So who is my local e30 guru?

[shinnysideup]

What I have at the moment, is a 1988 325is 5 speed.
It pukes oil everywhere
half of the buttons inside dont work
it gets hot in traffic
the int is trashed as hell
the cel is on
it has 250k
every panel has dents and spray paint
it clunks on every bump and ripple in the road
has about a 2 inch dead zone in the steering
a really sloppy shifter
broken headlight
the po put on a hot air intake, "euro-style" muffler and some "sweeeet azz" chrome wheels.
and thats just for starters.

I love it. I have never fallen in love with a car so fast. I picked it up as a daily/toy while I find and build a new slide toy. Now the plans have changed.

I came from the drifting scene before moving here to seattle. Mostly nissians, but A few toyotas here and there. My last car was purpose built, clean and caged, but divorce forced its sale at the time.


The Crux of my post is thus: I am looking for someone here in the seattle area who knows their stuff who is willing look over my new baby and give me some direction in turning her around. It would be even better if Someone out there can point me to the local drift events, and even some time attack if there is any in the area.

At 25, I have been around long enough to know that there are usually local people who know what is what and where to get the parts that I need at a decent price instead of learning it the hard way. Now I just need to meet said people.

Heres hopeing that there is someone out there is willing to point someone new to these cars and this area in the right direction.

No ARRRG! "DRIFTRZ" flameing please. Its not the only thing I do, just the hardest to find.

Thanks, Tom

[Nicademus]

Go to Monroe for drifting. Evergreen Speedway. Where do you live? I'd be interested in someone looking at my car too ;)

What do you need for your car?

[Van Westervelt]

Hit up E-rich on here. He is localish to you, and heavy e30 drifting. See below thread of his shix.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=120581

[shinnysideup]

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ thanks! seems like the ticket.

Go to Monroe for drifting. Evergreen Speedway. Where do you live? I'd be interested in someone looking at my car too ;)

What do you need for your car?

I live in lower queen ann.

For my car? just to get started so im not embarrassed to drive around? A black drivers fender and headlight. the wheels I can paint to make livable. OOOH and some seats that dont pike the crap out of me. any good yards around here?

As soon as I can get the oil leak and other misc maint taken care of, the fun can start. I am going to order some cosmo coilovers and billy hd's for starters.
I havent decided on what I am going to do for a motor at this point. Turbo and a rebuild, bmw swap or....non bmw swap.

[318isbmw]

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ thanks! seems like the ticket.


I live in lower queen ann.

For my car? just to get started so im not embarrassed to drive around? A black drivers fender and headlight. the wheels I can paint to make livable. OOOH and some seats that dont pike the crap out of me. any good yards around here?

As soon as I can get the oil leak and other misc maint taken care of, the fun can start. I am going to order some cosmo coilovers and billy hd's for starters.
I havent decided on what I am going to do for a motor at this point. Turbo and a rebuild, bmw swap or....non bmw swap.

Outta wait and get some gc and bilstein sports. For 1, the hd's aren't good on lowered cars, and then the cosmo coilovers aren't even a regularly used diameter, so can't swap spring rates. Just a suggestion.

[TwoJ's]

Aurora Auto Wrecking is near you. They have a good amount of stuff, but they are not the cheapest place in the world.

[Mot]

James Crivellone , Jparker, E rich are all around you and they know their stuff. James owns r3v lol.

[shinnysideup]

hey thanks everybody. What is a good salvage yard thats not terribly expensive? I dont mind a little bit of a drive.

[DarkWing6]

hey thanks everybody. What is a good salvage yard thats not terribly expensive? I dont mind a little bit of a drive.

doesn't exists. buy from joe funk (autobahn sport). he is out of portland and makes trips this way from time to time. if he's not coming up you can usually find someone that will be making the trip and would be willing to grab some stuff for you (mot and myself, to name a couple). joe can also ship.

[EN318isPDX]

doesn't exists. buy from joe funk (autobahn sport). he is out of portland and makes trips this way from time to time. if he's not coming up you can usually find someone that will be making the trip and would be willing to grab some stuff for you (mot and myself, to name a couple). joe can also ship.

+1

Joe is the shit! I buy all my used E30 parts from him

[cferb]

Yea, Aurora has e30s, but nothing for cheap, they know what everything is too, so don't expect any junkyard scores.

[Lance Racing]

If you guys want to jump on the PRO-3 discount we PRO-3 guys get at Carquest, ask for the "BMW Motorsport" account.

[Lance Racing]

If you go to Car Tender who see lots of BMWs, they can put it on a lift and give you good feedback on what the car needs on the bottom side. Based on everything else you mentioned (meaning lots of defered maintenance) I'll bet lower control arms, guibo, etc are all in need of attention.

I'd get the overheating and oil leak issues taken care of before performance enhancements.