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my e36 328 exhaust heat shield needs replacing. can i run her without it on?

i use 75w-90 redline gear oil i get it of ebay about £18. as for bush replacement i aint to sure you can pick whole new diffs up cheep enoth tho as for cahangeing them over its fairly simple you just need a big female torx bits to disconect the diff from the drive shafts the prop shaft is just 4 bolts......... axel stands and a hayns you will save your self a packit!

nice motor mate

thanks lads.

im thinking about a respray. i love the alpina blue and the rims powder coated black. get it ready for the bmw show at the pod! she goes in for her head gaskik on monday carnt wait to get back in her agen! :)

nice one for that kirby. im after some but i carnt stand the look of chavy aftermarkit ones. i nearly brought some hella's the other day on e bay but i missed out by £2 :( the other chap bidded with 10secs to go and i missed them. they went for £37.60 plus £10 p/p bargin or what! o well you win some you lose some. just have to keep looking.

thanks lads, well i am going to see if anybody wants to swap a full set of black 4 door leather for silver/gray front drivers seat and arm rest out of a coupe. if you no any one.i pick the black ones up sunday.

will seats out of a e36 320se 4 door fit into a e36 328 coupe?

just a few pics!

just another job to do on the e36 to do list. along with head gasket, top strut mount and front brake pads..... :(

take the air bag bulb out the dash :lol:

are the hella angel eyes after market thing or did they come standard on e36 m3s?

put her up on 2 axel stands (make sure shes sturdy) start her and get a mate to go through the gears and have a watch of the diff and see where the nose is coming from i would say its prob the diff. i have broke 2 in 12 months!

i like the leathers on the pistonheads one very nice shame it aint a 335 tho :( i have had a 325 lovely cars!

M50 engine=2.0/2.5 24v vanos/non vanos fitted to late E34 and early E36

Cast Iron block,Larger more power friendly inlet manifold and throttle body and yes the ECU was mapped slightly differently however it was within the "adaption" limits of a m52.

M52 2.0/2.5(badged as 323/523)/2.8

Ally block much lighter! the engines themselves cannot be interchanged without a custom engine mount being made, more restrictive inlet manifold due to tight emmsion laws,however can be replaced with the earlier manifold with an adpotor kit (about £80) which will take the M52 2.5 from 177-190 and the 2.8 from 196 to 215 bhp.

So in idiot terms buy a 328 sport coupe slap a earlier manfold on, re-map it say hello to about 220=230 bhp with the sound track from heaven under the bonnet.

hope that helps

witch manfold is this? i want one for my 328! mine is on a R plate

germany for me and she loved every mile! same agen this year.

where you off in march mate? i went the ring last year didnt get chance to drive it tho. the 328 is having this year tho i carnt wait! they love there bimmers over there the place is m3 heaven.

im there with out a doubt!!!

im all booked up to go for a week if anybody wants to come along the more the merrier

nice one dazh. ill keep you posted.

cheers dabsy i will have a look into that.

she gets used daily its down in the bottom end too you can see it on the dip stick.ill keep my eye on the the coolent got her booked in the the end of the month.more expence good job i love her. thinking about geting it chipped what you think people??

mine hasnt overheated yet. been keeping my eye on her. might give the special k a go when she dose tho.

its from a garage dabsy i have used them for years. for mot etc. i like to have a tinker my self but this is to deep for me i hate paying people to do work! just rang someone else for another quote it was 800 think he is haveing a laugh!

:( thats not what i wanted to here. i have been quoted £512 is that a good price do you think?