My E30 track toy thread (ongoing)

[th3blue]

BMW 1989 325i coupe - Black





Motor swap - '92 M50B25NV with dinan software, revs to 7100
custom intake
Trans swap - '92 Getrag 260 with driveshaft
LSD swap - 3.94 LSD (an insane gear ratio, the car revs really fast)
New Alternator
Power Steering Delete
Hard wired electric radiator fan (no mechanical fan)
Semi Solid trans mounts (UUC Red enforcers drilled out with through bolts)
All new shift selector collar and bushings
UUC Dual Sheer Shift Rod
New Clutch Slave
No A/C

Gutted interior with all sound deadening removed.
Sparco Harness Bar
4 point expired racing harnesses
Fixed back Corbeau racing seats on adjustable rails.

Ireland Engineering Stage III Springs
Ireland Engineering Big sway bars with adjustable end links and upgraded mounting points
Ireland Engineering Urethane rear subframe bushings
Bilstein Sport Shocks
pretty much all bushings replace / upgraded including subframe
New front hubs + Bearings
New rear wheel bearings
New Brake rotors all the way around
A bunch of sets of HP+ pads (some on the car some in boxes)
Stainless brake lines
e30 325iX Booster and Brake Master
2002tii remote reservoir
ABS delete

MtechII Replica front valance
Depo Euro Smiley Headlights
4300k HID lows
Aftermarket side skirts
Borbet Type A's (15x7.5 IIRC)
Nokian Hakka RSI Studded
Stock bottlecaps with all season tires
OZ racing 16" wheels, with Z rated tires
optima red top battery
momo wheel hub
momo 350mm leather wheel
Pilot Sport Cups (race tires)

before the car was gutted but after the motor swap (3/4 tank of gas):
2822 lbs
52.8% front
47.2% rear

[alpinaclone]

Wow, very clean for a CNY car.

I used to live in Geneva and didn't know that there were any cool e30s in the area.

Keep it out of the salt.

[Slick92GS-R]

...lol... Evo to BMW.. be prepared to start buying new tools !!..

i'm not sure how much mods were on the Evo 8, but how does the m50 swap feel compared to the 4G63?

[th3blue]

the evo cost me a small fortune to run and had so many more parts to break with the awd system.

my first autoX is this weekend and I'm using it mostly as a test and tune for my first track day the weekend after that.

[SamE30e]

Do you find with the dinan chip that it is dead below 3700 and the power just hits above that?

[th3blue]

i have such short gears that I'm never really below 3700, lol...

[th3blue]

updated a ton of info in the first post.

I'm doing an autoX this weekend and going to the glen at the end of the month.

[th3blue]

gopro footage from an autox this weekend:

http://youtu.be/6UHeKXIU0z4

[MattAvino]

Love it. Regards from Buffalo.

[th3blue]

first track day with this car at Watkins glen. also first time with RWD there for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOCjEYIPPtg

[ColdAccord]

Wow, very clean for a CNY car.

I used to live in Geneva and didn't know that there were any cool e30s in the area.

Keep it out of the salt.

before me it was owned by a friend's father for ages, he autox'ed it and kept it washed.

after me it went to mike then aaron, I like seeing it being taken care of and used well