May I say "Oh my"?
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Aug. 19, 2010 4:18 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork
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Aug. 19, 2010 4:20 p.m. failboat New Reader
I can't see how it isnt.
Questionable exhaust routing aside, holy E30 M3. looks pretty nice.
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Aug. 19, 2010 4:41 p.m. aircooled SuperDork
When you wrote "dumping through the interior" I thought you meant something like I saw once at Pick-a-Part... it was pretty nasty.
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Aug. 19, 2010 5:44 p.m. SVreX SuperDork
Could have a tunnel built around it.
I can't imagine having those kind of build skills and doing something THAT stupid.
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Aug. 19, 2010 5:45 p.m. SVreX SuperDork
Wait a minute...
aren't those 2 different cars?
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Aug. 19, 2010 5:48 p.m. John Brown SuperDork
SVreX wrote:
Wait a minute...
aren't those 2 different cars?
No same car the lower one is just further along in the build. The purple haze reflection of the paint is likely from light angle.
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Aug. 19, 2010 5:49 p.m. racerfink Reader
Where the hell is is going, since there's a passenger seat?
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Aug. 19, 2010 6:18 p.m. SVreX SuperDork
Is there still a passenger seat in the later pic??
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Aug. 19, 2010 6:20 p.m. Salanis SuperDork
SVreX wrote:
Is there still a passenger seat in the later pic??
Yeah, the harness is still clearly there, and you can just make out the headrest.
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Aug. 19, 2010 6:31 p.m. cwh SuperDork
Pardon my stupid, but what IS that? And I don't think that engine started out in there.
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Aug. 19, 2010 7:10 p.m. Toyman01 Dork
And now you know.
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Aug. 19, 2010 7:12 p.m. Toyman01 Dork
As to what it is.
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Aug. 19, 2010 7:15 p.m. John Brown SuperDork
4 lug hubs = not real M3.
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Aug. 19, 2010 7:16 p.m. Toyman01 Dork
Here is the link to the photobucket account. He's got some major work and money in that car.
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Aug. 19, 2010 7:31 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork
So, the original question ....
Legal?
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Aug. 19, 2010 7:42 p.m. z31maniac Dork
John Brown wrote:
4 lug hubs = not real M3.
Check out the rear window/trunk.
Looks like a real M3 was hacked up in the process.
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Aug. 19, 2010 8:23 p.m. oldtin HalfDork
S38? An M5 and M3 donated to make it?
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Aug. 19, 2010 9:33 p.m. Knurled Reader
All that hackery and they couldn't notch the floorpan so the exhaust could run straight?
I looked and I looked and I couldn't find the image of the "back seat" of the Dahlback Golf. (You know, THAT one) Behinds the two front seats is a 90 degree bend, a 180 degree bend, and a HUGE muffler, all done in 4" pipe.
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Aug. 19, 2010 11:07 p.m. WilberM3 Reader
i think i like the exhaust dump. the muffler is where the stock fuel tank was and that whole space is just wasted anyhow now. and its all outside the interior.
and no, that's an M30 big six, not s38.
i'd like to see the process of fitting an M3 rear windshield section to a standard e30.
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Aug. 19, 2010 11:17 p.m. alex Dork
failboat wrote:
Holy E30 M3. looks pretty nice.
I see what you did there.
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Aug. 19, 2010 11:32 p.m. John Brown SuperDork
The underbody shot makes me think an E30 suspension should be able to be fitted to an XR4Ti.
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Aug. 19, 2010 11:34 p.m. John Brown SuperDork
z31maniac wrote:
John Brown wrote:
4 lug hubs = not real M3.
Check out the rear window/trunk.
Looks like a real M3 was hacked up in the process.
Let's hope it was a severely disfigured donor car.
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Aug. 21, 2010 4:54 p.m. Knurled Reader
John Brown wrote:
The underbody shot makes me think an E30 suspension should be able to be fitted to an XR4Ti.
That'd be a step backwards, I'd think.
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Aug. 21, 2010 5:59 p.m. Streetwiseguy HalfDork
I like it. M3/SLM combo.
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Aug. 21, 2010 6:09 p.m. John Brown SuperDork
Knurled wrote:
John Brown wrote:
The underbody shot makes me think an E30 suspension should be able to be fitted to an XR4Ti.
That'd be a step backwards, I'd think.
No it isn't at all. The XR4Ti suspension is heavier with less adjustment, and the E30 front is much better than the XR.
