90 325is + 12 valves + 4 lugs + time/parts/blood/sweat/$$ =

[MIKe30]

Lots and lots of time and work, so close yet so far. Here is how she sits as of now.

My first HPDE on 10/26. Pics courtesy of the guys over on the njbmwwcca forum...





Pics from meet yesterday. SLR pics courtesy of PatrickW over on bf.c. The point and shoots were stolen mostly from VandBMdubbin, follow the link in the mid-atlantic section for the rest of them. Lots of nice cars showed up.


my buddy tom's s/c e46 m







my buddy aj's 5er

[Philo]

Looking good. Paint the rear rocker/lower valance and you are all win.

[838Kelli]

I love alpine/cardinal combo the most.

[Wh33lhop]

Awesome. Looks great. Bet it's quick as shit. :)

What 5-lug are you running, and what suspension?

[e30polak]

Glad to see this badboy on the road finally. Hopefully your issues get fixed soon, I know all about issues with a swap.

[namsayin]

looks great! love the alpine/cardinal interior combo as well!

[Iain]

Sweet. I heart Alpines on 5lug

[325ix]

nice cars, and engine swap

[iamsam]

E38 wheels?

[Paukert11]

I love the brown shipping tape

[ZM Blue Devil]

Looks awesome, bringing it friday night for the meet at Guten?

[vlad]

Looks awesome, bringing it friday night for the meet at Guten?

what he said

[MIKe30]

Looking good. Paint the rear rocker/lower valance and you are all win.

this.

Awesome. Looks great. Bet it's quick as shit. :)

What 5-lug are you running, and what suspension?

It's fun. Right now, even not running properly and not fine tuned, it put down 261whp/231wtq on a dynojet that was supposedly reading low. Hoping to get it running properly to finally get it tuned.

more details below...

E38 wheels?

I love the brown shipping tape

ha, it's brown electrical tape. Tech inspection at the hpde made me tape it up, it was the only color electrical tape I had on me.

Looks awesome, bringing it friday night for the meet at Guten?

Well, I was hoping to get to the island park drag strip on friday being that it is the last weekend it is open, and friday night is street car night. So my last chance to see what it can do on the 1/4 mile before winter hits. We'll see how it goes.


Figure I should probably add some info to the original post, since not EVERYTHING is what it seems at first glance.

Motor is OBD2, completely rebuilt.
96 s52
CP 11:1 pistons
VAC stage 2 head
-6 angle intake, 5 angle exhaust valve job
-dual valve springs
-all new oem retainers
Sunbelt Cam Kit
Porche Bosche 803 3.5" HFM
24# Injectors
OBD1 Manifold
Rebuilt/modified Vanos
Rebuilt/modified Oil Pump
Race Chains
12lbs.m20 flywheel
OEM sachs m20 clutch kit

Euro s50 headers
Euro s50 midpipe
e36 Stromung exhaust

Suspension is all e30 m3 components
All new brakes, rotors, and rebuilt calipers
GC coilovers
Koni adjustables front and rear
e38 baskets (16x8), BFGoodrich G-force KDW2's 225/45's - (track pics have bfg g-force sports 205/45's F, 215/40's Rear)

have another set of wheels that need refinishing before debuting ;)


Will keep adding some pics here and there and info to this threads for the next couple days. Maybe the original dynograph too...

[iamsam]

i want a 5-lug swap so bad so i can run E38 wheels. I LOVE E38 wheels.

[Lof8]

Cool car and nice dyno #s! Even while getting cel's huh? I wish you luck in figuring out the issues.