I’ve previously owned 2 e30 M3s, an e46 M3 and 2 other e36 M3/4/5 and the e36 has always been my favorite by far. So light and nimble, pound for pound the most fun you can buy! So after looking on and off for a few years, I finally found another one 10 miles from my house. The PO bought it 100% stock from the original owner at 70k and did all the mods to it. I picked it up with 235k on it with all the original parts included and documentations on every upgrade, maintenance, oil change, smog, alignment, etc, etc. Everything works as it should, cold ac, sunroof, all electronics. The dude was a fanatic in all the right ways! Besides all of the aftermarket mods, any typical e36 upgrade needed was done. All cooling, suspension, bushings, RTAB, etc…done.
At 210k, the motor blew a head gasket and the top end was completely rebuilt with new parts from Coast Motor Works in Huntington Beach. The M3 drives and looks more like it has only 100k!! Not a leak or squeak.
I did have to change the radiator out which I knew about, easy 45 min job. The front bumper has chips from all the miles and the rear bumper has a few parallel parking bumps. Minor sagging headliner, glove box and “puffy” door armrests. Other than that, not much else to do or upgrade. Maybe change to sport or race springs. I was initially looking at doing an s54 swap at the end of the year but this s52 is too strong to pull out for now.
MODS
-M50 intake manifold
-UUC billet underdrive pulleys
-TMS shorty headers
-Stromung exhaust
-UUC lightweight flywheel + E34 M5 clutch
-Conforti stage 1
-UUC Ultimate short shifter with dual shear selector rod
-H&R OE Sport springs
-Koni adjustable sport shocks
-UUC 'Sway Barbarian' swaybars
-TMS rear swaybar reinforcements welded on
-TMS RTAB limiters installed
I added a few pics of my other car too. The 2002 is a 73 with an s14 motor. For anyone curious, I paid 5500.00. This also include new front and rear Konis, and new tires.
At 210k, the motor blew a head gasket and the top end was completely rebuilt with new parts from Coast Motor Works in Huntington Beach. The M3 drives and looks more like it has only 100k!! Not a leak or squeak.
I did have to change the radiator out which I knew about, easy 45 min job. The front bumper has chips from all the miles and the rear bumper has a few parallel parking bumps. Minor sagging headliner, glove box and “puffy” door armrests. Other than that, not much else to do or upgrade. Maybe change to sport or race springs. I was initially looking at doing an s54 swap at the end of the year but this s52 is too strong to pull out for now.
MODS
-M50 intake manifold
-UUC billet underdrive pulleys
-TMS shorty headers
-Stromung exhaust
-UUC lightweight flywheel + E34 M5 clutch
-Conforti stage 1
-UUC Ultimate short shifter with dual shear selector rod
-H&R OE Sport springs
-Koni adjustable sport shocks
-UUC 'Sway Barbarian' swaybars
-TMS rear swaybar reinforcements welded on
-TMS RTAB limiters installed
I added a few pics of my other car too. The 2002 is a 73 with an s14 motor. For anyone curious, I paid 5500.00. This also include new front and rear Konis, and new tires.
Finally back into an M3/4/5!!
