I feel your pain. I just sold my 88 325is as well. A lot of time and effort went into that car. Once you've been elbows deep into a car's innards,...
Next Project.....? Excellent... that Sixer sounds ideal. Oh, I lust for the luxury of the built-in beverage cooler, assuming the air conditioning...
A fraction of what I put into it. By the same token, I "paid" for the car and the hobby through a part-time teaching gig that I've been doing...
Project Money Pit - Farewell Well, the car is sold. It's been a hell of a lot of fun. I enjoyed revisiting the '80's, but still not sure I want to...
Bentley Manual + 101 Performance Projects. "101 Performance Projects for your BMW 3-Series" and the Bentley manual. These books work well...
Is anyone interested in a clean, highly optioned 325is with a hopped up M50 engine? My well-known mental issues are acting up again. After two years...
Money Pit I couldn't agree more. "Money Pit" status is a feature, not a bug. It's like the old saying about a boat: It's a hole in the water...
Very nice car! It looks like you did the engine work yourself... nice. Those Big Sixes put out a ton of torque. With that lightweight body, I bet...
So that's where we are now. I've long since eclipsed the $5k budget, by many multiples, and well beyond the constraints of SpecE30 series, my...
I took the car to an exhaust shop. Believe it or not, the car uses an aftermarket E36 M3 exhaust from stem to stern. It fits "almost" but had a few...
I'm working my way down a list of minor projects… the driver seat cushion was...
Now that smog technicalities are taken care of, I popped out the chip and replaced with a Turner unit, tuned for the M3 cams. I haven't yet done a...
Smog Legal! A visit to the California Smog referee, and….. WOOT! Smog-legal!...
Baby got a new set of 225/50/15 shoes and period-correct rims. I searched for proper 15" Euroweaves, but couldn't turn down a great deal on these...
The power from M50 with M3 cams + chip is nice, though not overwhelming. It has a nice powerband and is very responsive. I regret not going with my...
I dropped the car off, with promises that it would be done "in a few weeks." This is where time and budget completely got away from me. VMWerks...
I found that once you go down the 24v rabbit hole, it's hard to stop. I found myself obsessed with doing an engine swap. I set up a spreadsheet...
Spent quite a bit of time thinking over my M20 engine build. I priced out a full-on rebuild vs some simple head work, and everything in between....
Begone, forty pounds of trunk tar, begone! With an air chisel, it took 30 minutes to chip the sound deadener out the trunk. I could measurably tell...
I found a guy parting out a wrecked Cabrio and bought a package deal of stuff for $400. Nearly-new Bilsteins, BavAuto springs,...
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