I figured I'd post this here as my introduction, since I just recently joined, and get some thoughts on the purchase I made.
It all started about 5 months ago when I was looking for a new daily driver so I could really tear my sorta-project car apart. That turned into getting the sorta-project somewhat reliable. After that, I decided I wanted a dedicated track car. I had been looking for a new car to mess around with, auto-x, drag race, sno-cross, etc. I just also happen to have a buddy that wanted the same thing(cheap track car). We decided to just go halvsies on something.
We searched the classifieds and just so happens this car was listed for sale on the local craigs list for $995(advertised as 325i).
We negotiated, and picked it up for less then asking price. It runs and drives well, just needs some small items and basic maintenance. Plans for this car are not real set in stone, it all depends on how much of my funds I want to pour into this car. Most likely will be to essentially strip the interior, trunk and engine bay, remove a/c(still works!), and heater controls, gut the dash, then do some basic suspension and brake work and maybe try to beef up the 2.3L, but most likely swap it out for something.
I'll be making a project thread in the proper forum and we are gonna try to get most of the work done over the winter and have it trackable by May 2009.
I don't have many pictures yet, but I'm working on them...
-Jason
It all started about 5 months ago when I was looking for a new daily driver so I could really tear my sorta-project car apart. That turned into getting the sorta-project somewhat reliable. After that, I decided I wanted a dedicated track car. I had been looking for a new car to mess around with, auto-x, drag race, sno-cross, etc. I just also happen to have a buddy that wanted the same thing(cheap track car). We decided to just go halvsies on something.
We searched the classifieds and just so happens this car was listed for sale on the local craigs list for $995(advertised as 325i).
We negotiated, and picked it up for less then asking price. It runs and drives well, just needs some small items and basic maintenance. Plans for this car are not real set in stone, it all depends on how much of my funds I want to pour into this car. Most likely will be to essentially strip the interior, trunk and engine bay, remove a/c(still works!), and heater controls, gut the dash, then do some basic suspension and brake work and maybe try to beef up the 2.3L, but most likely swap it out for something.
I'll be making a project thread in the proper forum and we are gonna try to get most of the work done over the winter and have it trackable by May 2009.
I don't have many pictures yet, but I'm working on them...
-Jason
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