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My first BMW and dads old one
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George Smooth
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Awesome wheels. I dig your handbag too :rollsmile:
skank
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Henry said:
BMW SA created a 'M' for the SA market in '82, it had M badges, dogleg 1st, lower final drive, recessed front fog lights and a few goodies. It wasn't true 'M' car, just a bit sportier. they were mostly Hennared coloured, yours is interesting as it's a left hooker,
Raybimmer said:
Up until mid '82 the 635CSi had a 3453cc Motor (M90), same bore and stroke as the M88, this was a M30 derivative. There were some gasket issues or some such so BMW changed to a slightly stroked smaller bore of 3430cc, this was the M30B34 engine which was used post '82.
The M635CSi (all 24 valves) (M88/3) retained th M90 bore and stroke.
The SA only 745i was M88 engined, you are correct. the euro was a turbo'd 3.3 litre. an SA 745i is as rare as buggery and is the only 7 series allowed on the M Power Registry.
Clownshoe
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Nice 6
I love the darker coloured cars. And the seats. If your dad wants to swap for newly recovered leather comfort seats... let me know. As its a lefty i would suggest having a quick look on the VIN number to see the build date. Leftys are private imports and as such the registered date can be a few years out on the actual build date.
The best way to see what engine you have is to look at the intake manifold. If it says 3.2/3.5 you have the M30B34. The engine changes came slightly after 82 if I remember correctly and there were some engine management changes aswell in 84/85. This is all of the top of my head as I don't have my notes with me
As for the '82 M. Very interesting. And I think i may have to appologise to someone... I think I told someone thier car was in a front end smash at some piont as it was an 82 with recessed foglights...
P.S. Pre 82 had no econo needle or service indication lights.
I love the darker coloured cars. And the seats. If your dad wants to swap for newly recovered leather comfort seats... let me know. As its a lefty i would suggest having a quick look on the VIN number to see the build date. Leftys are private imports and as such the registered date can be a few years out on the actual build date.The best way to see what engine you have is to look at the intake manifold. If it says 3.2/3.5 you have the M30B34. The engine changes came slightly after 82 if I remember correctly and there were some engine management changes aswell in 84/85. This is all of the top of my head as I don't have my notes with me
As for the '82 M. Very interesting. And I think i may have to appologise to someone... I think I told someone thier car was in a front end smash at some piont as it was an 82 with recessed foglights...
P.S. Pre 82 had no econo needle or service indication lights.
Fordkoppie
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Henry said:
Why does it have ASC??
Isnt it supposed to be DSC?
And why is the redline @ 6000RPM?
Still very nice car though:thumbs:
Fordkoppie
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As far as i know all M54 engines were @ 6500RPM.
The ASR is also weird. I dont want to say too much. Rather let someone more knowledgeable like Sankekur comment about that.
The ASR is also weird. I dont want to say too much. Rather let someone more knowledgeable like Sankekur comment about that.
Sankekur said:
It is weird isnt it, This is the 5th f/l I have seen.
I have noticed the models that were sold quicker , f/l 318i's, all had DSC,
Its almost as if the early F/L 325/330's were built while the pre face lift was still in, and they just slapped on the updated parts and shipped them off.... Highly unlikely though.
