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Mods GTF in here
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EDIT: I just realized it was already moved. Carry on gentlemen. Looking forward to progress and inpending compression test results
Hahaha. Well i drove the car I pulled the engine out of.. Happened to do a few donuts on the way to the garage. Its strong.
I was wondering if that IX with front end damage on Craigslist was yours?
Yep. Still toying with the idea of parting it out. I have a frame guy out of Hartford going to do an estimate on pulling it straight and welding in a new core, but if I can unload it I wanna focus on my S52 e30
OBD1 S52 out of 1999 BMW M3
ZF 5 Speed out of same car^
M50 Intake Manifold
Nearly every gasket in and on engine is new
Safety Wired Oil Pump Nut
New Oil Pump Pickup Gasket
New Rear Main New Oil Pan Gasket
New Valve Cover Gaskets
New Condor Speed Shop Motor Mounts
New Fuel Lines
New Thermostat
New Water Pump
New Accessory Belt
New Tensioner Pulley
New Knock Sensors
New M42 Radiator
New Spal Electric Fan
New 80C Thermostat Switch
New Bosch 02 Sensor
Newer Alternator
Newer Interstate Battery
Condor Power Steering Block Off
New Meyle Tie Rod Ends
E36 M3 Lower Control Arms
5 lug nut conversion
5x120 wheel hub
E46 330i brakes
E46 wheels
Bilstein Shocks
HID Headlights
Chase Bays BBE with Wilwood Master and Clutch Feed Adapter.
Stainless Braided Lines
Exhaust is Solid
Will need alignment because of new suspension parts
Car has rusty floor pans and rails and battery box/ trunk holes. And some weird bubbles and rust on the roof. Has been painted. Exterior is 6/10. Interior is 6/10. Nice sport seats.
920 479 0299
$10,000
Was friends with some of you guys before this forum blew up got locked out of my account probably due to inactivity or just lost the username and password.
I'm Austin, out of Oshkosh, WI. I've got a bunch of BMW stuff going on to where I thought it would be senseless to not share and engage with the community and ask and answer questions. I'm a pilot by trade have been working on airplanes and cars for some time.
I've got my fair share of projects going on for work, however, playing with cars is primary past time.
I'm always collecting tools, buying and selling and trading parts etc...
As of now, I'm working on two e30's and an e36 m3.
This is my '86 325e. M20B27 is on the way out and she'll be getting the S52B32 out of the 99 M3, along with 5 lug conversion and plenty of other cool bits while I'm at it...
Also working on this... will need help finding someone with the bits and technique to do the bodywork, if even repairable otherwise will part out...
1991 325ix in otherwise perfect shape if it hadn't been for this dudes daughter rear-ending a semi. Fortunately, all of the damage to the front is above the main frame rails and the title is clean...
For now, id like some advice as to whether or not you think the ix is salvageable, some contacts to quote the bodywork (id prefer someone with e30 experience to have it completed properly)
Ill start independent threads when I really get going on both of them...
In the meantime, I'm always selling and trading parts and ill have a bunch of e30 stuff including some m20's complete and or parted, as well as a bunch of e36 m3 stuff since I bought the whole car to do the swap and will sell odd bits off her.
So how much did you pay for the ix if you dont mind telling . The guy was originally asking a crackhead price.
I was the guy with the crackhead price.... because a guy offered me $3500, paid me on paypal then asked for his money back. Im not an asshole so I gave him his money back posted it back up for $3500 since a few people told me its worth at least that in parts as well as the parts I had already collected to repair it... Then a few more folks told me its repairable so I think ill keep it.
I bought the car in Seattle and had it shipped here. Most IX's that aren't rotted out are in Denver or Seattle.
Ill hold no offense to your comment, I just went with where the market brought me. You should take a look and see what clean IX's are pulling if you can find one. I've seen rusty ones with better than 200,000 on the clock asking 10-12k. Yes there are runner/drivers out there with rust and a bunch of miles for 2-5k.
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/xzek0necpi12mnl/AAB_pQEHsSr6UUpZiHk_XnQEa
To all of those expressing interest in e36 m3 parts, ill have more pics when I bust her out of storage again.
Cheers!
No adapters. Its for real.
z3 components
haha yeah. So am I! I didnt make much progress this summer due to work travel but Ill hopefully continue to make progress now. At this point im cleaning up the bay, Im going to tuck as much as I can and clean it up. Probably just paint the bay black and be on my way to engine install.
Alot of behind the scenes progress so to speak as far as acquiring information and components for my harness. I've got the harness out of the donor car, ill be working on getting that crossed over to utilize the C101 to mate to the chassis of the 86 e and deleting whatever isn't necessary. Also a ton of time spent cleaning up the engine and bay, deleting brackets for a mild wire tuck and chipping off and wire wheeling 20 years of crusties off the S52 cast block. Also still have to swap the pan and sump, build a dipstick with CCV and safety wire the oil pump gear on.
Im working on a complete list of things that have yet to be done so I can logically go about completing them so I don't have to back track! Ill get my list together and post it up so if you guys can help me out that way that would be awesome!!
