My project Durty 30

[Durtee30]

What's up everyone. Just bought my 87 325e for $750. Just joined here and can't wait to get started on this thing. I got a pretty solid list so far and I'm just wondering if anyone has any advice or anything I should add to the list. Planning on keeping it pretty simple, with mostly suspension mods.



Immediate goals [emoji1373]:

Valve cover gasket

Oil pan gasket

Spark plugs (suggestions??)

Ignition rotor

Ignition coil

New window motors

Short ram intake (suggestions??)

Steering guibo

Brakes

And various interior bits

Eventually:
New carpet
New seats
New dash
Coilovers
Front/rear sway
All poly bushings.


Not my first euro but it's my first BMW. I'm open to all advice
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Already did a deep cleaning on the interior

[roguetoaster]

Welcome.

Get stock, normal plugs in silver or copper.
Don't bother with the ram/short/cold air intake.
Get a distributor cap too. While there check the resistance of the wires.
Check your window switches first, they are frequently the issue.

[Durtee30]

Thanks for the input. Hopefully these forums are more helpful than the vw ones haha. All they do is talk down on each others projects. The Windows work, they're just extremely slow going up.

[Dj Buttchug]

op is your e30 really durtee?

[ahrensNW]

I'll add the pics after work. It won't let me from my phone. Not my first euro but it's my first BMW. I'm open to all advice

I bet you had a vw.

Dirty nasty chuggs

[Durtee30]

My project Durty 30

Yeah it's definitely durtee haha. And yup. Last car was a 01 Jetta gli. Death by unfortunate fire

[Durtee30]

My project Durty 30

update....

noticed the power steering reservoir was filled with grey fluid.
will be flushing that out tomrrow as well as replacing front brake pads


replaced the spark plugs with NGK ZGR5A, the platinum ones...misfire at idle is gone, but im still getting a loss of power and not sure what to check next
maybe: dirty throttle body? clogged cat? bad ignition coil? bad ignition rotor/cap? she runs and drives like a dream, but i can feel like shes not getting all of her power out. i can feel that theres more in there haha.

Also have a ghost leak that I can't seem to find...engine oil on the tranny crossmember. Only wondering because my exhaust is burning it off and it's enough to make some smoke

any suggestions appreciated