Links

Online Tools

• RPM Calculator – Changing your gearbox or diff? Work out your RPM and speed with this helpful calculator

Marlin Sportster and Cabrio Builder Sites

• A GOO-STER is born – GreatOldOne’s Sportster build diary
• Andy Dane’s Sportster Build – BMW Sportster Build site
• Peter-Jan’s Sportster Build – Sportster build based on the Ford donor car
• Martin Clan’s Sportster Build Page – Martin Clan’s BMW Sportster Build Page
• Simons Cabrio Build – Marlin Cabrio with BMW M20 Engine
• Peters BMW Marlin – BMW Sportster Build Page
• Jeremy Ward – Sportster Build – M Powered Sportster Build!

Marlin Sites

• Marlin Owners Club – Marlin Owners Club site
• Mad About Kit Cars – Forum for Sportster & 5exi

Parts

• Euro Car Parts – Get bits for you donor here
• Partsgateway – BMW Breakers – Get second hand bits for your donor
• Rally Design – Big brakes and new clutches amoung other things
• Stafford Vehicle Components – Lots of useful bits
• Vehicle Wiring Products – More bits
• Demon Tweeks – Aftermarket parts
• German Swedish and French Car Parts – Get E30 bits here
• Car Builder Solutions – More bits
• Motormec – The best place of OEM BMW parts at good prices. Also do aftermarket parts like steering wheels
• Bimmerworld Online Store – BMW Parts from the USA
• SSDD Motorsport – BMW Tuning parts
• KMS Parts – BMW Parts
• Need for Speed – parts
• Merlin Motorsport – Good for lots of parts
• Burton Power – Specialise more on Fords but lots of general parts available too.

Supplies

• Frost (Paint Supplies) – Paint and rust treatment supplies
• Namrick – Get all the replacement nuts, washer and bolts you’ll ever need here. Online order and very quick

BMW Sites

• M20 Engine – Technical Stuff for the M20 engine used in E30’s
• E30.de – German site on the E30 – very useful for tuning
• E30 Zone Forum – Excellent forum to source information on your donor BMW. Always someone to help with technical questions! Also new E30Zone shop with lots of E30 related bits
• E46 Fanatics – E46 3 Series forum based in the USA
• Evotechik.net – Modding forum with several BMW people
• Planet E30 – BMW E30 3 Series Forum
• BMW Forum – more BMW
• e30tech.com – US based technical forum

Tuning

• A – Tech BMW – Ant the E30 Tuning Guru and source of chips for the M20B28 conversion

Manufacturers

• BTB BMW Exhausts – BTB 6 Branch manifolds, availalbe through www.e30zone.co.uk – have a chat with Sal (M5Pilot)
• Gaz Shocks – For E30 rear coil over conversion. Standard front shocks from Marlin are made by Gaz
• Magnecor – HT Leads, can cost less that OEM parts
• Mocal – ThinkAuto – ThinkAuto – the home of Mocal products
• Magnaflow – Stainless exhaust components
• Jetex – Build stainless or mild steel exhaust systems from individual components (online ordering)
• BMC – CDA (Carbon Dynamic Airbox) available from www.e30zone.co.uk with fitting adapter for the M20 AFM.

Misc

• TalkAudio – Car Audio – Car Audio forum
• Replicar – Kit car links database
• Kit Car – Kit Car and Cobra Magazines
• Modelog – the model blog! (Our other site!)