Want a M3 - E30

[buster]

After my first w/e at the Nurburgring decided that I NEED a M3 for the track!

Want to strip out / upgrade brakes / susp / roll bar.

Firstly- Anyone have such car for sale? (Prefer LHD - will be keeping in apartment in Antwerp)

Secondly - appreciate all guidance concerning upgrade / alteration options.

Cheers - Buster!

[darreni]

Plenty for sale, autotrader website, try the german type autotrader, autoscout24.de i think.

As for upgrades, I had mine for 2.5 yrs & did the following( this wasn't a dedicated track car though, i used it every day)

Bilstien sprint suspension / eibach springs allround.
std anti roll bars w/polybushes
renew all std rubber bushes/ suspension mounts
eibach strut brace ( brill- well worth £100)
tarox 40 groove front discs, std rears, pagid pads all round, ate super blue race fluid.
engine- K&N panel in evo2 airbox ( induction kits not worth it due to the heat the s14 gives off)
decat scorpion ehxaust
throttle bodies sync'd, coolant temp sensor changed.

Dont bother looking at too much in the way of engine upgrades as:
a) the few upgrades there are( cams, management, 2.5 evo111 rebuilds) are very expensive for the small increase in bhp.
b) the s14 is pushing 100 bhp per litre as standard.
c) the DTM racers with a full factory budget behind them were only getting 280- 340 bhp.
if it's the handling you want get the E30, if you want the speed Get an E36 M3 evo instead, 321bhp from the factory, check the pistonheads classifieds - mine for sale.

Hth
Darren.
if it's

[johnny senna]

buster,
See my post about my new Sport Evo above.

[cotty]

Hows this for a mind of usually usless information.

BMW Car magazine ran a Track Car Buying Guide featuring the E30 M3 in their June 2002 issue, you should be able to get a back copy through their back issue department [phone] or e-mail [e-mail]

Hope this helps
Paul

[Bodo]

You may want to look for an M3 LHD in Germany at -already mentioned- www.autoscout24.de or at www.uk.mobile.de with English language controls.
Lots of German cars there, but many M3s are modded boyracer cr@p with illuminated windscreen washers

[buster]

Modded wipers - excellent - just what I want...

Must be worth extra 10bhp

quote:
You may want to look for an M3 LHD in Germany at -already mentioned- www.autoscout24.de or at www.uk.mobile.de with English language controls.
Lots of German cars there, but many M3s are modded boyracer cr@p with illuminated windscreen washers

[Kris Wood]

Greg - did you not get the 996tt in the end?

[buster]

Nope - still in complete mess ref cars -

Want the M3 for my place in Antwerp - just for French / German track stuff.

UK car - god knows.....

Have deposit on AM Vantage - still not sure about the 996 T or a 360....

I am crap - also LOVE my Cerby which just going thru 5k engine stuff....

TOO confusing!

How's you?

[kris wood]

Just bought a 6 mth old M3 Conv SMG on Sat to replace the cerb with. Such an amazing car, could not believe how good it is and just had to have it after an hour test drive. Pick it up tommorrow

[buster]

DAMN nice car - I had the coupe for an afternoon with the SMG kit.

Love the way you can adjust gear change speed -

NICE peice of kit....did you suffer much on the Cerby trade?

[kris wood]

i bought the cerby for £44K, sold it 2 years later for £32K on brokerage so lost 10% + vat commission which netted me about £29k. £15k depreciation in 2 years is a lot but i guess around the amount to be expected!

Looking forward to tomorrow though!!!