Got my first E30 (m50 content)

[onaquest]

nice ride dude. Welcome

[bandito]

nice clean n simple e30....:)

[Wh33lhop]

Nice.

As for cams, what a lot of NV guys do is swap the stock intake (240deg, 9.7mm) to the exhaust (240deg, 9.2mm) and get a camshaft identical to the S5x's made for the intake (252deg IIRC, not sure on lift) since the stock intake cam pretty much matches the S5x's stock exhaust cam.

Problem is, you still don't get that nice dual stage cam timing so you'll still be short of a TU with M3 cams' output.

[Motorsports]

Nice score. Its fun to mod your own car, but its nice to find a nice modded one that all you have to do is turn the key and have fun.

[screwbiedoo15]

Just sucks because there isnt a whole lot of huge things left to do and you cant dream about working up to having swapped a car like i do haha.

that's true a lot of the fun is modding it yourself but I couldn't turn down a car like this that has pretty much everything I'd want already done to it.

boost!

haha that'd be nice but I unfortunately doubt that would happen anytime soon.

Looks like a nice car glad to see you found an E30

Thanks man

Sweet pickup. That's alex's old e30. Have fun with it. Its a well put together car. It shouldnt let u down. :up:

Yep, it's his old car. Very well put together like you mentioned! He did a quality job with it.

Nice ride! Is this the car that used to be on SSR wheels?

Yep, I believe he used to have those.

How bad are the roads? Your car really isnt that low. And i dont mean that as an insult. It looks good!

I know it's not like super super low (around 3-4" of clearance from the lip) but there are slabs of concrete that stick up like 3-4" on the road.

rear spoiler is ugly...i'll buy it off you :)

haha I love the BBS spoiler

Holy crap, that's awesome. Perfect ride height for those wheels/tires (225/45R15s I'd guess?). Makes me like the TRM 15x8s again.

Thanks! the tires are actually 205/50/15s on the 15X8's. I probably will get 225/45/15s when I need new tires.

How's the M50 running at 185k? That's exactly what I'm putting into my car, mileage and all. Also, be happy you've got the quicker rack. With the stock 4.0 turn rack the car isn't exactly darty (until you get used to it).

It's running well. I know the previous owner took great care of it. The quicker rack is really definitely really nice.

Those are the 15x8s, that's why they're so concave.

OP, nice way to start off mang. Get some M3 cams, injectors, MAF and a tune, then it'll be even more fun! :D

What suspension is it running (springs and shocks).

Wish I could get m3 cams but like someone else mentioned they won't work with the NV M50. Maybe I'll look into some schrick cams.

The springs and shocks are ground control coilovers with 440lb front springs and 550lb rear springs.

um, engine bay shot

Here are some engine bay and interior shots

[Stephen]

me likey teh concave

[lennon]

Those are the 15x8s, that's why they're so concave.

OP, nice way to start off mang. Get some M3 cams, injectors, MAF and a tune, then it'll be even more fun! :D

What suspension is it running (springs and shocks).

its non vanos so no m3 cams. still can do cam upgrades and all that other stuff though!

[bmwsone01]

yes! nice!!!!

[Yeee30]

Nice ride! Is this the car that used to be on SSR wheels?

yes sir. :up:

[vivalegreg]

um, engine bay shot

[Jean]

I want to see what they look like close up, tire rack shows 15x7 looks like this (for an e30)

http://www.tirerack.com/images/wheels/trm/swap/trm_c1ncc_ltgry_ci3_l.jpg

but 15x8 looks like this (for an e30)

http://www.tirerack.com/images/wheels/trm/swap/trm_c1_ltgry_ci3_l.jpg

So I am trying to confirm if 15x8 4x100 looks like 15x7 or not.

[Wh33lhop]

They're 15x8.

Stud conversion, too.

[e30polak]

Now, question for you. Are those 15x8? Can you post one straight shot of them? TireRack might be showing wrong picture, and I wanted to confirm what 15x8 looks like in the lug/hub area.

Thanks

Those are the 15x8s, that's why they're so concave.

OP, nice way to start off mang. Get some M3 cams, injectors, MAF and a tune, then it'll be even more fun! :D

What suspension is it running (springs and shocks).

[Jean]

Nice starting point. I've seen that car locally talking to Alex.

Now, question for you. Are those 15x8? Can you post one straight shot of them? TireRack might be showing wrong picture, and I wanted to confirm what 15x8 looks like in the lug/hub area.

Thanks

[jaye30]

Just sucks because there isnt a whole lot of huge things left to do and you cant dream about working up to having swapped a car like i do haha.