I'm a huge E21 fan. I'm onto my third one now:
The first (no photos at present) was a red 323i which I had to scrap and the second one was, well, a red 323i (not by design, just happened to come up in Auto reader)
which had all the bits (Recaros, LSD, BBS wheels, Ansa exhaust).
A lovely car.
Until some muppet in a Micra rear-ended me:
...and legged it. The car drove onto the lowloader with it's head held high while the Micra had to effectively be picked up with a dustpan & broom.
But my heartbreak was short-lived when this beauty turned up:
It's actually a 320 with (knackered) 323i running gear, but future plans include a built 2.5 lump (no 2.7 thank you,I like my engines to rev), totally refreshing the running gear and fitting all the goodies I've accumulated over the years.
Then there was this E30 Touring...
that had an M50 lump in...
BTW, the engine in front of it that looks like it's being bullied/eaten/sh#gged is a Pinto lump - gives you an idea of how large these frikkin' engines are..!
...which was going in the E21, but decided to put an M20B25 as flogged the bits to my mate who now has the M50 in his E30 Touring (that was a good project to work on - my mate Kev works like Speedy Gonzales). Kev sold me his M20B25788 from the Touring.
The red car was stripped...
totally... A sad end to a great car.
I'm doing all of the prep to put the B25 in, (painting, polishing bits, wiring etc.) one of the luxuries of having a workshop. And not having to rely on renting a garage run by nutty Polish blokes. Tommi.
great for third-degree burns with your oil services. I just simply unbolted it, switched it round and repositioned the oil cooller pipes, like I did on Zhan's engine the other week.
