Michael.

M52B28 swap.

Welcome, that looks to be one of the best sedans I've seen for a while.

I am in full agreement.

Caffe L'affare or Karajoz Not sure which one I prefer at the moment. Either of their stronger whole bean packs seem to do the trick.

The headlights look tired. Hmm....

I've been playing around getting this exhaust to fit properly, seems it will work beautifully once the front cats, pipes and headers are sorted out in the coming weeks.

Should come up well with a few repairs. I would change the wheels to an era appropriate style however.

After dismantling my E34s interior, I must say the heater matrix is probably one of the hardest things to remove... Easier to pull an engine or gearbox out!

try one of those clutch units, an Eaton M45 or M62.. I think the odd Merc has those. Better yet just get a twin screw whipple... no need for a nasty intercooler! Although they are costly. Still, I think you're best to just go the turbo route for cost effectiveness.

Crikey, what a mess.

That was brilliant. Awesome share! Cheers.

Only in this day and age they would think about OEM air freshener attachments... deary me!

I managed to source a spare fuel tank last night. So now I need to find the right plastic welder that can make the modifications to the tank that I require. Perhaps I should just look in the yellow pages, but does anyone know of a good shop or recommend a place they have dealt with to get some plastic welding done? Any input would be appreciated. Cheers, Mike

Ive seen a few too many of them and I have started to get used to it. It's by no means attractive though. I thought the idea of a product was to look good so you desire it? It's certainly not the case for me!

Nice write up there Julian. I think they have hit the money with this new design, it's a little awkward here and there but over all it does look very striking. I imagine the facelift version in a few years should be extremely good looking... time will tell!

It occurred to me the other day with all the countless dollars I've spent making up a soft, road going E36 with a V8 in it I could have alternatively built up a really nice track hack. Kind of frustrating to realise this in hindsight! I suppose I could always make the V8 into a track car, but I don't really want to do go down that route, I'm happy leaving it as a Sunday driver for the time being. Of course I've have no regrets doing what I have, it has been a priceless learning curve and I'm stoked with how it's turned out (albeit not quite complete) So anyway, I am curious what are people using as track hacks? Not necessarily for specific events like the E30 series but just a car for getting out on open track days and similar events? I've been pondering on what would make a fun, cost effective car for the track. Hypothetically the car would need to be relatively tidy mechanically, manual, have the interior stripped out, a cage and some proper seats fitted, suspension replaced with appropriate coil overs, track worthy brakes and bush upgrades, shorter diff ratio and an LSD thrown in. That goes without saying the engine properly serviced, extra cooling and a light tune where necessary (exhaust etc). Essentially something that would be safe, capable in the bends with a bit of straight line performance... An E30 M20 or E36 M50 seem to be what I've been thinking of as ideal, or even an M52 E36. From what I gather the sedan chassis is the most rigid of the lot, but with a cage it would probably be less of an issue in the long run. Trouble starts when I think about non BMW cars to use, yes Toyota, Nissan and Honda have some superb engines, but most of the cars they put them in are front wheel drive which rules them out to a degree - it's a pity they weren't more diverse with smaller RWD cars in the 90s! Not to mention most of their cars are hardly inspiring from a history stand point... I guess that's why they have come out with the FT-86! Anyway, do share your experiences and what you've been running just to get out on the track. Cheers

Pretty good value at that price! You would probably have to spend $5k to convert it to manual. Do able but it would mean finding a rare 5 or 6 speed Toyota box, the clutch gear, custom drive shaft and a new cross member + cert.

Holy hell!

Great bargain I think.

Yeah, I think all cars should be used regardless of their exclusivity. Such a waste something like this sitting around! I saw an Aston Martin One-77 driving along today, the owner said on the news he would use it daily, and sure enough there he was going down the motorway. Awesome.

Sublime.

This all sounds very

I've recorded it, shall watch it later tonight! +2 on the first sentence!

Awful indeed...

Yeah its a nasty job, I had to remove my temperature needle when I upgraded the temperature gauge unit. Trick is to put even pressure when you pull the needles off on two sides, I used some thin flat screw drivers for the job while being careful to not mark the dial face. Putting the needle back on accurately was easy enough using some resistors simulating different temperatures etc, but I'd imagine it would be a lot more difficult getting it right with the other gauges back to their true positions.