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Originally Posted by javadog
This leads me to believe that you haven't yet driven one. I gotta say, you need to drive a few of them before deciding to go down that road.
A stock E36 M3 doesn't float my boat. A modified one does. I'd suggest a '95, so you don't have to deal with the OBD2 crap. I'd suggest that you don't need a sunroof or A/C. I'd suggest that you transplant a real M3 engine into it. I'd also put wider front wheels on the front and the stickiest tires you can buy. I'd install replicas of all the M3 Lightweight/GT parts, if you can stand the looks of the rear wing. I'd dig into the M3 parts bin and up the cooling capacity (radiator and oil cooler) and install the front brakes from the Euro M3. I'd want cloth front seats.
Do all that and you'll have a really fun, pretty fast car. By a stock one and you'll have a nice driving sedan. Your priorities may be different than mine but most people buy these cars to chase corners on early Sunday mornings. You've probably got the nice driving sedan box already checked.
JR
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That sounds like a hot setup but I'd start w a cheap salvage title car or roller for that since you'd be throwing away most of it to be replaced w the hotter parts on your list. They are around on local CL for $5k w 200k miles and worn-out interiors.
I actually don't have a sports car or hot sedan at the moment. I've been peeping 2008-10 BMW M3 manual trans cars and found myself drifting into looking at ads for older ones. I loved the V-8 M3 when it came out, a friend had one and I drove it a couple times. Talk about a great weekend track car.
