I just joined the forum, so this is going to be an intro and build thread. I have been into cars forever. I am a 17 (2 weeks until 18 ) year old punk that has a need for speed (ask my insurance company :nice: ). I built a 1989 jeep wrangler 6 cylinder swap, 5 speed, lift etc. I wheeled that for a year and blew the trans up recently. I still have the jeep, but it is now on the back burner.
I have always had a fond liking for e30's, so I am always looking to get a cheap project. Well for a very, very good price, I picked up this gem.
I will not mention the price but you guys can guess and enlighten me of how good of a deal I got
. It is a 89 (my year I guess) 325is. Currently taken apart. The entire interior is with the car, just not in it. 120k miles on an m20 that was allegedly rebuilt at 100k mated to an automatic trans (that will be swapped soon). No rust or rot to be found on the car. Every panel is original, the body is pin straight. Factory Alpine white paint, which is not terrible, but the hood does need a respray, as there is five or six stone chips over the years.
The reason the car was a steal is because it is clearly taken apart, but all of the parts come with the car. The guy I bought it from was going to strip and make it into a rat (not my thing) and kept all the of the stuff. He lost interest so it was time to sell it. The top end is off of the motor currently. He gave me all of the stuff for the car including new water pump, fuel pump, new arp head bolts, all new mann filters, timing belt kit with tensioner, all new gaskets for the top and bottom end, and many other things. One flaw with the motor is this:
I did some prior research and saw that some people have just JB welded it in the past, which is what I am going to do as a temp fix. I would like to get the car in full mechanical order before ordering an IE cam. Just cant justify spending almost what I paid for on the car on a cam. Really, the only thing that the car needs is the carpet which does not come with the car, and the bumpers which I am going to try and straighten and run it the for the time being. I will be looking high and low for a set of good used ones. So if anyone has a set or know of somebody let me know.
After getting a good reliable runner here is my plan:
Lowered about 1.5 inch with a little bit of rake
poor mans stroker, ie cam, injectors etc, with a possible turbo build at the same time :-D
cat delete with a muffler (unsure of which one yet)
cut and buff, and possible entire paint for the car if it doesnt clean up well
bbs (or a knock off set, yet I don't want to be a poser)
smoked headlights
Well that is all I have for now. I pick up the car tomorrow (perfect mothers day present
) I will be updating this thread constantly, so yeah.
Chris
I have always had a fond liking for e30's, so I am always looking to get a cheap project. Well for a very, very good price, I picked up this gem.
I will not mention the price but you guys can guess and enlighten me of how good of a deal I got
. It is a 89 (my year I guess) 325is. Currently taken apart. The entire interior is with the car, just not in it. 120k miles on an m20 that was allegedly rebuilt at 100k mated to an automatic trans (that will be swapped soon). No rust or rot to be found on the car. Every panel is original, the body is pin straight. Factory Alpine white paint, which is not terrible, but the hood does need a respray, as there is five or six stone chips over the years. The reason the car was a steal is because it is clearly taken apart, but all of the parts come with the car. The guy I bought it from was going to strip and make it into a rat (not my thing) and kept all the of the stuff. He lost interest so it was time to sell it. The top end is off of the motor currently. He gave me all of the stuff for the car including new water pump, fuel pump, new arp head bolts, all new mann filters, timing belt kit with tensioner, all new gaskets for the top and bottom end, and many other things. One flaw with the motor is this:
I did some prior research and saw that some people have just JB welded it in the past, which is what I am going to do as a temp fix. I would like to get the car in full mechanical order before ordering an IE cam. Just cant justify spending almost what I paid for on the car on a cam. Really, the only thing that the car needs is the carpet which does not come with the car, and the bumpers which I am going to try and straighten and run it the for the time being. I will be looking high and low for a set of good used ones. So if anyone has a set or know of somebody let me know.
After getting a good reliable runner here is my plan:
Lowered about 1.5 inch with a little bit of rake
poor mans stroker, ie cam, injectors etc, with a possible turbo build at the same time :-D
cat delete with a muffler (unsure of which one yet)
cut and buff, and possible entire paint for the car if it doesnt clean up well
bbs (or a knock off set, yet I don't want to be a poser)
smoked headlights
Well that is all I have for now. I pick up the car tomorrow (perfect mothers day present
) I will be updating this thread constantly, so yeah.Chris
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