This thread is dedicated to Mariano.

[C-T]

One more video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Z-6c8tW2A

It's admittedly pretty worthless. It starts with an idea of acceleration in-cabin, and then moves to the old run-through-the-tunnel thing that I am wholly guilty of enjoying. The rest, well, pretty much sucks, as we were having fun on the drive down to SC from CT, but some people might like the first 30 seconds.

have yourselves a good night, and thank you again for the warm welcome. I look forward to spending some good time here. :)

[C-T]

Thank you guys. Again, I appreciate the warm welcome and enthusiasm!

thats awesome. may i ask you were you got the samco hoses?

Sorry for somehow missing your question - The Samco hoses came from the E36, but I am pretty sure that they were sourced from Bimmerworld.

5 footer? Are you kidding, that paint is clean!

I wish I were. I am a hobbyist detailer, and enjoy paint restoration to the max extent of my PC, and this car was a challenge. I spent two full days, and destroyed multiple pads...



...trying to correct the paint, and still, to my utter frustration, it was a horror show in the harshest, brightest/most direct sunlight. However, once I used Danase Wet Glaze to slick the paint down, it really evened everything out, and the wax topper provided a good final gloss. I am really curious to see what a professional can do with a rotary, but once the season truly starts I can keep the finish up with the necessary attention that a black car is going to require.

I hope. :D

Absolutely gorgeous. I love it.

Thank you. And, thank you again for this fine place to post about it.

nice car ! Did you grow beard or it's not you driving in that pic ?

That is my good friend, and also the man who built the car. It's impossible for me to shoot the car and drive it at the same time. :D

Great story man and good to see you in the E30 community. Hope to see you around this summer. We met last summer at SCR and I think you met my uncle in his 2002 who lives right down the road from you.

Enough of the threadjack. Car looks awesome man!

Ben

Thank you Ben. You have the turbo 318, yes? And is your uncle's 2002 green? I think I actually had him at the house one day when the car was being cranky, and I entertained him, and his wife, for a while until the tow truck came. I am looking forward to getting back up to CT, and hopefully this will be a fun season this year, without any drama. I've filled my drama quota for a very, very long time. Are you going to do Vintage at the Vinyards this year? I am considering it.

Get some stiffer suspension going for sure, do the shadowline, maybe some better brakes, and you're golden! I'm sure you're beating e92 m3s with those numbers!

To be sure the car moves, but it doesn't quite move like that. It just doesn't have the power yet. And maybe not ever. Now that I am OBDI, and registered in a state without emissions testing, I have a license to ill compared to the M3, and I plan to use that license to its fullest at some point. I consider the current 262 whp / 231 tq to be the baseline, but I also want to return to the same dyno that I have always used near my house, the one that I am most familiar with, and see what it does there. I do not think that the numbers will be substantially different than the Turner dyno, and for all I know they may even be less, but I need to know where I am really starting before I know what kind of gains I am enjoying in the end. I have a long way to go, and hell the car may never be perfect, but I could not be happier with its current state. It's everything I hoped it would be, and a lot of it the E30-factor that scratches an itch I always chased, but never quite scratched in the E36.

Plus, the car is so very new to me. It's similar to the E36, yet so much more cantankerous and buzzy, and I love it. I am being told that I am going to be trashing engine mounts to the tune of "at least two a year with the way you drive," so I am trying to smooth out the abrupt throttle layon/offs, but it's tough sometimes. Like the M3, the car begs to be wailed on, and I'm happy to oblige.

Dude - The exhaust is stock headers to an E36 AA track pipe, to a custom pipe ending in a B&B Tri-Flo muffler.

[dude8383]

emm the inline 6 force is very strong with this one.

it sounds beasty! what kind of exhaust are you running?

[asuj158]

very nice

[E30SPDFRK]

Haha, Ben was telling me about this car the other day when I was over in Cheshire. I was wondering if you were going to make a thread over here.

Looks awesome! I hope to see it sometime.

[Desaevious]

Wow...I hope I never run into you or I'll go into a jealous fit. What part of CT?

[Holland]

Very, Very nice E30.

[Red88]

You did it all wrong. you need to give it to me so I can fix it.

but really, that's probably one of the sexiest non-m e30s I've ever seen.

[Collin]

That is so sexy. Perfect stance, and a dream engine to boot. Beautiful!

[e30polak]

Wow and IP race engine in an e30!!! :bow:

That thing sounds mean, and must be a blast to drive compared to mine which only has 230whp :(.

Get some stiffer suspension going for sure, do the shadowline, maybe some better brakes, and you're golden! I'm sure you're beating e92 m3s with those numbers! :twisted:

[Iain]

Sorry to hear about your father.

While you might have rushed it, you've still ended up with a really neat car that'd go like greased shit off a shovel.

[BenM]

I thought I recognized Jim's old car. :D

Love what you've done Chris, really. I didn't realize the engine was modified to that extent! I bet it really hauls in an E30!

Great story man and good to see you in the E30 community. Hope to see you around this summer. We met last summer at SCR and I think you met my uncle in his 2002 who lives right down the road from you.

Enough of the threadjack. Car looks awesome man!

Ben

[Mike]

Thanks for enlightening me on the CB4 youtube link, that shit's hillarious! Definately like what you have done with the car as well.

[vlad]

nice car ! Did you grow beard or it's not you driving in that pic ?

[Il Duce]

well done good sir!