Sorry if this is the wrong section or something, i'm 100% new to forum-ing haha.
So heres the long version:
My first car was a 1987 325ES, and i instantly fell in love with e30s,
that being said, i did not nearly appreciate that car enough.
A couple months back there was a really bad windstorm and as a result of
that and my ignorance of my tire tread level i ended up spinning it into a fire hydrant. And no water did not shoot up into the air, as it turns out video games have been lying to us this whole time. so instead of having the totaled car hauled to the crusher i towed it back to my dads house, where i spent a month or two harvesting parts from it. i was able to pull the engine, the interior, the entire rear subframe (no LSD crushing on my watch) and the wheels.
while i took everything and had it hauled off i needed a daily so i bought another E30. now, keep in mind that i made this purchase with the thought that i could just swap the engine over, so i bought an 84' 325E with a bent valve. at this point i have an M20 on a stand in my garage, and the worst-sounding E30 ever in my driveway, I can tell that this car is not going to last very long, it gets worse every day. Ive also been offered a very good deal on an S10 recently, so i think that will be my daily.
To get to the point,
My plan is to garage the 84, and focus on rebuilding this engine before i put it into a car. the biggest project ive ever done before this whole thing was a timing belt/water pump replacement, so this is a pretty ambitious undertaking for me, and i was just wondering if any of you have any thoughts or advice on the subject of the first-time rebuilding of an M20, or even just ideas about how i can really get to know this thing better.
Thanks
So heres the long version:
My first car was a 1987 325ES, and i instantly fell in love with e30s,
that being said, i did not nearly appreciate that car enough.
A couple months back there was a really bad windstorm and as a result of
that and my ignorance of my tire tread level i ended up spinning it into a fire hydrant. And no water did not shoot up into the air, as it turns out video games have been lying to us this whole time. so instead of having the totaled car hauled to the crusher i towed it back to my dads house, where i spent a month or two harvesting parts from it. i was able to pull the engine, the interior, the entire rear subframe (no LSD crushing on my watch) and the wheels.
while i took everything and had it hauled off i needed a daily so i bought another E30. now, keep in mind that i made this purchase with the thought that i could just swap the engine over, so i bought an 84' 325E with a bent valve. at this point i have an M20 on a stand in my garage, and the worst-sounding E30 ever in my driveway, I can tell that this car is not going to last very long, it gets worse every day. Ive also been offered a very good deal on an S10 recently, so i think that will be my daily.
To get to the point,
My plan is to garage the 84, and focus on rebuilding this engine before i put it into a car. the biggest project ive ever done before this whole thing was a timing belt/water pump replacement, so this is a pretty ambitious undertaking for me, and i was just wondering if any of you have any thoughts or advice on the subject of the first-time rebuilding of an M20, or even just ideas about how i can really get to know this thing better.
Thanks
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