COTM ~March 2013~ MR 325

[Andy348]

Perfection.

[dirty30]

Take note noobs, this is how you build an E30!

[JGood]

Perfect. I wouldn't change a single thing.

I've never really seen any engine bay or interior pics, looks great. And I also never really put it together in my head that this is the same car you had years ago. Quite a transformation!

[M42Technik]

OG's in this thread.

Congrats Matt!

[MasukBMW]

Perhaps the most iconic car on the boards and with great history. I can still remember the ad from the for sale section here, people were hesitant to inquire about it bc of what it meant to you. I remember when you posted in the members rides section back in '10 and I thought you were just strolling down memory lane, I was so pumped when I read you brought it back to the rightful owner

[JinormusJ]

We started doing COTM again?
Whooo

[Il Duce]

When I think of r3v... I think of J's old grey car and Matt's turbo. This isn't just car of the month- its THE car.


Kudos Matt. Hope all is well man!

[Andrew318is]

Yup, just about saved all your pictures! LOVE IT!

[brutus87]

Nice!

[lambo]

[F34R]

Congratulations Matt! Thanks for all your devoted time in moderating this forum and doing Car of the Month. Now's your time to enjoy the spotlight!

How did you find this e30 it?
I was 17 years old at the time I originally bought the car, I believe it was September 2004.

Where was it being sold? Who was selling it?
If I remember right it was for sale in the Recycler publication here in the LA area. This was the standard for finding good deals before Craigslist became the norm. The seller even delivered it to my house! Two years later (Late 2006) I made the mistake of thinking I wanted to sell the car.

I sold it for a premium and off it went to Pennsylvania to a happy new owner. Although I did build a couple great E30s in the meantime, the love I had for this particular car never faded. A good friend of mine spotted my car for sale once again (still in PA) sometime in late 2010. I knew I had to have this car back so I scraped the cash together and bought myself a nice little Christmas present that year! There’s something about this particular E30, it gives me a feeling no other car ever has.

-Mod List-

~Engine~
Rebuilt April 2011 by Myster-E Performance
-New main and rod bearings
-New piston rings
-Super Eta pistons
-Eta crankshaft and rods
-Balanced bottom end
-Myster-E Performance 885 head
-Myster-E Performance 274 cam
-Ireland Engineering HD rocker arms
-Ireland Engineering crank scraper
-ARP main bolts
-ARP rod bolts
-ARP head studs
-OEM BMW thicker headgasket
-Perma-Cool 18x6 oil cooler
-Summit Racing oil filter relocation
-Steel braided AN oil lines
-Spal 16" electric fan
-A/C & P/S deleted
-Kadunza R3VLimited valve cover

~Turbo Setup~
-Equal length Spiel stainless manifold
-T3/T4 turbo Exh trim .57ar/Comp trim .50
-Tial 35mm wastegate
-Greddy Type-S blow off valve
-Ford Motorsport 40lb injectors
-K&N RU-5111 Air filter
-DMS plug & play Megasquirt
-Innovate LC-1 wideband o2
-Turbo-back 3" exhaust
-Magnaflow rear muffler

~Suspension~
-IE Stage III springs (1/2 front coil cut)
-Bilstein Sports (shortened front bump stops)
-Ground Control Touring camber plates
-OEM E30 M3 control arm bushings
-UUC front big brake kit
-Sparco front strut brace
-IE rear strut brace
-Autopower "street" roll bar
-3.46 limited slip differential

~Wheels/Tires~
-215/40/17 Nitto NeoGen ZR tires
-17x8 Hyperblack Apex ARC-8 wheels
-Motorsport Hardware 75mm race stud kit

~Exterior~
-Full Cosmos Black repaint
-Complete OEM M-Technic 2 kit
-Shaved antenna hole
-Shaved washer sprayers
-European headlight grilles
-European rear plate filler
-Shadowline window trim
-RyanG front splitter
-15% window tint
-Depo smoked Euro ellipsoids
-DDM 55w 5000k HID
-MHW smoked turn signals
-MHW smoked tail lights
-OEM headlight wipers
-Kadunza BMW Motorsport door handles

~Interior~
-Grey cloth sport interior
-Black door handles and map pockets
-M-Technic 2 steering wheel
-ZHP shift knob
-European 316i HVAC panel
-Maplight rear view mirror
-Ashtray delete storage tray
-E36 window switch swap
-Cocomats floormats


As purchased in 2004:



As most remember it from 2005-2006:



Buy back in late 2010:



2.7 turbo rebuild:




Dyno tuning:



Off to paint:






Post paint shots:








That cover really spices the bay up! (not that it is needed!!!)
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