Hello from Estonia.
I bought this car over two years ago. I have been doing lot of maintenance and fixing all sorts of things. At the moment my E30 is on the body rotisserie get cleaned for the bodyshop. But this will be a long story before we get there where i am now. To tell you everything from the car and also what have i done with it, i have to start from the beginning.
WARNING - lot of pictures coming!
I have never posted my thread to a international forum, cause i just never had the time and when i had the time my brain won't co-operate. English is not my everyday language so sometimes i'm struggeling with the words. If something is not right or wrong written, please correct me. Thanks for that! :)
I have had many bmw's over the time. My first one was E28 520i from 1982 and since then, i just gave my finger to German. From that day on i just has been a disease and in a good way. But not in a good way for a wallet. My list of bmw's is not long, but enough to tell that something is wrong with my head. Im just gonna write the list down so i don't forget.
2x E28 - 520i & 518
3X E34 - 525TDS/540iA and 525iT
4X E30 - 318iT/325i/316i & 320i
7x E39 - All 525D or 530D wagons
1x E87 - 120dA
1x F31 - 320d X-drive
Enough of the list. :)
The car i wanna talk about was born 35 years ago, 1986. It has two doors (some of you say its a coupe, but it isn't - correct should be 2-door sedan. From the factory it came with 2.0L straight six engine and a manual gearbox and painted in Delphin gray 184 color. Option list is quite short.
Electric moonroof and powerwindows. Also power mirrors, but they dont work at the moment. We will fix that in some point.
The car was brought to Estonia in 2004 and since then i am a third owner. My friend bought it back in 2008 and since that day he drove only 22000km. He kept it only for summer which makes sense! From the factory it was 2.0 (M20B20) inline six with stickshift. I don't remember anymore why he did the swap, but now it has 2.7L ETA engine block, 885 cylinderhead, lightened flywheel, somekind of Alpina chip (don't ask, i haven't figured that out yet) and the cherry on the top a dogleg gearbox which makes the driving a freaking pleasure but also you need to be aware all the time, cause im used to normal type of gearboxes where first gear is up, not down. But slowly i will get used to that.
Until that very day i have been not able to indentify the exact model of the gearbox. Searched everywhere, nothing. But i will figure this out as well. :)
Interior is almost original. Only front seats have been replaced - pretty rare recaro seats. Seats are in one piece but they need some work. Luckily i have a friend who knows how to do the seats. So im not worried. But everything is done by right order.
And now the most important list - "to do list".
*All engine fluids and filters.
*Timingbelt.
*Sparkplugs and ignition wires, distributor cap and rotor.
*Rear axle support and both trailingarms.
*Front and rear brakes needs to be replaced and checked.
*Fuel and cooling hoses.
*Fueltank
The Recaro seats. Need some work but nothing too bad. Still in one piece. Usually they are like someone has been eating those for the lunch.
The heart. 35+ years old and still runs. In the old days the knew how to make good and reliable engines.
I just love the way it looks from the front. Specially that duckface lower add on. Its original and not a single crack.
I bought this car over two years ago. I have been doing lot of maintenance and fixing all sorts of things. At the moment my E30 is on the body rotisserie get cleaned for the bodyshop. But this will be a long story before we get there where i am now. To tell you everything from the car and also what have i done with it, i have to start from the beginning.
WARNING - lot of pictures coming!
I have never posted my thread to a international forum, cause i just never had the time and when i had the time my brain won't co-operate. English is not my everyday language so sometimes i'm struggeling with the words. If something is not right or wrong written, please correct me. Thanks for that! :)
I have had many bmw's over the time. My first one was E28 520i from 1982 and since then, i just gave my finger to German. From that day on i just has been a disease and in a good way. But not in a good way for a wallet. My list of bmw's is not long, but enough to tell that something is wrong with my head. Im just gonna write the list down so i don't forget.
2x E28 - 520i & 518
3X E34 - 525TDS/540iA and 525iT
4X E30 - 318iT/325i/316i & 320i
7x E39 - All 525D or 530D wagons
1x E87 - 120dA
1x F31 - 320d X-drive
Enough of the list. :)
The car i wanna talk about was born 35 years ago, 1986. It has two doors (some of you say its a coupe, but it isn't - correct should be 2-door sedan. From the factory it came with 2.0L straight six engine and a manual gearbox and painted in Delphin gray 184 color. Option list is quite short.
Electric moonroof and powerwindows. Also power mirrors, but they dont work at the moment. We will fix that in some point.
The car was brought to Estonia in 2004 and since then i am a third owner. My friend bought it back in 2008 and since that day he drove only 22000km. He kept it only for summer which makes sense! From the factory it was 2.0 (M20B20) inline six with stickshift. I don't remember anymore why he did the swap, but now it has 2.7L ETA engine block, 885 cylinderhead, lightened flywheel, somekind of Alpina chip (don't ask, i haven't figured that out yet) and the cherry on the top a dogleg gearbox which makes the driving a freaking pleasure but also you need to be aware all the time, cause im used to normal type of gearboxes where first gear is up, not down. But slowly i will get used to that.
Until that very day i have been not able to indentify the exact model of the gearbox. Searched everywhere, nothing. But i will figure this out as well. :)
Interior is almost original. Only front seats have been replaced - pretty rare recaro seats. Seats are in one piece but they need some work. Luckily i have a friend who knows how to do the seats. So im not worried. But everything is done by right order.
And now the most important list - "to do list".
*All engine fluids and filters.
*Timingbelt.
*Sparkplugs and ignition wires, distributor cap and rotor.
*Rear axle support and both trailingarms.
*Front and rear brakes needs to be replaced and checked.
*Fuel and cooling hoses.
*Fueltank
The Recaro seats. Need some work but nothing too bad. Still in one piece. Usually they are like someone has been eating those for the lunch.
The heart. 35+ years old and still runs. In the old days the knew how to make good and reliable engines.
I just love the way it looks from the front. Specially that duckface lower add on. Its original and not a single crack.
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