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Nice lookin Z3! E36/7 chassis. What year, 99-00? The 2.3 manual tranny cars are fun! They scoot pretty good too. I originaly didnt like the Z4 but i like them now. Yours has some decent factory wheels too.
We have a customer that had a 2.3L Z3 that had some aftermarket road race parts and he roasted his motor. Instead of another 2.3, we found him a 3.2L S52 motor from an M3 and i did the install/conversion along with more upgrades, its one nasty machine now! Just some recomendations (fac cert. BMW tech  )BMW synthetic 5w40, change every 6K or 6mo, factory drain is too long, IMO (and to save a buck, BMW factory oil is Castrol Syntec) Check condition of the belt idler pulleys, tensioners, water pump. We have seen alot of these motors cooked to death when a pulley comes apart and the belt falls off. There always noisy and loose if there bad. These cars run the best with the factory NGK BKR6EQUP spark plugs, there not cheap but last along time. There a 4 electrode plug but they are far superior to the crappy Bosch platinum-4 that alot of people install. Common for the lower intake boot to develop cracks/holes in the little elbow for the IAC inlet, makes a sqweak at part throttle if bad. M52TU-M54 engines only Not tryin to scare ya, just helpin, feel free to ask for more if ya need!
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Thanks for the advice. I'm sure I'll have more questions. I've only driven it ten miles since purchase. I'm still thinking of buying the Porsche Cabrio also.
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Is it reasonable to expect a braggart to be accurate?
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Now is that a girlie car? If you still say yes, I don't know how to help you! 
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As long as it's not pink with flower vases built into it, it's not a girlie car if you like it. If it DOES include afore-mentioned features, then you MUST buy a dress and purse for the times you drive it . . . .
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05-03-2009, 09:46 AM
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PP- very nice, which car got bumped out of the garage?
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Hey, John, now you'll get a chance to learn all about repairing Bimmers . . . .
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Remember what I told Sid...?
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Maybe he can at least work on Fritzie now
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As much as i hate the old M70-73 V-12's. Id love to have an 850i BUT with a sleeved block and twin turboed, electromotive electronics!
The old bimmer V-12 are nice when running right, so smooth an powerful, but they dont often run well. Now the newer M73TU is decent and the N73 from the 760Li is outta this world!
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Nice PowerPig - I love the way you "set" in those Z's. Really make you feel integrated into the machine.
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