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Photoshop, Media, & Artwork / Re: New painjob for the E30

« on: February 20, 2014, 08:41:31 PM »

I'll give it another month for the paint to "cure" before i start waxing and polishing

Insurance paid for the front end to be done and i added $2k to get it finished off

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Photoshop, Media, & Artwork / New painjob for the E30

« on: February 19, 2014, 09:51:03 PM »

I have had the car fully painted after an old lady decided to reverse into the front of my car.

The car usually sits on Borbet A's but i had these put on while it was in the paint shop

All photos are located here: http://s224.photobucket.com/user/naissus96/slideshow/E30%20dec13

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How-To's / Requests For Writeups

« on: February 26, 2013, 10:35:49 PM »

How about the hydraulic lifters replacement guide? mine are getting really noisy

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Engine + Driveline / Some DEFINITIVE pics of M42 vs M20 FW conversion options

« on: November 20, 2012, 11:14:26 PM »

did you guys ever get m40 engines in e30s or e36s? I got my SMFW off one of those engines and a M40 clutch kit. Eveything fits perfect, all i needed were m40 flywheel bolts. M20 stuff seems too complicated

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Photoshop, Media, & Artwork / New shoes for the E30

« on: October 11, 2012, 01:30:40 AM »

depends on the lowering. 225 will be considerably wider so you will get some rubbing. I'll take a look tonite and let you know. My car is about 1" lower than stock, sits on H&R springs and i had to run 3mm spacer on the front, but i had no issues with guard rubbing

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Photoshop, Media, & Artwork / New shoes for the E30

« on: October 10, 2012, 07:20:42 PM »

Et 15 and 205/45/16. They did rub just a tiny bit on the back but a large pipe sorted it out

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Photoshop, Media, & Artwork / New shoes for the E30

« on: October 10, 2012, 03:50:11 AM »

Got some 16x9s on the car over the weekend, just wanted to show them off

Hope you guys like tham coz IMO these are THE wheels for an e30. I've been looking for the right set for 3 years (since i got the car)





and the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBZ7sIV1UnE&feature=youtu.be

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How-To's / E36 M42 clutch conversion

« on: August 01, 2012, 03:41:07 AM »

i did the conversion on my e30, i used a flywheel and the clutch kit off an M40 engine. Not sure if you have those available in US, its a single cam 1.8

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Engine + Driveline / M42 single mass VS M20 single mass conversion

« on: May 30, 2012, 08:52:51 PM »

i have done a similar thing, got an m40 flywheel and an m40 clutch kit, everything fitted fine. can you guys get an m40 flywheel over there? I think the non air con m42s in US came with a single mass flywheel

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For Sale / FS: Bosch 19# fuel injectors

« on: November 24, 2011, 02:51:40 AM »

Would you ship these to australia?

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Electrical / Weird Starting Problem

« on: November 15, 2011, 12:47:11 AM »

Where in aus are you mate?

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M42 Reference / Engine failure / timing chain slipped

« on: September 20, 2011, 12:42:14 AM »

So noone has a photo of bad gears??

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For Sale / The Ultimate COP FS Thread

« on: September 05, 2011, 12:12:41 AM »

any more of these kits available?
Would you ship to Perth, western Australia?

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M42 Reference / How far can you go? Fuel tank cap.

« on: August 24, 2011, 09:36:59 PM »

I have never ran any of my cars all the way till they start cutting out. There is so much dirt on the bottom of every tank, very bad for the fuel pump and the fuel filter.
I do 450km with a tank of 98 octane fuel every time for the last 2 years i had the car. This is city driving and i dont drive it gently.
No idea how to convert this to MPG, but its about 10L/100km

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Engine + Driveline / Differential, Small case vs Medium?

« on: August 22, 2011, 03:51:24 AM »

I have a medium case 4.10 LSD off a US model e30 m3 and it bolted right in. Didnt need to touch the driveshaft. Apparently small case diffs are prone to beakage, where mediums can take a lot more