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slammin_e28 · Post by **slammin_e28** » May 28, 2013 3:35 PM

Haha....lolwhuut?

Post by **tig** » May 30, 2013 2:57 PM

From my M30B35 thread:

leadphut · Post by **leadphut** » May 31, 2013 12:42 PM

CSBM5 · Post by **CSBM5** » May 31, 2013 1:10 PM

...and you've never really "known" how much fun the M30 is to own if you've never owned one with the original oil filter canister design

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CSBM5 · Post by **CSBM5** » May 31, 2013 1:17 PM

By the way, can anyone spot the likely non-originality element on the BMW Museum's M30 above?

slammin_e28 · Post by **slammin_e28** » May 31, 2013 1:23 PM

CSBM5 wrote:By the way, can anyone spot the likely non-originality element on the BMW Museum's M30 above?

It doesn't have those stupid thermal reactors does it?

CSBM5 · Post by **CSBM5** » May 31, 2013 1:25 PM

slammin_e28 wrote:
CSBM5 wrote:By the way, can anyone spot the likely non-originality element on the BMW Museum's M30 above?
It doesn't have those stupid thermal reactors does it?

No, those are the regular exhaust manifolds. The non-original element is subtle in that most would overlook it completely since it is so common on what most people know of as M30 engines...especially *all* of the injected M30 engines sold, at least those sold stateside. (it's not emissions related in anyway).

slammin_e28 · Post by **slammin_e28** » May 31, 2013 1:31 PM

I really want to know now. Lol.

CSBM5 · Post by **CSBM5** » May 31, 2013 1:36 PM

Better view:

OcCoupe · Post by **OcCoupe** » May 31, 2013 1:58 PM

CSBM5 wrote:By the way, can anyone spot the likely non-originality element on the BMW Museum's M30 above?

The fan is black and has 8 blades instead of red with 5 blades?

Post by **tig** » May 31, 2013 2:06 PM

CSBM5 wrote:By the way, can anyone spot the likely non-originality element on the BMW Museum's M30 above?

The dipstick?

CSBM5 · Post by **CSBM5** » May 31, 2013 2:47 PM

OcCoupe wrote:
CSBM5 wrote:By the way, can anyone spot the likely non-originality element on the BMW Museum's M30 above?
The fan is black and has 8 blades instead of red with 5 blades?

Bingo! All early M30s to my knowledge, early meaning double Zenith M30s (i.e. E3, E9) had a 5 blade fan with a friction fan clutch (that sucked). This engine is sporting a 9 blade fan with a viscous clutch which didn't appear here in the states until the 530i/3.0Si circa 1975.

Perhaps in Europe it was something that was still used on carb'd M30s too after they were gone here in the USA, so I'm out of line on this too...

86GT635 · Post by **86GT635** » Jun 05, 2013 8:58 AM

CSBM5 wrote:By the way, can anyone spot the likely non-originality element on the BMW Museum's M30 above?

The M pressure plate?

Rav335uk · Post by **Rav335uk** » Jun 10, 2013 6:28 PM

E30 Install

Post by **tig** » Jun 10, 2013 7:08 PM

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Rav335uk · Post by **Rav335uk** » Jun 10, 2013 7:22 PM

My E30 cab install

Mike in Seattle · Post by **Mike in Seattle** » Jun 11, 2013 1:37 AM

Here are a few of mine. I still need to do some detailing, but not to bad.

M. Holtmeier · Post by **M. Holtmeier** » Jun 11, 2013 7:31 AM

leadphut · Post by **leadphut** » Jun 11, 2013 11:56 AM

Rav335uk wrote:E30 Install

That's impressive. Lots going on in the picture.

jhall · Post by **jhall** » Jun 11, 2013 1:15 PM

Mr. OCD coupe. Absolutely stunning.

Mike in Seattle, I like that blue. It would be a good contrast to my alpine and go with my blue pinstripe.

M30's? Yeah I got 'em. I can make it rain m30's.

My 88 after I picked it up.

And After some cleaning. Today it has an AFM cover and the b35 style wire cover.

And I snagged this recently. It's going to get matched up with the g265 from my '85. I'm excited to do the work, and can't wait for the final result.

Bonus m30 from my 85 on the the stand in the background. Just waiting to figure out what I want to do with it.

And a couple of shots of it opened up. Pretty happy.

Ray in Phoenix · Post by **Ray in Phoenix** » Jun 12, 2013 4:52 PM

Post by **tig** » Jun 12, 2013 6:13 PM

(Comment deleted because Ray is awesome.)

Ray in Phoenix · Post by **Ray in Phoenix** » Jun 12, 2013 6:34 PM

cek wrote:
Ray in Phoenix wrote:(pictures not of M30 motors)
Congrats on being the first one to break the rules of the thread!

Oh Snap! My bad!

Post by **tig** » Jun 12, 2013 6:42 PM

Ray in Phoenix wrote:

Sexy pic. I'm curious about the cover on the AFM. How did it come to have those stripes?

OcCoupe · Post by **OcCoupe** » Jun 12, 2013 6:43 PM

cek wrote:
Ray in Phoenix wrote:
Sexy pic. I'm curious about the cover on the AFM. How did it come to have those stripes?

The stripes are already in the cover, Ray just used some of his wife's nail polish to paint them silver.

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