1990 318is Alpinweiss restoring

[alex230ro]

Hello ,my name is Alex and this is my 318is (for now).i've been into E30 in 2003-2006 having a 323i coupe .in July 2013 my wife made me a gift for my birthday this 318is.so here is me and the car

[alex230ro]

first i was very happy,but i've seen some rust spots and i want it to see how bad it is,so in august 2013..:roll:
the damage at the moment was:
-rear panel,battery tray,door sills rear arches,front fenders .so here we go

[alex230ro]

car was left at the body shop on octomber 2013 and was ready for painting on may 2014,the body shop changed :
-front hood
-front fenders
-door sills
-rear panel
-rear arches
-front doors
-sunroof
-right side of the car strut tower and cross member(from other car)
and patched:
-batery tray
-floor

https://imageshack.com/a/aqtq/1

so on to the paint shop

[RustyRuss]

Looking fantastic Alex :-)m

[alex230ro]

Thank you and the last pictures this is how she looks now:

[alex230ro]

still need to:
Put the electrical instalation on the car
Chose what to do with the engine,i have 3 engines:
-original M42 with 289.000 km :it has both engine mounts destroyed and is leaking oil from front timing cover
-one M20 2.5 from an 1985 325i 169.00 km the engine has not been started from 10 years
-one M20 2.5 from a 525i fresh rebuilt from 1000 km.
For now i'm thinking:
-get one 2.8i m52/eta/324td crank one set of 320/323i rods and make a stroker from 325i engine together with cam ,headers and software
-get the M20 engine from 525i put a cam headers and new chip.
I'm trying to get 200-210hp at the crank i guess that's about 160-170whp
As i understand to get that amount of power only from 2.5 engine is pretty hard and for now looks like 2.7 or 2.8 stroker is the way to go.For 2.7 i can find pretty easy the 324d crank .The car already has a big case 4.10 LSD .suspension will be Kayaba shocks with H&R -35mm springs

[alex230ro]

and few pics with firmer 323i coupe first is how it was stock then pics after it was painted Mtech1 retrofited,Hartge headers and exahaust ,Weitec springs and 4.10 small case LSD.

[alex230ro]

fast forward 3 years

and it's almost done. Past 2 years had been sitting in a garage.

[mike.bmw]

Looking good! The front valence is slightly different than what we have in the U.S. The U.S. spec front valence has two oval-shaped holes, one being covered with a plastic block-off plate.

[alex230ro]

new pics. new radiator new fan clutch.Need a new diff and electrical instalation for mirrors.

[jpod999]

Looks great!

[alex230ro]

thanks your project is great.