New Member with lots of photo's (56k nap time)

[Thumper]

Hi RV3LIMITED. "HI THUMPER!" Ok got the weirdness out of the way.

First me. Right now I live in Pittsburgh, PA but I just moved here and I will be going back in about 2 months or so to Houston, Tx. I was a mechanic for 4yrs at a mazda dealership. Now i'm getting my certification in computer IT. I have owned alot of my cars mostly datsun's but this is my first BMW. I'm 25 yrs old and I like cars, computers, women, mountain biking, skiing, and motorcycles. Not always in that order.

I just bought an 87' 325e (11/86 to be exact). I won it on ebay and flew to california to drive it home. Right now I live in Pittsburgh, PA so it was 2400miles. It broke on me after the first few 100miles but after a day of wrenching it lasted the rest of the 2300miles.

The car was not taken care of so i'm currently fixing alot of little problems. Unfortantely where I live now i'm not allowed to work on cars at all so i'm limited to interior work. (not even allowed to change oil) I have done alot of searching on this site and have learned alot already about this car. I have lots of experience with turbos and megasquirt so this is the way I'm definetly going. Probably an I head swap, megasquirt, supra injectors, t3 60trim (for spool), and 666 turbo adapter. After this i'm going to try to make this into a solo-II/track car.

Who else is in or around Pittsburgh, PA?


Oh and here are the pics. Don't worry it won't look that way for much longer:) This is the PO's selling pics.








AND HERE ARE SOME OF MY OTHER CARS I'VE OWNED

[MikeE30325i]

damn i have an 81 datsun 280zx turbo (by nissan) too! hahah thats tight as fuck!

[JJe30]

Nice and welcome to the site.

[BMDub]

I want both your z's soo bad.

[ColdAccord]

that 240 is hot. l28t, what'd you have done to it? still have it?

[Thumper]

I cant wait to see turbo eTa. why go to ca for this one car?

Because I love to drive and I got a fairly good deal because of ebay. $900

[Thumper]

that 240 is hot. l28t, what'd you have done to it? still have it?

Actually it is a 74' 260z. I don't have any of those cars anymore but the red z had a stock internals besided headgasket and studs with megasquirt, holset turbo and alot more. It ran a 11.67@122mph (fastest stock internal l28) running out of rpms in 4th. A new diff or bigger tires I could have run low 11's easily.

My goal for this bmw is mid to low 12's with a raceweight of under 2200lbs. It will be setup for track not drag racing so quarter mile is more of an acceleration/power goal.

[Mot]

digging the datsuns, always had a soft spot for them.

[Thumper]

digging the datsuns, always had a soft spot for them.

Yeah I have had 5 of them and loved them all. I prefer the older 240z, and 260z's for racing and the 280zx for daily driving. This is my first BMW we will see how I like it in a few months when its more powerful and has less problems.

[dmoffitt]

it was all cool til the miata pics ;) j/k- my buddy has one and it's quite fun at the autoXs (his isn't exactly stock suspension wise)... nice collection!

[StereoInstaller1]

it was all cool til the miata pics

Yeah really...I thought you liked women!


Just kidding. Well, sort of.

Welcome to R3V. I think you will fit in just fine here.

Most E30 "mods" involve a spray can. All of mine do, that's for sure.

GL on the IT thing. Lots of geeks here, too.

Luke

[mtechnik]

Hi Thumper !!!


LOLZ , welcome aboard

[Thumper]

Yeah really...I thought you liked women!


Just kidding. Well, sort of.

Welcome to R3V. I think you will fit in just fine here.

Most E30 "mods" involve a spray can. All of mine do, that's for sure.

GL on the IT thing. Lots of geeks here, too.

Luke

Yeah yeah my miata girl car. But at solo-II events with my other rims it would eat ss class cars for lunch. Oh my miata wasn't stock btw. It ran a 15.1 at the track so it was all suspension. Only thing I hated about the car was the rear-end was an open and it was red. I do miss it though. I'm looking into getting the car a miata was meant to be a solitice gxp. 250hp 2800lbs and alot more masculine look.

[Slick92GS-R]

welcome -- i guess u got a thing for inline sixes huh?- by owning those older z's, i know u have the patience & skill necessary when dealing with e30's .. good luck!!

[Thumper]

welcome -- i guess u got a thing for inline sixes huh?- by owning those older z's, i know u have the patience & skill necessary when dealing with e30's .. good luck!!

Yeah I love the way I6's sound. But I don't know about the patience thing. Usually I get out my BFH and wack whatever i'm working on a couple times and it works.