It all started almost 20 years ago. My dad had a beat down, high mileage, 250k then, 85 e28 eta that was a hand me down car. What can I say, this is all his fault. I have been hooked ever since. About 6 months after getting my license, a friend of mine told me about this righteous car his Dad just gotten in a trade deal and I had to check it out. When I got there is was the venerable e24. I was blown away by its sex appeal. Then I made the mistake of driving it. Did I mention it was for sale? Going from an eta to a 635csi will make any 16 year old cream. Well cream I did. It could be mine for 8k but at 16 in the early 90s it might as well of been 80k. Dream crushed. But I never forgot.
Life happened and never came across the right e24 when I had the cash or when circumstances were right. Then, one evening sitting on the porch, drinking my Canadian Mist and perusing CL, I came across an interesting ad. One owner Texas car, e24, clean interior, good paint, bad motor. Well, as luck would have it, I had a spare m30 sitting, waiting to go into an e30. A deal was struck and she was mine. This is how she looked.
After getting her home, A buddy and I started to prep the engine bay to swap out the m30. Turns out, the old motor had a bent valve and a broken rocker arm but only 125k miles. This one will get rebuilt and possibly find its way into my e21, maybe.
A quick cleaning and this was the result.
Then I went to the beach and drank a lot of beer and had sex with my wife.
Then out with the old
Then I started building my coilovers. I used billys in the rear, and shortened the strut housings one inch to accommodate e30 front struts (thanks Slammin!). I am using universal sleeves and 6" springs. 385 lbs in the front and 325 in the rear. I have a few springs to play with but that is where I am starting.
Then I picked up a couple sets of wheels. 17" Style 32's, can't go wrong with them, and some A.R.E. 16x10s. I am a little concerned that the A.R.E.s will look to small but I am open to opinions.
Today we begin hooking up the harness and cleaning the tank out and getting her running. My buddy is working on that while I dive into the suspension. I will keep you guys posted on whats up.
Here is a teaser for what is next....
Yes, original miles.
Life happened and never came across the right e24 when I had the cash or when circumstances were right. Then, one evening sitting on the porch, drinking my Canadian Mist and perusing CL, I came across an interesting ad. One owner Texas car, e24, clean interior, good paint, bad motor. Well, as luck would have it, I had a spare m30 sitting, waiting to go into an e30. A deal was struck and she was mine. This is how she looked.
After getting her home, A buddy and I started to prep the engine bay to swap out the m30. Turns out, the old motor had a bent valve and a broken rocker arm but only 125k miles. This one will get rebuilt and possibly find its way into my e21, maybe.
A quick cleaning and this was the result.
Then I went to the beach and drank a lot of beer and had sex with my wife.
Then out with the old
Then I started building my coilovers. I used billys in the rear, and shortened the strut housings one inch to accommodate e30 front struts (thanks Slammin!). I am using universal sleeves and 6" springs. 385 lbs in the front and 325 in the rear. I have a few springs to play with but that is where I am starting.
Then I picked up a couple sets of wheels. 17" Style 32's, can't go wrong with them, and some A.R.E. 16x10s. I am a little concerned that the A.R.E.s will look to small but I am open to opinions.
Today we begin hooking up the harness and cleaning the tank out and getting her running. My buddy is working on that while I dive into the suspension. I will keep you guys posted on whats up.
Here is a teaser for what is next....
Yes, original miles.
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