rootrider
Mr. TDI SportWagen
I figured I'd join all of the recent BMW owners by buying one myself..
I've been planning on buying an E36 M3 for over half of a year now. I had expected to spend several thousand dollars more than I ended up spending on this car. I ended up buying this car, even though it's OBD I with higher miles, because I feel like I know what I'm getting into. I'm pretty confident that I know what issues it has and what needs to be taken care of soon. It already has mods that I would have done myself, and almost nothing that I wouldn't have done, so that's also a huge plus. It looks pretty good as well.. and I do like a car that I feel like I can show off a little.
So here it is.. a US 1995 M3 with an S50B30US engine making 240 hp/225 ft-lb (320 Nm) from the factory. There's a reason some people call the US cars a 330is and a 332is.. the European M3's were much more powerful, had better brakes, etc.
color: Cosmos Black metallic
body style: 2 door "coupe"
5spd manual transmission
3.18 rear diff w/LSD
build date: 03/95
purchased: August 4th, 2012
miles when purchased: 192,210 miles (309332 km)
engine:
3.0L 24v I-6 S50B30US, OBDI
factory rated power (crank): 240hp/225 ft-lb (305 Nm)
dyno'd power with mods: 225 whp/204 ft-lb (276 Nm)
how the car came:
what I've done since I bought the car three days ago:
dirty interior with the Sparco seats
installed the OMP seat.. roughly 18 lbs vs. the 38 lbs of the Sparco seats, and sooooo much more comfortable
I've been planning on buying an E36 M3 for over half of a year now. I had expected to spend several thousand dollars more than I ended up spending on this car. I ended up buying this car, even though it's OBD I with higher miles, because I feel like I know what I'm getting into. I'm pretty confident that I know what issues it has and what needs to be taken care of soon. It already has mods that I would have done myself, and almost nothing that I wouldn't have done, so that's also a huge plus. It looks pretty good as well.. and I do like a car that I feel like I can show off a little.
So here it is.. a US 1995 M3 with an S50B30US engine making 240 hp/225 ft-lb (320 Nm) from the factory. There's a reason some people call the US cars a 330is and a 332is.. the European M3's were much more powerful, had better brakes, etc.
color: Cosmos Black metallic
body style: 2 door "coupe"
5spd manual transmission
3.18 rear diff w/LSD
build date: 03/95
purchased: August 4th, 2012
miles when purchased: 192,210 miles (309332 km)
engine:
3.0L 24v I-6 S50B30US, OBDI
factory rated power (crank): 240hp/225 ft-lb (305 Nm)
dyno'd power with mods: 225 whp/204 ft-lb (276 Nm)
how the car came:
- Cosmos cold air intake
- Turner Euro intake/AFM (3.5")
- DSR cams
- 24 lb injectors
- TRM chip tune
- poly FCAB and RTAB bushings
- Sparco R100 black/black seats with sliders, VAC Motorsports driver's side low-profile adapter
- Bilstein Sport dampers, stock springs
- Z3 shifter, Momo shift knob
- ATE brake fluid, Hawk HP Plus pads
- DJ Auto Euro projector headlights, DDM Tuning HID kit
- JVC bluetooth/CD/stereo
- tinted using unknown film
- TR Motorsport 17x8.5 wheels, Continental ExtremeContact DWS 245/40/17 tires
- Kosei K1 17x8.5 wheels, Bridgestone RE-01 245/40/17 tires
what I've done since I bought the car three days ago:
- fixed tail light bulbs and bulb sockets not working
- removed driver's Sparco seat, replaced with OMP Champ seat, Planted side mount brackets, removed slider
- painted chrome kidneys matte black
- washed the car.. noted any issues
dirty interior with the Sparco seats
installed the OMP seat.. roughly 18 lbs vs. the 38 lbs of the Sparco seats, and sooooo much more comfortable
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