Official-look-what-i-found-thread (craigslist, other-forums, etc)

[m42b32]

straight6pwr said:

s14 e36!  i'm not real 'up' on racing and production-based homologation, but how did they get away with running a motor that was never spec'd in that chassis?

I was wondering the same thing! I re-read the description and here is a comment on that in the little blurb on its history at the bottom:

"The FIA - ST all new regulations would be based on 4 or 5 door saloon cars with 4 cylinders and 2.0 liter engines with a minimum production run of 20,000 units per year. Though the mechanical components would be relatively free of restrictions, the bodywork would be based on the road cars in its material and design."

[straight6pwr]

m42b32 said:

I was wondering the same thing! I re-read the description and here is a comment on that in the little blurb on its history at the bottom:

"The FIA - ST all new regulations would be based on 4 or 5 door saloon cars with 4 cylinders and 2.0 liter engines with a minimum production run of 20,000 units per year. Though the mechanical components would be relatively free of restrictions, the bodywork would be based on the road cars in its material and design."

that's pretty awesome. I also just learned there is such a thing as an s42, based on the m42. when bmw stopped producing the s14, the race teams switched to the m42 base, and later versions spit out 315hp from NA 2.0l !!!!

oh, and theres one for sale in italy for a cool 18k: http://www.moreschi.info/motori/bmw_m42.htm

[m42b32]

straight6pwr said:

that's pretty awesome. I also just learned there is such a thing as an s42, based on the m42. when bmw stopped producing the s14, the race teams switched to the m42 base, and later versions spit out 315hp from NA 2.0l !!!!

oh, and theres one for sale in italy for a cool 18k: http://www.moreschi.info/motori/bmw_m42.htm

The S42 is arguably my favorite bmw engine!

Jump to 0:40 to skip the intro, after that is some glorious engine sounds!

[Earl]

S42's are incredible

[patsbimmer1]

European Super Touring in the 90's was nuts!  It's probably one of my favorite racing era's!

[SteelBlue]

https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/d/1988-bmw-325-is-antique/6699299447.html

[YoungCR]

SteelBlue said:

https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/d/1988-bmw-325-is-antique/6699299447.html

@andyhundley this looks like that car you told me to go buy and I ended up passing on about 4 years ago

[SteelBlue]

100K mile E46 conv M3 for less than 10k?

https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/cto/d/2004-bmw-m3-convertable-6/6699287464.html

I love this color

https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/d/2003-bmw-325i/6673521175.html

[Jdesign]

SteelBlue said:

100K mile E46 conv M3 for less than 10k?

https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/cto/d/2004-bmw-m3-convertable-6/6699287464.html

I love this color

https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/d/2003-bmw-325i/6673521175.html

That E46 seems like a good deal

SteelBlue said:

https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/d/1988-bmw-325-is-antique/6699299447.html

This seems expensive for an auto E30, no?

I didnt know about the S42 either. One of those in an E30 would be glorious.

"The S42 engine was a 2.0L touring car engine with a 86.5mm bore and around a 85mm stroke, which shared the same block as the street going M42. Unlike the common M42, the S42 had a more sophisticated engine management system, and had individual throttle bodies. The S42 unfortunately did not share the same valvetrain as the M42, and is a solid lifter valvetrain (possibily from the S50Euro) fully capable of over 9000rpm, but was limited to a 8500rpm redline, as dictated by touring car rules. It was mounted upright in the bay, not slanted, and ran on a full dry sump oiling system. The pistons had a static compression ratio of around 12:1, and running on pump gas, the S42 made around 280hp (and up to around 310hp later in it's life). "

http://archive.is/ejiKc

[SteelBlue]

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/d/1985-bmw-m635csi-euro-m6/6694307252.html

Seems like  pretty good deal? Looks pretty clean

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/d/bmw-325e-1986-auto-coupe-e30/6693426385.html

[straight6pwr]

SteelBlue said:

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/d/1985-bmw-m635csi-euro-m6/6694307252.html

"The car...has been my most reliable vehicle through the years when considering how infrequently I use it."

cars don't break if you don't use them, capt. obvious.

[m42b32]

SteelBlue said:

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/d/1985-bmw-m635csi-euro-m6/6694307252.html

Its a cool car, but 30k seems pretty high up there to me

[HipMF]

so 90's the license plate should say "URMOM"

https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/6701429424.html

[YoungCR]

I like that color, good price too

[Jdesign]

m42b32 said:

Its a cool car, but 30k seems pretty high up there to me

Its actual not far off.... Most of those M6 or M635's sell for 25-30K and that one has pretty low miles and is well documented.

[SteelBlue]

HipMF said:

so 90's the license plate should say "URMOM"

https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/6701429424.html

Sick color. I really want one of these now and that seems like a good price given the mileage. 

Might see what I can get for bites on the F30

[m42b32]

Jdesign said:

Its actual not far off.... Most of those M6 or M635's sell for 25-30K and that one has pretty low miles and is well documented.

Didn't know they were pulling that much, good to know!

[Jdesign]

m42b32 said:

Didn't know they were pulling that much, good to know!

$0-20k is mostly non-M cars

$20k+ is M cars or specialty models (alpina/dinan turbo, Etc.)

[ChrisO]

https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/d/black-e36-bmw-m3-coupe-123k/6699103736.html

$8700 for a 121k mile M3 with a incomplete supercharger kit... Looks familiar @Rekpoint wasn't this on facebook for like 5.5k

Little bit of rust for $7700... I could probably fist his jack points

[wasnt m3]

Last time it was posted was for $5kobo. That car has been around for a while and the PO drove it on a completely nonfunctional supercharger for a year or more. I've seen it in person and it is ROUGH.