Beardymats M3 touring on hold, Got me a real M3 to S50

[Jozi]

Should work now:

I'll have to have a look through the thread again for the photoshop.

Looking forward to the seeing this project happen, I've thought of a 2 door touring before but not in great detail.

[Royalratch]

The van approach is worse than the hearse method. Without a C-Pillar it will look retarded, like some kind of NHS hearing aid delivery vehicle.

But I think Beardymatt has a plan...

[beardymat]

jesus! thats just about the total opposite of what im hoping for....

Im surprised to see you here Sir Ratch but also glad you appreciate i need to stretch my creative side.

[bmwsport]

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I've got a feeling this is going to be an awesome thread. Personally i like the 4 door but with the m3 front and rear arches, maybe you could just delete the rear handles and put one piece of glass in the rear door rather than it being broken up so you'd loose one pillar (the small thin one)?

[CaesarBob]

And just for a laugh.

In some kind of deviant way i quite like the Fastback idea!

[tonybtonyb]

looks great!

[Bump]

it will look retarded, like some kind of NHS hearing aid delivery vehicle.

ha ha.

I have to gear myself up to change some mud flaps so to me attempting this is madder than anything ever.

can't wait to see what it finishes up like

[CaesarBob]

You finished this yet Mat?

[beardymat]

Well unfortunately ive had a major stall in this project, I was happily getting on with it when i spotted a for sale ad for a rolling M3 shell, i had a quick look and it was lachs silver which just happens to be my favourite e30 colour barring granite, i ruled it out on the grounds of being debt free for the first time in around 10 years. Two days went by and i could no longer resist so i phoned up ollie (the owner) and bought it over the phone

So i now have the perfect home for the S50 no money and piles of parts i no longer need, yay.

Im going to keep hold of the touring shell as i still want to do something with it but for now the priority is to get the M3 up and running and then start making it a minter

[e30topless]

I had heard the rumours !

should make a really nice project,
are you not tempted to plonk an S14 in there then ?

[Dezzy]

Another S50 E30M3 very cool

IMO for what it's worth Mat touring M3's I have seen have never looked right. I am sure yours would have been proportioned correctly though.

Any pics of the shell?

[Alpina99]

I hope we'll still be able to see the building of the M3 instead !

[he30]

You've finally bought yourself one of those e30's with nova arches have you Not that i'm the least bit jealous...

[magpie]

pics and a thread about the m3 touring or the lachs m3 will do me,both would be even betterer

[gareth]

cut the M3 up to make a M3 touring

[Jhonno]

cut the M3 up to make a M3 touring

[gareth]

anything that upsets the purists gets my vote!

ok, cut the back off the touring and weld it to the M3

[e30topless]

matt put the 2 together and build a 4 door M3,

this will make the diddler shoot in his jockeys !

[magpie]

or cause a riot ^

[goosiegander]

Upsetting purists eh?

...Ma-hahahahahahah!

[Blitz]

matt put the 2 together and build a 4 door M3,

this will make the diddler shoot in his jockeys !

Thats never been done you know.

[Jhonno]

matt put the 2 together and build a 4 door M3,

this will make the diddler shoot in his jockeys !

Thats never been done you know.

It has

[Blitz]

Oh. Looks much better then a 2 door.

[Jhonno]

Oh. Looks much better then a 2 door.

[gareth]

err, no it doesn't!

[CaesarBob]

ok, cut the back off the touring and weld it to the M3

Looks like the perfect solution to me!

So where's the pics of the M3 then Mat?

[beardymat]

Ive only got one pic at the moment, searched through ollies old posts for some but he`s really efficient at deleting them,lol.

Ill get some taken and post em up on monday when im back at work, ill probably just keep adding to this post with the build of the M3. Theres still going to be some decent bodywork shots later on as the shell has had some iffy repair work at the rear at some stage in its past, doesnt look bad to a casual observer but deffinately not up to my standards so will get done properly.

Id just about got my head round fitting the S50 in a rhd shell and now im having to learn about fitting in lhd, should make the manifold a whole deal easier though.

[Ant]

Matt the manifolds still need modding dude

I put an S50B30 into a 320iS for a customer, yes the rack input shaft is out of the way but the floorpan and ARB will still need a workaround solution.

HTH

[Jhonno]

Matt the manifolds still need modding dude

I put an S50B30 into a 320iS for a customer

They do indeed.. And bulkhead..

What a waste of a 320iS though.. Might as well have used a normal shell!

[beardymat]

I had read on uwe`s thread that the bulkhead was an issue but thats not a problem for me and my collection of hammers, just need to work out where to hit it before i get the bay painted. Thought i might go to btb for a proper exhaust making anyway so i guess they can clear the arb for me too.

how did you get on with the servo? im using a clio servo and buster has already notched the plenum on the S50.

[Falkster]

I'm sure you'd rather invest the time in the M3 Mat, you can always do the touring later down the line.

[Jhonno]

Servo is a harder issue with the M3 as you can't move it over!

[Falkster]

Oh. Looks much better then a 2 door.

For the love of god!!!!!!

[beardymat]

Just the one photo for now, this is from when it first arrived last weekend



Minus engine and seats but loads of new parts on it and freshly refurbed 16" bbs

[Dezzy]

16" BBS M3 Wheels are the nuts!

Car looks really nice mate. Looking farward to seeing it once done.