08/05/2012 UPDATE!! Now asking $3,500 for the car. Thanks!
06/26/2012 UPDATE!! Now putting the car back up for sale. $4,000 FIRM takes it. Please read this main post as I have updated some details about it
Well, as much as I've been trying to avoid it, I might have to look into selling the e30 for now. It's costing me too much to keep the car with parking garage fees + storage fees for all my wheels/tires/parts and the money is tight. Until I am done with school, I can't really focus on keeping/maintaining such a car.
Injector plug wired in:
Videos of the car in action:
This car needs minor things to sort it out entirely, but it is a joy to drive. I put it together with my experience with drifting for the better half of this past decade to make sure this is a very easy to drift car. The M30 was chosen for its reliability and torque, the suspension was custom picked with GC to support the M30 swap and shocks were custom valved to match the spring rates. Everything with this car was based on lessons learned from my old turbo 325iS, and anyone that decides to pick this car up will be more than happy once everything is sorted out. There's probably quite a bit that I am forgetting to mention here (especially when it comes to maintenance/mods), but I will add more as I remember it.
My asking price is $4000 FIRM
So here goes:
1989 BMW "335i"
Schwarz/Tan
Bought it in March '09 as a shell and decided to put it together
100% Rust free except for surface rust on the fire wall
Drivetrain:
M30B34 (with all B35 sensors), about 180k miles on the motor
Getrag 260/6 5 Speed Transmission
M5 Clutch/Flywheel combo (Brand new clutch installed in December)
E30 rear driveshaft mated to E28 front d/s
M20 Harness (w/ custom screw plug for injector harness wired in for easy engine removal)
3.73 LSD
Custom engine mounts made by a shop in West Palm Beach, FL
NX Nitrous Wet Kit with 10lb Bottle (many different jets, not installed)
2.5" Exhaust
Magnaflow muffler
SPAL 2800cfm pusher fan
Suspension & Steering:
Wheels are a mixed set right now.
Fronts: Azev Type Es 16x9s +15 Dunlop Direzza 215/45/16 (brand new tires with stickers still on them!)
Rears: SSR Professor SP1s 16x7.5 +25 (junk/drifting tires)
Spare: 16x9 +15 Azev Type E (no 4th wheel)
Ground-Control Coilovers 650f/950r
Top-Adjustable custom valved Koni Yellow shocks
AKG E30 M3 Delrin front control arm bushings
Ireland Engineering Rear Trailing Arm Bushings
Ireland Engineering Rear Subframe Bushings (Race 75D)
ST Sway Bars 22f/19r with Adj. Sway bar links
2002 E46 M3 Steering Rack
Condor Speedshop PS delete
Custom tie rod spacers for extra dorito angles
Exterior:
Eurostop USA Front "Alpina" Airdam
Euro Ellipsoid Headlights w/ 8000k HIDs
Euro Grills
Eurostop Mtech2 rear valence (not installed)
Zender side skirts (not installed)
Eurostop rear view mirrors
Thule Roof Rack (mad stickers!)
Interior:
Kirk 6-Point Bolt-in cage
Buddy Club Seat
Scrotch 4pt Harness
Passenger leather sport seat
CNC Brakes Hydraulic Staging Brake (used for ebrake)
No heater or A/C
Alpine CD/Radio can be included with harness (although I never bothered installing it)
Optima Red Top Battery (w/ tie down)
Recent Maintenance:
Brand new water pump
Brand new spark plugs
Recent oil change w/ filter
Brand new Bosch E34 O2 sensor
Brand new M5 clutch & Rear main seal
New Lemfoerfer Tie Rods (inner/outer)
The bad:
Let me say that the best thing to do is to pull the motor out and do a refresh. This motor pulled good compression numbers (all above 140psi), but with a refresh this motor will really have a chance to shine. Here's the list of the bad things starting by the worst:
One HID ballast is blown. Since the car has sat for the past year, the Optima Redtop battery is completely dead (I wouldn't even put much faith in a long trickle charge), and the fuel line below the car (where the fuel filter goes) has gotten brittle. I fired the car up (started right up), but once you build pressure on the line you can see a fuel drip start from the back of the car.
