1984 316 coupe

[Goro]

Hello to all, my name is Goran and I am from Croatia. I own few e30 and e36, but this one is daily drive. Here is something about it:

In original it was 1984' m10b15 powered coupe with no equipment except sunroof. I bought it with complete engine, suspension, brakes and everything swapped from 1986' 325i. For car that is 30 years old it is in excellent condition. Few small rusty places, bad front valance/bumper with no lip and cracked dash. First thing i bought was new front and rear rotors/pads and new dash. Now at the moment engine is m50b25 non vanos with e30's getrag 260, 3.91 open differential and I put koni adjustibles. Here are few pics when I buy it:





New rotors/pads and dash, power steering and rims:



And this is how it looks now:





Sorry if spell something wrong, I guess my english is not perfect. Cheers :)

[totheredline]

Love it. Being in the US Im jealous of all the lightweight, entry level E30s you guys across the pond got. Don't even get me started on the sexy euro bumpers Love the car. keep up the good work! ;)

[N2MYE30]

Looking good. More info on Yugo and the 126 please. ;)

[Goro]

Love it. Being in the US Im jealous of all the lightweight, entry level E30s you guys across the pond got. Don't even get me started on the sexy euro bumpers Love the car. keep up the good work! ;)

Friend has 1987 325e imported from America, dont get me wrong but I havent seen ugliest bumpers than those big ones :) For me also euro ones are way better then those big ones.

And here is little about Yugo and Fiat 126:

1989 Zastava Yugo 45, originaly powered by 903cc 4cyl 45hp was pronounced as worst car ever in America. But on this one I swapped almost everything except chassis. Complete new interior(carpet, door panels, shifter...). Engine was from Fiat Tipo 1600cc 87hp stock. It was complete rebuilt with ported and polished head with bigger valves, 300 degrees camshaft, 4-2-1 supersprint exhaust, 2x dellorto 40mm carburetores...Brakes was from Fiat Uno Turbo, racing coilovers mad by Bobosport, two Omp race seats with H belts and the same steering wheel as now in E30. It had about 110-120hp, never been on dyno so I cant tell. During summer I put rear seats and original front ones, and during winter I trow out rear one and install only two race ones. Occasionally I put slick tires to go for a hard drive and with 1600cc engine and maybe 700kilos it was like little gokart. Car was going maybe little slower than original E30 m20b25 with 3.91diff. I had great time with it but first time I drove RWD I wanted something bigger than Fiat 126. Then after while I change it for this E30. Here are some pictures of it:








And this is Fiat 126 that I made for my girlfriend. It was 1988 Fiat 126p, originaly powered by 650cc 2cyl aircooled 21hp engine. We wanted to put some engine inside, but it was to lightweight and I didnt wanted my girlfriend to get crashed somewhere. Even with 21hp you could drift alittle in the rain. Also fuel consumption with this engine was ridiculous so we leave original engine inside. In 6 years in our hands never had any problem with engine. Girlfriend always wanted pink car, so when she was in school in other town, she came home only at weekends. I collect paint and everything needed and first monday she left I started to work on it and when she came home in saturday morning she almost had heartattack. Not to write too long, here is some pictures:

[N2MYE30]

Both of those cars are cool! :up: Thanks for sharing.

[Goro]

Little update: So I get myself touring and give this one to girlfriend. I put seats and steering wheel from touring and was trying to fit stilauto but needed longer screws. Then decided to put tyres from stilauto on these ones(forget the name). She is satisfied, so am I :D