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[TobyB]

Pix are visible to me, here.

BMW knew about this by about the M50, and that's why the e- thermostat ran cooler
when the engine was loaded to avoid 'cavitation' (boiling) in the hot...

[TobyB]

I think that most search engines have been infected with AI- and it don't work fo' sheet.
Even Ogoole, for quite a while the best of them out there, now hallucinates that
I might want donuts...

[TobyB]

Looks like normal shrinkage to me, too-
as the aluminum cools in the mold, it'll do that.

but a quick dye test will confirm.

t

port-n-polish. nah, just p...

[TobyB]

Ok, if we get gobacks, can I have just one e90 M3?

And maybe a spare, so that when I wreck it, I can put its drivetrain into an E34 wagon?

t
moar powah!

[TobyB]

The only constructive thought that I have is to make sure you're not creating a loop such that hot water can bypass the radiator.
And to check to make sure (I dunno how) that flows are somewhat...

[TobyB]

My answer was late E36 manifolds- there is a tubular version, and the local junkyard had a 328... so I grabbed 'em and the intake.

t
might run stock cats if he can make them fit.

[TobyB]

I would agree with a 2- door.
But when you've got 4 wind- down windows and no a/c, it's nice to be able
to fine- tune the buffeting with the switches...

my '02...

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[TobyB]

In the state I live in, I can bring a bitsa, a lot of receipts, (pictures help, too) and the State Patrol will issue a new VIN
so that I can title and register the car. At a certain financial point,...

[TobyB]

My experience is from DCOEs on street and race cars, so it's not apples to applets, but...

when I got into that range for a race car, I usually called it good enough and then tuned by the...

[TobyB]

At least on the earlier cars, the electric window harness is separate.
Now that I think about it, isn't the later one, too? I only parted one, a LONG time ago now...

And on the really...

[TobyB]

By now, the 'middle class' is a vanishing class... prove me wrong.

t
poor, again....

[TobyB]

Ahhh, for the days of
'hey, my friend's mom got stuck with her ex's blown up BMW.
You want it? No title, but no questions, either'

t
built his race car that way. Maybe...

[TobyB]

Well, if we're dreaming:

E30
E30
E30
and
E30.

If we're driving
E46
E46 track car
E46 wagon converted to S54 and M3 parts
E46...