The shop that did the mounts decided to have an epiphany: paint a bumper while my car was on the lift, directly above it. So yeah, the car has massive white overspray on it.... clearly visible from close range. (All pictures above already show this) Since it's a race car, I really didn't care terribly much, but yeah. It's a car meant for business, and it's supposed to look good from 30 feet away. As long as you can cope with this, then you wouldn't feel there is a need to repaint the car.
The car likes to overheat when you push it sideways. I've been doing a cooling overhaul on the car trying to track this down. I removed the thermostat and installed a new water pump. We tested the headgasket by checking for exhaust gas in the cooling, but we found nothing, so it seems that we're basically left at the radiator, which is the original e28 radiator that came out of the car I purchased. The car is currently being run without a thermostat. You can drive the car perfectly normal around town, however once you start pushing it sideways, it tends to warm up rather quickly. As long as you can do cool down laps, you'll be alright, but again... definitely worth looking into.
There is an oil pan gasket leak.
There is a small battery drain (takes about 2 months to drain entirely)
That's basically it really. It needs some TLC from sitting for so long, and it will need to be trailered out of here, but considering all of the parts that are included here ($8k+), you can easily make this into a great car with very little work. It breaks my heart to sell it, but until I have a garage to keep this car, there's no point to keep it. It's been great fun and I'll even be willing to visit the owner anywhere in the Continental US to serve as an instructor for anyone learning (serious offer if anyone is interested)
Tell your friends, tell your mom, tell whoever! :)
You can PM me here or respond to the thread. I know I haven't been very active, so you can text me at my Google Voice number: 914-458-2739. I'll be happy to talk with anyone over the phone and do a through conversation of what's been done to the car.
Thanks,
Erick
06/26/2012 UPDATE!! Now putting the car back up for sale. $4,000 FIRM takes it. Please read this main post as I have updated some details about it
Well, as much as I've been trying to avoid it, I might have to look into selling the e30 for now. It's costing me too much to keep the car with parking garage fees + storage fees for all my wheels/tires/parts and the money is tight. Until I am done with school, I can't really focus on keeping/maintaining such a car.
Injector plug wired in:
Videos of the car in action:
This car needs minor things to sort it out entirely, but it is a joy to drive. I put it together with my experience with drifting for the better half of this past decade to make sure this is a very easy to drift car. The M30 was chosen for its reliability and torque, the suspension was custom picked with GC to support the M30 swap and shocks were custom valved to match the spring rates. Everything with this car was based on lessons learned from my old turbo 325iS, and anyone that decides to pick this car up will be more than happy once everything is sorted out. There's probably quite a bit that I am forgetting to mention here (especially when it comes to maintenance/mods), but I will add more as I remember it.
My asking price is $4000 FIRM
So here goes:
1989 BMW "335i"
Schwarz/Tan
Bought it in March '09 as a shell and decided to put it together
100% Rust free except for surface rust on the fire wall
Drivetrain:
M30B34 (with all B35 sensors), about 180k miles on the motor
Getrag 260/6 5 Speed Transmission
M5 Clutch/Flywheel combo (Brand new clutch installed in December)
E30 rear driveshaft mated to E28 front d/s
M20 Harness (w/ custom screw plug for injector harness wired in for easy engine removal)
3.73 LSD
Custom engine mounts made by a shop in West Palm Beach, FL
NX Nitrous Wet Kit with 10lb Bottle (many different jets, not installed)
2.5" Exhaust
Magnaflow muffler
SPAL 2800cfm pusher fan
Suspension & Steering:
Wheels are a mixed set right now.
