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Listing this on behalf of my brother: Ultimatley regretfull sale - new job means company car and I can't imagine my baby sitting in the drive 5 days a week so hence the sale. This has been the most amazing car I've ever owned, you cant get anything better for the money and if you want a manual + rear wheel drive, there arnt many options out there ! (other then jappas) Features: 326 HP gen motor, Heated seats, USB input, internal HDD to copy all your CD's / MP3, auto wipers, auto lights, ABS, ESP, 10 speaker premium audio, Xenon Lights, 8x airbags, BMW medical pack, push button start + lots more ! General Description: - BMW 135i late model 2009, 3 litre twin scroll turbo, Motorsport Spec - Updated idrive - 50/50 weight distribution (even the original battery is located in the middle of the car) - 113kms (Japan Import 1st NZ Owner) - Rego expires July 2016 - New WOF (untill early 2017) - Brand new rear Michellin PS3 tires - Beyern 18" Rotary forged Wheels 18x8.5 fronts, 18x9.5 rears - As New (custom offset) - OEM Black front kidney grills (comes with originals) - 6 Speed Manual + Factory short shifter option - MSport Aluminium interior trim package - 2014 Premium NZ maps (also in 3D) this is not cheap ! - Latest ECU update - Always looked after by BM Workshop in Greylynn, ask for Graeme if you want to find out more on # 09-376 1236 Based on having a look @ Prices on trademe, this is the only model as per spec above im looking @ $29,000.00 Please call me on 02102222224 If you are keen to view. Thanks John More photos here

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Hello. I'll post it here before it goes on trademe. After nearly a decade of ownership, Im selling my custom built 85' e30 turbo. Work and kids consume all my time these days, so no time to work on my e30. No time to enjoy it either as I only commute to/from work in rush hour traffick, its a waste of this great machine. I'd rather prefer somebody else enjoying it. Quick rundown of specs below, I'll try to update with more specifics. Drivetrain -fully Rebuilt M20 (bearings, rings, machning, new cylinder head hardware), with b27 crank, 400cc injectors, wasted spark conversion -holset HX35 turbo, 50mm external wastegate, hidden intercooler, not huge but i think it was 200 by 500 or something similar -3 inch exhaust straight through -megasquirt 2 standalone EMS - with wireless adapter so you can tune from your phone . LC1 wideband. -custom clutch... ferrometalic or something. Its great, nearly like stock clutch, just a bit heavier -rebuilt getrag 260 (have receipts somewhere for rebuild). TBH 2nd is getting sloppy, original GB might be better -driveshaft with recenty replaced guibo, bearing and ujoint -3.46 LSD. This is OBX brand lsd, which is basically a copy of Quaife hellical lsd. its awesome. -50mm alloy radiator -devilson methanol injection Brakes: -300x25 front (honda S2k), 4 pot alloy solid caliper (skyline turbo) -296x22 rear (e46 330i), 2 pot solid alloy caliper (skyline turbo) Suspension: -koni adjustable shocks -sports sprins (slightly lowered, slighly stiffer) -nolethane bushes everywhere wheels: -16x7.5 with appropriate spacers -Toyo proxes 225x40x16 interior: -NZKW reclining bucket seats (kinda tired) -heaps of gauges -carpet and interior generally is pretty tired -nice dash mat Performance -never tested on dyno... really -never been to the drag strip... really -at ~14 psi lights up tires once it reaches powerband in 2nd. Pleny fast to get you in trouble quick. Body: -all known rust removed and incl front floorpans, underneath boot, etc. Had a paintjob few years ago, which generally speaking is ok, has some imperfections. -alot under the car like rear subframe, fuel tank and other areas stripped to bare metal then applied POR15 The Bad: Given it's 30 years old car that has been used daily, it has it's imperfections eg. bonnet, sunroof, interior is relatively tired, viewing is recomended. Mechanically however is in excellent shape. Spares (will not sell separately - dont ask) -cylinder head -getrag 260 gearbox -3.64 open diff -3.46 open diff -3.46 diff (worn - for parts) -set of brand new control arms -boxes of random parts -about 0.5l of paint (leftover from the batch) I'll try to add mor details later Pics: Link to gallery Price: $15k, would consider swaps for a famili friendly SUV, such as X5 or similar of similar value. Has been proffesionally valued for insurance purposes for $13k before paintjob. Porbably would cost twice that to build these days.... no test pilots.

Interesting. I have poly bushes all round in my e30, and had them for years, and this never came up. Having said that, I would not recommend poly bushes for a road/street car. You loose alot of comfort and gains are questionable really. Probably the only good thing you can say about them is that you 'feel' the road better but this actaully means less comfort.

I got a set of bottlecaps with good tyres

try lots of different chemicals - turps, acetone, petrol, different type of paint thinners. Normally water based paint shuold come off easily, but i guess this is not a normal water based interior paint.... Also try heat gun, sharp blade jif with scotch brite pad -> I have used that succesfully in the past, however it will require a buff and polish afterwards - finishing off with soem scratchX

I have good set of 6 bosch ones from stock m20b25. Can you advise the part number ? I can look tonigth when i get home.

I have bench tested them (and modified) in the past using compressed air

I got a set of 4 bottlecaps with very decent tyres. Dunno how much tese go for these days ? offer ?

shotgun for 3.46 pm sent.

+1. I also have some misc trim that needs a repaint. Not BMW though.

"tons of power" is such a vague description, its essentially useless for the purposes of this discussion. Also it has been prooven that e30 with huge HP (600+) is almost useless due to lack of traction also you still did not specified what sum you have in mind. For some 3k is big money, for some 15k is small. Money will largely dictate which route you should go in terms of engine and other mods. My advice is research further. I recommend e30tech.com - plenty of build projects there, also search "KA motors e30 turbo build" on r3vlimited

this question gets asked over and over again. Step 1: Search You will find that all similar questions have the same answer, i.e you need to decide how much $$$ you want to spent, how much power you want and what kind of reliability you want eg. cheap 1 bar setup might work ok on the street but will not server long time on the track. Also what helps is if you indicate how much work can you do yourself and how mechanically inclined are you. Have you ever rebuilt an engine ? did non-stock engine swap ? do you have tools for the job and maybe a workshop ?