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For Sale / UK Restored Rust free E30 Touring polybushed shell m42 318is
« on: August 01, 2012, 09:26:43 PM »
Hi
This is on ebay now for £1 I just need it out the way. Hence it is a complete bargain.
 It is a restored rot free e30 touring -non runner. 18months/2 years ago I cut all the rust out and welded in new steel. All tourings are rotten in the rear quarters these days, people just dont check them. This used to be my daily driver and twice a year it was my nurburgring car. It was brilliant but my circumstances have changed and I now have to sell it.

It has a nice clean interior with good headliner. Electric windows and sunroof. It can come with the original driver seat (which is in excellent condition) or the orange recliner bucket seat. It  has an e36 quick rack (PAS) conversion. It has eibach springs -35mm/-25mm iirc front/rear. I have rolled the rear arches to fit the 7" wide wheels it had. The whole shell is poly bushed including rear beam/body mount which requires a special BMW tool. Front end is m3 eccentric spec. Ferodo ds2500 pads all round. It has a brand new fuel tank and all brake lines above fuel tank were replaced at the same time. It has an IS front lip.

 It is still fitted with a 318is M42 engine with all ancillaries including a brand new IS radiator and a proper IS cowl. However it is a non runner and needs a new engine/rebuild, it has good compression but is blowing smoke out the exhaust and blowing oil out the breathers. There is no ECU now, it was chipped and sold for good money a standard replacement is £30 from my local BMW Spares at Charing.

There is surface blemishes in the usual place on the rear tailgate. This one is a good one and could be sorted to good as new if you remove the rear window to treat it.

It is on steelies now but I still have the MIMs 1900 alloys for it, which are for sale seperately. It is now fitted a 4.27 open diff, but I am also selling the 4.27 Limited slip diff. I have a standard mild steel exhaust for it with a stainless back box. I am also selling a full powerflow stainless exhaust system, front and rear strut braces, se side skirts etc. If you want any of these parts when buying the car they will be discounted heavily.

I just cannot bring myself to scrap such a good shell, hence the £1 start price and no reserve!

Item is located in Deal Kent CT14 9QB. It will need to be trailered away.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Restored-Rust-free-E30-Touring-polybushed-shell-m42-318is-Eibachs-Engine-probs-/110928571322?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item19d3dbabba



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There are hundreds of nice 318is's in and around Nurburgring. The local car of choice seems to be either a striped out caged 318is or a mk2 golf.
There's loads in the uk too

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Apparently BMW quoted weights are with a full tank of fuel, so that would push it up a bit.

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Weighed it today. m42 engined touring, 5 door, full interior, 1/4 tank of fuel and me in it (72 kilos): 1280kgs split 630 front 650 rear.
so it looks like they weigh about 1200kg

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it has had a good clean now lol.

I am gonna weigh my car today hopefully too.

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ooh plus the m40 touring has as near as dammit 50/50 weight distribution too. Shouldn't think that alters to much putting an m42 in

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Mims are definately not the lightest, but I like them. Basicly, I see them as cheap deeper dish hartge replicas. - can't go wrong

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The tourings aren't galvenised, I don't think, but I can;t find a listed kerb weight for an m40 touring. Plus you can loose loads more with a fibreglass tailgate and plastic window, than you would putting a fibreglass boot lid and plastic window on an IS. So it's possible it will end up even lighter than you could go with an IS.
I'll get it on the scales at some point.

according to CARFOILIO:
320i touring Kerb weight 1230 kg 2712 lb -5door
318IS         Kerb weight 1200 kg 2646 lb      
which surprised me, seeing as the touring is a 5 door and a 6pot, so an m42 5door touring must be somewhere between the two.

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next job's will be making a fibreglass bootlid, bonnet (to use standard fittings, hinges etc) and wings.
And longer term goal is a 1.9 crank or longer stroke, but quite happy with her for the time being.

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Hello everyone,
 I've been watching threads on this site for ages now, since I was deciding what engine I should put in my Granny spec 318i touring....and I thought it was about time I posted up. It is my daily driver and retains a full interior, albeit with a bucket recliner and harness', but I've been slowly developing it as a multiple use track car for trips to the Nurburgring. I started with an engine swap to a low mileage m42 and a new clutch. Nice 15inch mims 1900 wheels. E36 steering rack (its quicker). Then a bored out throttle body, stainless exhaust and a chip. Then a 4.27 LSD also from a e30 318is with solid alloy mount. Then I polybushed everything including m3 eccentric suspension bushes where possible. It's lowered on proper Eibachs 30/40. Strut brace at front and tower brace at rear. Then I had to cut a load of rust out of her and body is now good as new. New diff oil and new gearbox oil.
I love her!
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...has strut brace now.





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Hi,
 Does anyone know where I can order e30 engine breather hoses in the uk. The ones from under the intake. Preferably online. I'm trying to avoid an expensive trip to a main dealer.

Or are they all the same internal diameter? It may be cheaper to by a length of hose and some t-pieces. Anyone done this and know exactly what I need?
any help much appreciated.
Ali

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