w_elliot

It sat in a shed and the rego lapsed while he was overseas and I recomplied it when I bought it in late 2012. I'd buy it back if I hadn't just bought another one.

had a few years out of the e30 game but i want back in, if anyone has a car they want to part with flick me a message. willing to spend up to 20k for the right car, probably missed the boat on a tech 1 or 2 m325i with that budget but you never know. cheers

as the title says. im located in christchurch

no sorry, then i would be left with a v8 e30 sitting on axle stands, bit of a hard sell.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=891618581 ive decided its time to change up the vehicle fleet so the v8 is on the market i dont actually expect to get the listed asking price for it, people on here have a better idea of what these things normally sell for than the greater trademe community. no idea what iil replace it with yet. it's been a fun 2 and a half years of ownership and i'll definitely miss it. would like to see it go to a member on here.

replaced all the bearings and seals in the diff. surface ground one of the carrier bearing shims to get the backlash spot on. way quieter now. also made up a second diff mount bracket to beef things up a bit back there. while the driveshaft was out i had new universal joints installed, new csb and got the whole thing balanced as a unit, heaps smooth now. also replaced all four wheel bearings while the car was off the ground (got carried away as usual). the navy blue interior is now all black, and the washer tank is also finally installed. overall the never ending project is coming along pretty nicely

Wilwoods can be had pretty cheaply on trademe, I'm tossing up on a set for my e30

This explains why I haven't seen this cruising round chch in a while, looking good man

Progress.

got busy again tonight, bought a new windscreen washer pump and started making a new stainless washer fluid tank. the car has never had a washer tank installed during my ownership so it's time for a bit of luxury. not intrested in ruining the look of the engine bay with the factory beige plastic tank. to make a stainless tank you must first make a cardboard one had to stop cutting out stainless sections because the neighbours probably arent into listening to angle grinders at 9pm but it should be all cut out and glued together by this time tomorrow.

i wouldnt say theyre harsh but you do feel everything, huge improvement over the old cracked nolathane bushes they replaced. the front end feels seriously tight with brand new balljoints and struts plus the CABs. not a grub screw in sight. but the outer diameter of the aluminium part of the bushes is 0.05mm larger than the inner diameter of the steel lollipop brackets, they were fitted by heating the lollipop brackets up to around 200 degrees which causes them to expand enough for the bushes to just drop in, once things cool down the bushes wont go anywhere without the help of a big ass press. its called an interference fit. both the ali and nylon bushes also have top hats on the forward facing sides so they cant be forced out backwards, just as an added precaution.

decided it's time for an e30v8 project thread to keep everyone up to date with whats happening to the old girl. it's by no means a new build as some of you know but it's still constanty being tweaked and improved. decided to give the front suspension a birthday couple of weeks back with new balljoints, struts and offset CAB's I also made an underbody brace to tie the front crossmember back to the chassis where the lollipop bushes mount to it (idea shamelessly copied from ultra racing) and a rear strut brace. I always try to machine or fabricate parts like this myself instead of buying them, the new offset bushes are aluminium with replaceable nylon inserts. bought some cool 80s looking gauges ages ago and found the time today to make up a gauge panel and wire them up. more updates to come

first post in a long while and a bit of an e30v8 update got motivated and set the ball rolling for a wee birthday for the old lady, front control arms off to replace all the ball joints and old cracked urethane offset castor bushes, pulled the front struts out to chuck some konis or something along those lines at them. started jigging up an underbody brace to tie the front crossmember back to the castor bush housing mount points, similar to the ultra racing items. planned a bit of trick machining to convert to adjustable offset castor bushes. pulled my camber plates off, now to try and track down new bearings for them, much play! currently the car is more or less as i bought it aside from tidying up a few interior bits and pieces, destroying and subsequently replacing the w55 gearbox with a w58, ditching the power steering using a delete block i whipped up to link the inlet and outlet ports on the rack to keep sh*t out and a bit of fluid in to keep things lubricated, and replacing the rear shocks with GAZ damping adjustable numbers which seem to be doing the job project thread and pics to come.

ive got a 3/4" drive one you can borrow. i can lend you a 3/4" ratchet or a big arse power bar to drive it too. pm me if you still need one.

what sort of condition is the PFL steering rack in? manual or power? im in chch too would be keen to take a look 021776223 cheers