NOR-CAL General Chat.

[Mohit]

Anyone ship wheels to LA recently? What's the best way to do it?

[Vivek]

Anyone ship wheels to LA recently? What's the best way to do it?

I'd say find someone driving to bimmerfest and offer them $50-100 because you're not gonna get a better deal.

[e30vert]

Anyone ship wheels to LA recently? What's the best way to do it?

LBV is right!
Sent PM . Im headed down for an extended weekend.

[2mAn]

Im also driving down. Flying to Seattle tomorrow night, picking up my car and driving back to SoCal

[decay]

I'll buy you a 1992 535i stick with a newer clutch that needs a head gasket. Complete running car, doesn't overheat, some oil in the coolant. 100% serious. Would you flat out sell me your m42?

i saw that car on CL. i don't want a mechanic's special with a bad HG, and i don't really want to let go of my ITB setup either, and all of that aside, kronus has advised a full donor is not really the way to go anyway.

you've gotta be able to find a good running M42 on http://car-part.com/ - e36 318i/s' sold like hotcakes in the 90s.

[Steven]

I have found if the VSS isn't connected to the DME the car will run super lean from ~6200 to 7k. 5500 may be a vanos issue or something, I forget the exact window but it should be retarding timing again around 5k-5500.

Vanos? I believe the vanos was rebuilt not too long ago. But I could be wrong on that. What could be wrong with it? Also, my car tops out at 100mph ever since I connected my speed sensor on my diff...

[freeride53]

Sungod next friday. Bfest next saturday. Get HYPED

[Vivek]

i saw that car on CL. i don't want a mechanic's special with a bad HG, and i don't really want to let go of my ITB setup either, and all of that aside, kronus has advised a full donor is not really the way to go anyway.

you've gotta be able to find a good running M42 on http://car-part.com/ - e36 318i/s' sold like hotcakes in the 90s.

Either way, if you're willing to sell it I'm interested. With or without the ITB's. Is this your only car or can you have it down for a while for a swap? I've been looking though that site…nothing much really. Only a couple engines within California. Looking though it now, there's a couple more than I saw earlier so I may try to contact them.

[decay]

Either way, if you're willing to sell it I'm interested. With or without the ITB's. Is this your only car or can you have it down for a while for a swap? I've been looking though that site…nothing much really. Only a couple engines within California. Looking though it now, there's a couple more than I saw earlier so I may try to contact them.

it is my only car, and i sold both my motorcycles when i quit my previous job.

i can deal without a car for a while, because the ops guy at my job lives 2 miles away from me and wants to carpool anyway, but it would take a lot of logistical work- i need a shop or someone who's willing to store it while i collect all the m30 parts and then do the swap, because i can't even change my own oil at my place.

not something i can just say yes to off the bat. let me ask around.

[Vivek]

Okay cool, let me know. We could take it to PM's/texts. I'm ordering the stuff to replace my oil pump tomorrow morning. If that doesn't work, I'll be looking to buy another engine ASAP. Even if it does work, the condition of my bearings/rings/such after running it dry for 2+ minutes is questionable. Personally I'd rather just swap it, but Stevens been convincing me to try the pump.

[decay]

he's probably right. do the pump and then a compression test.

this shit was all Eric's idea, maybe he wants to do the swap for me :P

[Vivek]

Yep I'll check it out. I'm ordering a magnetic drain plug with my blunt order so if it does work, I'll do a compression test then check the plug after a few hundred miles. I suppose if those are both clear the engine should be fine.

[MR 325]

Seeing that one yesterday really made me want the m535is. I'm gonna buy that soon and scrap the e21

Stop lagging on buying that thing. It's a steal and you'll be pissed if it's gone.

getting a whole 535i is not as useful as you'd think. An e30 M1.3 harness is much easier to use than the e34 one.

This man knows!

Okay new problem. In third gear I'm hitting the rev limiter at 5500 RPM. it should be 7000... any ideas?

Vanos? I believe the vanos was rebuilt not too long ago. But I could be wrong on that. What could be wrong with it? Also, my car tops out at 100mph ever since I connected my speed sensor on my diff...

Your vehicle speed sensor wire (VSS) needs to be connected in the harness. It's not related to the diff sensor.

[Cabriolet]

hey! keep me outa your shitty m42 world. personally i would piss on it and count my self lucky that my feet are faster flintstoning an e30 than an m42.

m42 cars are good for s52 swaps. this is all.

[decay]

hey! keep me outa your shitty m42 world. personally i would piss on it and count my self lucky that my feet are faster flintstoning an e30 than an m42.

m42 cars are good for s52 swaps. this is all.

okay apparently Eric hates M42s, but not so much that he wants to make an M42-powered car an M30-powered one.

too bad, LBV, that was our best option :P