My $500 track car

[JGood]

Well here she is. $500. I spent another $400 on a clutch and shifter rebuild (stock except for e36 M3 lever) and some other little things. I bought H&R Race Springs and Bilstein Sport shocks, and will also be getting all new control arms, tie rods, M3 rack, bushings etc... I'm hoping to have all that installed in a month or two. The car runs perfect, pulls hard, and has no weird noises or issues. Feels like a $2-$3k car. A/C blows ice cold, basically everything works. It had one owner, the guy who ordered it brand new in 1987. He gave me a good deal I think.

[rThor432]

Sounds like a deal to me. I wish I could pick up a good strong runner for $500. Especially an '87 IS.

So are you going to retire the eta to being a daily?

[dom]

great deal for $500.

[JAM]

holy crap thats a steal.

[blueapplesoda]

gave you a good deal you think???? thats a mufuggin steal....there are no strong runners here anymore...no more no more.....

[JasonC]

Not bad, and the inspection is good till Aug.

[jhower08]

paint looks even better in person. car pulls pretty damn hard too (especially compared to my eta.)

[Pedro]

Where did you order the clutch alignment tool from?

[uofom3]

great find for 500$!

[Jean]

great find for 500$!

[adrock1]

i think it's funny when other peoples $500 beaters/track cars are nicer than the one you're workin on. nice find.:grin:

[PiercedE30]

haha.......nice
I just picked up a nice little alpine '90 325is with two dents and a hole in the motor for 750 bucks!!
Your car looks great for 500!!

[Lof8]

Bad Ass for $500. I want to find another cheap one to set up for off-road / rally driving.

[JGood]

Well I'm glad everyone else thinks it's a good deal too, haha. I really wasn't in a position to dump money into ANOTHER car, but I couldn't pass this offer up.

Where did you order the clutch alignment tool from?

They come with the clutch kit usually, when you order it from bavauto.com or the like. It's kind of stupid not to order bavauto's complete clutch kit. You need all the stuff no matter what and it's only $240, plus it's Sachs brand parts. If you need one, I have 3 or 4 laying around.