After selling my E36 M3 and truck to consolidate vehicles to an E91, I found myself really missing the spirit and drivability of older bimmers and finally got an E30.
I’ll be honest, I never once considered a 3 series that didn’t have a straight 6, but after finding a rust free 1991 318I from NV I just made it happen, and despite it’s leaks, loving the little 4 banger.
The car:
Nevada car, PO purchased and shipped to east coast last year. Before him the owner clearly neglected it. I am not sure if I got a good deal, but rust free in my neck of the woods combined with a decent amount of work by PO on things I would want done got me to part with 4k...
PO had the following work:
• New control arms and M3 CABS
• E46 rear shock mounts
• 4.10 LSD
• Replaced window and defrost switches
• New rear axles
• Bilstein sport suspension
• H&R springs
• Basketweaves
• Antenna
• Radio replacement
• Mtech1 Steering wheel
• Crack free dash install
• Blower motor
• Driveshaft center bearing
• Poly subframe bushings
• Trans mounts
• Poly diff bushings
• Tire rod assembly
• Tie rod lock plate
• Glove box replacement
• Shift boot
• New comfort seats
What it needs:
• Paint
• ODO gears
• Headliner (or finish tearing out the headliner the PO tore out half-assedly and paint it)
• Figure out why the radio is dead and no lights on blower controls
• Replace seals on leaky M42
• Fix lock on driver door
• Small trim piece on bumper
• Fix leaky exhaust and rattling heat shield
• Shifter rebuild
• Steering rack replacement (had no PS, found empty reservoir, I foolishly poured some lucas PS stop leak in it before assessing, came out an hour later to a huge puddle on the ground)
And while I always wanted an S50 swap E30, I had begun looking into whether or not I could tighten the M42 up enough to boost, then I found a local craigslist ad for a disassembled S50 with extra parts.
So now I have a **** ton of parts I need to assess (and do a lot more reading on). I haven't had the time to go through the parts, seller said he confirmed it's an S50 despite M50 cover, I had a friend pick it all up and plan on assessing myself once I get my garage cleared out and prepped.
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I’ll be honest, I never once considered a 3 series that didn’t have a straight 6, but after finding a rust free 1991 318I from NV I just made it happen, and despite it’s leaks, loving the little 4 banger.
The car:
Nevada car, PO purchased and shipped to east coast last year. Before him the owner clearly neglected it. I am not sure if I got a good deal, but rust free in my neck of the woods combined with a decent amount of work by PO on things I would want done got me to part with 4k...
PO had the following work:
• New control arms and M3 CABS
• E46 rear shock mounts
• 4.10 LSD
• Replaced window and defrost switches
• New rear axles
• Bilstein sport suspension
• H&R springs
• Basketweaves
• Antenna
• Radio replacement
• Mtech1 Steering wheel
• Crack free dash install
• Blower motor
• Driveshaft center bearing
• Poly subframe bushings
• Trans mounts
• Poly diff bushings
• Tire rod assembly
• Tie rod lock plate
• Glove box replacement
• Shift boot
• New comfort seats
What it needs:
• Paint
• ODO gears
• Headliner (or finish tearing out the headliner the PO tore out half-assedly and paint it)
• Figure out why the radio is dead and no lights on blower controls
• Replace seals on leaky M42
• Fix lock on driver door
• Small trim piece on bumper
• Fix leaky exhaust and rattling heat shield
• Shifter rebuild
• Steering rack replacement (had no PS, found empty reservoir, I foolishly poured some lucas PS stop leak in it before assessing, came out an hour later to a huge puddle on the ground)
And while I always wanted an S50 swap E30, I had begun looking into whether or not I could tighten the M42 up enough to boost, then I found a local craigslist ad for a disassembled S50 with extra parts.
So now I have a **** ton of parts I need to assess (and do a lot more reading on). I haven't had the time to go through the parts, seller said he confirmed it's an S50 despite M50 cover, I had a friend pick it all up and plan on assessing myself once I get my garage cleared out and prepped.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/Wfyh9M]
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