Let’s Have A E28 / E30 / E24 Thread

[908/930]

My stock 87, auto at the moment but have a 5 speed ready to install.

[pavulon]

Originally Posted by 908/930

My stock 87, auto at the moment but have a 5 speed ready to install.

Beauty!!!

Big special Thank You to 908/930 for putting eyes on my car in BC!!

[rrental]

Love my E30. Unfortunately pricing is going up dramatically making it a bit more difficult to find parts.

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[908/930]

No prob Pavulon, glad I could help. Your euro e28 is quite a cool looking car.

[wilnj]

Originally Posted by pavulon

Currently, a reeaally patient connoisseur...it's so, so slow. I'm leaning heavily toward an M30 based 6...possibly turbo'd because although I love the way a hot NA M30 can sound with ITBs, I don't want to be disappointed by low levels of fun (torque).

slow&rusty's 6 series look like great stuff too and IIRC, he has or had a great 8 series as well!

S52 is supposed to be fairly easy.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by pmax

Hey look, entire forums !

BMW Forums - Pelican Parts Forums

lol

[pavulon]

Originally Posted by wilnj

S52 is supposed to be fairly easy.

Lots of options. LS, almost any BMW 6, turbo...but the trans has to fit too.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

This fell into my lap a few months ago.
84 533i, 5 speed.
The car needs quite a bit of sorting but the body is solid and straight for the most part and I'm digging the Bronzit color. I'll replace these off-brand wheels with some BMW style 5's...

If this has a black interior, I owned the exact car 20 years ago. It was bone stock and in fantastic mechanical condition, one of the strongest cars I’ve ever had, including Porsches.

I have very fond memories of driving it to MN from CA for Christmas one year at triple digit speeds and then drifting like crazy on the snow packed roads while I was there. Hall of Fame car. +++

[McLovin]

I have over 30 years of wrenching on and owning E21s, E30s, E24s and E28.
Currently own my “dream versions” of 2 of them.
After having many Porsches over the years (mostly 911, 914 and 944), all the Porsches are gone, highly likely to never be replaced.
But my 80s BMWs are forever cars. No plan to ever sell.
I’ve pretty much done every possible repair and maintenance job on E21s and E24/28 (the Gen 2 E24 the E28 share the same chassis and mechanicals), most of them multiple times.
Great cars, IMO there’s nothing quite like them.

[Jims5543]

Originally Posted by pavulon

I dig the modded E30 sedan Jims5543 posted! Are you going to modify your 533 much?

It is Rammsteins old car, when he bought it he emailed me about it, I told him if he ever wanted to get rid of it to give me 1st dibs.

He did and I bought it. It is nicknamed the panty dropper. The two guys before me who owned it knocked their wife's up twice forcing the sale of the car.

It has a cam / chip / intake in it and the reason for the 2.8 M50 is because it was always intended to have FI added to it, I am really close to adding a super charger to it.

My problem is, it is already hard to keep planted with approx 250HP I cannot imagine what a handful it will be with more than that.

The guy that restored it, cleaned up the engine bay nicely. I added the Mason strut bar.

If I were swapping in an engine on an older 5 series I would look into a S52 or S54. No need for valve adjustments and some nice HP.

[jyl]

Originally Posted by Jims5543

I am really close to adding a super charger

Say more! What kind, what’s involved?

[WPOZZZ]

Ahh, the keepers of the old school Bimmers! My first was a 528e, then I had a slew of E24s, a couple of E30s. My 2.3 liter E30 was so-so. I really liked my E34s.

[pmax]

Someone help doxdodo !

[Rob Channell]

One with the wheels that were on it when I bought it and one with the wheels I chose to replace them (8x17 style 42).
The cool...
5 speed,
M3 sized brake upgrade,
MTech springs
Dinan sized swaybars
Adjustable Sport Konis, switching back to Bilsteins
Limited slip from E30 (3.73)
Recaro LS driver seat (love it, wish I had about 9 more)
E30 passenger sport seat
I have had it on the track once. It handled well but I thought it needed more power. Skip "Crash" Carlson drove it and liked it a lot.

The not so cool.....
Interior in very poor condition, seat rips, door panels disintegrating
Water leaks into interior
Paint peeling even worse now than in pictures, surface rust on hood
Rear ended in driver rear, pushed in bumper a bit
May repaint but cannot decide between respray in original color or battleship grey with diagonal M stripes across it similar to my $2000 challenge E36.

[Jims5543]

Originally Posted by jyl

Say more! What kind, what’s involved?

There are a few kits out there, ECS has one, and a few other venders.

My 2.8 was set up to be supercharged, IIRC, it has a cam in it selected just fro FI.

2 owners back is the guy that built up this car. He picked the 2.8 over a 3.0 because he wanted the thicker cylinder walls and sturdier engine to handle the boost.

Most places claim 6 psi will add 100HP with their tune.

[dewolf]

Had this for a while. Factory manual M535I

[87911jon]

My '88 M5. 5 year restoration, full bare metal repaint, euro leather dash, swapped the S38 for a M88 euro, which was fully rebuilt at VSR in NH. Basically, replaced whatever was needed. Sad part is I'm pretty sure I'll be selling her at some point.

[Pedro '84 Coupe]

Had two E30s (one cabrio, one sedan) and an E24. Loved those cars. Always wanted a nice E28 but never got the chance to pull the trigger. I owned an E39 too. Brother-in-law drives it now and loves it almost as much as I did.

[strupgolf]

Can I play in your group too.

[herr_oberst]

Hey, this thread has gotten me thinking. I know that during my 911 ownership I watched as replacement parts became scarcer, more expensive and chintzier. So I put it to you ’80’s BMW owners; where are you buying your replacement parts and pieces? I’m thinking of things like brand new replacement body rubber and seals, mechanical wear items like alternators and water pumps, and the little jewel things like replacement tools for trunk mounted tool kits. I’m already seeing stuff that was available from Pelican just a couple of months ago listed as NLA…
Is there a good source that you go to for used NLA stuff like interior bits and bobs and electrical components like taillights or switches?

And, lastly, are there items that as a good steward I should be sort of squirreling away for future use - items that might not need replacement yet, but will be needed down the road that you are seeing getting scarcer?