Soldato
What sort of money are really nice, clean e36 M3s going for at the moment?
cheap M3, whats the worst..
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they are mega rare. you either get the museum examples with a few thousand miles, which seem to be advertised for £8k+
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/3858576.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/3208571.htm
there are very few others that arnt utter dross. very few adverts list any important work having been carried out. lots of them are chavved up.
you get a few which have had partial restorations (ie some suspension bits and a lowering kit) which come up in the £5k region
they are a dying breed and it looks like theyre dying quickly
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/3858576.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/3208571.htm
there are very few others that arnt utter dross. very few adverts list any important work having been carried out. lots of them are chavved up.
you get a few which have had partial restorations (ie some suspension bits and a lowering kit) which come up in the £5k region
they are a dying breed and it looks like theyre dying quickly
Man of Honour
Is there nobody local on here or clubgti you could borrow a g meter from for the afternoon?
Man of Honour
Pretty sure torque pro does acceleration plots using the phones g sensors if you have something android.
Carried out some basic on the BM yesterday. i picked up an air and oil filter and maf earlier this week but due to life getting in the way i wasnt able to fit them until yesterday.
getting the airbox out is easier now that ive had some practice. maf is attached to the airbox and i was changing the filter too, so i removed it completely
old maf had one of the screens missing. i found that in the bottom of the plenum when i took the intake system off last time
i was hoping to find a date stamp on the original maf to show its manufacture date.
most components have them
no date stamps on new one either
the old air filter certainly did have a date stamp though (got to love a car with a crap history)
fram filter was taller which can only be a good thing
filter is absolutely tiny though which really has to make you laugh at wallys who want "performance filters" when BMW obviously prove you can get 300bhp from one that size made of paper
Height(mm) 58
Length(mm) 243
Width [mm] 178
oil was changed, blah blah blah, oil filter kit comes with new o rings and washers, which seems a bit over kill considering it cant have done many miles since it was last done
the car wanted a wash too and you might remember that when i cleaned it last i only had time to hard wax the front... so i washed it and hard waxed the rest of it
couldnt do a test drive there and then due to traffic but i reset the ecu and took it out later on.
i had this to contend with next
as for the test drive, i took it out at about 11pm lastnight. there was a couple hundred £ worth of placebo riding on this but without a doubt the car feels noticably more ballistic now. noticably more muscular at normal revs, even odd things like small throttle opening, it makes the throttle more linear (less jerky, easier to drive). so it has improved response and outright shove
next month, two new lambdas
getting the airbox out is easier now that ive had some practice. maf is attached to the airbox and i was changing the filter too, so i removed it completely
old maf had one of the screens missing. i found that in the bottom of the plenum when i took the intake system off last time
i was hoping to find a date stamp on the original maf to show its manufacture date.
most components have them
no date stamps on new one either
the old air filter certainly did have a date stamp though (got to love a car with a crap history)
fram filter was taller which can only be a good thing
filter is absolutely tiny though which really has to make you laugh at wallys who want "performance filters" when BMW obviously prove you can get 300bhp from one that size made of paper
Height(mm) 58
Length(mm) 243
Width [mm] 178
oil was changed, blah blah blah, oil filter kit comes with new o rings and washers, which seems a bit over kill considering it cant have done many miles since it was last done
the car wanted a wash too and you might remember that when i cleaned it last i only had time to hard wax the front... so i washed it and hard waxed the rest of it
couldnt do a test drive there and then due to traffic but i reset the ecu and took it out later on.
i had this to contend with next
as for the test drive, i took it out at about 11pm lastnight. there was a couple hundred £ worth of placebo riding on this but without a doubt the car feels noticably more ballistic now. noticably more muscular at normal revs, even odd things like small throttle opening, it makes the throttle more linear (less jerky, easier to drive). so it has improved response and outright shove
next month, two new lambdas
Would look lovely with some dealer plates
Trust me, they are on the list. Hate the current ones
Not a clue to be honest. Still a long way from finished though. In the region of 4.5k rounding up
Soldato
Serious amount of go for your money, especially considering the amount of bits that you know you won't need to replace again!
Soldato
You drive like you are scared of it 
for sure. if i were to bin it i would be completely gutted.
a) i wouldnt be able to live with the embarrasment
b) ive put a lot of time in to this car, which itself was a bit of a gamble, and it turned out to be a car i like
c) definitely a rare sight on the road, especially nice ones.
a) i wouldnt be able to live with the embarrasment
b) ive put a lot of time in to this car, which itself was a bit of a gamble, and it turned out to be a car i like
c) definitely a rare sight on the road, especially nice ones.
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Can we get another video of a bit of foot-down happiness? 
just a pic, but when i cropped it it did something to the resolution
ill get another vid together when i can think up how to set up a camera best (primitive, i just have a camera on my phone)
a shot of the speedo would be funny, the gauges go round pretty fast but as long as there is sound youll know what speed its doing anyway