New member, veteran car. My intro thread

[DER E30]

Hello R3Vers! I bought my 318is the first week of July and love it! She came up to WA 3 years ago from So-Cali. She is in good condition, minus a few issues that I’m sorting out as I can.
She has...

Drivetrain
Rebuilt 1.8L engine by Bavarian Auto Recycling (approx.5000 mi, on rebuild)
Ported & Polished Head
S14 Camshaft Grind
High Flow Air filter
Custom 2.5" Exhaust w/ Magnaflow Muffler (no cat)
Engine Skid Plate
Lightened Flywheel, w/ Recent clutch
Z3 Short Shifter
4.27 LSD Rear End

Suspension
Ground Control Coil-Overs w/ 500lb Eibach Spring
Billy HD's
OEM M3 FCABs
E36 Power steering Rack
Stainless Steel Brake Lines
Wheel Studs
Rota RB 16x8+20 square 7mm spacer in front
Nexen N3000 225/45/16

Exterior
Recent Body Paint & Trim
Euro Smiley headlights with 5k H.I.D
Morimoto 3Five.1 ballasts with 5k morimoto H3C bulbs in fog lights
Euro Shadowline Kidney Grills
Kopi European Grills
Euro Smoked Side Repeaters
Euro Bumper Trim
Euro License Plate Filler
Racing Dynamics Rear Wing (original E30 trunk & is spoiler on wall)
DTM Fiberglass Rear Apron

Interior
E36 M3 “Vader” Front Seats
M Tech 1 steering wheel
Alum. Pedal Set
Pioneer AM/FM/CD/MP3 Player
Clarion SRR1320 speakers in rear deck, I don’t know about the fronts
^Are those decent speakers?^

Recent Maintenance
All Fluid Replacement
Front Wheel hubs
Front Control Arms
M3 Camber Adjustment
Tie Rod Ends
Guibo Coupling
Ceramic Brake Pads

Sorry the pics suck, I just got back from blowing my heater/ac fan on a drive.

[DER E30]

More pics...

[1owNslo]

Nice lookin car man!

[UpstateMike]

Awesome car. How about a pic or two of the 37 Chevy?

[totheredline]

Where the hell are you people getting such clean A$$$$$ e30s?!?!?!?!?

[DER E30]

Ask, and ye shall receive.
Highly modified would work in the case of my truck. It’s a 1937 Chevrolet 1/2 ton truck, with a 2001 Corvette engine, otherwise known as an LS1, T56 6 speed trans, and 3.46 rear end. The frame was custom made by myself with help from my father over the last two years to suit the full Corvette independent suspension and disk brakes all the way around. The truck is supported by a set of coilovers. The wheels are stock 2001 wheels 18x9.5+56 rear, 17x8.5+56. with 255s on rear so they don’t rub on the already 2inch wider rear fenders. The Corvette trans is under the bed connected to the motor by a torque tube. The torque tube was custom extended 6 and 1/4 inches by a shop in Kentucky. The trans being in the back was the reason I made the bed tilt, so people could see the amount of time and effort that went into the truck.
How does it run? Well, the Corvette’s electronics are all there, slimmed down by myself on cold winter nights. The Security systems are all there, I just wired it in such a way that everything that wants to talk, does.
To summary, it IS a C5 Corvette hiding under the body of a ‘37 Chev. These pics and my driving it around this summer have been 7 years in the making for me, since I was 13 years old.

If you’re local, and would like to see in person, I will have it at the Arlington Dragstrip reunion show this Saturday.

Wow, I wrote a story here....

[golde30]

That truck is fuckin bad ass. There's a shop in SF doing a very similar build, awesome.

[DER E30]

Thanks, Thats what some imagination, money, and a hint of craziness can achieve... Oh and a TON of time. I'm in this truck somewhere in the neighborhood of 4,000 hours...

And a bonus pic, just primed the roll pan and all four fenders, among other things today.

[Bmr]

Where the hell are you people getting such clean A$$$$$ e30s?!?!?!?!?

WA has seriously a over abundance of e30's that are well taken care of. We don't have the problems of the East coast with weather. Also most people here garage there e30's

[Bmr]

Thanks, Thats what some imagination, money, and a hint of craziness can achieve... Oh and a TON of time. I'm in this truck somewhere in the neighborhood of 4,000 hours...

And a bonus pic, just primed the roll pan and all four fenders, among other things today.

Wow, love the truck and of course the e30.

[DER E30]

WA has seriously a over abundance of e30's that are well taken care of. We don't have the problems of the East coast with weather. Also most people here garage there e30's

True that. No salting of the roads and pretty decent weather (if you don't count the nearly constant rain and dark winters!)

I truly don't understand people that have perfectly good garages that don't get used for the proper purpose! That's what its for!
My e30 has been in the garage every day...

Thanks for the love on the truck. :)
On another note I just got done putting in a new sunroof crank, OMG so much nicer than the floppy broken one.

[1owNslo]

bad ass truck man.. thats also on my bucket list... same style and everything!