ARMAN's BMW 318 E30 - new pics p.9

[dutchmasterflex]

Nope. It's in North Carolina, about 9 hour drive from my place in NY. But I have a guy down there that builds BMW track cars and it's one of his customers who is selling it. Black coupe with zero rust, bilstein shocks, h&r springs, borla exhaust and he's throwing in a new racing seat with the sale. I had pretty much given up on buying a car, but it seems this is the PERFECT E30 that has come my way and I could not pass it up.

Hope to get it up here within the next month and a half!

[blinkmeat]

Damn that sucks ARMAN - Maybe now you can be a man and find a nice E34

[ARMAN]

^^e34 is a heavy cow i like them thou but e30 is much more nimble and agile, in e34 you need minimum 3,0l(ok 2,5) to move it around 8)

Originally Posted by dutchmasterflex Nope. It's in North Carolina, about 9 hour drive from my place in NY. But I have a guy down there that builds BMW track cars and it's one of his customers who is selling it. Black coupe with zero rust, bilstein shocks, h&r springs, borla exhaust and he's throwing in a new racing seat with the sale. I had pretty much given up on buying a car, but it seems this is the PERFECT E30 that has come my way and I could not pass it up. Hope to get it up here within the next month and a half!

I hope it will be as you say it is good luck

[blinkmeat]

535im - or 540i 6-speed (300HP)

The 3L V8 are gas pigs with not much more power than an M50


Check out this steering wheel http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-M...QQcmdZViewItem 8)

[ARMAN]

nice wheel... exactly a half of the price of my current car

[MIHALS]

sad to see it's gone

this very same car was for sale for quite a long time and if you need just few days to sort your moniez out, another guy buys it :bah:

hope you'll find another one in great conditions Alex

[blinkmeat]

You know you could always do an engine swap for quite cheap really - Cheaper than buying another car in some cases. Do you know if the tranny is the same in the 318i as it is in a 325i?

Around here you can get an engine w/install for around 12 - 1500 $

[dutchmasterflex]

If you can bare not having a car for a while, saving up for a M50 swap would be better than any 325i

[blinkmeat]

will that match up with an E30 tranny tho? Thats why I was thinking M20

[ARMAN]

you can put there almost anything you want... but it will not be legally doable as you can change engine only for the same type with same amount of valves(4valves -1,6 - 1,8 - 1,8iS or 6valves 2,0 - 2,5) I'd throu 3,5 there but idea of loosing my license is scary.
Besides my car is not in the best condition overall so it would eat up another 700-1000€ just to fix all the stuff(weld wholes in the floor, fix rusty places, completely new suspension, change all rubber hoses, fixing ABS... etc etc).

[dutchmasterflex]

Oh right, I forgot you mentioned that. So now performance oriented engine swap in all Czech legally?

I really don't think the 318 is bad at all. Especially yours Arman, it looks great although you have a long list of things to fix, it can be a great ride.

Sucks to see a deal go by, but hey, it's not the end of the world, and there are many E30's out there in Europe. Over here the number of quality E30's is dropping. All E30s in North America are either rusting away not being properly taken care or are being prepped for the track. I'm hoping to aim for the latter

[ARMAN]

you cannot get in your papers written a different engine type so if anybody check under the hood it will be a big problem.

it will be not very easy to find a car in this condition but its not impossible

[ARMAN]

DAMN IT!!! another e30 in TOP condition for same price(1600€)!!! :cry:
http://www.prodej.mackovo.com/325i_chrom

even if its not black(or white) this is going to dissappear in few days

[blinkmeat]

so buy it!!

[ARMAN]

well... i cant now