So hello all, i sold my warmed over 81 volvo 244 this summer and finally thought about buying something non-volvo for a change. so spent a few months trawling ebay everyday for something interesting in an E30 that hadn't been thrashed to death or had 13 owners.
so after much browsing for new stuff on ebay daily i came across this little gem, guys uncle owned it from new till april this year when he registered it to himself but it sat on the drive. thick folder of receipts totalling over £6000 since 93 (went in for everything and had a £350 belt service with new water pump just 6000 ago). so spec is
1987 325i Se automatic (sports) 96500 mileage when i bought it
3.64 LSD
Rear sunblind
ohAC and electric sunroof.
orginal floor mats
bottletop alloys.
all it needed for MOT was a new front exhaust hanger (£9.40) and a brake pipe giving a little clean. Car cost me £335
So far i've done a simple oil change (got a major service kit off ebay for £24) so replaced the plugs and filters too. looking into new oil for the LSD but it needs very high spec which is £40 for 5L at my local oil wholesale place (only needs 1.7L.) sorrted out valve clearances, checked and topped up auto fluild and released off a slightly sticky front caliper.
drives great. not sure what to do with it now. would like to clean up the light rust over the winter then after that i'm open.
so i was lying in bed the other week and my mind was mulling over the stock snorkel in the BMW airbox. it ends very very close to the side of the airbox so i cut a section out of it.
but i was still mulling about it as i didn't like the cutness not being smooooth.....
then lying in bed again i remembered i had an old 740 turbo (motronic) air flow meter.
so today went out and took the inlet off the volvo AFM and fitted it into the stock BMW airbox,
i like the BMW airbox as it has a big cold air feed from the Grill (short tracked, with nice radius at the inlet part) but the volvo part does have a very common 70mm dia for mounting cone filters.
Picked up an amber light alpine MP3 player from UK ebay for £62 and fitted that with the speakers i removed from my 240, alpine sps-130A in the front stock locations (some trimming required) and JBL GTO 6x9's in the back shelf (also trimming needed)
oh i've got some recon injectors from a ford pickup coming from the US (only £54 shipped) also
so after much browsing for new stuff on ebay daily i came across this little gem, guys uncle owned it from new till april this year when he registered it to himself but it sat on the drive. thick folder of receipts totalling over £6000 since 93 (went in for everything and had a £350 belt service with new water pump just 6000 ago). so spec is
1987 325i Se automatic (sports) 96500 mileage when i bought it
3.64 LSD
Rear sunblind
ohAC and electric sunroof.
orginal floor mats
bottletop alloys.
all it needed for MOT was a new front exhaust hanger (£9.40) and a brake pipe giving a little clean. Car cost me £335
So far i've done a simple oil change (got a major service kit off ebay for £24) so replaced the plugs and filters too. looking into new oil for the LSD but it needs very high spec which is £40 for 5L at my local oil wholesale place (only needs 1.7L.) sorrted out valve clearances, checked and topped up auto fluild and released off a slightly sticky front caliper.
drives great. not sure what to do with it now. would like to clean up the light rust over the winter then after that i'm open.
so i was lying in bed the other week and my mind was mulling over the stock snorkel in the BMW airbox. it ends very very close to the side of the airbox so i cut a section out of it.
but i was still mulling about it as i didn't like the cutness not being smooooth.....
then lying in bed again i remembered i had an old 740 turbo (motronic) air flow meter.
so today went out and took the inlet off the volvo AFM and fitted it into the stock BMW airbox,
i like the BMW airbox as it has a big cold air feed from the Grill (short tracked, with nice radius at the inlet part) but the volvo part does have a very common 70mm dia for mounting cone filters.
Picked up an amber light alpine MP3 player from UK ebay for £62 and fitted that with the speakers i removed from my 240, alpine sps-130A in the front stock locations (some trimming required) and JBL GTO 6x9's in the back shelf (also trimming needed)
oh i've got some recon injectors from a ford pickup coming from the US (only £54 shipped) also
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