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The ground control RSM's are one of the favorite parts I've purchased for the black car

wasnt m3 said:

Really clean, stock, black e30 325i. You on here?

That rear bumper doesn't look familiar

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Tkuhn said:

We go often! Any of you are 100% encouraged to come out and check it out! It's kinda hard to get a pass as they sell out super fast but come to any of the Drift Days hosted by ClubFR and get some ride alongs! Final bout is also a huge event and worth coming for. It's only $10 for a pit pass at the drift day events!

What he said=)

Never knew the euro model got four wheel steering

Accepting offers boys and girls. Low ball me please lol. I'm sick of seeing these in my living room

Ryan... said:

I bought an H&K VP9 for no reason other than I wanted one.

Much excitement to go shoot it.

That is all.

I've shot one of these and wouldn't mind owning one=)

Speaking of shooting, I'm going to die while dailying the drift car if it snows=(

HipMF said:

I don't really disagree with this. In the old days engines used to wear out after 100k miles. The bores would be 1/16" bigger than they came from the factory and the cam lobes would wear down to nothing. Valve seats and guides wore out. Basically the whole engine would be junk. The build quality of the rest of the car was similar, and cars just didn't last that long.

These days the materials used are better and the technology has come a long way. Engines routinely last 200k-300k or more without a major rebuild. I don't see a problem with buying a vehicle with 200k on it, but when you're fishing in that end of the market you really need to have some evidence that the vehicle has been well maintained. Paying $8k and then shelling out $2k more on nickel and dime maintenance is a big hassle and probably not worth the grief.

Oddly enough I feel the exact opposite of this. I cannot see any of the modern BMW engine lasting reliably much past 200k. I wouldn't even bat an eye at buying an m/s5x car with 200k+ on it and knowing it'd be reliable.

What I'm saying is getting lost in translation. It won't handle terribly at all or have any sort of understeer conditions. I obviously cannot explain what I mean properly so I'll just give up and let you guys enjoy your 24v swaps lol

rampelsauce said:

I'm hoping the weight reduction and other "racecar" mods will keep me some what in the go kart handling area. I did get a chance to beat on the compact enough to know I wanted to keep it around, and I'm hoping to get it prepped for some track day and autox fun. I dont want to get too far ahead of myself though, the goal is to get the motor in and drive it. 

The weight reduction doesn't really help with this issue though. If anything it slightly compounds it since the car ends up even more unbalanced. The big thing is that the new motor is not much heavier at all in comparison to the m44. It's just that the front of it hangs past the strut towers, and that's what takes away from the feel. This is why you have the assumed "crazy" E30 318 owners that swear up and down that their car handles better than any 325 that they have driven.

rampelsauce said:

From what I hear it's the bees knees and I'm so freaking stoked to do this.

There is a small trade off with the added power. You end up losing a little bit of the go kart feel that you may have grown to love. It happens because the weight is not pushed in front of the strut towers instead of being "behind" them. With the extra power you yourself probably won't notice, especially with not having driven the car as is for a bit

Rampelsauce delivered the package:

One BMW tote bag

One e36 front end cookie cutter

Seven packages of BMW all weather mat "feet"

Two WiBimmers can coozies

Four WiBimmers iron on patches

Eleven WiBimmers "handout" cards

Welcome. In for pics=)

Jdesign said:

Damn. Now that's two videos I need to complete. Burnout with @Earl on the couch, and a jump. Maybe I could combine them? 

If you mount a set of seatbelts I would definitely be down for a combo=)

I wish you would have messaged me=( I sold this one, one that Troy was no longer going to use, and my personal one today

Still have one of these. Might sell another if more than one person is interested

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Open to offers Let your friends know

Jdesign said:

WELLLLLL.... Has @rampelsauce delivered yet? 

#12 was not inside of your door blocking the way?

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=CG53-USA-06-1995-E36-BMW-318ti&diagId=51_2055

If not I'm thoroughly surprised your window doesn't rattle around in your door when down and that it goes up and down straight. I've had the rubber "guide" fall out of mine before and it caused my clips to snap and the window to fall

That might be a coupe thing too. Since the compact has framed windows I've never had an issue removing the guide and reinstalling without marking anything. 

That is one big thing people do not seem to know when they do the handles. That's soley what that hole in the door is for haha