Mad_Max

A few pics of the latest addition for those that are interested. Carjam tells me it's done around 137k, was originally NZ New and has had a few owners over the years. I picked it up off a guy after it had been sitting in his shed for 10 years or so, it came with another parts car that may or may not be too far gone to restore, but we will see. I haven't confirmed numbers yet but believed to be the matching numbers original motor. Body is straight with one small dent in the front right guard, and one small patch of rust in the boot - not a hard fix. The rest is just surface rust. Drives seat definitely need recovered but everything else appears in good condition. It has no brakes or exhaust as yet, again not hard to sort these out. And will need tyres, some lights replaced etc. But all in all hoping this won't take long to sort out and be another classic to be enjoyed on the weekends. Now just need to build my f$%#*@g workshop to store all these toys in hahaha

Had a little fun in the paddock on Friday night with an E36 sedan, ran into a small cooling problem (surprise surprise) and slightly overheated it. Think I need to replace the fan belt then should be good to go a bit longer. Or can anyone else suggest what else could have caused the temp gauge to rise so high?

@M3AN was gonna put another post up about spotting yet another E3 on a trailer behind a Landcruiser..... and how it was the same Landcruiser lol. But thought I'd just show you a couple of pics for now, picked the good one up tonight. Pics taken on my phone in the dark, so will post better ones in the daylight when I can. Oh and before anyone says anything, that tie-down over the front is just to hold the bonnet shut, don't freak and think I towed the car with just that on it ???

Ok, just cause you asked so nicely, and I happened to be out at the farm yesterday, so I managed to grab a couple of pics of the parts car for you

Just measured mine, it's approx. 1565mm from flange to flange. Can get more specific measurements if you'd like but I'm positive it's the E30 driveshaft, the centre bearing is too far back to be an E36 one (and I haven't kept driveshafts from any of the others I've wrecked). Let me know if it's the right one and we can go from there.

Do you know what the overall length of the driveshaft is? I've got one here that I think (from memory) came from en E30 318 with a 245? box. Might've been a 240 box. I can't remember exactly which one sorry.

Thanks man, will definitely throw pics up once I've got it. Haven't seen any others up for sale other than that red one on TradeMe to be honest, then again I wasn't actually looking for another car....... and truth be told I wasn't wanting to buy any more but couldn't say no at the price lol...... Scary bit is looking at parts prices on Fleabay last night...... $300 for a tail light lense........ $300 for a headlight or driving light....... $400 just for the light housing........ $1k for the centre grille.........

No, I did see that, and that led me to these two..... I scored two from the same guy, who also happens to have a third one in decent condition that's had a 351 Windsor and 4 speed fitted, his daily is a manual E34 520i........ Oh and an 850CSi tucked away..... More shall be revealed once I collect the second, much better example ?

No can do compadre..... that one is just the "mostly complete" parts car....... I say "mostly" because most of it is in the boot ???.... it's nothing spectacular though.... plenty of surface rust and a couple of bad holes, but has 99% of the trim I need to sort the good one out that I should be picking up in a fortnight or so. That one I will grab a few pics of to share with the masses, hopefully it'll be a short term project before it's first cruise in 15 or so years ?

Spotted last night heading from Balclutha towards Invercargill, a 1970ish E3 S on a trailer behind an 80's Landcruiser. Couldn't get a photo because I was too busy driving the aforementioned Landcruiser at the time ????

Very slow to add this one sorry - @Arron - bought a motor and some mags off him, great guy to deal with, great communication and everything exactly as described, I'd definitely deal with him again.

Yes I believe the M20 is the common "semi performance" upgrade. You can get away with the M4X SMF and clutch as well, they can slip a little at high revs or when being pushed hard but I got away with one behind my "slightly modified" M52B28 for a year or so - not ideal but will work. And there are places around that can rebuild the M4X clutch to have more clamping force than a stock M5X one.

Sorry didn't have a good look the first time around.... was searching for E3 parts when I came across it. Looks like @Mikan has got you a potential score ?

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1608461343.htm?rsqid=ec3615ada6bd4ae2b3d8afa881652c75-002 in Palmy North at a dealership, not sure how the pricing is but looks tidy enough as a starting point.

Guessing you saw the Baur that hit TradeMe the last few days?

I'd like to think it won't be - otherwise the issues might be a little more than just a "rattle" ?

Being it's a poverty pack 320I, I seriously doubt it's LSD lmao.......but we shall see when the diff gets yanked.... Have now overheated it 3 times.... it's still running - sounds like a Remuera tractor though ??. Still spinning both wheels lol. Wondering how much more punishment it will survive before I get to rebuild it......

So just picked up an E36 320I coupe, it's most likely just going to be a donor/parts car as it has a lot of issues, may be turned into a track hack or something, not sure yet. Decided to have some fun at a friends place, throw it around a paddock, do a skid, generally try and kill it before figuring out what to do with it. In the process, both wheels were lighting up, passenger side all the time, drivers side would skip in and out depending on the revs So before I go investigating the diff, what's the bets its LSD, welded, or on it's way out? My bet - on it's way out ????

Someone may correct me if I'm wrong, ETK's all show the same part # from 316/318 through to 328I, I'm pretty sure it's just the individual gauges themselves that change per model.

Can throw you one from an E36 325i sedan if that's any help? Cost of a courier bag and it's yours, probably around $15.

I've got an early M52B25 sitting here, it ran but needs a rebuild as was smokey. Freight might be the killer but can work out a deal with you if you have no luck locally.

Nope. I wrecked a 94 E36 325i factory manual with a G250 box. I believe the 220 box only came behind the 4cyl's. 325i's and 328i's should mostly have the G250 box (depending on the option they were specified with), with the M3's and some Msport 328i's getting the ZF. Interesting. The one I wrecked had the G250, sports suspension and seats. Open diff. So it may have just been what was specified at the time of the build?

Just a few thoughts given you've already looked at the drivetrain, might give you something different to inspect: Flywheel not balanced. Pressure plate warped. Clutch worn/shuddering (assuming G220 box and 4cyl clutch conversion kit, it will slip/shudder under large torque loads) Gearbox mounts worn. Engine mounts worn.

G250 mostly came out of 325i/328i I believe. Possibly also the 320i and 323i but I could be wrong. The G220's were behind the 4cyl models, though having said that, my 316Ti came from factory with a G250 box so they may be an option for other models. I'm not sure what the G250 boxes go for on their own sorry. Mostly only see G220 boxes on TradeMe these days, occasionally a G240 will turn up but that won't be much use to you either.

If it's currently got a cert for the cage and engine swap etc. it may potentially require changes if the cage is removed. I believe that, if the car has been certified for something, it has to have that item fitted, otherwise the cert needs to be modified/amended to reflect the changes - I could be wrong on that one though. For me, personally, I'd leave it as is, however that's also a matter of personal taste - many others will disagree and feel that it'll sell faster/easier with the rear seat installed.