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Funny you say that, as a lot of guys I’ve seen scraping the road use these since they can take a beating being mounted to the body

I’ll give him a genuine offer of $4000

So just before the holidays, I got my box of parts so was able to fit up the new radiator with new mounting clips and bits, new oil cooler, new grill insert and p.plates and surrounds and all new bumper trims. And because I’m not using it for grasskhanas anymore, fitted all the undertrays thst got replaced last time this happened. So she’s back on the streets! Also swapped out the CAI to see if that was causing the weird flat spot and miss, but no difference. So will need to try the exhaust now and see if that later the issue.

I only just put them back on a week earlier too since im not using it for grasskhanas anymore. Have been eyeing up the proper oem ltw adjustable front splitter tho....

Ha! Small world! Can’t be many yellow ones around though. That pic is about 6-7 years old now, so only the m3 remains. Wagon was my daily and the black 328 was replaced by the m3. But do have a e30 coupe hidden away and the compact autocross weapon. When I picked the m3 up was getting a bit neglected, so has had a lot of work done over my ownership and a few sets of wheels. Is a thread on here I need to do a wee update on too! Some cool bikes you’ve got there. I can’t see myself being sensible enough to ride own reasonably enough!

Awww man! I just smashed up my drivers side one in the weekend and took them off and threw them both in the bin!

I see that ‘is quite a bit too. Looks very tidy that one. sure sounds like the same m3. Did it have black 19”s on it and the plate was cey950? I got it off my neighbour lindsey who bought it from Timaru. He got it as a bit of a project to tidy up but didn’t have the time and saw all my BMW’s clogging the street so offered it to me.

mine started life in Wellington as an nz new car, then maybe to chch then timaru then here, so maybe the same car. and funnily enough after talking about it I saw you today turning off the main into moray place. Car looks the goods!

From memory the jatco autos have two “drains” on the bottom. The front one should be the filler one. It has a tube that sticks up into the pan so once it’s fill it’ll start over flowing on you.

For being here in Dunedin for 6 months I’m surprised I haven’t seen it yet! I’ve got its off suited colour, Dakar yellow e36 m3 coupe .Pretty sure its the only yellow one in town now since my buddy sold his sedan, but was another coupe I always seen up highgate/Maori hill way, but haven’t seen it in over a year now, but give me a wave if you spot me. I don’t usually have the time to get it out much, but am always out and about in the work van during the day, so if you see some goon staring at you in a sparkys van, it’ll be me! And great to see this being saved. Think the last Fiji green 318is got scrapped.

Haha that would sort them out!

I should probably stop driving it at night and that would mostly solve that issue

Sooo, put the factory air box back in and went for a good drive but still has the hesitation, so will swap the exhaust out and see if it’s that. But while I was out I hit a hare, again, and did a bit of damage. So ordered all new bumper trims and the oil cooler mount since that broke and was dragging on the ground. Tried to get a new mesh grill but is nla from Bmw, so eBay it is. went to fit parts yesterday to find the oil cooler is probably just about to blow through where it was scraping on the road, and in trying to refit it was struggling to get it into place. Then found that the bottom of the radiator is bowing down and bent, and the fins are rotting out. So looks like I’ll need a new radiator and cooler, and might as well replace hoses and mounts while I’m there. Uggghhhh.

Willing to send to dunedin?

Yea third time round! First time I claimed insurance and was $2500 to be repaired. Second time put a wee crack right on the bottom edge and broke a mount for the grill, so not a major. Maybe I need a big alloy splitter and just cut them in two haha

Hit a hare in the m3, again. this time ripped the front centre bumper trim off and numberplate and couldn’t find it anywhere. So need to order a replacement euro p.plate. Plus smashed the lower mesh grill as well as the oil cooler bracket so that started scraping along the ground. Luckily I had some cable ties and could tie it up to get back home. Uggghhhhh

Yea is annoying alright! Will hopefully get time this weekend to swap bits in and out and see what happens, then get it back for a diagnostic run and tune maybe. Last time it was on with just back box he did say it was running rich, so maybe there is an issue somewhere with it.

Is exactly the same really, but with about 6” on pipe between filter and maf so filter is hard against the light pretty much

It has always been there slightly, but is much more noticeable now. had a look at your exhaust again and only difference is where and size of the merg really. When it went back to have another dyno run after exhaust and Intake he didn’t bother since it had that miss which he put down to the intake making turbulent air and messing with the maf. Tried some pipe to get the filter away from the maf and just shifted at what point the miss was. So changed the filter to the current fram one with a different internal cone but is still there. after the first problem (when changed back to the factory exhaust) I thought it could be the O2 sensors since I haven’t done them, so replaced them and no real difference. Heres a couple of dyno runs it’s done. First full oe and was run in 4th, not 5th, Hense the higher output. Second was on same type of dyno, but with the rear box on and in 5th. Need to get a better version of it with more detail.

I had read your build a couple times and saw it took a few goes to get it right. Was hoping what we had done would be enough but clearly not. At one point when I was driving it back from timaru, dropped it a gear to pull out and pass and all it did was back fire like it had anti-lag and wouldn’t go any where. Had to lift from the throttle and try again then away it went and felt sluggish the rest of the trip. That was with the first version as pictured before the rear box went on. Put the factory one back on later that week since it was so loud but still hasn’t been a hundred percent since. Will have another look through your design and make some changes. But will swap out the air box and see how that goes first.

Oh, and also got a dereg 318i e30 coupe as a bit of a long term project. Had it a year now and done nothing with it apart from pop some tyres at our works do last year. Came with a manual conversion and a twin cam motor. But also got a loom,computer and motor from a 318ti to rebuild to go in it. and more recently got this manual 316i compact to abuse as a grasskana gravel sprint car as a basic hack and see how far I’ll go with it. Will be just stripping it out as much as I can to keep it legal. Just needed a new belt and rear strut mounts for a wof so not bad for a $1000 car!

Slowly been doing bits and pieces over the last year. Had a new exhaust fabbed up by a mate (JDL Engineering Timaru) with supersprint rear added later as it was just too loud as it was. made a cold air box with insulated panel that seals to the bonnet, and a big fram filter with air ducted from the brake duct, but has given a flat spot around 2.5-3k, tried to space it out from the airflow meter but no real difference, so might be going back to the factory box. Does sound good though. been putting up with a squeaky belt idler for a few years now, even though it was replaced a while back, it has finally got the better of me so replaced it with a genuine one this week which sorted that out. Hopefully lasts longer than 15-20k the last one did. also replaced the TPS since it’s in the service book to be done at inspection 1 or 2 this week so that’s done. The drivers door has always needed some extra force to shut so sorted that out too. And lastly, got some Inpro smoked tail lights on, and reminded myself to get the genuine ltw Wing sorted and on I’ve had for a few years now. So has been a busy week!

One in Dunedin as well. Don’t see it very often

Any chance this is it? Was at the Puke’ last weekend

Funny you should say that, was flicking through a service manual and this is on one of the inspections saying to be replaced. Should probably do mine too.