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how meke? ill probably get one when i put my manual box in the E30

yep can do, send me an email, Yeah, Windows... i think we all are aware im a Mac guy lol. I just turn Win update off on all my windows machines.

will probably have this car collected at the end of this month, so let me know asap if you need anything off it!

some gone and some laptops too, plenty more available if wanted!

no idea of cost sorry but cool car!!!!!!

if i see that i am pulling up behind someone in the right line a few flashes of the high beams tends to get them to move over, i dont know if that would work in AKL. works in the Van with the bull bars on the front, usually if i am in one of the BMWs they tend to just move over, wierd huh but Dutchy, perception is trucks are slow so why would they move over i guess

yep probably will at some stage, but theres not that much in a compact, also need to keep a bit of weight in the back, with a heavier engine than stock up front, it will probably be a bit front heavy

Not too much of an update but anyways... On Wednesday night i got all the interior that i dont need out. Found $1.30 ($1.30 up, $2951.30 to go haha) I should really be deducting the price of beers consumed....... Anyways, took all the interior i stripped out down to work and weighed it for interest sake to be honest, thought it would be a bit more, but thats still a fair bit!! See what else i can achieve this weekend hmm

i recommend fitting 750iL bushes, they are the heaviest duty without going for a non-rubber material. there are three grades of bushes available, 4/6 cyl, 8cyl and 12cyl.

Not sure what you mean by faults, Im pretty new to all E36s, this is only my third one, and the first that has the intention of being kept. Deciding as i go what i am pulling out and leaving in The compact has a different dashboard to other E36, looks a lot more like an E30, that will be staying, though have taken passengers airbag out. maybe the surround for the gearknob will go back in, would like to retain electric windows and need somewhere to put hazard light switch, so its the obvious answer.Will be stock drivers seat for now. Glovebox will probably go back in just so dash looks a bit cleaner, they weigh bugger all. Airbag steering wheel will be going in the bin for a non airbag Momo wheel i have lying around. Passengers seatbelt will stay though there is no seat, maybe i will put one back in at a later date Will also make up some door cards from acrylic or maybe checkerplate (-sp?), will also need to make a drivers side floor pan thing for your heels, so will be buying some checker plate anyways. Basically everything behind the front seats will be gone, plus all little bits of trim on pillars etc, carpet is out, rear heater vent ducting etc etc so if anyone out there needs E36 compact parts, let me know ASAP. kinda tempting to take it down to my scrappy and weigh it before the engine and gearbox goes in just for interests sake. havent decided yet. Will post another update again a bit later tonight when i have finished pulling everything out

Yes you are right, some things like springs i will probably go second hand (had a set coming, long story, but they arent coming here now.), shocks will have to be new as with bushings. havent checked the bushings and also ball joints up front etc yet, so could be a lot of hidden expenditure there yet. Tyres also need to come out of the budget too, though i have plenty of spare wheels etc here i can chew through, which is why i wanted it to be 5 stud. So its still going to be tight, but it aint fun if it aint tight...

good job it has a "full alarm", you dont want those nasty half alarms

well, scrap metal would have been marginally more, and the owner of this company is very good to his employees, was only too happy to help me out.

shortcut: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=766460155 looks quite good, dont think i have seen one in white before. there is a certain multicoloured one that you used to own in my driveway at the moment haha

