Let me introduce you my very first e30 M3 @ Euro 87 specs

[e30rapidic]

wow, that is going to be a nice piece!!!

is that a 6 speed?

[Kershaw]

looking good man.

[diegom6]

More photos, the few that spark the imagination how it will end I guess...

Old 87 beams next to a smiley Hella's





Oh, one more before it goes to new paint color...next to my US specs M3, sold but not forgotten.



So here it is the fresh engine bay

















-Diego

[///M42 sport]

those auxillary fuel tanks are cool...I'm obsessed with them

[diegom6]

Sure few of you guys have seen these photos before, well these belong to this car.












And just before someone with his goldeneye point out the old faded seat belt receptor I just got them new



I also duplicating the NLA metal base for the fire extinguisher. I just got a brand new plastic base though (not pictured). This was taken from my other M3 which luckily came with it.



In the other side, fixed the 50/50 header that was kinda trashed at the flange thanks to the huge bumpstops and probably abuse/ not well care of the previous owner. Few of you might have seen these photos as well.

Lucky for me my friend had his US spec header laying arround (his uS M3 was converted to race car and no longer use for this piece) and used my old junked head as a template to fix my header.


















You can see how bad it was...





Then I kept buying new parts to get it done like it must be. At this time I was already...











Later added a brand new OEM skid plate that I reinforced a bit. I added an "angle" piece that makes the leg stronger in case it compress under severe hit.



Here you can how different looks the floor after it was fixed/replaced. Now it can be seen the squares at the sides and other small details.











Oh, by the way if you pick a project kinda liek this, be sure to check the ABS pump, it might be clogged like mine and this is what I found...after carefull inspection and cleaning, it worked out perfect.





-Diego

[agent]

Great work! Your attention to detail is definitely going to manifest itself in the final product.

[e30m3s54turbo]

I like your projects.

[Butler]

Very nice. I love reading threads like this.

[diegom6]

Thanks for the words fellow memebrs:D

A photo of a small group of parts that got a new zinc/yellow zinc coat. Many more got the same job.



In these photos, the header wasn't finished, so the ceramic silver paint coat it has now looks ton better. I will add more photos of that once I get the time to take more photos.

Also, you can see the m10 water pump that was fitted by the previous owner (remember I bought the car w/o the engine in it's place and missing many part of the engine) that I had trouble trying to close/tight the brand new hoses. Later was replaced by a rand new OEM BMW water pump = OUCH!

The S50 chain tensioner was replaced witth eh S14 factory tensioner, as stated in previous post (reason found there).

A/C brakcets, rubbers, etc were brand new as those were missing









Then we installed the left over parts to make the car look more like a e30. Bren new grills, Hella beams, kidney, clips, A/C condenser, BEHR radiator, A/C hose/lines, etc etc. As well new oil cooler brackets





Here you can see as well brand new bumper supports. Older ones were modified and one was lost due the time this project took us.



-Diego

[88e30ix]

:bow:

[diegom6]

Also, forgot to mention this M3 got brand new front & rear windshields, front lower inner windshield rubber as well other lil things.

The car is pretty much done, I'm just polishing few things, from electrical, mechanical adjustment to re touch up few dents/nicks in the fresh paint ....this is because the car when is parked long time wrenching, somehow the car get this sort of cosmetic troubles.


These wheels belongs to this M3. I posted these some time ago, but I will just copy the photos here.











-Diego

[bubbajan21]

Absolutely incredible build as always! :up:

[Cronopoulos]

I love your dedication to this, looking great!

[matthugie]

Absolutely amazing, keep up the good work!

[TrentW]

Amazing work.