VIN #336 Craigslist Find. S38 Swapped Euro E30

[Eric]

If you were closer I would probably be begging you to sell it to me.

I've been trying buddy, I've been trying...

[Jb325is]

I keep looking back at this thread, I love this car, instantly one of my favorite e30's ever. If you were closer I would probably be begging you to sell it to me.

In regards to your video though, I think it's not running too well. It should rev/be a lot faster, unless that wasn't WOT. I may be wrong, but my e34 m5 revved a lot quicker than that, and weighed probably 800 lbs more. I would maybe do compression and leakdown tests, see whats going on.

Still, beautiful car. One of the best craigslist finds I've ever seen

[IceWhite]

Damn nice find!!!

Very nice. Where'd you get the air fresheners?

Looks like it came all the way from Germany with the car just by looking at the writing and German Flag Colors on it.

[Bmwdayz]

s38!

Ok, So now what am I supposed to do with all this drool? Awesome find!

[Alpina]

S38,,,,,,,,, the greatest IL6 in to an E30

well done,, i totally adore these engines,, and for me the B38 is top favorite

[K20RI_211]

Stupid good find. Well done.

[downforce22]

Beautiful. I really like the tails and wheels with that nice grey on the body. Is the ix build getting pushed behind lol

Thanks for the comments guys. I hope to get it running right and will get a full cleanup and some nice photos done once it is. As far as the turbo iX goes, the turbo is burning some oil so I figured the bearings/ seals are bad on it. Its an ebay special so I decided to pony up and ordered a precision 5862 which should be here this week. Keep an eye out for that thread.

As for the silver car, I decided to give the ignition system an overhaul with the new cap and rotor. Unfortunately the clearance is so tight that you have to remove the radiator to access the cap. So yesterday I decided to give it a try.

The hoses from the radiator are pretty old and you can tell have been on the car for some time. I drained the system and went to pull the radiator out. Until I ran into this....







Its like some plastic strips of something inside the radiator hoses???
And as I dug around more, they were stuck inside the radiator too. Maybe they are supposed to absorb heat in the radiator, or keep the flow turbulent? Who knows, but they were also jammed into the thermostat as you can see in the pictures, so I decided to pull them out. Those crazy germans. :hitler: Maybe less pressure drop in the cooling system and a thermostat that is not impeded by plastic crap will work better.



And when it was all out, here is the pile of the crazy plastic stuff which is now sitting nicely in the garbage bin.





Also, I believe I found some of the problem with the stumble at idle. The cam seal seems to be leaking so there was oil all over the cap and rotor.





But the cap still looks virtually new. I still put the new one in there since I already bought it.



And the oily mess that was in there. After a compression test and possible outcomes of that, I will address the cam seal.



And as you might expect, I had to take it for a test drive after the tune up. The backfiring has basically disappeared and it drives smoother in the lower RPMs but its still not quite running 100%. Sorry for the wind noise. Check out 1080p below!

[Nats88M3]

The only thing I don't like about this car is..... The fact that is not parked next to my e30 great find and good luck with it! It looks bad ass I wouldn't change a thing other than address the small hiccups and clean up the rust spots!

[e30onBBSs]

Beautiful. I really like the tails and wheels with that nice grey on the body. Is the ix build getting pushed behind lol

[lukeADE335i]

Here are spark plugs, cylinder 6 on the left, 1 on the right.

Nothing looks too terrible though.

Great find.

The plugs look fine in the photo - no. 4 might be a bit wet, but only looks that way in one photo, others look good.

[Raxe]

Nice score! Bet it's a blast, can't beat that sound.

[audiquattrot]

this is mindblowing!

[enigmaticdream]

Very cool, congrats on the find.

[Eric]

yup yup! I bought one for the M5.

[downforce22]

Pep boys off academy has a license plate holder that will bolt I to your euro holes, then bolt your rear plate to the holder. Cost about $5 too!


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Eric,

Is it this one?


http://www.pepboys.com/product/details/9220867/00241