Whew! 3 years later, the '02 is done. It's awesome, and fast as all Hell. OK, there are some small, fiddly bits to get, but the car is on the road, and I'm psyched! It handles like you wouldn't believe (see stats below) and I'm dying to play cat-and-mouse with Ron's supertweaked 2.7 911.
Stats:
1973 BMW 2002 (Roundie!)
2.5 liter, stroked motor with M3 crank ~175 hp and 175 lb/ft
Metric Mechanic Hi-Flo head
Weber 40 DFAV
Pertronix Ignition
5-spd gearbox
Recaro seats reupholstered in German vinyl
Ireland Stage II springs (~1.5 inch lowered)
Bilstein HD shocks
Full urethane suspension mounts (this is some STIFF suspension)
I'm running about .9 degree negative camber in the front, which is about all I can get w/o bending the struts. Over the winter, the struts come out and go to Ireland Engineering to add another degree.
On upgrade list:
Kosei Racing wheels
2.91 LSD
Maybe a pair of Weber sidedrafts... OK, not "maybe" - this will happen, it's just a question of when.
Woo freaking hoo!
JP