Well, I finally started a build thread. The guilt of buying new parts and not sharing is getting to me. :p
Sadly I don't have pictures of when I first bought the car as I lost them all before I could get them onto my computer. This thread officially starts the public documentation of my build.
Anyways, time for a little backstory, starting with how I ended up with my E30. I'll try and keep this relatively short since it's a pretty long story. (pictures will come soon I promise!)
Rewind to 2012.
Junior year of high school had ended and I had bought my first car. Ready for this? a 1989 Ford Ranger 2wd. Mostly blue.
Okay maybe more like 60%.
Picked it up for $300 and apart from missing the majority of it's sad blue paint, it ran like a champ.
That summer I got my first official job working at a tire shop which gave me lots of money to spend on whatever high school students spend money on. A few months in, one of my co-workers brought his '72 2002 to work and I immediately fell in love with it.
It was incredibly clean; brand new Inka Orange paint, slim early chrome bumpers, rebuilt drivetrain, and a few tasteful mods here and there like 6k HIDs and lowering springs. He ended up buying a new Audi and didn't want 3 vehicles so cut me an insane deal that I couldn't say no to. I sold the mighty Ranger and I drove it home a few days later.
Over senior year it had become my project. She got a whole new interior including a brand new grey carpet and grey Intergra Type-R Recaros. The headliner was done professionally prior to my ownership in a cream-colored vinyl which looked great with the grey interior. I was also able to find a set of 13x7 et0 Minilites that I picked up for her as well. I graduated high school in 2013 and moved into my own place. Here's what she looked like that summer:
Sadly, April of 2014 brought about a lot of major changes in my life and I couldn't hold on to her any longer. I sold her to a great guy who already owned a '71 he restored and gave to his cousin, so fortunately she went to a good home.
Shortly after I sold the 02 I bought a WRX. Not too much to say about that one... it was fast, reliable, and the AWD was great. It didn't live up to the hype and insurance was just unreasonable.
This is where it all comes together. I had always wanted an E30. Ever since my 02. So I held on to the Subaru until I found the right one: a coupe, with a sunroof, clean paint, and preferably plastic bumpers. I ended up finding a black 325is with all of that!
Minus the plastic bumpers. But hey, at least it's an '88.
So here we are, September of 2015. I bought this car at the beginning of this year, I have no excuse for the absence of a build thread.
Now that all of that's out of the way, here's some details about the car so far (and finally some pictures!)
M20B27 block out of an '88 SETA
Rebuilt i head
Schrick 288 cam
Schrick valve springs
19# injectors
Shaved M3 flywheel
Dinan chip
Supersprint rep stainless headers
Nissens radiator
4.10 LSD awaiting install
Bilstein Sports
H&R lowering springs
Rogue Engineering stud conversion
Smiley headlights
All red tails
is lip
Assorted small parts from CAtuned
tucked DB's
Everything else I'm forgetting :p
Here she is as of tonight:
Got a wash and wax in preparation for our inevitable Oregon rain.
Sadly I don't have pictures of when I first bought the car as I lost them all before I could get them onto my computer. This thread officially starts the public documentation of my build.
Anyways, time for a little backstory, starting with how I ended up with my E30. I'll try and keep this relatively short since it's a pretty long story. (pictures will come soon I promise!)
Rewind to 2012.
Junior year of high school had ended and I had bought my first car. Ready for this? a 1989 Ford Ranger 2wd. Mostly blue.
Okay maybe more like 60%.
Picked it up for $300 and apart from missing the majority of it's sad blue paint, it ran like a champ.
That summer I got my first official job working at a tire shop which gave me lots of money to spend on whatever high school students spend money on. A few months in, one of my co-workers brought his '72 2002 to work and I immediately fell in love with it.
It was incredibly clean; brand new Inka Orange paint, slim early chrome bumpers, rebuilt drivetrain, and a few tasteful mods here and there like 6k HIDs and lowering springs. He ended up buying a new Audi and didn't want 3 vehicles so cut me an insane deal that I couldn't say no to. I sold the mighty Ranger and I drove it home a few days later.
Over senior year it had become my project. She got a whole new interior including a brand new grey carpet and grey Intergra Type-R Recaros. The headliner was done professionally prior to my ownership in a cream-colored vinyl which looked great with the grey interior. I was also able to find a set of 13x7 et0 Minilites that I picked up for her as well. I graduated high school in 2013 and moved into my own place. Here's what she looked like that summer:
Sadly, April of 2014 brought about a lot of major changes in my life and I couldn't hold on to her any longer. I sold her to a great guy who already owned a '71 he restored and gave to his cousin, so fortunately she went to a good home.
Shortly after I sold the 02 I bought a WRX. Not too much to say about that one... it was fast, reliable, and the AWD was great. It didn't live up to the hype and insurance was just unreasonable.
This is where it all comes together. I had always wanted an E30. Ever since my 02. So I held on to the Subaru until I found the right one: a coupe, with a sunroof, clean paint, and preferably plastic bumpers. I ended up finding a black 325is with all of that!
Minus the plastic bumpers. But hey, at least it's an '88.
So here we are, September of 2015. I bought this car at the beginning of this year, I have no excuse for the absence of a build thread.
Now that all of that's out of the way, here's some details about the car so far (and finally some pictures!)
M20B27 block out of an '88 SETA
Rebuilt i head
Schrick 288 cam
Schrick valve springs
19# injectors
Shaved M3 flywheel
Dinan chip
Supersprint rep stainless headers
Nissens radiator
4.10 LSD awaiting install
Bilstein Sports
H&R lowering springs
Rogue Engineering stud conversion
Smiley headlights
All red tails
is lip
Assorted small parts from CAtuned
tucked DB's
Everything else I'm forgetting :p
Here she is as of tonight:
Got a wash and wax in preparation for our inevitable Oregon rain.
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