SoCal General Chat

[dvck]

Polish the valve cover and intake manifold

[Ism20craze30]

[Deathtoll]

Cool this is just a few blocks away!

[Herr Faust Schinken]

somebody selling their m3 ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/E30-/160931255040?item=160931255040&ViewItem=&forcev4exp=true#ht_500wt_1125

[IronmanE30]

Nobody I know. More comments on car here: http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread...Silver-on-Ebay

Cheers,

Jim

[mkcman17]

yup, my buddy omar's car i think. he bought it a few months ago from some old lady.

edit: 100% it's his car.

[reelizmpro]

I saw that on craigslist. Is this the same guy with the 190 2.3-16's?

[e30trooper]

I have never seen this car around. Weird... Nice car but sorta off topic... Where do these young ppl get that kind of money for cars?

[mkcman17]

I saw that on craigslist. Is this the same guy with the 190 2.3-16's?

no, different guy. he's also got an e39 m5 he's selling. he's not really an enthusiast, but his business is in jeopardy.

[ak-]

I have never seen this car around. Weird... Nice car but sorta off topic... Where do these young ppl get that kind of money for cars?

Save money and don't create responsibilities you don't need to have.

[reelizmpro]

no, different guy. he's also got an e39 m5 he's selling. he's not really an enthusiast, but his business is in jeopardy.

We can tell. What's going on with your car Mike? front strut broke? why did you have to change the clutch if you just did a 5 speed swap not too long ago?

This guy says he's willing to swap E36 M3 for E30 325iS 5 speed or E30 318iS Slicktop straight up....

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/3440929146.html

[MR 325]

When i saw those numbers my face was ,
nope not eta, originally it had an m30 b34.

AFM came of a known good e34,
o2 sensor from the junkyard, so thats questionable.

If u wanna be cheap clean that o2 up with a Lil file and take all the carbon build up take it to a test only place so it's free if you don't pass and the car doesn't go in the system as stated above

I did it with two of my past e30s and I had luck passing

O2 sensor is a wear item just like plugs/cap/rotor. Buy a new one!

Installed the delrin carrier bushings today. Very nice improvement i would recommend it.

We just did those in the E30 truck along with an E60 lever. I love it!

[reelizmpro]

indeed anything I should be aware of? It's my first time ;)

M20 I assume?

I copied the pro's. Engine dead cold (overnight). Tools I use: bent feeler gauges, something to adjust the eccentrics with 90 degree bend (picks work), 10mm wrench for rocker nuts, remote starter switch hooked to diagnostic port pins 11 starter and 19 ground to bump the engine over. Bump it enough to where the valve spring is fully extended without any load (valve fully closed).

[mkcman17]

We can tell. What's going on with your car Mike? front strut broke? why did you have to change the clutch if you just did a 5 speed swap not too long ago?

Strut nut came unseated and collapsed the strut in the tower and jacked up the coil hat. My car was always five speed, we were just putting my lightweight flywheel back in.

Lots of little issues..as usual.

[reelizmpro]

That's why there needs to be a bearing there so the nut doesn't come loose all the time (ahem Nigel). I have to keep tightening mine down.