Long term non BMW project teaser

[RickSloan]

this is amazing, compomotives are the sex and this give me one more reason why i need to get the hell over to the shop!

[Emre]

A couple of better pics from earlier today:



The car is much better than we were expecting. California car since new, until the current owner drove it over to Boston last summer. Straight chassis without any accident history and zero rust. A compression test showed that the engine makes exactly 180psi across all 4-cylinders. The close-ratio, Euro dog-leg Getrag box is perfect (just needs the shift linkage tightened up). The only problem is the sloppy rear diff, but that would have needed to be strengthened for track use anyway.

Now we've got some big decisions to make:

• Factory Gruppe-G springs with custom-valved Bilsteins, or H&R Nurburgring-spec coilovers?
• Leave the 2,3-16 body stock, or build a full-on 2,5-16 Evo II replica?
• Run it in vintage racing, or build for NASA GTS?

The fun begins...

[RainierHooker]

So like, so want...

Please tel me you are gonna do some outlandish DTM livery on this thing

[ZM Blue Devil]

so.... Waiting for parts on the e28, waiting for Kish to stop by to fit seat to finish up the track car, we had some pocket of time to do some quick things on the 16v....

Centered the single wiper arm.

[ZM Blue Devil]

cleaned up the engine bay, lots of leaves from being stored outside...

[ZM Blue Devil]

mounted the tires on the Carlsson wheels, 16x7.5 and 16x8.5

The front shocks/springs need to settle a bit still...

[ZM Blue Devil]

really happy with the fitment.

[ZM Blue Devil]

tomorrow the car will get detailed, I gave it a quick wash and it already looks 100% better. Should clean up really nice.

Already have a list out to Europe for euro parts... More to come.

[SamE30e]

I have a chubby.

[Emre]

I have a chubby.

Join the club ;-)

I'm super excited about this project. Levent, Turk, and I have been cooking this up for many months now. It's not an exaggeration to say that it's been close to one year in the making. Levent has slowly been pulling parts together. And we've been doing our homework and making plans.

Now that we've finally found the right chassis, we're ready to get going. The goal is to have the car ready for its debut at Tremblant in early August. Lot's of work to do over the next couple of months...

[yberther]

:D

Love it, and with Guten, surely it'll turn out spectacular.

[E-Thirty]

Man I am loving this.

Please go into detail on the suspension. Where would one source the H&R coilovers for this car?

[cactusjacks1]

tomorrow the car will get detailed, I gave it a quick wash and it already looks 100% better. Should clean up really nice.

Already have a list out to Europe for euro parts... More to come.

Looks like a very fun project is about to begin !!

[Emre]

Please go into detail on the suspension. Where would one source the H&R coilovers for this car?

Available as special order direct from H&R Germany. You can get them in "Nordschleife" spec (good for bumpy tracks) or "Nurburgring GP" spec (good for glass-smooth tracks). They also make Gruppe-G springs and conventional dampers, which they will custom valve to your specs. Not cheap, though

[z31maniac]

Looking forward to the progress on this one.