From Little 4 to Big 4 (E30 M3 content)

[Court M3]

That dead pedal is worth nothing I will buy it from you in a heart beat :)

haha

Nice build though, like where this is going. And keep that freaking dead pedal

[reelizmpro]

Whoa. Lots going on in here. So, you rebuilt the original S14...what about the spare S14? Always good to see another M3 restored. Make sure it's done right.

[CrusherCurtis]

Way to restore that m3. Does anyone else feel like a fool for not buying an e30 m3 sometimes?

[pilotskillse30]

Way to restore that m3. Does anyone else feel like a fool for not buying an e30 m3 sometimes?

I do, but hope to change that in a few days

[Sarx]

Whoa. Lots going on in here. So, you rebuilt the original S14...what about the spare S14? Always good to see another M3 restored. Make sure it's done right.

Yep, the thread will get more focused pretty soon. Things are slowly coming together, and anytime I want to work on the car its a 45 minute drive. So the parts are scattered at the shop, my apartment, and my host's garage.

The spare S14... I made several mistakes with that engine. I was looking for a more affordable way of starting out this project and bought that engine. It had ~100k on the clock and the seller said it ran with good compression (had pictures to back it up). That S14 was brought to the shop and we looked it over. The engine was leaking from basically everywhere. Not significant, but it didn't have too much longer left on it without needing at bare minimum a new head gasket. But it would have probably bought me another much needed year...

Now looking back on it, I should have just said fuck it and dropped it in. I should have waited until I had a more secure income before rebuilding my S14. Dammit, dammit, dammit. I could have had 2 S14s... One for fun, one to slowly rebuild.

You live and learn. I sold it to someone for cheap, despite having better offers. More damns...

[Nick_S]

Awesome thread. Love seeing two of the best E30's getting some properly good attention.

[JinormusJ]

I am really loving your documentation. This build is fantastic, and you have an abundance of pictures for us to see your progress.
This build thread is really going to help me later down the line; I can feel it.

And, Diamantschwarzenegger is next to Lachssilber as best OEM color on e30s. Love both cars. Keep up the great work :up:

[MikeLenoch5]

Seriously. Rad. Props!

[Thizzelle]

that dead pedal is worth nothing i will buy it from you in a heart beat :)

lol