Anyways welcome to the forum, and I'm glad you found what you were looking for!
What do you have planned for the car?
Thanks.
Well for the car, first I need to find a decent 89-91' 319is
perferably red. The problem at this point is that there aren't any here in Lithuania (the ones I know are rallying, track driving, or just rotting on some junkyard), so my best shot will be to find one in Germany near Kiel. Then with the hep of my friend ship it on a local ferry.
And that would be one of the most difficult parts of the project.
Then the fun part begins, as it happens I work at a local bodywork-paint service, so i'm hoping after some time begging my boss on my knees, he will lend me some space in the garage. After that I just wake up every sunday will a huge smile and rush to work.
Then basically it's straight forward work:
1. Strip the car completly (leaving only the tyres, and the wheel to turn them)
2. Repair all rust spots and dents (originally thought on galvanizing the whole frame, but dont know exactly if there are bigg enought galvanazing baths in this country)
3. Base-coat it, and then take it to the painting-chamber, paint it with original BMW BrilliantRot color, and hope to put 4-5 layers of clear.
4. Take it back to the work-shop and leave i covered with a huge blancket.
5. This is probably more difficult than buying the car, as failure here may kill the project with tons of money wasted.
Strip the engine, port and polish it, and do a complete rebuild (X-raing the block and the head is what concernes me, as well as proper shaft balancing, I don't know if there are really compitent people who could do this, after all the engine is going to spin @ 7000rpm)
6. Most common mods: short shift kit, LSD, probably bilstein suspension with H&R springs, sway bars on this car are as thik as on the M3, so no upgrade here, complete poly bushing set, recently considered a close ratio gear box as well as a lighter flywheel. Chrome tower strut bars would make the engine bay, and the trunk look killer, but availability of these things is a concern. 15" lightweight rims if i can find the ones that look good, or Original BBS CrossSpokes. Original BMW sports seats or some aftermarket ones if i cand find any. Other mods (pads, lights, trim, etc.)
7. Assemble the whole thing together, ang get my MOT (or what it's called?)
8. Dyno run the car (if I have any money left
) And custom chip tune, or just slap a aftermarket one
I hope you stayed with me through this long post
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