Villanuevas_BMW: Some info on your car?

[MaDhAtTeR]

I did abit of a search, but i ended up with a ton of pages to go through (got to the 4th page and gave up).

Anyway, i stumbled across your car this morning by accident, and jebus, im pretty jealous That looks great, im working on another project at the moment, but before starting i was seriously thinking about buying a 2002 as my base. Looking over the few pics here of your car, i think i want one now

So if it wasnt too much trouble, could you give me alittle info on your car? im rather interested in that kit, what is it from? (looks very E30 M3). Also, have you got any more pics?

I didnt realise you could get a 2002 to look like that

[Villanuevas_BMW]

I was actually gonna take some pics of my cay today. Ill be back with pics and info. Im still learning a lot too. If you have any questions about 2002's try hitting up OldSkoolBMW. Hes already helped me out here and there.

[OldSkoolBmw]

I know nothing my car is slow.. want to race?


edit..
you wouldn't happen to have a spare 323i gearbox forsale would you?

[MaDhAtTeR]

ive got a 4 speed, but im in aus

[Villanuevas_BMW]

I never got around to taking some pics but here are the most recent pics with some info.

I got the car when I was 15 a couple months before I got my license so i had the car for 5 years now. I never really appreciated it much till I got my M3. Parts were cheaper, easier to work on, and a bit more nimble. I made most of the body kit and did all the body work myself except for painting. Now the bodywork is falling apart. This summer Im going to try to do something about that if I can find the time. The car came a far distance from the way it was when I got it, but I still have a long way to go. These are my mods for now.

Suspension:
Front adjustible coilovers
350/300 springs
Bilstein sports all around
ST sway bars
Top End tower bars with rear relocation kit.

Brakes:
IR Front BBK vented
320i brake booster

Engine:
Boerd and stroked 92x88
Knife edged crank and stroked
Teflon coated and forged porche pistons
3 angle port and polish
282 cam
close to stock intake
IR 3" collecter race headers to a 2 1/4 exhaust straight to an inaffective muffler, mostly for looks to shut my neighbors up.

Body:
Zender front fenders
Schnitzer rears
zender rear spoiler
Homemade ground effects(fiberglass)
OLD enkei wheels

ETC
Former automatic, now with 320 5 speed
3.91 320 LSD
Recaro SPG
Momo competition steering wheel

The thing I thinking about now is my intake. Not sure what to do. I have a supercharger but leaning toward twinside 45s. I going to getting a cam, rear discs, and maybe some race gear. My options as of now is pretty much up in the air.

[MaDhAtTeR]

mmmm, interesting. read so much about the S14 swaps into them (god how popular is it?) but i was thinking of sticking with the M10, switching it to electronic injection, and turbo charging it. Id like to play around with an M10 and just see what they can produce (i build engines for a living), ive seen a few independant throttle body setups still using the M10 and it looks interesting. See the thing is, in our country, when a vehicle has reached 30 years of age you can register it as historic. It gives you pretty much free reign on what you want todo to a vehicle, and still have it road registered. I was thinking i would build a total track car out of a 2002 and still keep it road registered so i could drive it on the odd cruise and such with the club. I had a pretty well sorted E21 before that was mainly suited to the track, and i dont want todo that again, trying to drive it on the street every day was too much of a hassle. Id like to go out and build something fun to play with, ive got a bike for sheer speed, but id like something go kart like i can really play around with. Also it would give me an opportunity to start to learn the fine points of suspension setup, id like to get into motor racing, and i think it would give me a good platform.

It was the kit that caught my eye though i was browsing the galleries and i saw it. So, from your post above i take it you built it yourself? did you use an existing kit and modify it to suit? or did you make another from a mold? It looks great from the front

[Leif E. Bronn]

I would stick to the S14 over a M10 with a turbo. The S14 will be more reliable and for a turbo you will have to fabricate several parts. If you have any questions about either swap let me know!

[MaDhAtTeR]

We dont have access to S14's like you guys do, they are very rare.