_ethrty-Andy_

in other news, i want your red licence plate surround thingy. serious as a heart attack

some say chuck norris and the stig are long lost brothers... they seem to be able to do the same sh*t lol

M30 or M60? nice car!

haha didnt look closely! mines not in 100% condition yet either though lol. when i drop time and cash on it instead of the twincam it will be ha

is this when using an E36 transmission? i better keep an eye on this thread for info too, good to know for when i upgrade if i need to!

yeah that was me probably coming back from dropping my ex off or something! i had a good look at yours too it looks nice!!

hey mate did you get my PM the day this went up???

Thats great will look into that. im not that bothered if the senders dont work.. i do know how to check the amount in the bottle manually lol but its a nice function to have if you can for free happy to take you for a drive if you ever want to call in. if there is a silver e30 in the drive im most likely home

shipped ex usa tomorrow. should have them by the end of next week and then you should have them by the 3rd or so

nice does it use the E30 pump & lines and can i plug the level sender into it?

thats exactly the same as mine. im colourblind so i dont know if its the green or the red LED on, but sounds the same other wise.

might look into that. i shaved the bottom E30 mount for the oem bottle off when i wasnt thinking right. i shaved the expansion tank one on the other side and got carried away and thought that bracket was for something else lol

right time for an update on where i am at i think! Some of you may know that my car is now running the setup that Kerry used to have in his car. I didnt plan or want to go to OBD1 because of the decrease in torque that results, albiet more power. For the type of car that i am trying to end up with, torque is more important. Regardless though, i ended up getting his stuff and using the tuned ECU that came with it. i plan to take the car to Gavin to get a better tune more to my taste once everything is all legal and i can trust the car to take me to him and back reliably So yes, the beast lives, and i have been taking it around the block every now and again and also to the river where dogs run and bikers ride etc, its quite long and twisty and sealed so its like a road, and can have fun and find out the strange knocks and everything, of which there are none now The car handles like nothing else ive driven (though admitedly the list includes Ladas and Volvos, both boats at the best of times) on the bilsteins and H&Rs, next to no body roll, and still on the factory sways and bushes. I now know why they are so talked about it, definately the best thing on a budget to do to an E30, i dont know how i didnt do it earlier!! my tyres have not hit the gaurds on this set up, which they always used to foul on before As far as legality and getting the car to a reliable working state, there isnt too much more to do. 1/ hook the power steering up (havent sussed a plan of attack yet), 2/ sort the crank case ventilation system for emissions (i plum this to the intake yea?) 3/ get some driveshaft hoops made up which my cert guy told me to make sure i had done before i even try turn up, 4/ swap out the black tails on there now for something more legal 5/ shorten E36 wiring to suit E30 better, namely power and earths which i suspect the loom etc was from a boot mounted battery car 6/ make up/buy a metal windscreen washer fluid bottle, unfortuanately it is a road car and i have to have that 7/ hook up M20 temperature sensor so that the cluster works and i can have my multimeteron temperatre setting back 8/ MAY have to get a new midsection made up for the exhaust with a high flow cat and maybe another muffler too, as its quite roudy at the moment. sounds tits now but yeah is a road car also emissions testing is now part of an LVV cert 9/ make up a heat shield for the podfilter, that thing sounds better than the exhaust btw haha thats all i can think of for now. all little nigly things, and possibly other things will come up at a later date. have a few more ideas for the visual aspect of the car still to do as well to set it apart from the rest. heres a few sh*t pics of the old girl alongside the new kid on the block, my little M318i daily. wasnt going to do any more pics till the plates get here but i couldnt resist when i had them both out the garage today getting there!!

cleaned both today. regret cleaning the twincam, it looked more badass and down to business when it was dirty lol also had first talks with my certifier

i have this set up in the twincam so it works but (in my case anyway) it was part of the aircon radiator thing and not seperate so i had to make a custom bracket to stop it flapping around.

^ emailed him to ask. before anyone else asks, the boat has set sail now so no more extras sorry. your welcome to try set up your own GB etc

yep lol prettey decent eh. works out to be about a $20 saving over buying them yourself

gah fail thought i did yours first (wrote generic messages, yours was different though coz of being two singles) try now ha

saw one of those 5GTs this morning on the way to the office. alot bigger and taller than i expected them to be!! oh and a black M-optioned E36 (still auto though) pulled in next to me at work, didnt recognise it as anyones though

PMs sent to everyone

hmmm if someone wants the conversion kit without the gearbox let me know. i have no need for the driveshafts, pedal box etc

1/ Ethrty-Andy : Black w/ white lettering, no stickers, "ETHRTY" 2/ Ethrty-Andy : NZ Plate w/ black ferns etc, "BGH_130" 3/ Oli : German Plate w/ german flag, "AET-540" 4/ NZ-BMW 325i : NZ Plate w/ black ferns , "E30BM" 5/ NVSBMW : German Plate w/ letter D, "NVSBMW" 6/ Isenburg : German Plate w/ letter D, "confidential" 7/ Hans : Black w/ White lettering, "NZPT" 8/ Hans : NZ Plate w/ black ferns "NZPT" 9/ Tristan : German Plate w/ letter D, "FMN675", single plate only 10/ Tristan : Black w/ White lettering, "ALPINE", single plate only 11/ Antil33t : German Plate w/ letter D, "WW3666" 12/ Linden : Black w/ white lettering, no stickers, "E3OWPN" Sweet this list has been sent off. Will PM you all with my account number tomorrow, and order finalised to alow for any changes tomorrow. Sorry this has taken a few more days than i would have liked. wont be dealing with the first company i posted up again, they obviously dont want the custom due to no replys be email

I had GTRadials and they were everything i demanded from them, i drove hard on them and they wouldnt let go without trying to make them do that, and they were quiet. I have Direzzas on the twincam now, cant comment on road noise as i have a roudy exhaust, but as far as grip goes im more than happy with them too, especially for a 55 profile tyre. would buy either again for sure

The first will be around $100 all together. The second one i dont have a price for, but the difference in price is FA, around 85 - 90 to your door. I can investigate prices on singles further if you like

paint those kidneys!!!! that is all