Purchased my first e30 for $1200 (1988 325is) 225k + on the clock.
Good: Straight body, strong engine, smooth transmission, Dash, doors, glass, cooling system looks recently updated, all windows words. front suspension has all new rubber and control arms, brand new rims and brand new tires, paint, glass
Bad: steering rack, rusted muffler, front spoiler is gone, front seats need recovering. no shifter boot, rear suspension, motor/tranny mounts, intake vacuum lines are rotting, intake boot is old, glove box needs latch, odometer is out of order. clutch rebound is iffy
First short trip was up to powder mountain in Utah. Probably not the best idea seeing that the road is somewhat dangerous but whatever. After going through a tank of gas rather quickly I found I was only getting 11MPG
I could not do much with what little tools I had in Utah but I decided to take care of the leaking steering rack by removing my PS pump in order to save it and deleted my PS with simple PS plugs from http://www.manntechnik.com/ . Next up was diagnosing "the bad" and getting the car back to South Dakota where all the tools and shop equipment is.
Now that the car has been trailered back to South Dakota I can get a start on making it road worthy for the soon to be 1200 mile trip back to Utah
Ordered: Master & Slave Clutch cylinders and upper shock mounts from turner motorsport. $150 Shipped
Bilstein touring rear shocks (sorry no I am not lowering my e30), brake & clutch pedal pads from FCP euro. $104 shipped
OEM Motor & Transmission mounts, manifold gasket, intake boot, misc exhaust hangers, misc exhaust gaskets, $130
Z3 1.9 shifter as well as bushings and such from thebmwpartstore. $80
Clutch stop from burgermotorsport (ebay) $6
Stainless steel brake lines from dnamotoring (ebay) $45
Stainless steel axle back exhaust from speedyracerparts (ebay) $225
Good: Straight body, strong engine, smooth transmission, Dash, doors, glass, cooling system looks recently updated, all windows words. front suspension has all new rubber and control arms, brand new rims and brand new tires, paint, glass
Bad: steering rack, rusted muffler, front spoiler is gone, front seats need recovering. no shifter boot, rear suspension, motor/tranny mounts, intake vacuum lines are rotting, intake boot is old, glove box needs latch, odometer is out of order. clutch rebound is iffy
First short trip was up to powder mountain in Utah. Probably not the best idea seeing that the road is somewhat dangerous but whatever. After going through a tank of gas rather quickly I found I was only getting 11MPG
I could not do much with what little tools I had in Utah but I decided to take care of the leaking steering rack by removing my PS pump in order to save it and deleted my PS with simple PS plugs from http://www.manntechnik.com/ . Next up was diagnosing "the bad" and getting the car back to South Dakota where all the tools and shop equipment is.
Now that the car has been trailered back to South Dakota I can get a start on making it road worthy for the soon to be 1200 mile trip back to Utah
Ordered: Master & Slave Clutch cylinders and upper shock mounts from turner motorsport. $150 Shipped
Bilstein touring rear shocks (sorry no I am not lowering my e30), brake & clutch pedal pads from FCP euro. $104 shipped
OEM Motor & Transmission mounts, manifold gasket, intake boot, misc exhaust hangers, misc exhaust gaskets, $130
Z3 1.9 shifter as well as bushings and such from thebmwpartstore. $80
Clutch stop from burgermotorsport (ebay) $6
Stainless steel brake lines from dnamotoring (ebay) $45
Stainless steel axle back exhaust from speedyracerparts (ebay) $225
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