height $300 Eibach springs for 6 cylinder e36. From the eibach bilstein kit. Shocks are stuffed. Should get you the ride height of simon328i's click me Part number: Z 056 A00 rear and Z 108 A00 front Actual picture below Teal coloured springs. Guessing they are dobi 6 cylinder springs. Just the front springs $100 Picture below Milltek cat delete for e46 330 Part number:MSBM113 - 31232 $500 Bottom to top: H&R's, Eibachs and Teal springs

Hellbm winning at $666 Are you getting another bunch of parts any time soon? in particular lsd centres

no homo

I just want to see genuine wood. No stickers or paint.

Would you be interested in some eibach/ bilstein springs

Macrocarpa fender flairs and front lip. Or maybe some other wood with a bit more character. Stickers and paint have all been done before

to be honest I stalk him on a number of forums. OP here's your manifold solution. http://www.youtube.com/user/pimppalacecust...u/1/LB-tpUEpOP8

13's for $1300 http://www.performanceforums.com/forums/sh....php?t=67262416

If you've got the money to experiment, then experiment. Detonation video would be nice If you want it right first time listen to polley

Is there any wear on anything that is worth mentioning? Long block or short?

They do need centre caps. I'm finding it a bit hard to justify the cost of them. Pjay did you ever have the caps for these? Ride height will depend on what the scales tell me to do Cheers for all the comments. Lawn needs some work