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Is it manual? Ive always liked the look of them but the few auto ones ive been in and driven(3.8 and 5.0's) had nothing on the E34 sorry but im sure they would respond well to some bolts on and a good tune?.

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Sweet. It might give me some inspiration to turbo mine one day.

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Must be very run in then or you live in traffic I remember getting stuck in Auckland traffic once for about 1 1\2 hrs and was averaging 29L per 100 and i was driving a manual 535i, only other time ive seen that consumption was cruising at top speed.

Most E34's ive owned averaged around 13L per 100km driving around Hamilton, open road its usually around 10-11 but that's usually going constant 110 and odd passing, you probably could get down to 9L if you tried and car was in good shape but i couldn't care myself as i don't drive the car for the fuel economy.

Yep pretty much the same, E32 is just bigger and heavier version of the E34 with more features usually, they are usually cheaper as they're not too popular as kiwi535 mentioned. Its the stop\start around town driving that makes M30 drink alot but open road its not much worse than M50 or M60, M30 makes up in being a nicer engine to work on, less complex and cheaper.

An E34 525i, 535i or 540i or an E32 735i or 740i would be the go as people have mentioned. If you can do the work yourself and you probably get an ok E39 528i for 4k but there are more parts that can go wrong\more to replace having a more complex suspension, electrics and engine. They also don't have as good build quality.

I have oem set from a 740I but haven't checking if they work with 728o

Yeah no doubt but was more aimed at how cheap they are atm compared to others as you have listed above. If koni's are $466 then seems the obvious choice ibboostn: Munroes probably handle fine compared to worn shocks but its well known they are inferior

I just bought a complete set of Koni Srt.t shocks from shox.com for $650 which included shipping and gst. Ive been wanting to try them for awhile now as they are half the price of adjustables and im real impressed with them for the price, they're nice and firm( bit fimer than my oem boge sports) but still comfortable a ride. After using Koni's and Bilsteins on various cars Koni imo are superior and would probably would probably work out cheaper than most options at the moment

When i got the 740i done the shop used Total lubricants, i think it was G3 but not 100% as it was years ago. It was a bit over $200 for the fluid and was around 8L they used iirc

I don't remember them having a starter relay. White should be DME and blue is probably the fuel pump relay

Yes but they should just bolt up as ive got the mounting points. Looks like ill probably end up getting new ones from overseas whe.n i do an order next

Anyone got a left and right side pair of these? i only need the ducting piece the goes to the wheel arch as pictured

Surprised no one has mentioned the 280bhp claim, maybe that aftermarket SS Muffler is that good.

Well it is a sohc 20v motor which is less complex than your average bmw motor, engines would prob last alot longer than the equivalent high strung bmws.

This. Being a long time member of GP forums and knowing the back story i cracked up when first read this. http://www.gpforums.co.nz/thread/447143/?s=

Ironic that it was some else driving his car that killed him though

-1 on the Power Pro muffler. I just sold mine off my 535i(came with it) and while at idle and certain rpm if wasnt too bad, most the time it would resonate a lot and it was like 85db with otherwise stock system. 740i has a nice a nice rumble to it and all it looks like is someone has replaced middle section mufflers with Cobys etc, similar to what -Alias- suggested.

As long as you use a red marker and not paint they light up fine at night.

AKG motorsport do a alot bushings

http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....showtopic=44975

Oh true, well that's good to know.

A manual box would unleash some more power no doubt