my new-to-me delphin e30 (former r3v car!)

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  • leegf
    E30 Enthusiast
    • Dec 2010
    • 1168

    #1

    my new-to-me delphin e30 (former r3v car!)

    picked her up in the waning days of 2010, and i'm quite pleased! i had entered the market just earlier in mid-december. put out a couple of WTBs, and two weeks later, i was in a delphin 1989 325i. awesome.

    this couldn't have been possible without a number of people in the community, so i wanted to thank (in no particular order):

    - the OPPO (mikek, the owner prior to the previous owner), for doing a nice job of modding this car! made it pretty easy for me picking between this and a couple of other cars that were also on the market. in the end, it wasn't much of a choice
    - the PO (the other mikek) for selling it to me
    - levent, kish, and anthony for keeping an eye out, getting me psyched about getting into an e30, and patiently answering my n00b questions

    looking forward to learning from you all, meeting some locals in the tristate, and enjoying the camaraderie of e30 ownership!

    enough chit chat -- onto pics:







    cca sticker applied by the PO (i think) -- haven't decided yet whether or not to keep it. for now it stays.



    aside from removing the front plate (the car is way too pretty for one -- i've decided to throw caution to the wind and risk it), have made no changes since taking delivery. that will change in time.





    i hope to have more pics to whore over the course of the year, so expect to see more of this car as the year goes :D

    E46t
  • bmw325csi
    R3V Elite
    • May 2007
    • 4045

    #2
    nice. love the roll bar
    harry/harout

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    • E30_(1st Musk)_
      R3VLimited
      • May 2009
      • 2008

      #3
      +1
      it makes the car look beast. but is there a reason for them?

      swap? turbo?
      ]

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      • JJe30
        R3VLimited
        • May 2006
        • 2044

        #4
        Looks good.
        sigpic

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        • priapism
          E30 Enthusiast
          • Mar 2010
          • 1182

          #5
          Those are great shots, love the lighting.
          sigpic
          -Sean : 91 Calypso 325i : Castro Motorsports SoCal Spec E30 #33

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          • ChaseN
            Mod Crazy
            • Aug 2008
            • 709

            #6
            Originally posted by E30_(1st Musk)_
            +1
            it makes the car look beast. but is there a reason for them?

            swap? turbo?
            Not wanting to crush your head on the track? I've heard (just a rumour mind you) stock M20's can flip over too...
            1991 318iS
            1992 911
            2006 330i 6-Spd ZSP people hauler

            Gone:
            1989 M3 S50B32, 6-Spd
            1990 325ix 5-Spd

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            • E30_(1st Musk)_
              R3VLimited
              • May 2009
              • 2008

              #7
              Originally posted by ChaseN
              Not wanting to crush your head on the track? I've heard (just a rumour mind you) stock M20's can flip over too...
              i didn't say it in a way to bash the guy. I was curious because usually people do have swap/turbo etc. when you see bars...

              and yes i have heard of cars flipping over
              Last edited by E30_(1st Musk)_; 01-20-2011, 11:23 PM.
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              • canuckder
                Member
                • Aug 2010
                • 82

                #8
                mmmore pictures of that roll cage.

                shots from the inside please!
                sigpic

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                • CHIF8008
                  No R3VLimiter
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 3447

                  #9
                  looks clean
                  -FREEDOM- is cruisin at 80, windows down and listening to the perfect song-thinking "this is it"
                  -The Beauty in the Tragedy-
                  MECHANIC SMASH!!- (you all know you do it)
                  Got Drop?? ;-)
                  Originally posted by JinormusJ
                  But of course
                  E30s are know to be notoriously really really really ridiculously good looking

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                  • FredK
                    R3V OG
                    • Oct 2003
                    • 14740

                    #10
                    MikeK. End of an era.

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                    • Philipangoo
                      Mod Crazy
                      • Sep 2008
                      • 744

                      #11
                      woww what a nice choice for your first E30. Looks good man, treat her well.

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                      • SimplyDope
                        E30 Fanatic
                        • Mar 2010
                        • 1335

                        #12
                        Looks great. Is that a bolt-in bar or a weld-in one? Any more pics/info on it?

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                        • leegf
                          E30 Enthusiast
                          • Dec 2010
                          • 1168

                          #13
                          thank you! just to clarify, the mods are from the previous owner(s), including the bolt-in roll bar. i believe it's this bar, although someone who knows this car's history better than i do can correct me:



                          so to answer a couple questions here, why run a roll bar? i think one of the main reasons is to safely use racing harnesses (for driver schools, not racing; the harnesses attach to the bar); running harnesses without a bar is considered to be dangerous by many (though not all). another is to stiffen the chassis and reduce flex; yet another is for rollover protection (although i imagine this is lower on the list of priorities; it's a bar, not a cage).

                          i dig the bar but also wouldn't mind having back seats (the car has none to accommodate the bar). i plan on keeping it.

                          no swap or turbo; stock m20b25 with the exception of a chip, as far as i know/can tell.

                          E46t

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                          • e30_609
                            Advanced Member
                            • Mar 2010
                            • 134

                            #14
                            yo i seen dis car in new brunswick , car looks good
                            sigpic

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                            • FredK
                              R3V OG
                              • Oct 2003
                              • 14740

                              #15
                              Yes, it's a VSR rollbar. I installed it last year for one of the POs. It is a very clean car underneath with nearly every suspension wear part replaced last year. It has new rear wheel bearings even though the rear backing plates look ugly.

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