It's been awhile since I last posted on here so I thought I'd give you guys an update. I'd like to have a single thread that I can update so I'm going to use this thread.
Back story quoted from my original thread, hope you guys don't mind
After I posted that last year this happened
So I decided to drive it till it died and then worry about what to do. Well that was 5 months ago haha It started every morning even with snow on the ground. Goes to show you how durable these motors are. Driving a rwd car in the snow really teaches you a lot about throttle control
I was offered a great deal on a set of bilsteins, springs and camber plates. I think they called it the BTS kit but I couldn't say no for $250.
You can't have suspension without touching the wheels so a friend found these for me.
I needed spacers to get enough clearance up front. I cut it real close but no more rubbing :)
Did a bit of work on the exterior lightening curtesy w123 fogs and red tint spray. It was my first time using that stuff so I was a bit heavy handed but it didn't come out all that bad
So now we're at the present. I dropped the car off at my cousins shop this past weekend to finally have the eta motor pulled and m20 put in along with new seals, gaskets and other maintenance stuff. I gave it a good wash and polish before I dropped it off.
The m3 is a customers car that's getting a built s52 turbo motor, should be putting down 600 or so to the wheels.
If your still with me, thanks for reading and I'm looking forward to spending more time on here. Ill post some pictures of the swap once I get them.
Back story quoted from my original thread, hope you guys don't mind
Originally posted by E30 Driver
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Don't really know much about the car but the kid I bought it from, got the car from his neighbor. It just sat in his garage untouched and unloved for about a year. It needed/needs some love but the car is all there, minimal rust on the inner part of the driver fender well other wise it's solid. I'm in the process of bring the car back to its former glory.
So far I've done the brakes and swapped the alternator, I also tucked the aluminum bumpers and sprayed them and the grille with rubberized undercoating. I wasn't too comfortable painting the rubber bumpers with spray paint, fearing the paint would eventually crack so i tried undercoating. I bought a set of hella fogs from a guy on bimmerfourms to replace the cracked ones on the car. I have round driving lights from my SPG that will make their way on this car as well, just have to fabricate some sort of bar to mount them too. Should be a fun winter in this thing. I'm looking forward to spending time on this forum!
Scored a set of brand new Pirelli snow tires for $200
Did some rust proofing as well
So far I've done the brakes and swapped the alternator, I also tucked the aluminum bumpers and sprayed them and the grille with rubberized undercoating. I wasn't too comfortable painting the rubber bumpers with spray paint, fearing the paint would eventually crack so i tried undercoating. I bought a set of hella fogs from a guy on bimmerfourms to replace the cracked ones on the car. I have round driving lights from my SPG that will make their way on this car as well, just have to fabricate some sort of bar to mount them too. Should be a fun winter in this thing. I'm looking forward to spending time on this forum!
Scored a set of brand new Pirelli snow tires for $200
Did some rust proofing as well
So I decided to drive it till it died and then worry about what to do. Well that was 5 months ago haha It started every morning even with snow on the ground. Goes to show you how durable these motors are. Driving a rwd car in the snow really teaches you a lot about throttle control
I was offered a great deal on a set of bilsteins, springs and camber plates. I think they called it the BTS kit but I couldn't say no for $250.
You can't have suspension without touching the wheels so a friend found these for me.
I needed spacers to get enough clearance up front. I cut it real close but no more rubbing :)
Did a bit of work on the exterior lightening curtesy w123 fogs and red tint spray. It was my first time using that stuff so I was a bit heavy handed but it didn't come out all that bad
So now we're at the present. I dropped the car off at my cousins shop this past weekend to finally have the eta motor pulled and m20 put in along with new seals, gaskets and other maintenance stuff. I gave it a good wash and polish before I dropped it off.
The m3 is a customers car that's getting a built s52 turbo motor, should be putting down 600 or so to the wheels.
If your still with me, thanks for reading and I'm looking forward to spending more time on here. Ill post some pictures of the swap once I get them.
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