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Just now, Jacko said:

Pull off intake, replace starter, replace intake. Its a ball ache just due to the intake removal. 

Yeah I've read it's a process. What timing lol. There's a starter kit on fcp euro so I'll grab that for it. Is there anything else I should be doing while I'm there? 

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Not really, unless ya CCV is dicky. Dont forget O rings for the intake runners. 

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3 minutes ago, Jacko said:

Not really, unless ya CCV is dicky. Dont forget O rings for the intake runners. 

That's already been done. O rings in the kit! 

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Check your DISA valves when the manifold is off, so much easier!

Interested to follow your progress @NZ_InFerno, mine hard starts some times even with a full battery.

Got a link to that FCP kit?

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15 minutes ago, M3AN said:

Check your DISA valves when the manifold is off, so much easier!

Interested to follow your progress @NZ_InFerno, mine hard starts some times even with a full battery.

Got a link to that FCP kit?

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw-starter-motor-kit-sr0492nkt

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Header decisions to make.. Thoughts? 

Stainless - higher price, no corrosion issues, might sound tinyer.

Mild steel - cheaper

Mild steel HPC coated - roughly same price as Stainless all in. 

I havent had stuff coated before so not to sure on how it ages? 

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Titaniums for poor people, inconel only. 

 

Leaning towards ceramic coating, Im just not sure how it ages.

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Fault code from scanning, seems like it is the starter. Guess I'm ordering one in ASAP. 

@M3AN I'll check the DISAs while I'm in there but they've been done by the previous owner. Not sure if they did both though.

I've had other people borrow the car in the last week and they had trouble starting it which I put down to them not being familiar with the car, but guess that wasn't the case. 

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If using it as ya daily, a long 3/8th extension and a hammer in the boot gets a few goes out of the starter :D 

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7 hours ago, Jacko said:

Header decisions to make.. Thoughts? 

Stainless - higher price, no corrosion issues, might sound tinyer.

Mild steel - cheaper

Mild steel HPC coated - roughly same price as Stainless all in. 

I havent had stuff coated before so not to sure on how it ages? 

Mild steel, thick wall. Check results then consider more exotic options. Have you considered cut n shut of 4cyl headers as a starting point?

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Its about 30 hours of fabrication time, so kind of do it once do it right deal :D 

Guy making them is a pro, so should end up with at least the same gains as brintechs (using pics as a reference...), just nicer work. 

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1 hour ago, Blackie said:

The guy off trademe that makes the merc and bmw v8 ones?

I think that same guy did some work on someone’s E34 540i on this forum? 

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1 hour ago, Blackie said:

The guy off trademe that makes the merc and bmw v8 ones?

Nah, old mate - TTT Auto - Race car  / LVV Cert / Engineering shop in Te Rapa

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Thats nice, and well priced.

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1 hour ago, duluth said:

Seems the majority of  manuals that come up are pre LCI, any reason for that ?

Does seem to be that way... maybe PreLCI drivers just have better taste, or its maybe a market share thing? People buying expensive small cars wanted autos?

2006 was the largest production of 130s (half of which would be PreLCI), but LCI are more common as were made for more years. 

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BMW 130i Production.xlsx

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Throttle controller fitted to that one too, wonder how much of a difference that makes? Im guessing a reasonable amount if the throttle, like other BMWs of the time, isnt linear.

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I found the 130i throttle to be all in the first 1/3 of pedal.  The second two thirds didn't give a relative increase in power.

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5 hours ago, KwS said:

Throttle controller fitted to that one too, wonder how much of a difference that makes? Im guessing a reasonable amount if the throttle, like other BMWs of the time, isnt linear.

I'd be keen to hear someone's experience with one of these too. I'd never heard of a throttle controller until reading your comment! 

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Was curious about how the 14077 BMW 130s compared to other BMWs, there were more than 57627 E9x M3s made....  

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21 minutes ago, Jacko said:

Was curious about how the 14077 BMW 130s compared to other BMWs, there were more than 57627 E9x M3s made....  

Yeah I thought those 130i total numbers were very low. There's 600 odd in the nzta database, would have thought the world wide total would be much higher. Do you know where else the 130i was available worldwide? Obviously there's the UK, Europe and Japan. 

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