What Red Needle Paint Have You Used?

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no prob! I actually have a 385mm MT1 with no p/n and it, too, is fine spline and fits an E30.

My gut says your splines are damaged.

If you have a spare column, take a 21mm...

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Thanks! It certainly feels good to start crossing some of these smaller projects off the list.





I have accumulated several of these kits over the years. Been pulling...

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I *think* pre-85 is coarse spline. This is my recollection: KBA70074 is a 385mm MT1 Fine Spline. KBA70076 is a 370mm MT1 Fine Spline. KBA70073 is 385mm MT1 Coarse Spline.

On an airbag car...

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The gaskets are NLA and are worth ~$150/pr by themselves and sell quick when in good shape. The windows themselves don’t sell that often but normally bring $100....

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I'm trying to use this stay at home order to complete a few looming tasks that I've been putting off.

Started working on getting the Smilies sorted. I installed the good passenger side,...

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Hey R3V-

I've been looking through countless old threads regarding red needle paint, with zero specifics or photos on what folks have used to closely match the M3 needles. For example, "just...

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You gotta make sure those things are comfy- Italian leather is the only way....

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I found a used Momo hub on eBay which convinced me to keep the Italvolanti.... boy I'm glad I did. The hub got here and had been hammered off and had compressed splines. Fixed all that and it bolted...

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Jay has written a tune for every one of my E30s. It's one of the first mods I do to every car!

He now has the ability to run Motronic 1.3 on MAF and MAP (not like Miller junk, but a true...

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You have to contact this email instead ;)

info@sssquid.com

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Glad to see another M20 stroker build! Your combo is more like a 2.9L than a 3L unless I missed something. Did you use the 85mm IE Mahle 2.9L pistons made to work with the 885 head and m52b28 crank/rods?...

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Bump, price drop

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thanks!! I decided to keep the Italvolanti for now....

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That '84 323i is very tempting until you look at the underbody photos. That thing has rust for days that was covered up by undercoat. I wouldn't buy that thing without a serious rust PPI....

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Rockers gone, just eccentrics and rocker shafts up for grabs now....

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It's .4mm bore away from being s52 displacement!

86mm bore, 89.6mm stroke x 6 = 3123! 3.123L ain't so bad considering the s52 "3.2L" is 3.152L....

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Stroker parts dropped off at the machine shop today! The 3.1 bottom end is fully assembled, and lookin mighty fine

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bump

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I am going to keep this wheel for now.

Selling my Italvolanti Formel wheel- I got an Mtech replacement. This wheel's bolt pattern is for a Momo hub (not included).

Wheel is...

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I doubt anyone will be surprised at this point, but I've been in liquidation mode for a while, and am simplifying my setup immensely.

My 3.1L is almost done, but ended up costing WAY more...