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I used to be on Passionford. When I moved it on, I did a deal on it with a girl from the Isle of White in 2014 for her Escort Cab and some cash. We met up at Birmingham services which was about half way.
IMG_1230 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
DSCF0383 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
Turns out, when her...
My old beast (the only 2 pics I have of it)
SaphCos1 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
Pikiescossie by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
Mine was stage 1 with uprated actuator, cooler and ally rad. I snapped 3 driveshafts before realising my engine mount was broke.
Loved the feeling of being able to have 3...
Got them off a lad on the BMW forum. They have different springs depending on engine size etc.
Rides lovely now, much better than the crashy Msport stuff. Back seems a little too low now though, given the front hasnt gone down much. Might lob a coil off
Bit of an update. Bought some MV2 replicas in 19". Tried them on, instantly regretted it, looks like a 5 series
Quickly removed and sold them on. Decided to replace with some CSL rims. 8.5 front and 9.5 rear
Bought some lowering springs
New air feed pipe as the other had shrunk...
I keep thinking it looks really "under-wheeled" in photors. Looks better IRL.
D7K_5555 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_5556 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
b*****d lights installed
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Got started on swapping the interior over
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Disa valve swap is easy, and yours will be shagged when you remove it, believe me. i6Automotive do a great kit. The oil leak could be the rocker gasket??
You may also want to look into changing the CCV kit
I got offered this at a decent price, know the cars history since 2010, and got to trade my 330 in so no pissing about selling. Plans at the moment are a remap, swap the seats and keep my eye out for some 18" MV3s
Chopping in the E46 330i for something a little newer, better looking, and more economical
2016-10-05_08-41-10 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
Not loving the lemon/champagne trim though, but luckily it has the black dash and carpets, so last night I drove to West Yorkshire to pick up an LCI...
Lovely motor. Have you tried resetting the throttle for a little more response? Ign on 1st click for 10secs, then off for 10 secs, then drive like a hero.