Fronts: Azev Type Es 16x9s +15 Dunlop Direzza 215/45/16 (brand new tires with stickers still on them!)
Rears: SSR Professor SP1s 16x7.5 +25 (junk/drifting tires)
Spare: 16x9 +15 Azev Type E (no 4th wheel)
Ground-Control Coilovers 650f/950r
Top-Adjustable custom valved Koni Yellow shocks
AKG E30 M3 Delrin front control arm bushings
Ireland Engineering Rear Trailing Arm Bushings
Ireland Engineering Rear Subframe Bushings (Race 75D)
ST Sway Bars 22f/19r with Adj. Sway bar links
2002 E46 M3 Steering Rack
Condor Speedshop PS delete
Custom tie rod spacers for extra dorito angles
Exterior:
Eurostop USA Front "Alpina" Airdam
Euro Ellipsoid Headlights w/ 8000k HIDs
Euro Grills
Eurostop Mtech2 rear valence (not installed)
Zender side skirts (not installed)
Eurostop rear view mirrors
Thule Roof Rack (mad stickers!)
Interior:
Kirk 6-Point Bolt-in cage
Buddy Club Seat
Scrotch 4pt Harness
Passenger leather sport seat
CNC Brakes Hydraulic Staging Brake (used for ebrake)
No heater or A/C
Alpine CD/Radio can be included with harness (although I never bothered installing it)
Optima Red Top Battery (w/ tie down)
Recent Maintenance:
Brand new water pump
Brand new spark plugs
Recent oil change w/ filter
Brand new Bosch E34 O2 sensor
Brand new M5 clutch & Rear main seal
New Lemfoerfer Tie Rods (inner/outer)
The bad:
Let me say that the best thing to do is to pull the motor out and do a refresh. This motor pulled good compression numbers (all above 140psi), but with a refresh this motor will really have a chance to shine. Here's the list of the bad things starting by the worst:
One HID ballast is blown. Since the car has sat for the past year, the Optima Redtop battery is completely dead (I wouldn't even put much faith in a long trickle charge), and the fuel line below the car (where the fuel filter goes) has gotten brittle. I fired the car up (started right up), but once you build pressure on the line you can see a fuel drip start from the back of the car.
The shop that did the mounts decided to have an epiphany: paint a bumper while my car was on the lift, directly above it. So yeah, the car has massive white overspray on it.... clearly visible from close range. (All pictures above already show this) Since it's a race car, I really didn't care terribly much, but yeah. It's a car meant for business, and it's supposed to look good from 30 feet away. As long as you can cope with this, then you wouldn't feel there is a need to repaint the car.
The car likes to overheat when you push it sideways. I've been doing a cooling overhaul on the car trying to track this down. I removed the thermostat and installed a new water pump. We tested the headgasket by checking for exhaust gas in the cooling, but we found nothing, so it seems that we're basically left at the radiator, which is the original e28 radiator that came out of the car I purchased. The car is currently being run without a thermostat. You can drive the car perfectly normal around town, however once you start pushing it sideways, it tends to warm up rather quickly. As long as you can do cool down laps, you'll be alright, but again... definitely worth looking into.
There is an oil pan gasket leak.
There is a small battery drain (takes about 2 months to drain entirely)
That's basically it really. It needs some TLC from sitting for so long, and it will need to be trailered out of here, but considering all of the parts that are included here ($8k+), you can easily make this into a great car with very little work. It breaks my heart to sell it, but until I have a garage to keep this car, there's no point to keep it. It's been great fun and I'll even be willing to visit the owner anywhere in the Continental US to serve as an instructor for anyone learning (serious offer if anyone is interested)
Tell your friends, tell your mom, tell whoever! :)
You can PM me here or respond to the thread. I know I haven't been very active, so you can text me at my Google Voice number: 914-458-2739. I'll be happy to talk with anyone over the phone and do a through conversation of what's been done to the car.
Thanks,
Erick
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