Genvej til M3 - 320iS

Jeg har den seneste uges tid drømt rigtig meget om E30 M3'ere... De er bare ret dyre efterhånden! Det fik mig til at tænke på et billigere alternativ: 320iS.

320 iS kunne fås med både 2 og 4 døre, og har en 2-liters version af S14 motoren og Getrag close-ratio gearkasse, ligesom M3'eren. De kun 2 liters motorvolumen skyldes hensyn til afgiftsreglerne i Italien og Portugal - og det er da også de eneste markeder den blev solgt på fra ny.

320iS deler karosse, undervogn mm. med de øvrige 3-serie BMW'er - og har altså ikke her lånt noget fra M3 på de områder. De var dog alle udrustede med M-Sportfahrwerk. S14'eren i 320iS yder 192 hk ved 6.900 omdrejninger  i minuttet - altså kun 8 hk mindre end M3 versionen på 2,3 liter. Prisen for 320iS ligger på ca. det halve af en E30 M3. Her et eksemplar med 16" BBS fælge:

Jeg elsker det boxy design på en 2-dørs E30... Måske man skulle have en E30 igen?

Se et eksempel på en fin 320iS til salg her.

1981 Scirocco til salg

I dagens mail fra Bring a Trailer linkes der til en fin VW Scirocco. Bilen er totalrenoveret og ombygget med en tunet 1.8 turbo motor fra Passat = en ret hurtig sag!

Det er nu mest kombinationen af farve, BBS-fælge og det "clean" ydre der tiltaler mig:

Prisen er dog heftige 14.500 $ !! Her følger sælgers beskrivelse af den fine Scirocco:
Lets start from the beginning. The car was originally purchased for $2000 in running condition.

Exterior:
The car was completely stripped of all rubber, glass, wires for the $5000 paint job. After paint I installed a new headliner ($350 w/reciept) , all new rubber and a brand new Pilkington windshield ($275 w/reciept) and new rubber all around the car from Vintage Rubber. ($500). The duckbill look like new with no cracks ($300), the Euro Bumpers were almost new ($1000) The H1 and H4 head lights are new ($250), The taillights were NOS ($200)

Suspension:
Bilstein front Race Struts V36-0103 ($579.90 w/receipt) w Bonrath strut towers ($150) Bilstein Rear with ground control ($300) Race springs with 400/300 spring rate ($200) No Sway bars

Under the hood:
02A 5 speed manual trans with Peliquin Limited Diff. (Paid 2251.97 w/reciept). It was completely build by Kraftwerks. This trans maybe has 500 miles on it.
1.8t abf from 99 passat. (paid $1500) This engine only had 35,000 miles when I got it and I only put 500 miles on it. The car runs on the original passate computer and and wiring harness. Each connection has been soldered for reliability. The turbo was purchased new ($900) and only has 500 miles on it. Turbo pipes all custom ($300) Intercooler 29x5.75x3 Spearco Race ($325 w/reciept), Downpipe is a Techonics 1.8t a1 for Scirocco1 Noncat ($393.50 w/reciept) Exhaust 2.5 Early a-1 aluminized w/borla muffler ($371.50 w/reciept) Alternator is the new serpentine setup with the flat belt drive ($150). Brand new air meter 037-906-461-cx (252.98 w/receipt), this car has the aftermarket front reinforcement bar ($150) This bar keeps the front valence from breaking from all of the power and the car generates. WRD O2A motor mounts for A1 Scirocco and mechanical Slave Kit ($649.36 w/reciept) New Large radiator with aftermarket fans. ($200) New water pump. Cable shifter for 02A trans ($150) ECS Tuning Stage 1 Clutch kit w/lw steel flywheel ($429.68 w/reciept) 11 inch brake kit that was installed 2 months ago with only 20 miles on the front breaks and pads ($250) New Bigcrank battery purchased on 7/2/10 ($3.47 w/receipt)

Interior:
Recaro NOS Seats from 20 years ago. They came new in the box but they are period correct. ($850) Recaro/scirocco seat tracks ($175) The interior is complete with carpet clean dash with a limited amount of cracks 5 vdo gauges. No rear seats

This car has been garaged everyday for the last 5 years since I purchased it. Like I said I may have put 500 miles on it since I got it running. This car only gets better with age. You will not find another car for sale like this for a long time. Last time I checked I put $20,000 into it.

This is just the big stuff that I can remember. There aren't too many builds with almost all receipts and a full record of the build day by day year by year. Alot of love went into this labor. I built this car the way I did because I thought I was going to keep this car forever and give it to my son. (I'll build a new one in a few years.)

The only thing I can say bad about the car is it might need a new starter because sometime the solenoid sticks. The car starts like a new car on the first try even after the car sits for 3 months it starts on the first try. The whole car is in A condition. It's almost show quality. But I didn' want to built it too nice where I didn't want to drive it. 

Se BAT artiklen her. Se mange flere billeder af bilen her, og en tråd om renoveringen/ombygningen af bilen her.