One for the 'tell him he's dreaming file'

[topnotchrally 164]

7 hours ago, Neil McCauley said:

One thing to note is the Z3 LSD's are torsen style which can lend itself to losing lock up if the inner wheel loses its contact patch, that and they only lock under acceleration, not braking like a clutch style one will.

Yes the rear suspension is the "same" as an E30 but all the 2.8's also had ASC+T as well as the LSD. That and a convertible will naturally have more chassis flex than a hard top car.

The MZ3 used a clutch type LSD rather than a torsen style one.

I have just been researching this as I want to change the oil in my diff and you need the right kind depending on the diff type.  I have found that early Z3s had clutch diffs ands sometime in mid-late 99 they changed to torsen.  This seems like reliable information to me, people saying the only way to tell what you have is to take the back off and look, but that the early ones definitely came with clutch diffs. 
What do you say to this?  What is your statement based on?

Also, IMHO the ABS can take care of locked wheels...I'd rather have a torsen, it doesn't wear out.

Edited July 4 by topnotchrally

[Neil McCauley 456]

Which statement in particular?  I can’t speak to the earlier cars possibly having clutch diffs, but it seems like luck of the draw if you can only tell when the rear cover is off, especially (imho only) you’re potentially getting an inferior diff. 
 

I’ve driven a couple of 250hp E30’s back to back on classic NZ country roads, one with a rebuilt clutch type diff and the other with an actual Quaife unit (before they started putting a tonne of pre-lash into them) and you could absolutely feel the difference in how the diffs achieved different results.
 

It wasn’t clear from my initial post but I’m talking about the diff locking up not the wheels.

Perhaps the subject of another topic, but changing the E30 ABS to a four channel unit and running a yaw sensor would be an awesome way to give yourself a steppable traction control system which would be ideal for NZ conditions given how wayward they can be. 

[MD13 554]

Low k's sure but what has it been doing... Sitting in a shed?

[topnotchrally 164]

9 minutes ago, MD13 said:

Low k's sure but what has it been doing... Sitting in a shed?

Pffft... not motorsport... not manual...that price is some real dreaming.

[Neil McCauley 456]

That is gorgeous, absolutely peak BMW. Price is special needs though ha. 

[balancerider 830]

On 5/3/2025 at 5:23 PM, balancerider said:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/340i/listing/5297345757

On a related note I'm f**king sick of AI generated ad text. 

It's a nice colour but 114k km in 3 years is not low k, it's probably worth half of what they have it up for.

I note this bad boy is still for sale 4 months later (at least 4 m340i tourings have been and gone from trade me since, including one in the same colour with 30 k km for the same price)

[turboray82 34]

1 hour ago, balancerider said:

I note this bad boy is still for sale 4 months later (at least 4 m340i tourings have been and gone from trade me since, including one in the same colour with 30 k km for the same price)

you can tell when they relist it every week, it isnt going well.

[turboray82 34]

On the same vein. This has been relisted for months. listed for 2x what they go for. At least its a V8. But auto vert. He was getting really stroppy with comments at the start. It hurts my eyes

 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/ford/listing/5409674582?utm_source=tmm-savedsearch&utm_medium=email&bof=nMDFg9ua

 

 

[Vass 1059]

This old gem has been discussed somewhere on these shores previously but worth bringing up again as the same old unchanged ad keeps getting relisted with the same outlandish asking price for several years now.

A dereg, supposedly M3 shell with next to nothing left intact and random non-M body panels thrown on - at a bargain price of $7.3k...

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/car-parts-accessories/bmw/other/listing/5405301354

What the actual hell is this guy playing at? Is there anything there that's worth even a fraction of that? I personally can't see it. Only conceivable use I could see there being is to cut out the boot floor and rear arches for a touring M3 conversion or something, but even then the RH arch has very obvious damage to it...

The sheer, unfiltered delusion to then put this wibble in the description too:

Quote

The E46 M3 are an iconic model, hard to find and increasing their value - a collectors item.

[balancerider 830]

2 hours ago, Vass said:

This old gem has been discussed somewhere on these shores previously but worth bringing up again as the same old unchanged ad keeps getting relisted with the same outlandish asking price for several years now.

A dereg, supposedly M3 shell with next to nothing left intact and random non-M body panels thrown on - at a bargain price of $7.3k...

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/car-parts-accessories/bmw/other/listing/5405301354

What the actual hell is this guy playing at? Is there anything there that's worth even a fraction of that? I personally can't see it. Only conceivable use I could see there being is to cut out the boot floor and rear arches for a touring M3 conversion or something, but even then the RH arch has very obvious damage to it...

Maybe if you are a scrap metal collector 🧐

The M3 VIN is dead due to de-reg so not even re-shelling candidate. Trademe keeps recommending it to me