When 'restoring' your E30...order process..

[TDE30]

You need to be banned from threads with "Restore" in the title.

I couldn't have put it better myself.

[Eviltwin]

Hey Klunt its KENIKA.

aren't you the fellow who rattlecans engines and calls it 'fully built'?




I like the idea of a 20% buffer over assumed cost- I'll keep that in thought

[Eviltwin]

i disagree with the engine choice. reliability, power wise you cannot go wrong with a basic unmodded m50. and for the price you would pay for a properly built m20 you could have one serious m50. theres a member on here with a s50 swap and has logged 30000 miles in the last year with not one issue yet.

but if youre speaking of car shows etc and originality, keeping the m20 obviously would work better.

agree with you 100%...if I was going to start up with M50/M52, I'd go straight to an' M52 due to lower mileage, obd2 etc etc...

but like i've mentionned before, trying to keep it "stockish" looking.

I'm not out to win any dorifto race wars.

[2Big4a3Series]

First determine whether you want to do a full restoration or if you just want to clean it up and make it look good and run good. After that I think you ought to put most of your effort into the powertrain. That way if you run into a situation where your engine and/or trans is giving you more trouble than its worth, you won't have the heartache of having invested a fortune in the bodywork.

[Van Westervelt]

the 24v motors look like they belong in our cars. feel like it too. :)

[BeirBrennerE30]

I can go into pages and pages of detail if you want.

ok... go... no seriously...