Hey guys, my name is Liam! Long time reader, first time caller. I own a couple of ETAs currently.
When a drunk driver totaled my 1JZ swapped MA71 last summer I needed a daily, so I went looked at a 1985 325e that was $700 on CL. Turns out it was a one owner car that the guy wanted out of his driveway, it looked like this when purchased. Thought it was too good to be true but he was just a washed up jazz guy selling his now in a nursing home step mom's car haha.
Here's the A70. It made 300whp 290TQ at 5000ft on 15psi, stock CT12As. Fun car for drifting, I actually daily drove it about 100 miles during the week like this too. Interesting stuff haha. The E36 is my roommate's old 328i, it was an M3 clone down to the subframes and S50 cams, had an M50 intake mani etc etc. Would sit with a bolt-on S5x car though.
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The car came with an entire binder of any work done to it and the original window sticker. The car has the LSD, leather seats, and sadly, automatic transmission option.
Car had 250,000 miles when I bought it, it now sits at about 281,000. Up until recently all I have done was change fluids and a different alternator.
I tucked and painted the diving boards a few months back, while the car was still on steelies.
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A local guy was selling some square 16x9 ET20 531's (go head wheel whores have a laugh), so I snagged those. However, the blown stock suspension and stretched 195/40s it wasn't a good combo, plus I'm not much one for stretch, so I put 225/45s on all four corners.
With the 195's
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With the 225's
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It was my intention to leave the car like this and not dive into the E30 world. I have a CBR600rr that I ride often and get my adrenaline from, but when a friend offered to sell me his ETA for $500 with a ton of new suspension stuff, good motor, G260, and other parts, I had to say yes. Hence the purchase of my '87.
The car came with Bilsteins and H&R Sports, new control arms, and E46 lollipops. Swapped knuckles, control arms, struts, tie rods onto the old car, and it looks like this which is how it sits today.
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The plan was never to build this car. I knew it was a great chassis, even in stock guise it has so much more potential then the wet-noodle A70 platform. Putting the suspension on it, and actually getting to work on the car have made me do a complete 180.
So with that being said, the plan is to utilize the G260 and 2.7 ETA block from the parts car, in addition to it's 2.5 harness, and mate an 885 with upgraded springs and rockers to said block with ARP studs for boost. I'm probably going to run a more economic turbo setup as I'm only looking to make 350whp MAX (300whp is where I'm mostly likely going to be), at around 1bar. I have looked into the currently CXracing manifold and some other stuff, such as the REVSHIFT and OBX manifold. I realize these are primarily eBay bits, but we will see. More on this as I get the motor together.
I pulled the 2.7 last weekend from the parts car and stripped the shortblock down to the rotating assembly and oil pan. Next paycheck I will get a proper stand so I can clean and paint the block. I pulled the G260 off as well; I forgot how much easier these pressure plates are to do as opposed to the R154 where you torque in sequence through the inspection ports. Not fun.
I'll post more pictures in the next few days as I make more progress on the motor. My neighbor has an 885 head I would like to pick up in the next week, I need to swap door cars among a few other small things.
-Liam
When a drunk driver totaled my 1JZ swapped MA71 last summer I needed a daily, so I went looked at a 1985 325e that was $700 on CL. Turns out it was a one owner car that the guy wanted out of his driveway, it looked like this when purchased. Thought it was too good to be true but he was just a washed up jazz guy selling his now in a nursing home step mom's car haha.
Here's the A70. It made 300whp 290TQ at 5000ft on 15psi, stock CT12As. Fun car for drifting, I actually daily drove it about 100 miles during the week like this too. Interesting stuff haha. The E36 is my roommate's old 328i, it was an M3 clone down to the subframes and S50 cams, had an M50 intake mani etc etc. Would sit with a bolt-on S5x car though.
IMG_0390The car came with an entire binder of any work done to it and the original window sticker. The car has the LSD, leather seats, and sadly, automatic transmission option.
Car had 250,000 miles when I bought it, it now sits at about 281,000. Up until recently all I have done was change fluids and a different alternator.
I tucked and painted the diving boards a few months back, while the car was still on steelies.
IMG_0441 A local guy was selling some square 16x9 ET20 531's (go head wheel whores have a laugh), so I snagged those. However, the blown stock suspension and stretched 195/40s it wasn't a good combo, plus I'm not much one for stretch, so I put 225/45s on all four corners.
With the 195's
IMG_1294With the 225's
IMG_0464 IMG_0466It was my intention to leave the car like this and not dive into the E30 world. I have a CBR600rr that I ride often and get my adrenaline from, but when a friend offered to sell me his ETA for $500 with a ton of new suspension stuff, good motor, G260, and other parts, I had to say yes. Hence the purchase of my '87.
The car came with Bilsteins and H&R Sports, new control arms, and E46 lollipops. Swapped knuckles, control arms, struts, tie rods onto the old car, and it looks like this which is how it sits today.
IMG_1533The plan was never to build this car. I knew it was a great chassis, even in stock guise it has so much more potential then the wet-noodle A70 platform. Putting the suspension on it, and actually getting to work on the car have made me do a complete 180.
So with that being said, the plan is to utilize the G260 and 2.7 ETA block from the parts car, in addition to it's 2.5 harness, and mate an 885 with upgraded springs and rockers to said block with ARP studs for boost. I'm probably going to run a more economic turbo setup as I'm only looking to make 350whp MAX (300whp is where I'm mostly likely going to be), at around 1bar. I have looked into the currently CXracing manifold and some other stuff, such as the REVSHIFT and OBX manifold. I realize these are primarily eBay bits, but we will see. More on this as I get the motor together.
I pulled the 2.7 last weekend from the parts car and stripped the shortblock down to the rotating assembly and oil pan. Next paycheck I will get a proper stand so I can clean and paint the block. I pulled the G260 off as well; I forgot how much easier these pressure plates are to do as opposed to the R154 where you torque in sequence through the inspection ports. Not fun.
I'll post more pictures in the next few days as I make more progress on the motor. My neighbor has an 885 head I would like to pick up in the next week, I need to swap door cars among a few other small things.
-Liam
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