Ugan

Mine does the same and supposedly it has the engine\gearbox\ECU from a factory manual car... so let me know how you get on. I initially thought that the pedal was super sensitive but this sort of explains it.

I want to do the CDV delete , from the forums I read seems to be worth it.

same setup 3.15 open diff as well with 5 Speed.

What do you mean "being a factory auto it has a stupid rev hang, going to put a socket into the ICV" ?

Hey Dion , all the above aside, how does she drive? Are you running a LSD what diff ratio? Did you do the clutch delay valve delete?

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Andrew what are the big ticket expenses on the V10 if you don't mind sharing in your ownership? Seems mighty tempting at the price and what you get.

Hi

Looking for a E39 530i touring, must have rear isofix mounting points.

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Ugan

Has anyone seen this vehicle in person as yet, may look into this as the e46 wagon is not working out space wise?

Yeah my car has pretty much a small ding on every panel, the price seems consistent though in AKL for what I wanted. I went to two reputed panel and paint shops, I am sure I will get the cheaper quotes from other places.

I recently got a two quote to respray the wagon, note this was not a glass out job, just repair a few dings and dents and respray in original colour $4k plus gst.

Get Ray to look into this for you.

I have a set of Eibach Pro Springs set on my touring, bought of TM for $395 brand new and personally feel that the H&R sit slightly better i.e the front sits slightly lower that the rear. The ride on the eibach is really good though for the drop cant comment on the H&R but should be close or better..

Hey SJ $50 ? don't mean to low ball but I'm unsure if I can pull this off will post pics if I do. if you cool with my offer pm me your details will make payment online.

I have only ever seen one myself in person. Seen a few on trade me over the last few years.

Car looks neat. MK2 Golf and E28, good car garage in the 80's, still is today.

I am in the same position, I fitted eibach Pro kit and the rear sits a bit low for me. Post a pic after you raise the rear.

Most often the case when you not looking, manual cars start popping up all over the place. When you are on the hunt for one not much out there...

I'm sure this is the case with Martins' M5, bargain price now but everyone that was in the market for this sort of car at the time, have probably moved on to something else most likely 335i sedan's which seemed to be the default choice considering what you get for the money and now are like WTF M5 for this money...

This is what I was looking for about a year ago for similar money, was an impossible find at the time, ended up buying a 318i touring auto and doing the 3L manual conversion. Worked out maybe a grand more but for me its a blast in a modernish BMW at this price point. GL with your search. Another member is selling 540i touring wagon here with all the important bits done albeit there is Hugh difference in driving dynamics between the two.

can the leather base seats be swapped over to a manual sport seat, just checking?

I will get the car re-scanned asap.

Hi Glen

Had the car re-scanned no fault codes.

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Fly by wire system if i am not mistaken on these cars?

Hi

I have a 318i that has been converted to a 330i Manual and what i notice is that when in first gear especially but in any gear really when accelerating the car has a flat spot for a second and then goes straight to almost WOT. This make city driving a night mare, you have to really feather the throttle, i have driven another manual E46 328i and the throttle pedal is long and fluid an absolute joy to use comparatively.

I changed the following because needed to be changed anyways:

Oil Separator Kit - all associated piping and oil separator.

Disa Valve.

Cleaned out Throttle body.

I have inspected the intake boots and no spits or cracks.

Air filter.

Any ideas what this could be, what am i missing.

Cheers

Hi

Anyone running LSD on their 330i, if so can you please let me know brand you have chosen and why and the over all experience? Looking at getting this fitted in the new year. I want to do this first time right.

Thanks

black with beige leather no did not see this one, the one im talking about is green with beige leather. Will know today for sure whats going on. Thanks for the advise will have to change one car seat.

Looking at 3l 2001 msport, it's got 180km on the clock with full service history. I have made an offer but owner does not want to budge they looking at 9k.

When I looked into it I think the isofix was factory fitted from 2001 (?) models onward, earlier models had a retrofit kit available through the dealers. I never took it any further as the costs didn't outweigh the benefits in my eyes. Isofix seems to take the margin of error out of the equation when installing the seats, didn't offer a higher level of restraint than a correctly fitted 3 point harness from what I read. Will happily be corrected if I'm wrong

Cool thanks for the info.