E30 VIdeo I have never seen. "Retro Revival"

[kamotors]

Nice but it could have been better if the specs are correct, no airbags and no abs??

isn't no airbags normal, my car never had one.

[Van Westervelt]

1989 Cars never did. Late 90 build dates and 91's did.

[Fusion]

FTW

[dreamchasin]

84 and 85 didn't have ABS (and wiring harness plugs). came out in 86 models.

[u3b3rg33k]

isn't no airbags normal, my car never had one.

I prefer not having explosives directly in front of my face, although I will admit that I do like e30 ABS, mostly because it virtually never runs (even in winter), and when it does, I treat it as a "you're doing it wrong" signal.

[ForcedFirebird]

84 and 85 didn't have ABS (and wiring harness plugs). came out in 86 models.

Are you talking the injector plug, or the diagnostic plug? Some early Motronic 1.3's had no injector plugs, so that was at least 87.

[325ix]

Pretty cool however, my car gets good mileage and smog compared to most cars today. Also aren't e30's decently safe?

[dreamchasin]

Are you talking the injector plug, or the diagnostic plug? Some early Motronic 1.3's had no injector plugs, so that was at least 87.

the plug that separates the wiring from the ECU to the motor. if you say that was at least 87 go sell your car and start with another make. i took the motor out of my 86 and put it in my 84. 86 had the wiring harness plug, 84 did not. the 85 i just bought does not either.

[straight6pwr]

Pretty cool however, my car gets good mileage and smog compared to most cars today. Also aren't e30's decently safe?

Safe, yes. Safe compared to today's standards of riding in a 5000lb tank, no.

[dkbmxer002]

nice video

[bimmer_E30]

sure sounds lik an M20 <3

[antil33t]

m42 power!

If it it was a UK 318i it will be a puketastic M40.

my 91' E30 has no ABS/Airbags. Airbags were a US Only thing AFAIK

[JGood]

the plug that separates the wiring from the ECU to the motor. if you say that was at least 87 go sell your car and start with another make. i took the motor out of my 86 and put it in my 84. 86 had the wiring harness plug, 84 did not. the 85 i just bought does not either.

First of all, I think you meant to say the plug that separates the engine wiring harness from the chassis wiring harness. That would be the c101 connector.

Maybe you don't know where to look for it on an early model. It's a small square connector near the fusebox, not the big round connector on the firewall that the 86+ cars had.

I've worked on probably 20 e30's from 84-91, and they've all had the c101 connector. It's in the schematics in the BMW workshop manuals. Someone apparently hacked your cars up, if there is no c101, or you just aren't sure where it is.

Both of my cars are one owner cars, one is an 85, the other is an 87, both left the factory with a c101 connector, just as every other e30 did.

[dreamchasin]

First of all, I think you meant to say the plug that separates the engine wiring harness from the chassis wiring harness. That would be the c101 connector.

Maybe you don't know where to look for it on an early model. It's a small square connector near the fusebox, not the big round connector on the firewall that the 86+ cars had.

I've worked on probably 20 e30's from 84-91, and they've all had the c101 connector. It's in the schematics in the BMW workshop manuals. Someone apparently hacked your cars up, if there is no c101, or you just aren't sure where it is.

Both of my cars are one owner cars, one is an 85, the other is an 87, both left the factory with a c101 connector, just as every other e30 did.

so the direct wiring from the motor to the car was a hack job? sure looked stock to me. I suppose the same person hacked up my 85 too right? I took the motors out of both cars. There is no connector.

[Gruelius]

i like that ride height