When im not biking :)

[Jimbob]

I bought myself a weekend car a year or so ago that had already had quite a bit of work done and had been magaiine featured.

After a few months of very content weekend "poncing" i felt the urge for more power so i set about an engine conversion which im currently halfway through.

Shes a 1989 BMW E30 325i cabriolet, and shes about to receive a 1998 328 sport lump with a few performance upgrades

Here she is when i bought her

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb142/fastlad999/DSC02029.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb142/fastlad999/2109929-8-2.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb142/fastlad999/2109929-4-1.jpg

And this is what she looks like now

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb142/fastlad999/e30%20build/504c1844.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb142/fastlad999/e30%20build/d287771b.jpg

And heres the new donk, 2.8l sport, uprated intake manifold, modified exhaust manifolds, big bore throttle body, uprated injectors, lightened flywheel and competion clutch, Z4 3.0 msport shortshift kit etc etc estimated 240 BHP + 100 bhp wet shot nitrous oxide

Before me

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb142/fastlad999/e30%20build/IMG_0306.jpg

After me

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb142/fastlad999/e30%20build/72871f24.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb142/fastlad999/e30%20build/5b6032e1.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb142/fastlad999/e30%20build/709e3fa9.jpg

[Boothy]

I don't like cars really... but I really like that

[mealexme]

I, however am a fan of cars, but dont usually like old BMW's. They are usually in bad nick and driven by d*cks, although I do like this one! It actually looks cared for, and therefor I doubt the driver is a tw*t. Also I always expect BMW's to go like stink, because everyone seems to modify them. IMO sleeper cars are much better, good looking small cars that look like they couldnt outrun my YBR, like my old neighbours renault 5 which he took to the track and ouran everything apart from a TVR

It is looking good though, the red and cream goes well together! A very tidy car you have there, although not sure about the soft top, in England?

[TC]

Nice car, But................................... Its a little bit too Red for me

It would look Great in Blue

[Jimbob]

Thanks for the comments guys, quite a better reception than i expected on a bike forum

As for te soft top it only comes out in summer (so not very often) and i use so we can enjoy a day out as a family as opposed to just taking one of the kids on the bike

[polecat]

I have enjoyed the odd car restoration in my time and this one looks a lot of fun.

I would say a BMW like that is worth doing and will be a lot of fun when complete

[Jimbob]

To be fair the car was in excellent shape when i bought it cosmetically and mechanically, its more of a quest for power than anything else and the "M50 2.8" engine converion is really well documented.

I just thought while its out i may aswell do a few others jobs, new brake lines, clean and repaint everything, re-dye the leather etc

[Nogin]

No fan of BMW's however that bad boy goes like stink!

[donhuzayfa]

Mate it's great you could actually do a that yourself, I get nervous removing cables from my bike, nice work tbh!

[Jimbob]

Thanks for the comments guys, it not an overly complicated conversion, most of the time spent is actually researching what will fit where and modifying the cooling system from mechanical to electronic, the engine wiring loom has been modified to just plug and play

Bar that its just bolting stuff off, cleaning painting and bolting it back on again