<![CDATA[Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe]]>So as previewed in my 528e thread I picked up a E30 early last week. The plan was to either fix n' flip or sell to my youngest brother Matt (MattY) for his first car and we're going with the later. 

So its a 1990 325i Calypsorot Coupe with ~250k on it. Bought it off the Kummrow lot and apparently its floated around a couple Badger Bimmer members which explains its good condition. Mainly cosmetics are the issue and a tune up but otherwise a pretty solid E30 fwiw. According to the carfax the last accident it was in the previous owner's kid hit a fence due to a brake caliper lock up hence cracking the bumper. I can feel a caliper dragging slightly but my dad stomped on the brakes while driving and it didn't pull either direction so we're thinking theres a hidden story on the bumper but either way an easy fix. The car was registered last in November but not sure how much it has been driven since then. 

I took a spin in the car when I brought it back to the shop and my dad and I took it out again the next day and just driving the car more made a difference in the engine running. Basically its due for a tune up and with a little body work this will be decent car. Heres the to-do list so far:

  • Rear Brake Caliper Rebuild/Replace
  • New Bumper Cover
  • Trunk lock is currently stuck
  • General Tune Up (Sparks, Plugs, Belt, Pump, Filters, Fluids)
  • Door Seals
  • Glove Box Latch
  • Detail!

Onto the pics!

Comes with an authentic HellaHooptie sticker  :rolleyes:

Major rot on the car is the PS fender, tiny bit of rust below the driver tail light too

I  :wub: Front End Damage

Crack free dash! Needs a couple pieces replaced but otherwise cleaned up well

Snagged those matching vinyl sport seats from Devianceindark. #racecarmods

Overall very happy with the purchase. Can't wait to go to town on this paint and see how things turn out. The roof is kinda beat but has potential for a 5ft car  :D

]]>https://wibimmers.com/topic/3547/calypsorot-90-325i-coupeRSS for NodeWed, 16 Sep 2026 04:51:03 GMTMon, 23 Feb 2015 04:00:17 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Tue, 23 May 2017 17:10:41 GMT]]>thanks a ton guys! leaning on getting that bumper fixed asap, we gotta properly rep the calypso crowd.

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patsbimmer1 said:

Look at you driving a running e30 on wibimmers.  That's a small club to be in!  Congrats! 

there were 5 wibimmers e30s on Saturday. That means we're batting over .500, which in baseball if freakin amazing. But baseball sucks, so, bad analogy. BUT STILL.

good job getting the car out there, Matt, and nice to finally meet you.

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/79931https://wibimmers.com/post/79931Tue, 23 May 2017 14:20:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Tue, 23 May 2017 04:00:24 GMT]]>

patsbimmer1 said:

Look at you driving a running e30 on wibimmers.  That's a small club to be in!  Congrats! 

Pat.

Eat crap

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/79924https://wibimmers.com/post/79924Tue, 23 May 2017 04:00:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Tue, 23 May 2017 02:00:16 GMT]]>Look at you driving a running e30 on wibimmers.  That's a small club to be in!  Congrats!

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/79919https://wibimmers.com/post/79919Tue, 23 May 2017 02:00:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Mon, 22 May 2017 22:31:06 GMT]]>Hey that old subframe bushing still kind of resembles a bushing. From hearing about the removal at the picnic I was expecting much more destruction. Wish mine would have come out with that much intact material to grab onto.

Good to see the progress!

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/79912https://wibimmers.com/post/79912Mon, 22 May 2017 22:31:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Mon, 22 May 2017 20:42:04 GMT]]>Didn't have time to update until now!

The bushing swap finally happened, and we also ran brand new nickel brake lines while the subframe was dropped (we literally tried EVERY method, and ultimately ended up dropping the whole thing.)

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Also got the interior back together Friday night for the picnic. Carpet still needs a little cleaning, but I did do some carpet cleaning a while ago and it cleaned up real nice.

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The first test drive with everything back together ran great! We made it to Waukesha without a hitch.

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Next on the list is fixing the minor lower coolant hose leak, speedo sensor in the diff, odo gears, obc clock swap (current obc screen is smashed), and looking into the bumper. I have a brand new bumper in green/teal, just gotta see how it mounts up and then i'll look into getting it painted.

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/79908https://wibimmers.com/post/79908Mon, 22 May 2017 20:42:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Mon, 20 Mar 2017 17:26:23 GMT]]>

Snap said:

So for a second there were 2 running/driving M20s in the state. Now its just Mr. Hundley again. Its nice to see progress on the Young BMW fleet nonetheless

AFAIK my sedan is the only one in the Madison area. I believe there are two coupes downtown but they're relatively stock. I'm of the belief that the calypso should be kept as stock as possible visually, it wasn't meant for the works with is lips and skirts

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/77521https://wibimmers.com/post/77521Mon, 20 Mar 2017 17:26:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:41:26 GMT]]>So for a second there were 2 running/driving M20s in the state. Now its just Mr. Hundley again. Its nice to see progress on the Young BMW fleet nonetheless

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/77502https://wibimmers.com/post/77502Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:41:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Mon, 20 Mar 2017 02:27:31 GMT]]>the calypso has risen. and promptly fallen back down

we did this quick test drive last week after fixing a fuel leak (o ring in the fpr was forked), but i took the rear subframe apart to swap in the poly bushings i picked up last year. currently working on getting those swapped in.

after that it should just be interior. it seems to be running pretty solid.

