hello all!
first and foremost i would like to introduce myself: my name is Dan, and I am 25 years old. Ive been a fan and owner of the bmw e30 for the past 11 years. I may be new to r3v but i am not new to the e30 scene. If anyone here is a former e30tech member you will know me as "e30fanman"
Anyway, here we go.
The car is a 1984 318i with 175k miles on the body. When i got the car 11 years ago, it had 143k miles on it and it was my grandmothers since day one. I am the second owner with an in depth record of every piece of work, oil change and wax done to the car for the past 30 years. ( 3 full notebooks ) in 2003 when i drove to tenn. with my dad to tow the car home the m10 motor was having electrical issues and diagnosed by a mechanic as needing a new ecu for 2 grand. My grandfather offered me the car as a fixerupper for a few years until i got my license. Id have a nice classic car to drive.
here is a picture from the day i picked her up.
after this, the entire car was torn down and i replaced everything. new alternator, new icv, new injectors, new wires, plugs, distributor and so on. the works... the car ran like a champion, and a slug, i mean it is an m10.
I took the car with me to college in 2007 from long island to West Virginia University. Over those three years, the car saw rims, and a short shifter and just tons of maintaining. Here are some photos of slight mods
Then, i ran into a rough time and had to sell the rims and a few things to take care of car insurance/rent while i was in college.. after that i got a little out of control with a spray can and spray tints.. you can see here is what the car looked like last time i posted a picture, these are the guys from WVU and surrounding areas on a nice meet up i believe in 2009/10 not positive... naturally my car is the henna with NY plates.
and then, she broke. the rear diff jammed while driving and the axle snapped. the sad thing here is that, i was poor and in college. This once elegant ride sat on the side of my dads house under a tarp for 4 years.
within the past year the car has seen an m20b25/g260 swap, custom exhaust, suspension technique lowering springs, new shoes that are 16's instead of those ugly 17's i had with nice tires of 215/55/16 a thule roof rack/fairing, smileys and mini cooper fog lights in place of the square stock ones. i have several new photos to post but i do want to say that there are some before/after suspension shots and the car hasn't fully settled yet as it was done less then 100 miles ago. The car is also filthy in the after drop pics.
See below..
after updates not lowered
and after the not settled suspension
and my (now fiance's) mkv on raceland coils with front end swap and removed badges/hood filled just because who doesnt like more cars?
here are more photos from when the suspension was settled and the car was clean
and as some of you may know andrew (adonwilson) i went to meet up with him in PA for a show a few weeks back
after the wash before I hit the road
here is one from the show wit Andrews car behind mine
and the teaser...for what i am currently doing
I hope you all enjoy my car, as well as your own e30's as much as i do. Cheers!
edit:
i forgot to mention that the 885 head was fully rebuilt and ringed, and the water jackets have been welded.
first and foremost i would like to introduce myself: my name is Dan, and I am 25 years old. Ive been a fan and owner of the bmw e30 for the past 11 years. I may be new to r3v but i am not new to the e30 scene. If anyone here is a former e30tech member you will know me as "e30fanman"
Anyway, here we go.
The car is a 1984 318i with 175k miles on the body. When i got the car 11 years ago, it had 143k miles on it and it was my grandmothers since day one. I am the second owner with an in depth record of every piece of work, oil change and wax done to the car for the past 30 years. ( 3 full notebooks ) in 2003 when i drove to tenn. with my dad to tow the car home the m10 motor was having electrical issues and diagnosed by a mechanic as needing a new ecu for 2 grand. My grandfather offered me the car as a fixerupper for a few years until i got my license. Id have a nice classic car to drive.
here is a picture from the day i picked her up.
after this, the entire car was torn down and i replaced everything. new alternator, new icv, new injectors, new wires, plugs, distributor and so on. the works... the car ran like a champion, and a slug, i mean it is an m10.
I took the car with me to college in 2007 from long island to West Virginia University. Over those three years, the car saw rims, and a short shifter and just tons of maintaining. Here are some photos of slight mods
Then, i ran into a rough time and had to sell the rims and a few things to take care of car insurance/rent while i was in college.. after that i got a little out of control with a spray can and spray tints.. you can see here is what the car looked like last time i posted a picture, these are the guys from WVU and surrounding areas on a nice meet up i believe in 2009/10 not positive... naturally my car is the henna with NY plates.
and then, she broke. the rear diff jammed while driving and the axle snapped. the sad thing here is that, i was poor and in college. This once elegant ride sat on the side of my dads house under a tarp for 4 years.
within the past year the car has seen an m20b25/g260 swap, custom exhaust, suspension technique lowering springs, new shoes that are 16's instead of those ugly 17's i had with nice tires of 215/55/16 a thule roof rack/fairing, smileys and mini cooper fog lights in place of the square stock ones. i have several new photos to post but i do want to say that there are some before/after suspension shots and the car hasn't fully settled yet as it was done less then 100 miles ago. The car is also filthy in the after drop pics.
See below..
after updates not lowered
and after the not settled suspension
and my (now fiance's) mkv on raceland coils with front end swap and removed badges/hood filled just because who doesnt like more cars?
here are more photos from when the suspension was settled and the car was clean
and as some of you may know andrew (adonwilson) i went to meet up with him in PA for a show a few weeks back
after the wash before I hit the road
here is one from the show wit Andrews car behind mine
and the teaser...for what i am currently doing
I hope you all enjoy my car, as well as your own e30's as much as i do. Cheers!
edit:
i forgot to mention that the 885 head was fully rebuilt and ringed, and the water jackets have been welded.
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