PJH's 1990 BMW E30 318is [PIC HEAVY]

[PJH]

hmmmmm not true...

I really wonder who is right about this. I have seen brochures from Germany that had the M on the car, I can pictures of tests in magazines that don't have the M on the car.

This totally confuses me.

If the M badge was not on the cars, unless on the M3, then why was the badge invented in the first place?

[matias9]

great looking car, nice engine size for DD, and great photo shoot skills.

[efficient]

Car looks. VEry nice

[Dj Buttchug]

BMW did put one of those on there in Europe :)

Euro-318is'es all had the M-badge as the car was on an M-tech suspension

hmmmmm not true...
Still nice build. Was going to suggest priming the oil pump before hand but it appears there were no issues with building oil press.

[econti]

The photos look like a BMW brochure. Awesome work

[getouth]

Not sure what is more awesome the work or the photos..........well executed.

[PJH]

Future plans?

- Fix the clunk in the rear suspension (might be the exhaust that is banging against something)
- New exhaust
- Go to the Nurburgring
- Go to Bilsterberg
- Go to Weeze
- Go to Mas du Clos
- Roadtrip through the alps
- Roadtrip to scotland
- Celebrate bankruptcy :D

[MouseRat]

Wow. I can only dream of doing this to my M42

[gespinal0301]

I plan on doing this in like 2 or 3 years once I graduate as a gift to myself and to the car since it'll probably be at 230k or 240k. I should also have the money by then which is the biggest factor haha

[ak-]

Was a joy to go through.

Future plans?

[red2.4srt]

Absolutely beautiful.

Nicely done! Thank you for the attention to detail, this is a great reference to anyone with an M42 looking to rebuild!

[PJH]

Sorry for the long post ;)

[PJH]

Back in place:






Back on the road

[PJH]

Finished product:

[PJH]

Once the chain is in place, we seal the engine.




New thermostat and waterpump