Hello. My name is Dan, and today I doomsday prepped

[YoungCR]

Whooo! Congrats on the purchase

[Bassboy3313]

Awesome man! Can't wait to check it out and hear what your plans are for it.

[Jdesign]

Nice car!!! Looks like quite the adventurous drive as well!

[m42b32]

Looks awesome, Congrats!

[patsbimmer1]

Seattle's a great town!  Hopefully you had a chance to wander around!  Nice purchase!

[suspenceful]

Nice pick up! M54 under the hood?

[KaiserRolls]

Looks good. My favorite e30 color

I assume it was an okay deal if you went all that way for it?

[wasnt m3]

Very nice! I was wondering why you'd been inquiring about e30 parts...more pics!

[The Full Banana]

Well this is fucking awesome.

[straight6pwr]

ha, thanks guys.

the 'deal' was OK. i will admit paid more than what I should have, but it checked all the important boxes of what I wanted, and it was the first car after looking for 5 months that did so I jumped on it.

I didn't spend any time in seattle - there was some 'storm of the century' or something on its way so I got the hell out. I've been there a few times (and loved it) so I didn't feel like I needed to stay in the pouring rain.

here are the points why i bothered with the long trip -  s50 / coilovers / alpinweiss / late model / coupe

yu///mmy

and the trip...america is fuckin beautiful. well besides southern Minnesota, that's just stanky. Biggest take-away from the trip - Montana is amazing.

there is no particular order to these, but there are photos from  Washington, Montana, Idaho, and South Dakota.

[straight6pwr]

plans for the car -

1)fix all the broken stuff
2)some aestetic changes like ditch the side skirts, wheels, tan interior, etc.

3)skid plate.

4)have fun driving it!

i went over the whole thing today and came up with a rather daunting list, but i think its doable.

[Bassboy3313]

In for getting a ride in this. Bring it on over! [emoji14]

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[B C]

I'd love to do a cross country trip in a car I love. Last time I did was in my van and in a gold mk3 jetta.....

What trans and diff combo does it have? Any power adders? Hows the handling/it must feel a bit different after piloting the touring for the last few years amirite?

[straight6pwr]

has the zf310 w/2.93LSD - perfect combo. I had the zf310 w/3.25LSD in my m50 car, and it was great for that extra acceleration, but highway rpms were a bit much.

no power adders. exhaust is nice stainless headers + no cats, so it flows well but is way too loud.  engine fan and ac deleted which helps free a couple ponies.

handles like a dream even on 185 snow tires, but didn't go too crazy as I just wanted to make it home in one piece. has a z3 steering rack w/power steering as well.

[KaiserRolls]

Hooray for another s50 car!! I have the same trans/diff combo. The only thing it's good for is cruising, but it does it well. What kind of coilovers?

[patsbimmer1]

KaiserRolls said:

Hooray for another s50 car!! I have the same trans/diff combo. The only thing it's good for is breaking axles, but it does it well. What kind of coilovers?

I fixed it for you.

[visian]

Congrats Dan! Looking forward to checking it out.

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[andyhundley]

Stoked theres another E30 in the neighborhood. Congrats on the purchase.

[RobZR]

Nice pick up Dan,  sounds like a perfect road trip as well. nothing like 2,000 miles to get acquainted with a new car and enjoy this great country.

[straight6pwr]

thanks guys, can't wait to have it driving around.  it needs a couple things before I will be comfortable on Milwaukee streets (skid plate, quieter exhaust) but hopefully that can happen before snow hits.

the coilovers are BC. 6k/8k. it rides nice, but I need to tinker with heights, dampening, and I think it needs some shorter springs or better arrangement of all the strut components for better tire clearance (some rubbing presently with stock wheels/tires).