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Yes, swapping the engine was the plan from the beginning, but at first I wanted to wait and drive a year or so with an original engine (because i didn't liked the idea off al the work that's needed with such a motorswap) but because this one was drowning, I chose for the short pain...

Man why did you destroyed that E21????

I don´t understand why people destroy cars in that way.


YOu are on hard drugs???

Damn, I put a warning in my topic, but some people only look at the pictures I presume..

quote:For those who have a weak heart or only like completely original restored E21's, please close your eyes and move on to the next topic

And destroy? Well I see it like this, you buy an old BMW that nobody wants (it was for sale for more than 3 years) you put in a engine that costs as much as the original price of the car, put some rims on it that cost 1/4 of the original price of the car, lower it and put it in an '80's race-look..In my dictionary that's called 'improving' or even saving from an certain death

Sierpien wrote:Man why did you destroyed that E21????

I don´t understand why people destroy cars in that way.


YOu are on hard drugs???

what are your thoughts on something like this then?

Looks good for a race track. But for street use... hellooooooooooo speed bumps
Seriously, I don't understand how people can lower their car that much. On what kind of roads do they drive their cars?

Wow Ferdi! Thats some huge adjustments! Must say well done on a great job.
When are you expecting it to be finished?

Dont forget to keep us updated with more pics

The lowering is not that much of a problem, because I drive big wheels, the chassis of my car won't be much lower than a -4cm lowered E21 on 13" or 15" Speedbumps for example are no problem at all!

Ok, I expected it to be lower and scraping speed bumps. Then my question still stands for people with extremely lowered cars and not so big wheels
And you're still not gonna get that (Gruppe 5?) race version across a speed bump with that spoiler

interested to see the final job. sacriledge to some yes but I can see both sides, enjoy doing it

Looks awesome.

Little update, worked on the rusty spots and removed the dent beneath the trunk...
Before:


After:

rusty spots...
removing windows and removing the rust...

a layer of rust stop over the cleaned surfaces...



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still sanding the arches, has to be perfect...



That's all for today, this evening i'm gonna rework the exhaust a little, and the arches should come in the first layer of paint...Cya!

Good work
I have to work on some rust spots as well (including the spots under the rear side windows) so I better watch closely and learn