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what are you going to do about the rusting boot ? ..

sweet then ... I've quit twice over my lifetime .. and the tires will cover enough for me and the car

Am I allowed to play when done ?

im not exactly sure what parts are needed ... but get it ... hard top conversions look the poo.

he had pretty lips

nice!

--> QUOTE(Tony B @ Dec 7 2006, 10:20 PM) 102498[/snapback] This is a reluctant sale. I have had the E46 for just over a month while deciding whether or not to sell this one. Unfortunately I do not have enough room to keep both of my Beemers, along with my wifes car (also a Beemer) - only got a two car garage. This is bullshit ... there is always room for an e30 even as nice as this I have a two car garage .. 1 x e46 and 1 flatmate with a GSR .. e30 gets driven once a week for a day and get washed every week and sits outside in the spare vistor park. . . feel the love .. build a new garage .. keep it! good luck with the otherwise

I should really just get off my ass and get it aye .. lol

Basically a faulty mig weld between the baffle and exaust shell of one of the resonator(s). This is more common in a muffler than a resonator. At certain resonance it will rattle really quickly and make a buzzing / farting sound. This is one of many things it could be. As others have suggested,check the exaust mounts too. Also, if your not really geared up to look at it yourself and the shop is jerking you around .. get a second opinion.

you sure one of the reso's doesn't have a de laminated weld in it ?

question for the viewers: Could you get the tops dished out to lower compression for a turbo application ? if so ... this would be perfect for someone looking to forge and boost an m42.

Sad to hear, Ive had had several jobs in there (Precision AutoWerk) including my brothers VR4 and never had a problem. The 330i's work is nothing short of amazing the way it turned out. The m325 and m3 body panel conversion / paint is next .. I would only trust Precision to do this custom work as other panel shops have been nothing but a pain in the ass and unprofessional to deal with.

The CSL driver would have been taking it easy ... aint no way a type R would cain one of these ...If my 330i can teach Type-R's a lesson .. then a CSL at full noise would make mince meat outta them... The not tracking your daily thing is a good option ... track days are awesome, but do make you think twice sometimes Buy a 325i .. join the BMW series open class for the win

Why not go for the RHD log manifold you can now get... ask Gus which site is selling it. Apparently some nice HP figures from them.

The e30 m3 hubs are 5 lug, and to stop the front wheel being set back about 2 inch's or so keh ? .. Its whats happening. M-Coupe trailing arms into e30 subframe http://www.bavariacars.com.au/article/?id=37 ;the half shafts arn't the problem ... its the splines / CVs I'm not so sure .. not saying the 260 is crap by any means but just going off what others have done and proved and again check the links above ....

Agreed, basically after every good run at the track you should change your brake fluid. After taupo I had to also change my auto trans fluid.

The suspension parts mostly new from BMW. Second hand stuff from conrad

Aiight, Thought it was time for an update. As I was saying earlier on, we expected changes on this project, but didnt quite expect the luck we have had. Brendon and myself have been pouring hours and hours into proper research of this project and come up with many possible combinations to our problems. #1 on the list was the ever important subframe. Alot of people are happy using 318 e36 parts which is fine to a point. Our problem on this project is we are looking at sticking more than average amounts of power to the rear wheels, upon research there are very little "documented" people putting down over 400rwhp. The people that are are running various custom subframe setups. So..... We were very lucky to come into M Coupe(Z3 M) rear subframe parts (Trailing arm, Half shaft, M Coupe Diff,Flange, Hub) . While not complete its given us a head start. We made the choice to go e30 M3 front to complete the 5 lug conversion, We have ended up ording these parts new, as we haven't obviously managed to find someone wrecking a e30 m3 The Drive shaft will likely remain standard at this point, if not we may go for an e36 328i / m3 one Brakes: The ever important stoppers, The goal for the brakes was something that would obviously do the business but also were easy enough to replace and cost effective. We have opted for e46 330i brakes and calipers up front and M Coupe rear brakes. The 330i brakes are 325 x 25mm and only a mere 2mm off the e46 m3 brakes, they also have a cross drilled factory option and are relativly cheap to replace. They make the best big brake kit conversion for performace vs cost effectiveness. + I have had frist hand experience of the extreme stopping power of them (ask dirty six ) Engine: We have kept this one quite up until this point until we actually secured it. We ditched the m50 idea after we came into ..... a s50b32 3.2ltr 320bhp M Coupe / m3 evo engine with only 7000km's on the clock. This obviously changed _everything_ The flow rate of turboing one of these engines requires a bigger turbo. We will be running 'around' 18psi which should give us around 600+ bhp. Boost wise the car will be dialed up for drag configuration but calulation wise this is a nice 'safe' boost rating. We are tossing up between o ringing the engine and / or multi layered metal or copper gaskets. Piston wise, we are going for a J.E forged low compression / dished setup. We have the 5 series sump and and the s50 loom and custom pullies. ECU: As we are now going with the s50 b32, the link setup wont control the VANOS properly. So we have opted for an Autronic. Gearbox: M Coupe 5 speed. We also purchased the gear box that came with the engine, this was an interesting decsion as we initally we going to go with leaving the standard box in (reconned). Even though there are no stories floating around of ppl blowing boxes. However there aren't that many people running consistantly the HP we are intending, but I would rather be safe than sorry. Body panel / exterior: This is a little way off yet but brendon and I seemed to be settled on doing the ole m3 qauter panel conversion. Also will be changing the bumpers front and rear too e30 m3 non evo. Timeline: 1st off is the subframe parts and 5 lug conversion / brakes. Depending if we get all the parts landed in time we will spend the xmas break converting this over. 2nd: The engine will go into get stripped down and rebuilt. 3rd: engine inserted into the rolling body and exaust manifold is built. 4th: engine run in 5th: body work and panels 6th: interior

werd ... There are some amazing examples over in the states ... if you guys are ever board one night .. go to e46fanatics.com into the forum and the "Showroom" you'll see where I got my inspiration from

We I bought the m325 it had one of these chips from the UK installed. It has a lot of extra pep up top, however it detonates down low. (if you pick the wrong gear and floor it .. you can really hear it) Even though I run the thing on 98 .. i'd say it still no enough for this chip. Not worried .. engine and ECU will be gone soon worth it? ... after driving several 325's without chips ... I would say if you want something the has "more" up top then I guess they are worth it ... but I would honestly just get a hotter cam instead, much more "real" power.

looks very clean and a highly desirable colour .. good luck with the sale

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Things are starting to heat up round these parts Will have some updates soon, just securing more parts .. but things are a happening

heh Happy birthday man ....