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An E30 Project
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:33 pm
by RobCallow
Gone and brought myself an E30 325i se
It's a 1988 Dolphin grey 2 door and has done 99k
The car itself is pretty standard I think it may of been chipped as I found another chip in the ashtray and a sticker under the bonnet from Clive Athowes stating it was tuned to 172 bhp (no proof of this though!) it also has a stainless exhaust fitted.
Needs to have a little bit of work to tidy it up a bit but then going to make it in to a track biased daily driver!
Will post some pics when I take some.
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:11 pm
by Stuart
Sounds great Rob. 2 doors are worth some cash :thumb:
Does this mean that you will be joining us on the 20th @ Snett?
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Looking forward to seeing the car in action soon Rob. Can't wait.
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:46 pm
by RX7
Excellent news Rob !!!
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:49 pm
by Mr Fletcher
well done rob get it on track you will love it 8)
cheers
jason
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:41 pm
by RobCallow
stuartstaples wrote:Sounds great Rob. 2 doors are worth some cash :thumb:
Does this mean that you will be joining us on the 20th @ Snett?
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Looking forward to seeing the car in action soon Rob. Can't wait.
Only paid
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:55 pm
by duncan
great purchase that Rob - any pics?
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:07 pm
by RobCallow
I don't have a camera at the moment but will post some as soon as I get one!
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:10 pm
by Redders
A 325i se thats the one everyone wants ,which we were discussing about the other week ? sounds like you saved yourself a fortune on what you were willing to pay, will phone later on in the week , did you have a good new year?
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:07 am
by RobCallow
Spent the last couple of days tinkering with the car it has a niggly issue with the Idle.
It keeps reving high then hunting for an idle have cleaned out the air box, MAF, Idle control valve and throttle body with carb cleaner and so far it seems to be better but I have a few other things to try.
Also have been tackling the rust to be fair its not too bad just a bit on each sill and the nearside rear wheel arch. For a 20 year old car it is in bloody good condition.
Well the plans (so far) are as follows:
Fit a set of coilovers
Better tyres and maybe a bigger set of wheels
ARB
Polybushes
New seat
Harness
A smaller steering wheel (The original is Huge!!!)
Get on track again!!!!
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:37 am
by Fast Eddy
Nice one Rob. Should be fun. I think the idle problem was quite common on these, but i can't remember what the cause is :roll: getting old
I have Whiteline arb's and Superflex/Powerflex bushes on offer at the moment. Give me a ring to discuss what you need mate.
Eddy