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  • peteb3
    Advanced Member
    • Nov 2009
    • 150

    #31
    "I hate you americans for having so much 325i's for so cheap"
    I am proudly Canadian, and they are not cheap or easy to find, most are rotten. I'd love to have acess to European E30s and all the cool options they came with, or better yet South African E30 Evos, but converted to left hand drive of course.

    "Is that your shop?"

    No, it's a friends shop and yes, it has moved back to the original location next to Chinook LRT in Calgary. The other cars in the shot are all euro Porsches, one is a 911 SC the other a rare 944 Turbo S
    "I sold you those RS's"
    Yes you did, and I appreciate getting them from you, they were in great shape and a great deal.
    "Damn there is so much money in this thread!"
    You don't know the half of it, here are some more pics of the cirrus build, as stated earlier I rebuilt the entire chassis, brakes, suspension, will be moving on to drivetrain next.
    I put in AKG adjustable rear trailing arm bushings, Turner rear upper billet shock mounts, Powerflex rear subframe bushings, AKG weld in reinforcemnt for the front and rear sway bars mounts and for the front subframe and motor mounts, new half shafts, rebuilt E30 M3 brakes including all new parking brakes...the list goes on, it drives real nice, everything is new. Still have to add sway bars, strut braces and change the steering rack out for an E36 M3 quick ratio one.

    [IMG
    ]http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz43/peteb3/E30/DSCN0372.jpg[/IMG]



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    • peteb3
      Advanced Member
      • Nov 2009
      • 150

      #32
      Some more of the Alpina pics:



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      • metalgear
        Member
        • Jul 2010
        • 76

        #33
        Awesome project! Can't wait to see it finished.

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        • peteb3
          Advanced Member
          • Nov 2009
          • 150

          #34
          Here are some pics of the latest additions:

          new use yellow fog lights:



          Alpina dead pedal, steering wheel and shift knob installed:




          Recaro SRD on "Massive" adapters, BME e30 318is sport seat and BMW fire extinguisher:



          Hartge valve cover installed:


          E30 M3 Evo hood seals and euro rear plate filler installed:


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          • peteb3
            Advanced Member
            • Nov 2009
            • 150

            #35
            bump

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            • Mike30e
              E30 Addict
              • Jan 2009
              • 408

              #36
              Love that wheel and dead pedal... very nice.

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              • Stanley Rockefeller
                E30 Addict
                • Jul 2004
                • 445

                #37
                What;s the purpose of E30 M3 Evo hood seals over stock ones???

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                • peteb3
                  Advanced Member
                  • Nov 2009
                  • 150

                  #38
                  There are no stock seals like the E30 M3 Evo hood seals, regular E30s including M3s don't have the second seal on the fender, only the inner gasket around the engine compartment on the bodywrok lip. The E30 M3 hood seals get placed on the fender groove and seal the gap between the fender and hood.

                  The purpose is to seal the gap between the hood and fender to lower the coeficent of drag. The E30 is not very aerodynamic, so BMW added this part for their E30 M3 DTM cars, and since it had to be homologated, it was put on the street cars. The E30 M3 Evo also had seals around the front grills, among other mods from BMW.

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                  • peteb3
                    Advanced Member
                    • Nov 2009
                    • 150

                    #39
                    Here is the rear plate filler

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                    • B-well
                      E30 Enthusiast
                      • Oct 2010
                      • 1042

                      #40
                      projects like this definatel get my approval.

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                      • straight6pwr
                        No R3VLimiter
                        • Sep 2004
                        • 3450

                        #41
                        Originally posted by peteb3
                        The fabric was leftover stock at a dealer, I happened to find out they had it and bought the roll. The are NLA from the dealer, but there are some rolls still floating around out there. I beleive there are guys making replica fabrics as well, check on s14.net.
                        ejohnson has great replica fabric for sale all the time!

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                        • straight6pwr
                          No R3VLimiter
                          • Sep 2004
                          • 3450

                          #42
                          any updates on your car? (need motivation for my cirrus!)

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                          • Butler
                            E30 Mastermind
                            • Nov 2009
                            • 1613

                            #43
                            Your alpina looked awesome! The new project car already looks great, I'm subscribed to see what else you do with it.
                            -Nick
                            Originally posted by 87e30
                            First of all: calm the fuck down; second of all; cool story bro.

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                            • peteb3
                              Advanced Member
                              • Nov 2009
                              • 150

                              #44
                              Put some RD sport front and rear strut braces on
                              I'll get pics up soon.
                              Other than that, I've been busy sorting out some electrical issues - new battery, voltage regulator, ignition switch.
                              Going to get the winters mounted tomorrow.

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                              • peteb3
                                Advanced Member
                                • Nov 2009
                                • 150

                                #45
                                Pics of front and rear RD strut braces:





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