Ryan Castro's S50 E30 project w/dyno vids

[kalib0y]

This car came out sweet, can't believe you want to sell it. What you got up your sleeve

Not sure yet...

This just makes no sense. You will regret selling it.

I probably will...I do regret selling the e36 turbo widebody, but I crashed my beautiful white 96 m3 so I think I may have some unfinished business with e36s lol

QFT. Why don't you save a little and fix those things yourself. You have a mighty nice car.

Unfortunately, those things are very high on my list of today because they dont bother me much.

Whatever makes you happy in the long run brother - my wife and I just purchased our 8th BMW over a 4 year period. Nobody said car ownership was permanent, it's not like a kid :D

There are always other projects, but somehow I imagine you will certainly regret this later.

Yep, this will be my 6th bmw lol. I like to build good cars and release them into the wild

Matt, I think he's bored with it.

I wouldn't say bored yet haha, just looking to get into another project.

[markseven]

I wouldn't say bored yet haha, just looking to get into another project.

FWIW, I've been scouring the various classified's looking for a clean M42 car or an early model. Now that my red car is done, here's nothing to look forward to... boredom, per se ;)

[samiam3356]

Always liked your car. Very similar to my own. GLWS

[kalib0y]

Back up again...Starter is dunzo

[kalib0y]

I am thinking that I will officially put her up for sale in about 2 weeks. Here is an in depth look at her so any interested buyer knows that they are getting into:

Lets first start with a mod list:
1989 BMW E30 325i started life as an automatic
Runs beautifully, reliably, and fast. Perfect DD car
All mods below besides the engine/tranny, and suspension swap have been done less than 1500miles ago

Exterior
Bronzit that could use a refresh but never was on my Must list of things to do
Exterior car was painted by PO a color similar to bronzit but with a little more silver
DTM fiberwerkz front lip
BMP/breyton side skirts
Something feel off a truck and hit the bumper, brake duct, and valance. I will include a replacement bronzit valance in great condition and silver bumper and brake duct also in great condition
Rolled fenders to allow proper 235/40-17 tires with no rubbing

Engine
S50B30US Engine swap with 413 DME produces 249RWHP @ 231 ft/lbs TQ
Maintained with Imported 15w50 ELF or Total 15w50 Racing oil and Mahle Filter
Green E28 motor mounts
Remachined head with new OEM Victor Reinz Gasket set
Updated S52 valve seals, retainers, springs and valve springs
Ferrera 1mm oversized valves
3.5in Euro M3 MAF
New 24lb Bosch Gen III injectors
Dinan big bore throttle body
Bimmerworld silicone 3.5" intake boot
AFE 3.5in air filter
TRM tune for MAF, injectors, lightweight flywheel, and Clocked MAF
New ICV valve
Raceland long Stainless steel long tube headers
3in exhaust piping
3in catalytic converter
Dinan Gen II muffler
New Starter
New main relay
New Fuel pump relay
Mishimoto Aluminum e36 radiator
Aluminum thermostat housing
BMW coolant mixed with Redline water wetter and distilled water
Bimmerworld 75degree thermostat
FFD 16in 3600cfm pusher fan mounted in front of Condenser and is controlled by OEM temp switch
FFD 10in 1200cfm puller fan, acts as pre-fan and works off of automatic thermostat controller with adjustable temp settings
Hyper grounding system to optimize electrical performance
E30 motorwerks sever duty skid plate

Transmission/Rear end
ZF260 5 speed transmission
Service updated completed to fix known shifting problems in <95 ZF trans
Maintained with Torco tranny fluid
Red poly trans mounts
New 12.5lb Fidanza flywheel
New e46 OEM 330ci 5speed clutch (feels great)
UUC clutch stop (no being sold with car)
Z3 shifter with bushings and clips replaced
Center guibo in great condition
3.25 LSD
LSD maintained with royal purple 75w90

Suspension/Brakes
E30 M3 5 lug conversion
BC racing Coilovers with 10k front and 14k rear spring sets, 30 way dampening adjustmet (I love them)
Coilvers are Tig welded to knuckles
Eibach aluminum front strut bar
Custom rear strut bar
Stainless steel brake lines
OEM e30 M3 discs and brake pads have ALOT of Life left
Racing stud conversion kit with wheel locks
Car will be sold with 17x8 and 17x9 OEM Style 32 painted black
Billet Sway bar spacers in front to help headers clear
OEM Swaybars front and rear (springs are stiff enough to control body roll imo)

Interior
Interior in fantastic condition
OEM functional 13 button OBC
E30 m3 gauge cluster with 6 cylinder coding plug
Chrome gauge rings on cluster
polished ring around shifter
Mtech II steering wheel
Mtech shift knob
Re-covered sport seats with M stripe embroidery
M stripe ebrake boot
Seats have no tears and are in great condition
Swapped interior carpet with OEM grey carpet
Houndstooth door panels
E30 cabrio Maplight-rear view mirror
Black rear parcel shelf
Center console dual cup holder
E36 window switches
OEM black rear seat also in good condition
Corbeau 4pt harness (not included in sale of car)
polished door lock pins
light tint on all windows except windshield

Audio/ lighting
OEM premium sound system
Sony mp3/cd headunit with aux port and Ipod connector in glove box
OEM US ellipsods
4300k DDM 55w HID lowbeams
3200k DDM 35w foglights
Laminix Smoke protection for headlights and foglights

Saftey:
Can only disclose to new owner :)

Issues (if you even want to call them that)
AC works but could use a re-charge
Central door locking doesn't work so you must unlock each door (2 lol) and truck with key. No difficult or hard to move locks
Paint could use some love, but I didn't mind it
Dash is cracked but I filled the cracks in with black silicone to prevent crack growth and I also didn't mind this

Driveability
Great daily driver
Dinan exhaust is very sporty, not very loud, and has a great sound
Starts right up
Never goes past half on temp gauge, even with AC on
Very, very, very fun car to drive.

Like I said, the car is very robust, strong, and reliable. It has many years of great service to its future owner. In my opinion, its a great looking car too.

[kalib0y]

Now for a ton of pics:
Exterior

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Interior:

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Engine:

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Rear:

[pwagon717]

Damn I want this car. Got me contemplating staying with the E30. G/L Ryan. I will be in touch with you about the MM exhaust

[kalib0y]

Some new vids I took today:
Start up, motor, idle exhaust


Current exhaust set up with Dinan Gen II muffler

[kalib0y]

Vids added

[kalib0y]

forgot I had cabrio maplights too :)

[5spoke]

The car looks and sounds amazing, I am sure you won't have any trouble selling it.

[xikyle]

how much are u asking for it? (not that i could afford it)
really, really nice car...
this is what an e30 should be IMO.
P.s. what size wheels and tires are you running? it looks awesome.