So you thought your E30 sport seats were Recaro’s? Think again the E21 sport seats were Recaro’s, not your E30’s. However real Recaro sport seats were offered as a rare option on E30’s. As seen here clearly stated by BMW themselves: Furthermore Alpina offered Recaro seats in their E30’s also but again Alpina’s are...
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The single most thing most thing I hate when it comes to cars even more then electrical gremlins and torn timing belts (on interference engines) is rust. Being from Ontario, we have cold snowy winters where salt is lathered liberally EVERYWHERE.  This will rust your car an exceptional amount in just one winter let alone 20+ if you...
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No it is not the same as a compression test. A compression test is a gauge that screws into the spark plug hole and reads how much pressure your engine can create and hold by cranking (usually by the starter). Now a Leak down tester also screws into the spark plug hole, however it has its own pressure source...
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Got this courtesy of http://www.mobil1.com.sg/performance/miles.aspx Imagine Driving Your Car For One Million Miles. It Would Take Forever! (according to the video 66 years of normal driving) In 1990 Mobil conducted an extraordinary experiment with Mobil 1 – the Million Miles Test. At Mobil’s research center in the United States, a new BMW 325i, with...
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The guys in germany at Dbilas http://dbilas-dynamic.de/dbilas_eng/Einzeldrosseleinspritzanlagen/Einzeldrosseleinspritzanlagen_Strasse/DKA_S.php?ID=7# have a product for your e30/e36/e46/e34 which will allow you to have individual throttle bodies  for each cylinder for your engine.  From what I can tell they include the chip and all you need is a filter to attach to the new intake manifold. They are TUV...
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Got this courtesy of http://www.theymightberacing.com/ShopTech/FuelBrakeLineFabrication.aspx we all know if you own an E30 in Canada or anywhere that snows and/or uses salt on the roads, your fuel lines/brake lines will rust after winter driving (especially 20+ years of it) in my case I replaced fuel lines on my 1987 Bmw 325i back a couple...
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Call me crazy but there is something about the mechanical-ism of carbs that is just better then the preciseness and  smoothness of fuel injection. Here you will see an m20b25 (bmw e30 325i(s) engine) normally fuel injection. However it has been converted to run 3 down draft weber carbs. With individual throttle bodies here is the spec list:...
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Just an educational video about how to roll back or forward an odometer out of an 1987 bmw 325i. This is meant for people who have a legitimate reason to roll back or forward a cluster in such cases as replacing your cluster for another because yours broke. This particular cluster isnt going into...
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I remember when I had my first E30 and the gasket was leaking. Funny how then i couldn’t find any DIY that didnt envolve lifting the engine (off the motor mounts) or dropping the subframe… and now i have found two with the “easy route”! Both are basically saying the same thing just from different people....
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If you’re in the market for an BMW E30 (1983-1991 well technically to 1994 but let’s not get all technical :)) you should probably have a look at this buyers guide. Got this write up from http://www.e30forum.de/diyfaq/kaufberatung/kaufberatung.htm unfortunately it is in German… fortunately i have done my best to translate it to English! Enjoy! I have added...
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