euro 320 - anyone recognise this car?

[mlytle64]

Holy Crap! Rob Posted on R3V!

mlytle64 - do you have a 2002 with a m20 swap?

no, the red (actually E30 cinnabar) one has the tweaked m10 from the 02 i bought from rob, just spruced up a bit...


and it has a complete Ground Control race suspension with koni race shocks.
and r-comps on 15x7 RB's
and E21 5spd
and E21 3.91 LSD with extra clutch for 50% lockup
and a bunch of other performance goodies. spent all last summer redoing every moving part on the car...

um, it is fun....:D

[mlytle64]

posted bunch of pics of the 320 to here:

http://s397.photobucket.com/albums/pp59/mblytle/85%20euro%20320/

http://s397.photobucket.com/albums/pp59/mblytle/85%20euro%20320/?action=view&current=96420dd5.pbw

hopefully the before and after shots are obvious. car sat outside for a year or so and was used as a kitchen storage unit. towed it home in race trailer and spent 4 hrs cleaning exterior with simple green to get the tree and pollution scum off the car. then another hour to vacuum the thousands of acorn shells out of the interior. i see h&r sports, billy shocks and 325 disk brakes underneath, will have to jack it up and pressure wash the bottom to see what else i have.

still not running yet, of course i would have to actually try to fix it for that to happen! :)

[ColdAccord]

where did you find it? I've been looking for an e30 chassis for a month or so to no avail

[mlytle64]

wasn't even looking for a car. guy at a party overheard me talking about building bmw race cars and offered that he had the car wasting away in his yard....

want to get it running and freshened, then not sure if i will keep or sell.

[ColdAccord]

damn.

the e46fanatics fellows put together a monthly meet, it's usually a good time. check out the mid-atlantic section on there and stop by some time. if I remember I'll cross-post the meets, I just moved down here to start a business with my buddy who just left checkered flag bmw

[TheRooster]

looks nice that was a good find

[mlytle64]

made half-ass attempt to get it running today. checked all fuses and relays, checked oil and coolant, dropped fully charged battery in it and turned the key. slowly turned over.....and then....it started! holy crap, after sitting for over a year it works! alternator not working (among other things), but i was shocked. actually drove it to end of driveway, turned around and parked it facing the other way. whoo hoo! enough e30 for a while though, gotta finish the 02's interior before the race school in mid march.

[M-technik-3]

Holy Crap! Rob Posted on R3V!

mlytle64 - do you have a 2002 with a m20 swap?

Your thinking of Ian's car. He lives in Fairfax.

When you move down to Va beach area? You get transfered from the Annex next to Belvoir?

[mlytle64]

actually still live in same place...the car was originally from va beach. work next to mcnair now...can't get too far from the Army! :-)

i see you are up in mass now...miss seeing all the bmw's behind the belvoir starbucks!

agree, think he was thinking of ian's cool red m20 02.

[M-technik-3]

Yeah, I have a few more now. How is DC chapter doing these days? Thought you had a light weight M3 as well?

That's a rare red color as well never offered here in the US. Think I remember seeing that car a few time down in Richmond at NASA auto-x events.

[Kershaw]

that is amazing it started right up. really nice.

[mlytle64]

got a chance to take it around the block today to see what worked. everything seems to! engine does not feel stock. pulls way too hard for a normal m50. hope to get to some engine tests and pull valve cover soon.

[mlytle64]

update...finally got it in the shop after pressure washing the bottom of it.

engine - compression(cold) in the 215 range +/-10. not too bad.
tranny getrag250 that the vin traces to a z3 1.9
diff - 2.93 LSD with high lockup
guibo and center bearing in excellent shape
spark plugs were bosch platinumx2's in good shape
radiator, starter and alternator will need replacing
oil leak coming from the dang o-rings on the back of the oil filter housing. ordered a bunch since min qty was 25, so if anyone needs one..
speedo, tach and gas gauge work, but temp gauge does not.

i have some work to do!

[mlytle64]

its ready to roll! r&r'd most all in engine compt and the rest of the mechanicals.

new radiator
cleaned injectors, tb and intake runners
new starter
new belt
changed oil and filter
fixed the dreaded o-ring leak from oil filter housing
redline mtl for tranny
redline 75w90 for diff
brake and clutch system flushed
K&N airfilter cleaned and oiled
many misc other fixes
interior cleaned
exterior compounded and waxed
came out better than I expected.


regretably, a new project popped up today and instead of keeping the 320 as my commuter car, it must go to make room. will be posting for sale soon.

http://s397.photobucket.com/albums/pp59/mblytle/Euro%20320%20for%20sale/?action=view&current=97e69fcc.pbw&t=1273362776

[TexasTerp]

how much are you looking to sell it for?