After having done a few track days in my E34 V12 Touring, i have decided that its about time that i start to build a proper racecar for events around the place Things i have learnt using the V12 car - RWD is fun - Auto is not - Suspension setup is important on the track - V12s cost WAY too much when you abuse them - and fuel to tow said 1880kg E34 + Trailer is too much. So in the month or so that followed, I decided that it was time to build a little race car on a budget and get into some more events, before i decide to get more serious still. so i set some goals during the build, 1/ Must be as close to 1000kg as possible - so i dont need another tow wagon, and can use my V12 E34 2/ Must be 5 stud, and capable of running low offset wheels, so i can share wheels with other BMWs 3/ Budget is $2k starting from absolutely nothing, read, that includes purchase of car and any mods. Sales of useless parts can reinstall budget $$ 4/ Preferably Calypsot Red to match the rest of my cars, and that its my favourite colour At the time i had a little white E30 316i Manual sitting here, which was tempting (and i brought it for very little), but then decided that it was going to take a good chunk of the budget to convert it to 5 stud, albiet cheaper than buying a second set of wheels and tyres. and i would still have a 1600cc in the front of it. a good wee engine in its own right, but if im going to get a bit more serious about racing that will never do and im sure i would loose interest. about a week or so later, the company i work for moved to a new premesis. On the day we moved there and I had a look around and out the back, my eyes lit up. out in the yard at the back sitting against a wall was a E36 318ti in calypsot red, and a single axle car trailer, amoungst some other stuff Seeing as we needed the yard, it needed to be cleared. most of it just scrap crap, but anyways, made a deal with the owner, and ended up taking the Compact and the Trailer home for $100. yes. $100, not $1000. Yes, both trailer and the car were deregistered due to age, and the E36 wouldnt start. But its still a deal by anyones standards. $100 down, $1900 to go That photo is back at home, but to get the compact home I loaded it onto the trailer, and quickly discovered that single axle trailer on little biscuit 13" 155 tyres just wasnt going to work. I live about 2 minutes from work, so a slow drive of about 5 with one very sketchy loaded trailer. Thought briefly about converting the trailer to dual axle and puttine bigger tyres on it etc, but then i sold it for $850 so i walked away happy. $850 up, $2750 to go So there it sat for a wee while. deciding what i wanted to do with it and make a plan. Decided that for a start, I had better get the car running again for a start, whatever was going to happen to it. Spent an afternoon on it, and traced it to water in the DME, a fairly common issue on the E36, they are put in a very vulnerable place on this model, on the firewall, access from the engine bay. Water gets inside from the windscreen and its all over. That was most likely why the car was parked up i guess. Pulled that out along with the other bits that make up the EWS system, and put a new set in that i had lying around from a 318iS i wrecked years ago, put the freshly charged battery back in, and away it went on the 5 year old petrol, so took it for a little drive. Seemed to run pretty well for a car been sitting that long. getting it running may have been a bad thing though.... i very quickly realised the M42 wasnt going to cut the mustard. I then thought back to a E36 318i manual i had at one point, and yep decided it was going to have to have something in the engine department too. Realistically.... there was only one thing to do... lol and a few days later it was sold (I then found out from a friend on here that you can remove the nose off an E36 just like E32 and E34. That will save some time next time, and make it on a lot less sketchy angel!!) $350 up, $3100 to go.. and had a chassis! Time to start looking for an engine. With a reasonable bit of money in the bank, its tempting to then use that good luck and go and get a really good engine. I decided however that engines are easier to swap out and sell later down the line than suspension is, so i want to spend the extra on the suspension later. So i brought this M50TUB25, it is from an E34. usually buy whole cars for the price, but i did a guy a favour buying it, he just needed it gone, and the saved time having to pull one out, i can get on with other things. My little boy Ty also approves as you can see! $500 down, $2600 to go The hunt started to find all the E36 bits to convert this engine to fit an E36. Got a few offers to swap my E34 bits for E36 bits. But im not stupid, i know what E34 M50 bits are worth. Ended up deciding it was easier to do what i should have done in the first place, and buy an E36 engine and then shortly after sold the E34 engine off. $500 down, $850 up $2950 to go... and i now have an engine and a car, and three transmissions to sell, anyone for a Jatco LOL. the $2k budget is looking very good at the moment! And then, last night, decided it was time to start prepping this engine to go in the hole, because i have heaps of brand new parts here from when i last did a Pelican order (i basically just fill the box, why wouldnt you when shipping is the same and its so cheap!!) Replaced water pump, thermostat, and changed the thermostat housing to a metal type one that I have sitting here, will also do the sump gasket, check the oil pump nut is nice and snug, and change rear main seal before the engine goes into the hole, so i dont have to do it later, can be a bit of a pain doing it with engine in place, so might as well do them all now. Hold me to it if i dont say i did it!!! I then pushed the 750iL out of the garage that I am currently wrecking as that is pretty much stripped now, and the compact came back inside. Still to find a suitable manual swap for this, have a few leads, prices all too high, people think thier stuff is worth too much, most are asking same or more than i can buy a whole donor E36 for. Maybe i need to start spending money instead of making it though lol. More updates to come!

to be fair, those are things that shouldnt be breaking on a car thats done 100k

yeah not much point playing with the 4s unless you want to be different of course, eg Steve. you can get Manual 328i for 2k, cheaper if you have the right networking etc. Autos can be into the 1s, manual conversion for them around $5-700 and you are away. in almost all cases, I see little point swapping engines around when that chassis was already available with your target engine. M3 swaps and 3er compact 6 pots etc the obvious exceptions as they are much much rarer.

I think its more to do with the presence or absence of torque converter a LOT more than whether its a petrol or diesel. The difference would be very marginal other wise. We all know a manual gets far better milage than autos when it comes to ANY old car let alone these.

i approve of this thread

Ugly, would not own at any price, particularly at that one. If its a collectable you want, you can have E30 M3 at that price with change.

lol big boys toys. all that work and no Mtech kit

nope even worse lol. if they were square rectangle I would, but that funny shape just no. my wagon has the narrow grills still fussy eh the 750iL grill is okay

ive owned heaps! would have an E30 wagon but for the silly rear tailgate design and the fact E30s are too small for a 6'3" person with people and luggage to go traveling in i like everything about the E34 except for the front grill/kidney/light setup

i need to convert my V12 to Diesel it seems

They are good cars, but i prefer the lines of E34 personally, not that i even really like the E34 either.