*** Editors Note: Ive known Roman since I lived in Seattle from 06-13 and Ive seen a few of his different builds. I always knew this one was going to be a mind blower for the rest of you who havent seen this car. It look a little while to get this car featured, but I think the timing is right with one style early model followed by another. Different builds, different characters, but still showing the depth of what you can do by highly modifying an E30, and yet ending up with something that could very well have came from the factory this way. Congrats Roman, you're the August 2017 Car of the Month - Simon ***
Color:
Hennarot
Interior color:
Grey Checkered Cloth
Factory options:
Factory non-A/C, Power sunroof, Power windows.
Engine modifications:
1987 m20b25 block and cylinder head
block was machined and decked
knife edged crank
beamed rods
ARP head Studs
Cometic MLS Headgasket
Custom ground cam shaft to my builders specifications
Mahle 9.5 to 1 compression pistons (lower compression to handle boost if wanted)
Ireland engineering windage tray and oil pan baffle
Ireland engineering heavy duty rocker arms
Nuke adjustable cam gear
Cylinder head was completely rebuilt
Cylinder head was ported and polished, then had the intake manifold port matched to the head and to the long tube header.
Bavarian autosport plug wires along with Bosh Plugs
Distributor cap, rotor, and any and all sensors attached to the engine were replaced with new ones.
19lb mustang style injectors
Car is running a Miller Performance MAF conversion along with there WAR Chip. It has a preloaded tune from Miller Performance for most of the modifications done to the engine.
Exhaust:
Bavarian Autosport long tube header with catless midpipe into Stromung muffler.
Transmission:
Stock Getrag 260 trans
Differential:
3.73 lsd
Suspension:
Bilstien HD Shocks and struts with T/A technix springs, treehouse racing lollipops. All stock other than that.
Wheels:
Custom refinished 16x7.5 Borbet Type-B
Exterior modifications:
Mtech 1 rear spoiler, European bumpers front and rear, European front valance with fog deletes and Jimmy Hill front spoiler, Euro Grills, Startec Taillights
Interior modifications:
Nardi steering wheel, original Alpina Shift knob, Alpina floor matts and custom shift boots
Story behind the car:
So it all started when I purchased the car on September 25th of 2013. I had been searching and searching for the perfect Henna car to build and my search was finally over. I purchased the car in Vancouver BC from who I believed to be the second owner. Both owners were older gentleman who kept the car garage kept its whole life. The best part about this car was finally finding one with 100% original untouched Hennarot paint. It had seemed like an impossible task up until that day.
We trailered the car home back to Edgewood and I couldn't wait to start building it into the perfect henna car. Some of the first things I did to the car were remove the diving board bumpers and swap on the much better looking euro bumpers. I had been saving these for the right car for quite some time! That drastically changed the look of the entire car. From there I decided to lower the altitude on the car a bit with the help from some Bilstein HD shocks and struts and TA Technix springs. Throw in some treehouse racing control arm bushings, and new control arms and the suspension was set for now as everything else was in good shape. One of the next things I did to the car was the wheel and tire combo, I actually had 4 different sets of wheels on the car before I finally was set with the Borbet type B's. It was definitely a hard choice to make as it really makes the car. From there with the car looking good and sitting good I saved up my money to be able to swap it.
Now I didn't want to go with the common m50 or s50 swap, I felt that was to much plastic in the engine compartment for an early model car so I wanted to do a nicely built m20b25. nothing to over the top, just something built right and made to look like it belonged in the car. I turned to Gipson Motorworks in Puyallup to handle the building of the engine. Best part was that Mike the owner let me come down in the evenings or whenever I had time to come help along with the process and watch him at work. It was a great experience.
Once the engine was done I had a little over a month to get everything back together for the E30 picnic 2015. We made it with about a week or so to spare!! From there it was just keeping up with the cars regular maintenance items and just adding more goodies to the car. Things that wouldn't detract from the over all beauty and style of it. So the car received some Startec taillights, mtech 1 spoiler and even an original European front valance for a factory non air conditioned car (which mine is).
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Color:
Hennarot
Interior color:
Grey Checkered Cloth
Factory options:
Factory non-A/C, Power sunroof, Power windows.
Engine modifications:
1987 m20b25 block and cylinder head
block was machined and decked
knife edged crank
beamed rods
ARP head Studs
Cometic MLS Headgasket
Custom ground cam shaft to my builders specifications
Mahle 9.5 to 1 compression pistons (lower compression to handle boost if wanted)
Ireland engineering windage tray and oil pan baffle
Ireland engineering heavy duty rocker arms
Nuke adjustable cam gear
Cylinder head was completely rebuilt
Cylinder head was ported and polished, then had the intake manifold port matched to the head and to the long tube header.
Bavarian autosport plug wires along with Bosh Plugs
Distributor cap, rotor, and any and all sensors attached to the engine were replaced with new ones.
19lb mustang style injectors
Car is running a Miller Performance MAF conversion along with there WAR Chip. It has a preloaded tune from Miller Performance for most of the modifications done to the engine.
Exhaust:
Bavarian Autosport long tube header with catless midpipe into Stromung muffler.
Transmission:
Stock Getrag 260 trans
Differential:
3.73 lsd
Suspension:
Bilstien HD Shocks and struts with T/A technix springs, treehouse racing lollipops. All stock other than that.
Wheels:
Custom refinished 16x7.5 Borbet Type-B
Exterior modifications:
Mtech 1 rear spoiler, European bumpers front and rear, European front valance with fog deletes and Jimmy Hill front spoiler, Euro Grills, Startec Taillights
Interior modifications:
Nardi steering wheel, original Alpina Shift knob, Alpina floor matts and custom shift boots
Story behind the car:
So it all started when I purchased the car on September 25th of 2013. I had been searching and searching for the perfect Henna car to build and my search was finally over. I purchased the car in Vancouver BC from who I believed to be the second owner. Both owners were older gentleman who kept the car garage kept its whole life. The best part about this car was finally finding one with 100% original untouched Hennarot paint. It had seemed like an impossible task up until that day.
We trailered the car home back to Edgewood and I couldn't wait to start building it into the perfect henna car. Some of the first things I did to the car were remove the diving board bumpers and swap on the much better looking euro bumpers. I had been saving these for the right car for quite some time! That drastically changed the look of the entire car. From there I decided to lower the altitude on the car a bit with the help from some Bilstein HD shocks and struts and TA Technix springs. Throw in some treehouse racing control arm bushings, and new control arms and the suspension was set for now as everything else was in good shape. One of the next things I did to the car was the wheel and tire combo, I actually had 4 different sets of wheels on the car before I finally was set with the Borbet type B's. It was definitely a hard choice to make as it really makes the car. From there with the car looking good and sitting good I saved up my money to be able to swap it.
Now I didn't want to go with the common m50 or s50 swap, I felt that was to much plastic in the engine compartment for an early model car so I wanted to do a nicely built m20b25. nothing to over the top, just something built right and made to look like it belonged in the car. I turned to Gipson Motorworks in Puyallup to handle the building of the engine. Best part was that Mike the owner let me come down in the evenings or whenever I had time to come help along with the process and watch him at work. It was a great experience.
Once the engine was done I had a little over a month to get everything back together for the E30 picnic 2015. We made it with about a week or so to spare!! From there it was just keeping up with the cars regular maintenance items and just adding more goodies to the car. Things that wouldn't detract from the over all beauty and style of it. So the car received some Startec taillights, mtech 1 spoiler and even an original European front valance for a factory non air conditioned car (which mine is).
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