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I've read about the M8.

Forsooth, 'tis verily the truth.

How many times have you done this? You write a post, check it, post it, and then notice that huge, glaring error which either makes you feel like a illiterate idiot, or completely transforms the meaning of your post into somethig completely different to your intention. Obviously, you can edit it, which is great, but invariably leaves the 'Edited by...' message. I'm obviously being pedantic, but that annoys the hell out of me! Would it be possible to have a few minutes to edit a post, before this happens? Post, edit, make corrections, submit and so on for (say) 3 minutes before the 'Edited... ' message is added?

Personally, I think a 2-litre M10 is the perfect engine for an E21. The 6 is great, no doubt, but not so easy to work on. A shame in some ways cos I know where there is a manual 'box for a E21 M20... Still, this is intended to be Mrs M's car, and she'll need an auto. Thanks Grant. This is for the E21 320/6, carb model. I know about the engine mounted pump, but there is also the sender in the tank which is the bit that appears to have been replaced with an electric pump. That said, I am most definitely not an expert on these cars and that could well be a red herring. Perhaps it's just a leaky diaphragm on the engine pump that is the issue? That could manifest as low fuel pressure.

Blue/black 1994 850CSi (reg ***55) on SH1 near Meremere, making good progress towards Auckland. Driver didn't look very relaxed? (I hope Meremere didn't have anything to do with it!)

The in-tank pump has been replaced with an external pump, and the original one is available. Need to find out the flow rate of the in-tank pump so any replacement (an E30 pump can be used, with slight modification) internal or external is the right size.

I'll check to see if the M10 pump is compatible. I'd probably have preferred an M10 engine, but I'll settle for a solid car! Could you find out what pressure rating you used? Either psi or l/min? Ta.

One occasionally comes up on TradeMe or on here, and they may be a little more common than a 2002 but it's a close thing. I found this one by word of mouth, but haven't yet seen it.

The PO tells me he has replaced the fuel pump (not said why). It's not clear if he's talking about the engine-attached unit (p/n 13311272406) or the sender unit in the tank (p/n 16121114254) - I'm verifying details. While these are a bit scarce (I expect) the good news is they appear to be rebuildable: RealOEM shows parts for this.

I've been told that an E21 I've been looking at has the wrong fuel pump fitted, and that it doesn't supply enough pressure. This is a 320/6 - carb model... Surely that doesn't require much pressure? So... Does anyone have a spare pump, bearing in ind these appear to be specific to the E21 and E12? Or would I do better (as I suspect) to get a low(ish) pressure electric pump? I expect that'll potentially lead to requirements for a pressure regulator...

I had something similar on a motorbike forum - my initial post was dismissed and ditched as spam. Seems to happen more often if you use a gmail or yahoo (or similar) address.

Just over 290000 miles.

What a thoroughly nice dealer to deal with. I was in Wellington this week and remembered I needed oil filters for the 320d. An email, and they were waiting for me when I got back - before I had paid for them. (That's obviously sorted!!!) I know there are many other similarly great, service-oriented folk around NZ. Let's make more noise about them!

Luke - YGPM.

Changed the engine oil and filter. Again. Yet again. I now know how to reset the service indicator without even thinking about it.

Sounds like a voice of experience...

Am I the only one who sees 'bagged' on an ad for a car - any car - and just moves on? WTF is the fascination with this? It's seriously spoiling my ability to pretend to spend money I don't have.

Thanks Ben.

I think these are a great-looking car. I know many will disagree! Didn't seem to review particularly well when released, but now it's a car that will bought less for dynamics, and more for gentler enjoyment. Looks like this one was shunted?

Will came over today and cast an eye over the brace of coupes, and we're agreed - the black one is the better bet (for me). The white is easily sorted, certainly for track, but the black one presents a better option for a road car. So... More stripping of the black shell to be done. I'll confess - this is getting more involved than I had originally planned, but hopefully it'll not all be bad and I can get down to enjoying doing something constructive! This won't be any sort of attempt at creating a concours car. It'll be tidy, solid, and safe. It should be fun to drive, and easy to maintain. I hope!

His car (with the M10) is the test mule for the roller solution. He can manufacture roller solutions for most cam/rocker-equipped engines. The M10 solution is still being prepared for market. There is a guy in Oz - Rama @ RHD Engineering - who has developed a kit for the M20. I'm unsure how effective that will be given the variable ratio rockers the M20 (and M30) use, but it seems to work. I know Robert has had similar design concerns for the M10 which he has ironed out.

I didn't see any numbers, but the curves on the screen are impressive. I have seen a lot about Robert Karlsson's M10-powered E21 (940+ whp) so I've no reason to doubt the figures.

Apologies - I'm normally a bit sharper than that!

Facelift or PFL? I need a PFL front bumper!

It actually looks better than the white one - Rick had spent some time on it. It'd retain it's M10 status, but I'm checking the re-reg reqs before making any decisions.