Pictures. http://vorshlag.smugmug.com/gallery/3000491#162733326
Explanation of this one-year-model: http://www.esatclear.ie/~bpurcell/318isengine.html
Its a real deal '91 318is (only made it that one year) - has all of the airdams, spoilers, and trim specific to this car plus the OE basket weave 14x6.5" wheels. No LSD for this one (optional) but we can always get that. Motor is popped but we have another M42 in the shop that will go in there... or the M50 from the XP3 car?
What to do with it?
- STX/S?
- DSP?
- Dedicated track wh0re?
- CCA Club Racing car (Prepared, Mod?)
- Nice daily driver?
- Dirty old beater?
- E30 test car for new goodies?
- GRM $200_ Challenge car?
- Suggestions?
One of our R&D projects on the books was an S50/M50 - E30 conversion motor mount (a popular engine swap). We have one of these locally we can use for fit testing on the mount we designed, though. We might have access to some S50/52s soon (from LS1 conversions) but we already have a running M50B25 (2.5L I-6) that is about to get yanked out of our E36.
Suspension mods are a given! We have E30 AST adjustable shock testing slated as well as several Mason Engineering pieces lined up, our camber plates, etc. But what class to build it for - that's the question. We can't decide on spring rates and wheel selection (big or REALLY big) until we figure out what to build it for.
DSP is tempting... remember, we're not opposed to some weird update/backdate swaps if it can make for a GOOD, competitive combination. That's what we'd like to do with the car - something cool, utilizing some smart mods and maximizing the car's competitiveness... be is BMWCCA Club racing, SCCA Autocrossing, or even GRM competition. Its wide open right now...
Thoughts?
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