It has box flares

[82eye]

great work. i wonder how long the chain guide has been nla, always thought bmw supported the m-sport engines pretty intently.

[MrBurgundy]

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the vibe

[DEV0 E30]

Untitled by Omar Mountain, on Flickr
the vibe

outstanding.

[Northern]

That's fucking Art

[2002jm]

Hi: That is great that you found an e30 m3! Going to be an adventure:). What is the white car you are selling? Not the m-tech 1??
jm

[kronus]

great work. i wonder how long the chain guide has been nla, always thought bmw supported the m-sport engines pretty intently.

apparently it's been a bunch of years since it was available

the vibe

damn well hope so

Hi: That is great that you found an e30 m3! Going to be an adventure:). What is the white car you are selling? Not the m-tech 1??

yes, the m-tech. I have an interior being made for it, then it will go on BAT.



m3 updoots:

The following things appeared on my porch:

• supertech valve springs + Ti retainers
• supertech intake/exhaust valves
• supertech guides 2x
• upper tensioner rail
• S50 tensioner
• Elring HG set
• distributor rotor
• distributor cap
• mishimoto coolant hoses

Some of these parts, the head, the cam tray, and the cams have all gone to a machinist in Emeryville that came highly recommended by a few different folks. The head will be cleaned, pressure tested, measured for flatness, and get all new valves, guides, and springs, as well as a cleanup/grind on the valve seats. He will grind all the valve stems to the same height and do a bench valve adjustment.

I am searching for a new lower chain guide.. if I don't find it, it makes no sense to take the lower timing area apart, and the existing stuff looks relatively healthy, which is surprising given the mileage of the motor and the PO's absolute certainty that the only work the motor ever received besides oil/filters was a crank regrind in the late 90s due to rod journal scoring.

[2002jm]

Your m-technic will sell fast; going to keep watching to see what happens to this m3. Walked right past an m3 in the parking lot today; such beautiful cars....too bad I sold mine years ago:).
jm

[kronus]

3 months and a whole back injury and surgery adventure later, Julien got mad at me for not making progress on this poor car, and we had a weekend rager getting everything together, fueled by junk food and beer.

The head came back from the machine shop with new valves, exhaust valve guides, springs, and retainers.



The old stuff was pretty worn. Lots of missing metal.



Head install rampage ensued. I've done an S38 head before, so this wasn't too different, but there was still a lot of trial and error. Mostly no surprises, although getting the cams in time with the crank was a bit of an adventure.



After some troubleshooting (unplugged valve cover breather hose, loose chain tensioner) we had it running smoothly. I pulled it out on the street today to get it ready for bleeding and smog. This required moving every other car, since my parking situation is (seriously) quadruple-tandem.

[2mAn]

Also parked in order from lowest BHP to Highest

[kronus]

the honda SUV is not mine but you are not wrong

[Il Duce]

Super cool car and story! Good luck with the project. Considering how your white car turned out, this one is going to be amazing as well.

[kronus]

updates - put some roundy boys on it



ejected a selector rod clip between shifts at about 85mph and coasted it to a nearby gas station



started restoring some door cards. All these bits started out worn, faded, and a mix of natur and pearlbeige. Leather Magic is pretty cool.



coming soon: a suspension refresh and a slightly different transmission..

[McGyver]

started restoring some door cards. All these bits started out worn, faded, and a mix of natur and pearlbeige. Leather Magic is pretty cool.

More details on this? My door cards are GROSS and could really use a thorough clean. You know, the whole car is gross, both of them. I've been super lazy because I barely drive these days.

[kronus]

leather magic is a dye, not a cleaner.

for cleaning, I used saddle soap + warm water and a stiff brush to lift things out of the texture of the vinyl. I then applied several layers of this stuff from Leather Magic to dye the pieces to Natur. The left door card in that picture is original Natur. The right one and both door handles used to be Pearlbeige (and disgusting/faded).

[McGyver]

Perfect, thanks!