Mr Vapour 1,366 Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 Has it got the BBS plastics under the rear bumper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattt 535 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 I’m struggling to upload more pics. I don’t think so. Kit will be sold anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Mr Vapour 1,366 Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 That pillar rust is factory fitted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattt 535 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 Yeah I figured as much. It’s both sides. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Vapour 1,366 Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Have you taken out the rear seat and checked out the strut towers yet? What's the floor like it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattt 535 Posted February 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 No I haven’t. I actually haven’t had a chance to do anything as I’ve got family here at the moment. I should have a better opportunity to start assessing things properly tomorrow afternoon. We did lift the carpet when I was checking it out and the floor looks good. I’m not too concerned about that sort of stuff though as I’m alquite capable of welding in new panels as necessary and it’s not going to be a restoration type build which allows me a lot more flexibility with repairs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattt 535 Posted February 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 No I haven’t. I actually haven’t had a chance to do anything as I’ve got family here at the moment. I should have a better opportunity to start assessing things properly tomorrow afternoon. We did lift the carpet when I was checking it out and the floor looks good. I’m not too concerned about that sort of stuff though as I’m alquite capable of welding in new panels as necessary and it’s not going to be a restoration type build which allows me a lot more flexibility with repairs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Vapour 1,366 Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Mattt said: It has drums on the back. Weren’t all the 323s disk or only some? That will explain why it has a 2.0l and a carb. It's.properly a 320/6 not a 323. Run it's vin through a new vid decoder and that will tell you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Vapour 1,366 Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Also has it got vented front discs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Vapour 1,366 Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 And it's only got a single exhaust. It's a 320/6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattt 535 Posted February 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Yup. Solid disks. The vin tag lists it being a 323i. I suspect someone’s tagged it at some point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattt 535 Posted February 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Yup. Solid disks. The vin tag lists it being a 323i. I suspect someone’s tagged it at some point. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattt 535 Posted February 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 It’s actually not a concern for me. I would have paid the same price either way. I knew the motor wasn’t b23 and to be honest with what I’m planning to do to it I quite relieved it’s not an actual 323i. I was feeling sort of guilty. Now I know it’s only a 320/6 I’ve got no concerns hacking it up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Vapour 1,366 Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Yeah I have a 323 but all the special parts that make it a 323 have been sold off. The only way to tell its a 323 would be by looking under the rear and seeing the longer chassis on the right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattt 535 Posted February 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 What do you mean you longer chassis? I’d be interested to confirm. But yeah, like you say I was ntending to replace pretty much all the goodies anyway. I really need to get a workshop manual for this thing so I can set the timing and tweak the carby. It’s running pretty well but It’s not perfect. I’m fairly certain the drivetrain vibration is the center hanger bearing so that’s pretty easy. I think it’s going to need the front sway bar mount bushes replaced, bleed the brakes and replace the cylinders, then it should be wof time and hope for the best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Vapour 1,366 Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Have a look at the rail that the exhaust hangs off. On a 323 it's on both sides on everything else it's only on.the left 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattt 535 Posted May 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 If anyone’s interested I’ll be updating the progress on this on instagram. Most of it will be updated here aswell, it’s just more hassle uploading photos here so might not be as often. beamse21 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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