Hello. My name is Dan, and today I doomsday prepped
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Nice pick up! M54 under the hood?
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Looks good. My favorite e30 color
I assume it was an okay deal if you went all that way for it?
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Well this is fucking awesome.
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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.
Dan
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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.
Dan
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In for getting a ride in this. Bring it on over! [emoji14]
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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?
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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.
Dan
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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?
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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.
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Stoked theres another E30 in the neighborhood. Congrats on the purchase.
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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).
Dan
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parts starting to roll in, and found a parts car on craigslist with a nice seller who pulled some of the small bits for me.
brand new BMW front valance, can't believe the cheap price on these things ($200)
some of the random crap - most of this is actually completely missing on my car
oh, and in case you ever have the urge, yes an e30 hood will fit entirely inside the back of an e34 touring.
also scored a non-damaged alpine rear bumper (seen barely here)
Dan
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For serious those are $200?! I need a new one as mine is dented and rusted.
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