Making a track toy - E30 M3

[Il Duce]

nice pics, thanks for sharing!

[backtrail69]

I wish I had the means to do something like that...

[bimmer]

I wish I had the means to do something like that...

Hehe I have had to wait a long time to be able to fund my projects.
I´m fortunate enough to have a company that is doing well so I have
started doing the things I have dreamed about for years.

I see you live in Bellingham - I was an exchange student in Blaine
way back in 1986/87 :) WA is a nice place ;-)

[chucko]

Here is a small update.


The E30 M3 has one hell of a navigation system:

Dogleg FTW!

[8oost0ne]

Not like it matters, but that blue car is not a Lada. It is a Fiat that was made in Poland, the 125p

[sumyungguy]

Glad the drama simmered down..






subscribed..

[bimmer]

Not like it matters, but that blue car is not a Lada. It is a Fiat that was made in Poland, the 125p

You are right - but I had not seen a Lada in a long time back home and
this car looked just like they used to look :)

Very similar looking cars - Fiats have usually looked way better than Ladas :-D

[bimmer]

Here are some pics of work in progress.

They ripped the hamster out and then went to get the "new" motor
from the guy I bought it from. He had some seriously expensive
wrecks in his garage - Carrera GT and 360 Challenge Stradale :crazy:







































They are now working on fixing the rust and will hopefully drop the motor in next week

[Rocla]

Not like it matters, but that blue car is not a Lada. It is a Fiat that was made in Poland, the 125p

Both Lada and polish 125p are made from base of Italian Fiat 124 blueprints, so they are much a like. Fiat 124 won the "car of the year" award back in 1964 IIRC. Ladas looking similiar with that 125p on picture were produced until 90's. :)

[325Projectz]

Damn, that GT got smashed.

I love pictures like yours from overseas, keep them coming!

[bimmer]

Ok, finally some pics from the shop in Germany :)

More rust than we expected :D



Has all been fixed now.

The engine and gearbox are in.





They have also adapted the steering and there is small welding
job left to hook the headers up to the new exhaust.

Next week they will do the brake booster and brake lines as
well as the cooling system.

Can´t wait until the car is ready for some fun on the Ring 8)

[Ray Smoodiver]

Hey Thor, what are you using for a brake booster setup? Hydraulic or remote?

[bimmer]

Hey Thor, what are you using for a brake booster setup? Hydraulic or remote?

They are using a brake booster from an 02, there is not much space
there because of the watercooled intake.

Here are a few pics from the shop:

































And finally a video from when they started it up :)

http://www.onno.is/thordur/m3/gangsetning.wmv

I´m going to the Ring the 25th and it seems that the white monster will be ready

[325Projectz]

that thing just sounds like a monster... now, some vids in action!

[UNHCLL]

Did you decide to go with Movit in both the front & rear?

Custom radiator setup to fit that narrow space?