BoxheadTim said:GameboyRMH said:In reply to docwyte :
Tim did at one point own the most cursed Toyobaru in existence, but he was lucky enough that it waited until 2 owners later to spontaneously lunch its replacement engine.
Wait... what? I must've missed that. And that was an engine that I bought all the bits for that were supposed to have all the goodies one needed to make it "reliable".
Yep, that's what makes it the most cursed:
In reply to GameboyRMH :
Well, E36 M3. Most cursed indeed - I had seen the initial post, but somehow missed the follow on.
In reply to BoxheadTim :
I don't see any evidence that there was an engine failure, just a rattling sound in a small RPM window, which could be any number of things.
A picture of oil, which says nothing - all oil looks like that.
And no followups.
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
Good point. When the original engine suffered from rattling/knocking, the cause became very obvious and not that hard to document. Non-stock windows in the block tend to help with that.
In reply to BoxheadTim :
Here to point out that an E36 M3 IS a '90's machine. 
In reply to docwyte :
Great, now I feel old, given that I remember when it came out 
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docwyte said:In reply to BoxheadTim :
Here to point out that an E36 M3 IS a '90's machine.
Hell, the first E46s (328s, not M3s) were 1999.
In reply to BoxheadTim :
My first M3 was a 1995 that I bought in 2002. It'd nearly be 30 years old now. I still really like that platform and Rodan isn't doing me any favors posting up about his E36 Touring. I wouldn't mind having one of those with the S52 motor in it as a DD.
In reply to docwyte :
There is/was a 318ti with an S52 for sale locally. I think that would be close to perfect if the conversion was done properly. But I don't think I want to find out.
I suspect a lot of E36s here have succumbed to the salt as I barely see any for sale.
I hear S197s are pretty corrosion resistant and probably new enough for the parts supply to not have imploded completely.
In reply to BoxheadTim :
E36's don't really rust much. They're old cars now and really aren't going to be listed unless it's on a more specialist board/site
docwyte said:In reply to BoxheadTim :
E36's don't really rust much. They're old cars now and really aren't going to be listed unless it's on a more specialist board/site
Agreed, I see track-prepped E36s for sale on BMW-related groups pretty frequently.
docwyte said:In reply to BoxheadTim :
My first M3 was a 1995 that I bought in 2002. It'd nearly be 30 years old now. I still really like that platform and Rodan isn't doing me any favors posting up about his E36 Touring. I wouldn't mind having one of those with the S52 motor in it as a DD.
I'd love an E30 wagon with an S52. The normal 2-door E30 I S52 swapped put down 240/240 on the dyno. That car was a riot..........until the headgasket popped. I was so disappointed I had a friend help me do a new headgasket and then parted the car out.
In reply to z31maniac :
Mine made 240 too. I also had to fix the head gasket, it's just a thing on them once the mileage gets up there and if they're used on the track. A hint of overheating and the head gasket is fried
Well, someone took his wife to a spa and forgot that the auction on that Mini was ending.
I've got a slight change of plans though - after my knee issue derailed the WRX purchase, I think I'm going to make my way down to Duncan Imports sometime in the New Year and check out their Minis. That might be a much cheaper way to determine if I'm Mini-compatible than relying on memories of the ones that I owned 25 years ago.
Good thing about me planning is that once I come up with a plan, I stick with i.... Hey look what the squirrel dragged in:
Ah well, I might throw a couple of bids in after all.
In reply to BoxheadTim :
That's awesome. I've autocrossed a Mini twice and it was hysterical fun.
I vintage race against Minis and they are the same style as my 1200; chuck it in and balance it all on the throttle.
In reply to Tom1200 :
The nice thing about that car is that it's already heavily modified so I wouldn't berkeley up a nice original 60s Mini.
That's rad.
DO IT!
docwyte said:In reply to BoxheadTim :
E36's don't really rust much. They're old cars now and really aren't going to be listed unless it's on a more specialist board/site
They had pretty bad rust problems here. The E46s are a little better, they don't lose rockers and quarters the was E36s do, but for some reason the E46 trunk corroded heavily.
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
Where's here? I had mine in Boston and neither it, nor any of my friends cars had rust issues. In Colorado rust isn't really a thing...
Oh well, outbid again. I might be too cheap for the BaT crowd .
In reply to BoxheadTim :
I can get you a good deal on a Triumph GT6 vintage race car.
In reply to Tom1200 :
Tempting as that's another one of my bucket list cars. I'm looking for something that would be street legal though, so I'm not sure this GT6 would qualify?
And regarding my pricing comment, I think the Mini was fairly priced, but I was only able to throw in one bid before I had to hop on a work call, so of course I got outbid...
BoxheadTim said:In reply to Tom1200 :
Tempting as that's another one of my bucket list cars. I'm looking for something that would be street legal though, so I'm not sure this GT6 would qualify?
He has the title but the interior is completely striped so not likely what you want.
He vintage raced it for near 30 years; had the motor out to build up a new engine, then went through a rough patch so it never went back together. He has all his notes.
He says 6K is his bottom line but I'm sure he'd take a smidgen less.
At that price I was tempted to buy it, build a stockish motor, put the interior back in it and make a track day car out of it. The Mustang deal popped up so I went with that.
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