sharkfan

Is that you in the shorts walking away then?

4.6 V8; similar figures, perhaps 28/29 on an economy run, otherwise 16-19 depending on how heavy my foot is. I've never ever seen 30mpg in the 4.6 but I could swear I did in the 540i/6 I did, maybe 32/33 on a long eco run.

For your own price comparison, a genuine rhd B10 3.5 has appeared on the bay of dreams for £15k.

Not hostile, just trying to figure out how your decisions got to where you are now. Good luck.

So after knocking back everyone who suggested putting a bigger engine in... ...you're putting a bigger engine in and getting rid of your beloved M30B30? BTW, you've got yourself confused about which Alpina engines had the intake moved to the other side of the engine bay, and Alpina did quite a bit more to the E34 B10 3.5 than a chip, camshaft and your 'adjust the AFM spring tension' trick... Good luck. By the way, how much is all this costing, especially compared to the original suggestion of just dropping in a widely available and cheap M30B35 engine? I can't help think that you are are going beyond 5 figures and if you had spent that and got rid of your own car you could have bought a genuine E34 B10 3.5 Alpina...

Thanks for this - I have now downloaded it for myself.

It can make the world of difference.

I have a picture of them together before it ended up with Simon. I was considering buying it but it would have been a silly decision on my part.

It's one of two ordered for the UK, Simon (bumbaclut) has the other one.

Here are my two or three... 1982 BMW 635CSiA, one of a few hundred from five thousand rhd made... 1985 M635CSi, one of about one hundred left on the road from 524 rhd made... 1997 Alpina B12 5.7 Langversion, one of two rhd UK cars made...

Went to the Caffeine and Machine last night and on getting there was told to park right outside the building!

You probably want to change the title to match what you actually want.

£116??? It's only £85... https://www.halfords.com/motoring/battery-maintenance/jump-starters/halfords-advanced-lithium-jump-starter---up-to-3l-677469.html?istCompanyId=b8708c57-7a02-4cf6-b2c0-dc36b54a327e&istFeedId=367c5610-f937-4c81-8609-f84582324cd6&istItemId=wrpxpiail&istBid=t&_$ja=tsid:94971|cid:1034356518|agid:51236243736|tid:pla-1393979199789|crid:244691896474|nw:g|rnd:13501590715301114644|dvc:c|adp:|mt:|loc:9045841&src=3bpdp&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0cH075Sp8gIVpBx9Ch20bgvkEAQYAyABEgLAC_D_BwE It says up to 3l but it has started my neighbours 4l diesel and my 4.6 and 5.7l petrol engines.

The larger Halfords one is very good - I have a couple of them.

Yep, I ended up buying a second hand B10 V8 engine and having new chains, guides, sprockets, oil pump and gubbins fitted.