Um... E30 with a Ford 302 - $700

Not mine.....

1987 bmw 325e four door. This is a project I've been working on gradually for the last year or so. I was going to swap a carbureted smallblock Ford/Borg-Warner T-5 into it, but a job change and an impending move mean one of my project cars has to go. The car is currently stripped down to a rolling shell. The engine mounts were sourced from www.E30v8.com. I made the transmission crossmember and mount for the T5 and clearanced the shifter hole to fit, so the whole drivetrain falls into place. Just need to get a driveshaft made out of a Mustang yoke and the rear section of the e30 driveshaft. The spare tire tub and a portion of the trunk floor have been cut out to house a fuel cell. The car will come with the swap manual I got from E30v8.com. Great track car project, with or without the V8. Put an M20/M50 back in it and go drift. What it comes with: --Uncracked dash -- 302 engine mounts -- 302/T5 trans crossmember and mounts -- headlight assemblies -- entire wiring harness and fuse block -- stock bumpers -- stock pedal assembly -- rear windshield -- all side glass -- sunroof panel -- ignition switch/turn signal/wiper stalks -- extra 3.75 open differential -- E30 driveshaft, Momo steering wheel hub -- late model (88-91) short rear bumper and bumper shocks Things I can include with it if you want to spend a little extra: -Wilwood pedal set (I was going to run manual brakes and a hydraulic clutch conversion for the T5) -Corbeau seat brackets What doesn't come with it: Brake booster -- gas tank -- interior -- engine -- transmission -- windshield -- headliner -- steering wheel -- sunroof assembly Bill of sale only, no title. Old enough not to need one, though. Only looking to get $700 out of the whole thing. Want to see somebody finish it. It'll be one of the first of it's kind when finished. Email nismo_92 at yahoo dot com for more pictures or information, or call 770-778-2638. Thanks. :)

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/2184868229.html

Just because you can, doesnt mean you should. +34 for execution, -856 for the idea. If I had a body in white like that, I am sure Id think of debauchery far more eloquent than whats been done there.

4cylndrfury wrote: Just because you can, doesnt mean you should. +34 for execution, -856 for the idea. If I had a body in white like that, I am sure Id think of debauchery far more eloquent than whats been done there.

I don't understand the -856. What is wrong with stuffing a 302 in there? I have often considered something like that. The S52 in my E30 is making about 250hp at the wheels... for $2500 w/ 100k on it. The 302 will do that for about $200 and I can blow them up every weekend all year and come out ahead.

Great idea and great photos! That's a Challenge contender sitting there!!

i was hoping for a more complete 4 door. but this, combined with one of the running convertibles for sale in the area, may be the answer to my what dd car question!

fair enough, from the dollar/fun ratio, youre right, not too shabby. But I never like E30/36s with V8 swaps, especially carbed v8s...that thing needs...nay DESERVES a properly boosted, EFI powered straight 6 under the hood. Perhaps -856 was a bit hasty. New tally: -39....only a 5 point differential. Doing the rest of the build properly could overcome that easily enough.

needs more efi, but still: dam you, atlanta, why can't you wait until I move there!

No engine or trans.

So he wants $700 for a stripped out shell? What makes it worth that? Some $150 mounts?

Cumming, Ga. Bet that's near Atlanta.

Yup, its bursting with excitement...

I'm building one for Lemons. Its suprising how well the engine fits in there, and ours is EFI.