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straight6pwr said:

did you do the trans selector when you were in there? tough to do with it still on the car?

Couldn't remember if I did it or not when we swapped this motor/trans in but it didn't feel sloppy. I've done them in the car before, it isn't too bad.

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straight6pwr said:

did you do the trans selector when you were in there? tough to do with it still on the car?

we did just bushings and washers (garagistic delrin carrier shifter + rear) and that alone made a huge difference considering how sloppy it was. if we had more time it could've been done possibly but it took quite a bit to get it all in because the bushings were seriously rotted. lots of torching

but the good news is i'll have all new hardware on my alpine since it's a manual swap, and chris sourced me a z3 shifter for that guy. (i REALLY should make a build thread for that soon)

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/77031https://wibimmers.com/post/77031Wed, 01 Mar 2017 02:03:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Wed, 01 Mar 2017 01:55:09 GMT]]>Should be easy if you do the "double seal" method

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/77028https://wibimmers.com/post/77028Wed, 01 Mar 2017 01:55:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Wed, 01 Mar 2017 01:45:07 GMT]]>did you do the trans selector when you were in there? tough to do with it still on the car?

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/77026https://wibimmers.com/post/77026Wed, 01 Mar 2017 01:45:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:30:41 GMT]]>Forgot to update.

Sunday we connected the steering column, and while attaching the driveshaft we impromptu decided to do shifter bushings while we were under there.

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Still trying to figure out the fuel leak. Chris suspects its the fuel rail, which we have a spare so we'll swap it in next time and see what that does.

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Other than that leak, just needs the interior put together before it's in a good state.

Considering I wasn't a licensed driver when this car was obtained, it should be nice being finally able to drive this thing for once while I work on the alpine swap. Funny that it all came together exactly a year after we dropped in the new motor

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/77017https://wibimmers.com/post/77017Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:30:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:24:51 GMT]]>Related image

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KaiserRolls said:

Does anyone else miss the suburban?

I'm actually trying to find a decent turbo diesel truck myself the difference is I'll have a running BMW to take to events.

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/76785https://wibimmers.com/post/76785Tue, 21 Feb 2017 18:17:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Tue, 21 Feb 2017 16:52:22 GMT]]>will be great to see it, calypso is an awesome color.

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I'll pour out a bottle of broken rocker arms in rememberance

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Snap said:

M50 swap it

the prophecy was set in stone and i am here to fufill it

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/76773https://wibimmers.com/post/76773Mon, 20 Feb 2017 22:39:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Mon, 20 Feb 2017 19:02:04 GMT]]>Does anyone else miss the suburban?

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/76772https://wibimmers.com/post/76772Mon, 20 Feb 2017 19:02:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:46:39 GMT]]>Having moved to a new shop in July, This car hasn't had any attention between our schedules but we gave things another go yesterday and the car has started! Comparing notes between e30's it's seems to have been a combination of wiring issues and the fuel pressure regulator being bad. Don't really have a clear answer but the fpr was leaking this time after we re-wired the motor as we had planned to pull it for a m50. 

@MattY bought a sedan (build thread will start soon) so just need to tidy up stuff under the car like installing the driveshaft, exhaust, subframe bushings being the major things before this is road worthy.

*knocks on wood* this will be at the picnic, hopefully the sedan too.

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]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/76765https://wibimmers.com/post/76765Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:46:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Tue, 31 May 2016 14:09:53 GMT]]>Get fresh gas for sure, especially if it has any ethanol. The fpr is just a relief valve, so if you measure the right pressure at the rail it is working. Low pressure means it is leaking by or weak, high pressure could be from some clog on the return side.

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]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/69251https://wibimmers.com/post/69251Tue, 31 May 2016 14:09:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Tue, 31 May 2016 07:25:51 GMT]]>image.jpeg

pulled these injectors out of the motor. Pulled the fuel rail/injectors off the old motor and plugged it into the harness for testing. Verified 70psi of fuel pressure before the FPR. Cranked the car and fuel sprayed but it wasn't a constant mist, I could just see droplets although they were firing upside down. Again verified that the injector harness has power and pulsing so that means everything ecu wise works?

After doing some reading next logical step would be to check impedance on the injectors? I'd like to hook the original set up to the motor too to see if they spray fuel any better. Any way of testing the FPR too? Also thinking it might be best to drain the fuel tank of year old gas to rule that out too.

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/69246https://wibimmers.com/post/69246Tue, 31 May 2016 07:25:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe on Fri, 25 Mar 2016 03:45:12 GMT]]>On his the immobilizer was a black thin rectangular box on the drivers side under the dash with the green wire plug going into it, but his was a gutted and rewired race car so probably relocated and an earlier model than yours...so not much help. Sorry about that.

You keep on mentioning you have fuel, but is this just power to the relay, the new pump, and injectors or have you also actually checked fuel pressure? 

This is also helpful to track down issues:  http://blog.bavauto.com/3562/no-start-1989-325i-e30/

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