Still disappointed we never got to take this car down to any mountain roads, but what a good story and glad its in a good home allowing you to take the parts biz full time!
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Originally posted by Simple_Smith View PostStill disappointed we never got to take this car down to any mountain roads, but what a good story and glad its in a good home allowing you to take the parts biz full time!
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Beautiful car and congrats on COTM!
Out of curiosity, why did you choose long-tube headers over the Racing Dynamics type bundle of snakes?sigpic
1987 - 325i Convertible Delphin Auto [SOLD], 325i Convertible Delphin Manual [SOLD]
1989 - 325i Convertible Bronzit m30b35 swapped [SCRAPPED], 325i Sedan Alpine Auto[DD]
1991 - 325i Coupe Laguna Manual [Project], 535i Sedan Alpine [SCRAPPED]
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Originally posted by McGyver View PostBeautiful car and congrats on COTM!
Out of curiosity, why did you choose long-tube headers over the Racing Dynamics type bundle of snakes?
Mainly availability and cost. IE's run of the RD headers immediately presented quality issues. I suspected they would be problematic and as soon as they released them I saw folks having all sorts of issues. And then the last RD group buy run Frank on here did the price started out around a grand and ended up at some crazy number with downpipes that never ended up happening along with unknown lead times, so I jumped ship on that.
I talked to a few folks "in the know" and the perceived power left on the table was slim to none, as the exhaust build itself seems to have the biggest effect on power, so I followed digger's merge recommendations and here we are!
The only downside to the IE long tubes is that the collectors hang pretty dang low. But my cars aren't ever super low so it's not problematic unless you're a stancy boi
At one point I almost bought Hartage headers from a member that needed some work but the price never got down to where it was worth modifying/fixing them for use on Linda.
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Originally posted by hasa View Post...If you ever want something more, I'd just add RHD ITB-kit. It would bring power here:...
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1987 - 325i Convertible Delphin Auto [SOLD], 325i Convertible Delphin Manual [SOLD]
1989 - 325i Convertible Bronzit m30b35 swapped [SCRAPPED], 325i Sedan Alpine Auto[DD]
1991 - 325i Coupe Laguna Manual [Project], 535i Sedan Alpine [SCRAPPED]
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Very nice. Red on tan is classic. I've always had black interiors but that combo is undeniable."I'd probably take the E30 M3 in this case just because I love that little car, and how tanky that inline 6 is." - thecj
85 323i M TECH 1 S52 - ALPINEWEISS/SCHWARZE
88 M3 - LACHSSILBER/SCHWARZE
89 M3 - ALPINEWEISS II/M TECH CLOTH-ALCANTARA
91 M TECHNIC CABRIO TURBO - MACAOBLAU/M TECH CLOTH-LEATHER
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