forced to finish the stroker...

cool, where u stating to the e30 or to my e30? i always get mixed opinions on my car, some hate it and some love it.. ohwell i love it..

Yours. You've added just the right touches to it so that it looks amazing. Love the flat black paint too.

my fav one is this one, i may mod one of these m3 wings to fit my car (gota cut it in half and make it less wide)

this e30 m3 is a bi-turbo 9sec daily driver, or it was, the guy posted on ebay for 25k ... insane..

i have seen some online, e46 m3 motors boosted pushing around 1k hp.. thats just sick.. i'll be happy with a 327it the t for turbo, whenever that happens

i would love to go TT.. and with that wing modded on my car, its adj too.. i may like mine more than this one

I love that one too. TT or even a single turbo would be awesome man.

Aren't the e30's pretty quick as is? I'm sure they haul with a little boost.

thanks man.. its awesome when others like your creations also

the e30 325i's are pretty quick, mines also lightened 400 lbs from stock weight also (even with a rollcage + chrome 17 aluminum rims+ body kit and dual exhaust) and i also have the 4.10 lsd in it since it was an auto (before i converted her), 5spds come with 3.73's stock and i left the 4.10's in her.. so yea she moves.. and now fully rebuilt with a adfpr, lightened flywheel i hope she moves a hair more, cant expect that much since i lost power dropping the compression a little.. but when shes boost omg i know i will have fun.. my buddy has a 95 golf 2.0 turbo with standalone pushing like 15psi, and his car is so fun to drive in, to think i'll have 2 more cyclinders and capable of 3-4psi more i'm gona be in heaven.. she moves more though with my powdercoated stock black rims..

i dyno'd 150 hp/tq about last time i went to the dyno, in a 2400lb car thats not bad.. turbo, will be great..

Yeah man, I'm a serious fan of your car.

I would kill to do a RWD conversion on my Saab 9-3. It runs like 12 PSI I think stock and I wanna get a MBC and crank up the boost to 17.5 PSI, the max base boost the stock ECU will allow.

You know, your car has actually inspired me to start looking for one of the e30 325i's. I was searching for one when I took a break from here.

150hp is not bad when the weight of your car is taken into consideration. My Saab has roughly 200 at the wheels stock and it weighs 3200+.

hp + weight + gearing forgot one important one 4.10 lsd is a highly desired diff for a 325i n/a, now when i boost i will have to swap her out.. lol..

i hope your going to tune it and not just open the boost more via a MBC? opening up the exhaust? i only ask because i know someone that did this on a eagle talon and cracked his manifold, do to to much exhaust restriction.. but then again hopefully u know your cars capabilities and read up on it on the forums..

yea the e30 is an awesome overall car, rwd, decent power, great handling, and you can get sick discounts on parts from bmaparts.com through patrick, and e30tech.com is full of highly educated ppl that i learned from and know these cars inside and out, if it wasnt for them i duno what i woulda done, they also say its a great DIY car.. i'm no mechanic and i've done a lot on this little thing as others..also these cars handle insane, and to those with a lot of money that liek the body style, usually people do a e36 suspension swap, thats better and converts to a 5 lug, and usually they swap the motor and boost(because the e30 is a 2 valve and some cant live with only 330/450 hp'ish to the wheels and go to a 4 valve motor with boost for higher #'s), ever since i've learned about german cars etc, i'm sold to the germans, i just love the way my b2000 looks, sorry guys.. who knows if i run into a good amount of money my mazda may have a e30 driveline and i may upgrade the e30 to what i really want e46 boosted !

i have seen at the track when i had my 91 thunderbird SC v6 3.8 16/17 psi, i brought to lebanon valley dragway in ny, a neon srt, i talked to the guy, he had a stage 3 dodge factory upgrade package, with like i think injectors, chip, throttlebody and opened up his turbo to the max i think he said he paid like 2500 and he had bfg drag radials and was running consistant 12.7's and 12.8's if i recall right.. he was saying they were coming out with a stage 4 package he was gona get as soon as it was released, this was yrs back.. pretty sick for not doing to much

Yeah but Dodges are poop and so are DSM's. DSM stands for Drive Someday, Maybe.

The Saab can definitely handle the 17.5psi but I probably won't do it simply because it will be way less fun to drive because of gas prices. My turbo seals are going too... and the sad part is that I can't afford a new turbo and the turbo has 190k miles on it and I've been told personally by a Saab tuner that it would not be worth rebuilding. The guys on the Saab forum told me to get a bigger turbo which I would LOVE to do but it's just not feasible.

Saabs are rediculous to tune man...
Tubular Manifold - ~$1000
ECU - ~$500
3" DP - ~$538
3" DP Back Exhaust - Another $600 or so...
Bigger IC - ~$500-600

That's just a slight picture of how much that stuff costs. And no I didn't exaggerate the prices one bit.

But the engines in the Saabs are very strong (my year Saab 9-3 was the last year worth a crap, 1999) and have very very strong internals so those wouldn't be necessary to upgrade for a while.

I know BMW's are very strong motor-wise too.

I think it's pretty awesome when your car has 190k miles on it and your turbo is going out and you get told nothing but to upgrade it.

I was thinking about retiring the Saab once I start my Street Rod and custom class at Wyotech and doing a very sick mod... Driveshaft tunnel, with Volvo rear end, driveshaft and M47 tranny. The trannies bolt right up to the Saab block.

I don't know if you know about it but if you ever need any hard to find stock replacement parts, check out They have parts for Bimmers, Saabs and Volvos. Very fast shipping and great service.

shes officially alive tonight!!!!!!!! i'm so happy.. she started.. had some issues or thought they were, i disconnected the coil to turn over the motor to circulate the oil a little before start and build up fuel pressure, and i seen 0 on the FP gauge, now i'm thinkin great, i cut to many wires out of the wire gutting i didnt need and messed up, (something i was pretty sure i was good with but not 100%, do to one relay) but anyways, i try to pull the fuel hose outa the fitting in the fuel rail, and hell no, new fitting new hose, did not wana come out.. so i unbolt the adapter up there threaded with long screws on each side, and pop her up, and bang fuel sprays like a B^$%^ so i'm like sweet, i do have fuel pressure its just my freakin gauge on the adjustable fuel pressure regulator, i shoulds probably waited but i chanced it and reconnected the coil, turned her over, bang she's alive, idle'n up and down a little, kinda funny then she evened out like 30 -60 secs later on.. i still dont know what fuel pressure my AFPR is at but shes idle'n.. now i gota go buy a new like 3/8 fuel pressure gauge at the local speed shop, get that on and tweak it, then go to the dyno and re-tweak it..

so yea, i also gota add brake/clutch fluid (all in on unit) and bleed the clutch slave and calipers.. but there all new calipers and the slave isnt old so i'm not afraid of anything breakin on me...

sorry, but dam am i happy.. my first official motor rebuild/stroker and its a bimmer!