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I used the my E34 Bentley manual and that was pretty good. They don't seem to cover bottom end thou but prob figure that out easy enough when i cbf doing it . GL anyway, least its easy to work on.

Are you just doing head rebuild or the bottom end too?. Personally Id just do the usual valve grind, port and polish and head skim and leave it at that, after all its only an M20. You could do a 272 Cam but depends on how much you want to spend.

If its really black like mine was it might take a few flushes to get all the old fluid out and have it looking nice and red. Pretty sure takes less than 1L

if you want a 525i get a M50 one . dont bother with the M20 in a e34 (to heavy)

I agree. The M20 in the E34 is pretty sluggish compared to the M50. Like its been said might as well get a 535i manual. It ain't that much worse on gas,heaps more powerful and no timing belt to replace either.

What bumps? its all smooth edges. Anyway, after that, I'm going to buy another one out of spite. A V8 one, with the purple interior. Then I'll supercharge it and make it an e30 basher. But not until I've owned an alfa because I don't want to give tom $100.

If you bimmersport blokes got stoned more often you'd learn to appreciate the awesomeness of the mighty taurus.

And you're all like 'who the f**k is this'. Brahaha

Don't forget the Munroe's, will handle like a Ford should.

Mine are ET34 15x6.5. Need a 3mm spacer on the front to clear calipers unless you brake pads are worn down a bit, but looks wrong. Ive got 15mm spacers all round on mine,looks perfect

From my handbook from my car, nz new F\L

For std 325i unladen, ready to drive etc, no spec equipment, Manual tranny. 1180kg\1200kg*.

*=4 door

Others:

325i Conv: 1310kg

Touring: 1270kg

325ix:1280\1300kg

IX Touring: 1350kg

316i and 318i: 1065\1085kg

Very Nice, looks similar to mine

Yeah rims are Breytons. Glad she appreciates manuals too

Gave it a good run when we were test driving. Can barely hear the engine even cruising at 5k rpm, surprised it was so damn quiet.

Perfect car for a daily and defiantly be stealing it once in a while but still pref my E30 for fun factor

Nice car. Who is breeding all of these white E46's that have been popping up recently?

Don't mean to crash your party, but there is no such thing as an E46 318is.

Haha yeah i know there isn't officially but it pretty much meets the specs of one

After a bit of persuading and test driving a few we found this. With 28,000km on the clock it drives and handles like new esp with the sports suspension.

That fool is Top Town in Hamilton... Not exactly a nice example

Haha yeah just noticed the background

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-172551668.htm

Probably not the worse but this fool defiantly has more money than taste

Thanks for the help

318i E46 currently running 225\35\18 P7000's which are old and low tread making them very noisy. Will prob move to 235\40\18, its on an 8 inch rim.

My mother is wanting a decent tyre which is pretty quiet but still going to have a bit of grip if you need it . I notice alot of people running direzza's, are these fairly quiet?. Have been recommend the Toyo CT01 and GSD3's for a quiet tyre.

Any thoughts welcome. thanks

Didn't know it was a M3 E30 lol. Saw a real red E30 M3 today cruising down cobam drive in Hamilton

How do you know it was a woman...meh, who am I kidding, of course it was!

I thought I saw it in the OP but yeah have to have been

At least it taught her a good lesson

Saw bus make a right hand turn in front of a van on an 80kph zone, van locked up the brakes and made a nice indent on the side of the bus.

If you going to drive it hard id say yes

THe easy way to tell if OEM is look for lots of brake dust...lol

The previous owner of mine out on some long lasting dustless pads and I'm giving them a fair workout on the street to wear them out.

For anyone who didn't know there is a very easy and cheap bigger brake upgrade for teh E36's, it involves swapping to E46 328/325 or Z3 3.0 brakes. You just need the carriers for teh swap, keeo your current caliper's and pad fitment with much bigger rotors.

My Mintex 'redbox' pads dust up just as much as stocks, good performance thou. I had some crap generic pads only 1\4 worn when i got it, the brake fade was bad so i tossed them. Better to have decent braking than save a few dollars i say.

Never understood how someone you can like tri-spokes, id take chromes anyday

always good deals down the sth island

Did mine a few days ago using a 7mm, try that

Was about 1.3k all of the above. Freight was $300 but mainly due to the sway bars & they not really necessary.

Goto http://www.iemotorsport.com/ and check out their prices if you want

Yeah welcome to come have a ride, hopefully get around to putting in my lsd soon.