New to PH

[bigtkb]

Here's a few pics of my E30, there's still alot of work to be done but getting there slowly but surely
















CHEDDAR GORGE BMW MEET
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[funnyimpreza]

Nice car...your so trying to steal the Hottest BMW spot...welcome

[Martin_Hx]

Very tidy fella

[Lawsome]

Very nice

Looks clean

[DC]

Cool car. Love E30's. Has it had the rear spoiler removed or was it only Sport's that came with them?

[minimatt1967]

Nice E30, what engine you running M50b25 or M52b28?

[scottmarc]

is it me or do these cars still look
goog looking car there

[falkster]

Looks great without the rear spoiler

[CorsaQueen]

Great Car Mate, I love the fact that you havent modified it aswell, much prefer these babies the way they are

[rockinatmidnight]

How clean is that engine bay!!!!
Lovely! Nice to see one that hasn't been molested.

[FrankDrebbin]

Worst "i live in a caravan, but my car is sweet" thread ever. =)

Nah, seriously that looks great - how do you keep it so clean tho? Most cars of that age tend to be all manky in the engine bay, but yours is like a Full Metal Jacket latrine...

[gj88]

How much do you want for it?

[MrMoonyMan]

E30 in dolphin grey, black grille and Alpina's / Azev's.

Visually perfect

So, what's it running then?

[bigtkb]

Thanks for all the comments everyone

Its a 1989(G) E30 325ise auto(once upon a time) in lachs silver with factory fitted mtech2 kit (I removed the spoiler), It has a sport grey cloth interior, alpina steering wheel, rear window blind, m50 b25 transplant (2.5 24v),3.64 lsd, tech1 sport manual gearbox, De-badged boot lid, lowered 60mm(F)40mm(R).
So it has been modified but in all the right places imho

To do list-
Fit top tint windscreen, black head lining, 3.91 lsd, stainless manifold & exhaust, de-badge bonnet, 16" BBS 3pc split rims(eventually) and maybe lightly tint the windows.
Then that'll probably be it (til I get bored)

Thats my mates caravan BTW!!! lol

PS Sell it??? I'd rather eat it

PPS- SOUTH WEST BMW MEET- http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/xforums/topic.asp?h=0...

Edited by bigtkb on Monday 6th April 21:34

[minimatt1967]

Just out of interest why would you want to use a 3.94 LSD? My mate is running 3.64 final drive in his M50B25 and that's a bit low really he could do with upping it to 3.4 or something in that region to make his gear a little more usable!

[bigtkb]

minimatt1967 said:

Just out of interest why would you want to use a 3.94 LSD? My mate is running 3.64 final drive in his M50B25 and that's a bit low really he could do with upping it to 3.4 or something in that region to make his gear a little more usable!

It lacks power a little at low rpm. It does well top end but the 3.91 diff should be more responsive at low revs
And its better matched to the box

Edited by bigtkb on Monday 6th April 22:17

[minimatt1967]

bigtkb said:

minimatt1967 said:

Just out of interest why would you want to use a 3.94 LSD? My mate is running 3.64 final drive in his M50B25 and that's a bit low really he could do with upping it to 3.4 or something in that region to make his gear a little more usable!

It lacks power a little at low rpm. It does well top end but the 3.91 diff should be more responsive at low revs
And its better matched to the box

Edited by bigtkb on Monday 6th April 22:17

What box you running? My friend is running the Getrag out of a 525 sport.

Edited by minimatt1967 on Monday 6th April 22:30

[Blukoo]

funnyimpreza said:

Nice car...your so trying to steal the Hottest BMW spot...welcome

Theres no competition. His is much nicer

Edited by Blukoo on Monday 6th April 22:45

[antihero3000]

Great looking cars these.

A lottery garage would include one of these with CSL running gear

[bigtkb]

minimatt1967 said:

bigtkb said:

minimatt1967 said:

Just out of interest why would you want to use a 3.94 LSD? My mate is running 3.64 final drive in his M50B25 and that's a bit low really he could do with upping it to 3.4 or something in that region to make his gear a little more usable!

It lacks power a little at low rpm. It does well top end but the 3.91 diff should be more responsive at low revs
And its better matched to the box

Edited by bigtkb on Monday 6th April 22:17

What box you running? My friend is running the Getrag out of a 525 sport.

Edited by minimatt1967 on Monday 6th April 22:30

I'm running a tech1 sport box but want to change it for a tech2 (same as your mates I believe) then I might stick with the 3.64 lsd. Try and test then go from there.