R3v legends

[slammin.e28]

I've been around; Richmond --> Oakland --> San Francisco --> Philly

What's going in your e30? You documenting the build on r3v?

Yessir....I've learned not to say what I'm doing until it's done from all my other abandoned build threads....but lets just say the engine has been upside down at one point in time, along with me.

[McGyver]

Nope, that's a customer car at work.

I've got a Cirrus sedan roller that's slated for something with less cylinders, but gobs more power than an M70....

And also nope. I built an entire new engine for it.....lol where have you been?

I've been around; Richmond --> Oakland --> San Francisco --> Philly

What's going in your e30? You documenting the build on r3v?

[slammin.e28]

I think I saw it on FB, is it a red euro car with no options? Gonna stuff an m70 in it? Speaking of m70, does Gristle Hammer still burn oil like crazy?

Nope, that's a customer car at work.

I've got a Cirrus sedan roller that's slated for something with less cylinders, but gobs more power than an M70....

And also nope. I built an entire new engine for it.....lol where have you been?

[bmwman91]

For a while, I was thinking, "man, that would be a fun project to copy!" But the reality is that a standard drill press would be more than adequate as a step up from holding a drill.

How's yours holding up?

It has held up fine. No issues, and I get good use out of it!

[McGyver]

Haha! Shit, it makes me happy to know that my goofy project lives on in someone’s memory.

For a while, I was thinking, "man, that would be a fun project to copy!" But the reality is that a standard drill press would be more than adequate as a step up from holding a drill.

How's yours holding up?

[bmwman91]

Anyone remember the thread on taking an old drill press and converting it to a variable speed with some custom controller? That was wildly over the top and really cool.

Haha! Shit, it makes me happy to know that my goofy project lives on in someone’s memory.

[McGyver]

I just got another e30 lol. Ofc I had to come brag.

I think I saw it on FB, is it a red euro car with no options? Gonna stuff an m70 in it? Speaking of m70, does Gristle Hammer still burn oil like crazy?

[slammin.e28]

Anyone remember the thread on taking an old drill press and converting it to a variable speed with some custom controller? That was wildly over the top and really cool.



Damn, you still get on here?!?

I just got another e30 lol. Ofc I had to come brag.

[McGyver]

Anyone remember the thread on taking an old drill press and converting it to a variable speed with some custom controller? That was wildly over the top and really cool.

Blunt Family Reunion. /thread

Oh and This is Pictures, the original one....

Damn, you still get on here?!?

[parkerbink]

I've definitely said it before, but when cars were cheap and plentiful, I was a teenager with no money whatsoever (03-07 timeframe), and now that I am older, with just a bit more money, everything is simply wayyyy too expensive.

If I was 35 back in the 00's I would be buying and selling E30's, E36's E46's, MR2's, 190E's, 924's, 928's, S2000's, STI's, Evo 9's, etc. (the list goes on and on) on a revolving 4-6 month basis, just to experience them all.

Alas, I appear to have missed the window. I will never forget the '88 E30 M3 that a friend just couldn't get sold for the outrageous price of $8 thousand fucking dollars. Oof.

My first car in '77 was a '69 Charger, it was thrashed to shit but straight & ran (stalled a lot) now that car is 20k I had a '72 440 Magnum Challenger, got for 1500 in '79, now a 40k car. It is insane.

[parkerbink]

I'm only a legend in my mind but I have been here a while.

Currently being ignored in my Z3 build thread.

lol

[4bangerfury]

Money is the main reason I won't sell the E30 despite it not running in years. Hanging on to what I've hoarded because I won't be able to get back into an E30 later.

This will be the year it moves under its own power though! (Because it's blocking in a truck i need to sell.)

[Panici]

Alas, I appear to have missed the window. I will never forget the '88 E30 M3 that a friend just couldn't get sold for the outrageous price of $8 thousand fucking dollars. Oof.

I missed that window on the FD RX7.

Was looking at importing one from japan 10ish years ago, and would have needed a small loan to make it happen.
If I was working a few years sooner I would have had that money.

Didn't want to go into debt for a car, but now I'm kicking myself as they change hands for crazy money.
Guess you can't win them all.

Should count my blessings though, I lucked out on my E36 M3 last year when I was sure I was priced out of the market.

[MR E30 325is]

Prices are wild. When a base civic is 40k here in Canada, it pushes the prices of the used market way up.
That '99 Civic Hatchback I bought for $500, drove & fixed, and then sold for $2k is now selling for $10k. 😵💫

I've definitely said it before, but when cars were cheap and plentiful, I was a teenager with no money whatsoever (03-07 timeframe), and now that I am older, with just a bit more money, everything is simply wayyyy too expensive.

If I was 35 back in the 00's I would be buying and selling E30's, E36's E46's, MR2's, 190E's, 924's, 928's, S2000's, STI's, Evo 9's, etc. (the list goes on and on) on a revolving 4-6 month basis, just to experience them all.

Alas, I appear to have missed the window. I will never forget the '88 E30 M3 that a friend just couldn't get sold for the outrageous price of $8 thousand fucking dollars. Oof.

[Panici]

Sadly a lot of enthusiasts have been priced out of... well, being enthusiasts. I haven't driven for fun in over 10 years. My last enjoyable car was sold to help buy a house. Never drove it for anything but to and from work. (Just bought my first house at 39 years old lol).

Prices are wild. When a base civic is 40k here in Canada, it pushes the prices of the used market way up.
That '99 Civic Hatchback I bought for $500, drove & fixed, and then sold for $2k is now selling for $10k. 😵💫