hybrid

They lost me at scented aircon and broom broom noises through the speakers.

more reason to be back home haha cant wait for a listen

I think this just has more to do with the NZ trend of buying a house and sticking stuff on tick. Banks are just back to their old tricks again and people are buying property and cars after the dip of 2008. Confidence is back with avengence

Most importantly the reason this happened in the first place is because someone cleaned them with an acid based cleaner. While acid based cleaners give great short term results. if not washed off properly, and I do mean neutalised, this is what happens after a few weeks. I stick with gold-class cleaner and water for this reason on clear coated wheels. Same thing will happen to anodised finishes such as polished lips etc.

Get someone else to do it. It wouldn't cost that much to do if you lined it up right. Reason I say this, is took a spin in Crazy Arabs 325 with m60b40 and it was a monster. Bucket loads of satisfying torque down low for such a lite weight car. We had three of us in the car and it still threw us back in the seats. Its far cheaper than doing an s50 for similar fun. And the noise ..... You would be a very happy person at the other end of it. Hell hit CrazyArab up he may even sell his to you ?

I think you should build your own for that money. e30 v8

Thanks a million ray! Cant wait

hmmm nice work ray, blimmin gaskets where getting worse and worse, and heres me thinking it was just the Rocker cover gaskets. The coolant mess would of been from the back hose when it got replaced after exploding on the motorway. Impossible to clean unfortunately with the engine still in the car. h PS. Loving the new black hardshell crinkle paint on the rocker covers. Another HellBM specail that can be done when you get your engine swap done with HellBM's new services which Ray will annouce soon Exciting times.

on the other side of the world, and the 540 is getting a new donk as we speak.

Looking very good! .. nice car

Ive been playing with idea of converting the e30 to SMG2. Well, actually just a sequential gearbox with padel shift however will still retain manual clutch.

Fact .. as ray says. He can perform this.

boost ?

playa ... good stuff though. Gizza yell if you want a cd stacker -> ipod thingy if you dont have satnav. Got a spare one and you can have. have to wait a few weeks till im back tho.

Was around your age when I bought a 330i about 10 years a go and tried to go through AA who I had good history with. Same deal, Age vs Car type = no Went with AMI have claimed several times through them over the years and never had 1 single hassle. No claims is only effected 20% at a time as well. Not sure if the fact IAG owning them is going to be different but I expect so over the coming years. Get in quick before they turn into every other blimmin aussie insurance company.

SMG is fine for the most part. Pump failure is the most common but not too stupid money. If the car thumps gears get a clutch realignment program run over it. Private message M3_Power (tom) he should be able to help you out.

sweet jesus .. only just saw this. Everything has come together so well dude. my jaw dropped on the latest pics.

Probably best to phone them, Zenetti doesnt work there anymore.

Your right .. shame on me for not reading. Was going to suggest the 80amp inline blade fuse in the boot which is part of where the cme gets supply. mine went once, couldnt figure it out for ages. In the end replaced it with a circuit breaker instead.

Starter fires but no spark?

I dont even think there was an attempt to turn the wheel over that hump.

That pic is just one I found off the net, but the chain guides and race (black bits) need replacing. Not sure if the chain is damaged yet and weather the sprokets need replacing. Getting a bunch of other servicey sort of items done at the same time. Thrust arm bushes, rear brake lines, belts etc. Would love to attempt to do this myself but off overseas so will be leaving it in Rays hands while i'm away.

Back on topic, replacing all single with double will give you more breath up top. Did it to the 330 best cheap mod ever. This was with standard headers. The reason it is done is for noise levels, you can order your car with different packages to reduce noise on the options list. Also different countries have different requirements. EG japan exhuast are different to kiwi ones etc.

broke the 540 .. time for guide replacement, fun with m62tub44's

You need hub centric rings. Most wheel places sell them including our sponsors. You place the rings into the hub centric bore of the wheel then sit them onto the wheel.