A guy I know asked me to come over today to check out an "84" 325is he got for cheap with no key no title, and a "worked over" M50 with trans, DME, harness etc...
Well the car turns out to be registered as a 1983 318i/a, but it is clearly a plastic bumper, 5 speed, large tail light, airbag equipped 325 with a trunk spoiler and sport interior.. looks like a legit 325 IS but a non legit set of VIN numbers. they even managed to get the door jamb placards from the 318 installed with them looking stock..
the car has some rot and dents in the rear valance but otherwise it seems pretty solid, a good shell for a track project or to replace a wrecked car (?) I might buy it to use the motor for a car at work that blew a timing belt.
The m50 looks like a stock 2.5 motor with headers on it. the guy says he pulled it from a wrecked car that was being used for drifting. nothing besides the headers looks high performance to me.. they even have the stock style trans and motor mounts, grease all over the block, etc... but he claims to have a folder somewhere with build specs and says the car used to light up the tires up through 3rd gear. i would prefer a 2.8 if im going through all this swap work, but if it really does have all this performance work done internally, I would love to get the engine for a swap into my E30.
the price is very cheap, so i might have to buy it even if it is stock, just to resell it for a profit. Hes giving me the DME trans, harness, etc..
So... after ripping the motor out of this thing, would anyone on here be interested in a title-less body? ill get pics if wanted.
i do have an m20 with a blown head gasket that was pulled from my old car
Well the car turns out to be registered as a 1983 318i/a, but it is clearly a plastic bumper, 5 speed, large tail light, airbag equipped 325 with a trunk spoiler and sport interior.. looks like a legit 325 IS but a non legit set of VIN numbers. they even managed to get the door jamb placards from the 318 installed with them looking stock..
the car has some rot and dents in the rear valance but otherwise it seems pretty solid, a good shell for a track project or to replace a wrecked car (?) I might buy it to use the motor for a car at work that blew a timing belt.
The m50 looks like a stock 2.5 motor with headers on it. the guy says he pulled it from a wrecked car that was being used for drifting. nothing besides the headers looks high performance to me.. they even have the stock style trans and motor mounts, grease all over the block, etc... but he claims to have a folder somewhere with build specs and says the car used to light up the tires up through 3rd gear. i would prefer a 2.8 if im going through all this swap work, but if it really does have all this performance work done internally, I would love to get the engine for a swap into my E30.
the price is very cheap, so i might have to buy it even if it is stock, just to resell it for a profit. Hes giving me the DME trans, harness, etc..
So... after ripping the motor out of this thing, would anyone on here be interested in a title-less body? ill get pics if wanted.
i do have an m20 with a blown head gasket that was pulled from my old car
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