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this story starts May of 2013 on the way to bimmerfest. My dad, brother and i with the help of a few other people just finished up our 5 lug swapped m52 e30 that we also got confirmation from bmw that it was originally an mtech 2 car.
specs on car:
1990 alpine 325is
obd1 m52
1997 m3 front brakes and suspension
Z3M rear suspension
raceland coilovers with ground control camber plates front
ground control coilovers with billy sports rear
staggered 17" style 32s 205/40 215/40
after about 20 miles and about 40 miles on the new set up i cam around a bend on the 5 north and an f350 dropped a full size spare from the bottom of the truck and a 10 inch tall wheel forced its way under a car with about 4 inches of ground clearance. Basically it didn't work out in the e30s favor:
the damage was a lot more extensive than we had originally thought. we thought we would need another control arm and be on our way. it ended up bended the farm pretty good. so the car sat like this for the last year:
our garage caught on fire taking an other one of our e30s with it:
around the same time i bought an s50 out of an auto 1995 m3 with only 80k miles so it should be a good strong motor.
and after the fire i bought the white e30 and the black torched e30 from my dad with the plans of yanking parts for my e28 and to part them out.
i picked up the s50 with the plans of throwing it in an e28. and I've been hunting for one for the last 6 months. finally found the right one today and this is what i came home with:
1986 535i
black on black
manual
super clean good running m30 (it has the least amount of oil that i have ever seen on any old bmw. its pretty unbelievable)
super clean body, can't find a single dent.
and now i am selling my e36 this weekend and some fun starts to begin
now that my plans are starting to come together. i will start tearing into the e30s and parting them out.
i will be taking the e36 m3 front brakes, aftermarket headers, getrag 260, clutch, flywheel, and a few other odds and ends for my e28 and the rest i will be selling. which i will make a thread for all that later.
this weekend when i sell my e36 to a friend i will be ordering catuned coilovers and a few other things and i will start putting together the suspension and brakes into the e28.
i will put together my motor swap to be complete and ready to be put it when i am ready and have a break from school. so probably around christmas time.
so over the next few months i think a pretty cool e28 will start coming together.
specs on car:
1990 alpine 325is
obd1 m52
1997 m3 front brakes and suspension
Z3M rear suspension
raceland coilovers with ground control camber plates front
ground control coilovers with billy sports rear
staggered 17" style 32s 205/40 215/40
after about 20 miles and about 40 miles on the new set up i cam around a bend on the 5 north and an f350 dropped a full size spare from the bottom of the truck and a 10 inch tall wheel forced its way under a car with about 4 inches of ground clearance. Basically it didn't work out in the e30s favor:
the damage was a lot more extensive than we had originally thought. we thought we would need another control arm and be on our way. it ended up bended the farm pretty good. so the car sat like this for the last year:
our garage caught on fire taking an other one of our e30s with it:
around the same time i bought an s50 out of an auto 1995 m3 with only 80k miles so it should be a good strong motor.
and after the fire i bought the white e30 and the black torched e30 from my dad with the plans of yanking parts for my e28 and to part them out.
i picked up the s50 with the plans of throwing it in an e28. and I've been hunting for one for the last 6 months. finally found the right one today and this is what i came home with:
1986 535i
black on black
manual
super clean good running m30 (it has the least amount of oil that i have ever seen on any old bmw. its pretty unbelievable)
super clean body, can't find a single dent.
and now i am selling my e36 this weekend and some fun starts to begin
now that my plans are starting to come together. i will start tearing into the e30s and parting them out.
i will be taking the e36 m3 front brakes, aftermarket headers, getrag 260, clutch, flywheel, and a few other odds and ends for my e28 and the rest i will be selling. which i will make a thread for all that later.
this weekend when i sell my e36 to a friend i will be ordering catuned coilovers and a few other things and i will start putting together the suspension and brakes into the e28.
i will put together my motor swap to be complete and ready to be put it when i am ready and have a break from school. so probably around christmas time.
so over the next few months i think a pretty cool e28 will start coming together.
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