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Carrying on from some posts in my S4 thread..
Picked up an e30 325i last night.
The plan is to spend no more than $5.5k including the initial purchase price of $1,500.
Spec:
•Rusty Scuttle
•Rear Pocket (under the battery) has a fine big hole in it
•Paint is bad
•Sunroof tray is rusty
•Interior needs to be disinfected
•Every bushing is gone
•Misfiring under load
•Exhaust is swiss cheese
•Sills and jacking points are solid
•Arches are solid
•Front panel is pretty straight
•There is an oil leak of some sort (noticed this when leaving this morning)
•The sunroof visor hides previous hole repairs
I'm just interested in having something that I don't necessarily need to care too much about, and won't bust the bank if it breaks - unlike the B5.
The thought of a solidly setup e30 with an LSD on a greasy road it what it is all about for me. Therefore, I'm thinking priority is on the chassis and engine for now, with aesthetics taking to come later.
I had to sit on my hands last night to avoid going to town with the credit card before getting a clear picture of how bad the car might actually be.
Plans:
Next 1-2 months (in order of priority)
•Clinical Clean of the interior (seats out, steam clean, dead frog removal etc)
•Full Engine Service (belts, fluids, plugs and ignition system)
•New Exhaust
•Full Polybush Bushing Kit
•New Brakes & SS Hoses
•Z3 1.9 Shifter and New Shifter Cup/Bushing
•New iS Front Lip (or an MTech II Valance if I can find one)
•Find an LSD somewhere
•BC Racing Coilovers
Long Term
•Get my hoard from home shipped over
•Safety Devices Half Cage
•Schmidt Modernline 16x9J Wheels
•e46 steering rack
•Start making a go at painting it
One of many dead frogs
Disgusting interior
Engine
Looking forward to ripping it apart this weekend and coming up with a list!
Picked up an e30 325i last night.
The plan is to spend no more than $5.5k including the initial purchase price of $1,500.
Spec:
•Rusty Scuttle
•Rear Pocket (under the battery) has a fine big hole in it
•Paint is bad
•Sunroof tray is rusty
•Interior needs to be disinfected
•Every bushing is gone
•Misfiring under load
•Exhaust is swiss cheese
•Sills and jacking points are solid
•Arches are solid
•Front panel is pretty straight
•There is an oil leak of some sort (noticed this when leaving this morning)
•The sunroof visor hides previous hole repairs
I'm just interested in having something that I don't necessarily need to care too much about, and won't bust the bank if it breaks - unlike the B5.
The thought of a solidly setup e30 with an LSD on a greasy road it what it is all about for me. Therefore, I'm thinking priority is on the chassis and engine for now, with aesthetics taking to come later.
I had to sit on my hands last night to avoid going to town with the credit card before getting a clear picture of how bad the car might actually be.
Plans:
Next 1-2 months (in order of priority)
•Clinical Clean of the interior (seats out, steam clean, dead frog removal etc)
•Full Engine Service (belts, fluids, plugs and ignition system)
•New Exhaust
•Full Polybush Bushing Kit
•New Brakes & SS Hoses
•Z3 1.9 Shifter and New Shifter Cup/Bushing
•New iS Front Lip (or an MTech II Valance if I can find one)
•Find an LSD somewhere
•BC Racing Coilovers
Long Term
•Get my hoard from home shipped over
•Safety Devices Half Cage
•Schmidt Modernline 16x9J Wheels
•e46 steering rack
•Start making a go at painting it
One of many dead frogs
Disgusting interior
Engine
Looking forward to ripping it apart this weekend and coming up with a list!
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