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I'm going to try to cover a couple of your posts here, as we're not just here to help with technical stuff, but also with general advice. You either want a turbo or you want cheap. You either want an M3 or a 328is. There's nothing actually slow about your car except the tranny. I've driven...

Jeebus, are 1996 cars considered "old" now? My family's cars must be ancient! (1988 325i, 1989 325i, 1991 318i, 1992 525i).

Yes Joseph! Give'r! [headbang] You may never drive that car again! While you're at it, drop the exhaust out, pull the drive shaft and do the support bearing, drop the diff and do all the seals, and do the diff mount, subframe bushings, and trailing arm bushings:) Might as well do the rear...

What kind of seats? Momo, Sparco, Recaro? Your best bet would be to find a local dealer and you can take a look at some models and they'll be able to tell you how to do it all. most seats should mount to your factory sliders.

jacking it should give you that much I would think. let us know.

You could have done it today... it feels like spring right now! +15 degrees Celcius (59.F). Gunna drive home with the sunroof open if it's not raining!!! (Of course in Ottawa it only managed to reach +9.)

...and undo the gas line, the starter wire, the o2 sensor wire, idle control module wire, ground wire, igntion coil wires, throttle cable, cruise control cable, tranny cooling lines, AC lines, reverse switch, intake boot,... Jeeze Joseph, try not to make it sound so easy![hihi] (although, it is...

If you just need a bit more clearance, try undoing the engine & tranny mounts and jacking up the engine/tranny a bit. Good way to check your engine mounts... chances are if they've never been done, they'll need doing. If it's the tube that Joseph is talking about, he's right, it's a PITA...

You go through the first two pages and you think you've found the worst one, but then there are so many more! I remember seeing that Minivan for sale in my area on Auto Trader.

Congrats, I remember your ordeal last year.... what a pain. Looks good, I too love the white.... my Mom's E30 is actually an 89 Alpine White 325i, but it's not a beater like yours apparently was! Far from it (only 73,000kms!) It almost looks like the side mirrors and door handles would be...

Already? Even with the disguise, you can tell it's a Bangle BMW, because the trunk is still uglier than all the disguised parts.

Those batteries are for the light.

He means that it's cold outside, and his heat doesn't blow anymore. (Illinois is cold and windy this time of year.) [slap] (jokes!)

No difference between two cars, both chipped means absolutely nothing at all. I'll sell you my old stock chips on ebay. Look under "BMW HOT CHIP +25bhp!! E30 325i, 325is, M3, 318is, 318i, 325e" I'll send you my old stock chip for your E30, but itwill be from my E34 525i with the M50. You...

[headbang]Sweeeeeet! (did you lose all your plastic covers from the bottom of the engine?)

Welcome aboard! I hear ya about the M10. The only way I would go about this is if you can score an E30 with the M20 in it. You're going to need a lot of parts. Drive shaft should work with the old tranny, but exhaust, computer, mounts, radiator (probably more, like fuel pump, MAF sensor, O2...

I have Dinan chips in both my cars right now, and I've also had a Turner Motorsport chip in my old E30 325e's. Turner's are tuned by Jim Conforti and go for $199.oo for +15bhp. Turner MS: http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html/subcategory_detail.asp?modelcode=E30&subcat_id=74 UUC Motorwerks...

There's nothing like the good ole' BMW crotch holders.

I never had to press the brake to take the car out of park, but I always had to press the button. Check #10 http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=1423&mospid=47322&btnr=25_0133&hg=25&fg=15 I wouldn't worry about it too much. How do you know that you can shift it into reverse while...

Try changing your temp sensor before you get too worried. Does your upper rad hose heat up? Does your car blow hot air inside? When you've had the car running for a while, does your overflow reservoir cap hiss when you undo it? I highly doubt your car is running that cold. If you thing...