bravo

Wow! Loophole?? Import a 1986 or newer LHD m3 from the UK by going over there for a 3-4 month holiday (say your OE) then it'll be over 20 years old within a couple ofyears anyway IF you want to sell it. I should make my OE in the next year or so in that case. Or I could wait till after 2008 and import as a classic, but then HAS to be RHD. I prefer RHD, but LHD doesn't worry me. The Willys is LHD - makes parallel parking easy as you'er on the correct side of the vehicle for visibility.

No offence because me included, but we are such a bunch of BMW geeks its not funny.

Not sure C&D but mines a 240 and I'm relatively sure I have a 4.44. Drivable, but I really don't like it. My mates think its cool winding it up with such low ratio, but they're not the ones paying the gas bill.

Not kit per se, but of the style that Kamei did alot of theirE30's - with the but-ugly all-whie look including B pillar, interiors, grills, the works. Kamei as a styling trend in that era kickstarted (dismally) by that company, not Kamei as a kit built by them.

hmmm just had a thought. Imagine this scenario at a party: a chick gets up, undoes her fly, pisses into the fire, does her fly up sits down. The guys would choke on their drinks lol. great trick! I need to get out more...

no - to be honest i never looked at what u drove. IMO u'r car = OK with M badge.but that all it is - opinion.

Close Grant - also fine on genuine msport variants to distinguish the read deal from someone with a kit. It IS personal thing. maybe those who think this way are anal. or maybe just not pretenders.

fair nuff - wasn't really posting necessarily for bashing, more as you don't see kamei styling very often and never in blue. Openng a discussion point on kamei more than this vehicle in particular. I hope it is ok by you Grant if people freely express their opinions (negative or otherwise) on what was a distinctive, unique and controversal styling option even in its day.

Nothing if your car is an //M. At least thats the general opinion of the BS masses. I too am of this opinion, but up to you. Its akin to sticking a GTS-T or GTR badge on a GTE r32.

Only my opinion of course, but unique taste this e30 owner has for sure... listing

badge is glued - no holes.

No I agree. But I was just qualifying that my comments weren't in jest.

All piss takes aside, thats a cunning invention. Excuse the puns.

carls pics in g/b thread. shows chamfer way from starter AND correct no. of spacers (so I did it right )

no prob. pick one up by yourself. auto is a 2 person lift to be safe unless you like to pwnyour back to prove a point.

yeah - too poor to do diff right now - other commitments. I do 109 at 3500rpm in 5th. Edit: which according to Carls spreadsheet I have a 4.44 and since they did make a 4.44 in my build year, looks like I got lumbered with this whore of a diff. Anyone got a 3.91 lying about? Guzzling gas like no tomorrow. project for early in the new year. got some minor but urgent maintenance to do right now, so everything else on hold.

Yeah, I think so - round one. farm is safe as it is in a family trust... I'll go have a look and get back to you. I may have actually put a spacer on the g/b side of he flywheel - jesus my memory is bad. I had no manual so worked everything out by marks on the old bits I bought etc. entirely possible something not quite right, but it all works. Edit: had a look. From output side going towardsengine... Torque converter bolted to triangle thing (also a flex plate I think). Trangle thing bolted to dished side of flex plate with 6mm spacer between - chamfered side of teeth facing gearbox!!!!!! Not sure if another spacer before engine. if there was its still on there. i doubt it as one of the holes for the flexplate is doweled so a spacer would mean the dowel wouldn't be long enough if I was supposed to have removed it for manual conv. Flywheel came with about a 3mm (can't check in engine) spacer for between flywheel and g/b and flywheel showed marks where it had been on before, so that's where I put it. Alignment dowel also perfect for length this way. Check whick way round flex plate again. i just been to shed and double checked - old marks on it definately point to chamfer pointing away from starter. hope this helps.

because I have a sense of humour and don't mind being the but of wise cracks (and believe me in the last two days I've heard e'm all) here is something for you to have a chuckle over. And until further notice, driving is out...

I'd bet the farm on option one. Distance of offset of the starter to make it work will equal double the offset from centre of the ring gear on the flex plate making a small error visually much larger in reality hence your problems.

reckon. Maybe you need to vet potential buyers. Like interviewthemwith some probing and pertinent questions before allowing them to take ownershipf your car?

yeah - carefully. :thumb:

I hate self ownage - broke my hand last nite punching something hard (not someones head). :gay:

sorry chris - who the hell is cameron? bugger about the shifter.

Cracked the head on my ute about two months ago becase the radiator blew all at once and owned my temp gauge (was still reading normal operating temp when steam started billowing from the bonnet accompanied by an almost instant loss of power. $2500 later... (incl. labour as beinng a company car it got taken in, not a DIY job 4 me thank god). That was a new head and radiator though - if only the gasket, then it'll be a damn sight cheaper I guess.

I think the pertinent question Andy, is why are you looking at ads from 57yo men looking for women? Something you not telling us bro?