E30 Zone

not very E30 and proberly in the wrong section but thought some of you might be interested in having a look at some pictures of my BMW 2002 Turbo project..



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and finally a couple of my dads toys including my E30..

what an effing beautiful car!

That's cool as.

I love 2002's. A particularly nice example.

Any more shots?

What's the green and black thing behind it in the shed?

Oh is the yellow car a Datsun 240Z?

that turbo looks very nice indeed, not jealous in the slightest

Rosc0PColtrane wrote:What's the green and black thing behind it in the shed?

Oh is the yellow car a Datsun 240Z?

Looks like a 1968 Mustang..? I'm probably wrong.
Yellow car is a Nissan 240Z, and t'other car is a TVR Sagaris. I think.

I hope you're not "trickin' out dat ryde, m8" with gaaay mods. It's so nice.
What are the plans?

I thought you were joking

Looks very nice....

Only it is RHD, isn't it? That means it's a replica...

Also how do you intend to mount the turbo and exhaust manifold downpipe? AFAIK, the standard turbo kit can't be made to fit RHD shells...

Cloud wrote:

Rosc0PColtrane wrote:What's the green and black thing behind it in the shed?

Oh is the yellow car a Datsun 240Z?

Looks like a 1968 Mustang..? I'm probably wrong.
Yellow car is a Nissan 240Z, and t'other car is a TVR Sagaris. I think.

I hope you're not "trickin' out dat ryde, m8" with gaaay mods. It's so nice.
What are the plans?

So we're both right about the Nissan/Datsun then?

IIRC the Japs based it on the Ferrari Dino. Did a great job of it too. Unfortunate that it rusts quicker than a Mk II Escort and E30 combined!!!!

Here's a lovely example:

We had one of these in black

The yellow car is a Datsun 260Z 2+2. Note the extra large rear side window.

IUs the Turbo a real one or a decent copy? Given the prices of real ones, I'd be buying a solid 1602 and building one!

You Somali Pirate!!!

I love those old Datsuns!

Wow. That's beautiful.

That 2002 looks sublime!! I'm soo unexplainably jealous

that looks the bo11ocks, very nice.

as for the 240/260z, its nothing compared to the 300zx

Blitz wrote:We had one of these in black

WTF! These are utter dog shite!

WTF! These are utter dog shite!

Just like that 300sx in the post preceeding yours. What a state.

Blitz wrote:We had one of these in black

My mate had a turbo one of these ages ago, was cherry red and went really really well.

2002 is beautiful, original or copy I would have it. I love those old Datsuns 240 or 260 there both

This one makes me moist

Theo325 wrote:

WTF! These are utter dog shite!

Just like that 300sx in the post preceeding yours. What a state.

ahhh im gutted you dont like it, perhaps i choose a bad picture, heres a better example

2002

Andyboy wrote:The yellow car is a Datsun 260Z 2+2. Note the extra large rear side window.

IUs the Turbo a real one or a decent copy? Given the prices of real ones, I'd be buying a solid 1602 and building one!

well spotted on the 260Z, Andy...I used to have one of those...met a sad end, though (totalled against a then brand new Porsche 944)...

As I said, if you want a proper 02 turbo rep you need a LHD shell...plenty of those around, though...

prefer the look of the old skooler 300zx then the newer ones......

the 2002 looks gorgeous to

ahhh im gutted you dont like it, perhaps i choose a bad picture, heres a better example

I think you'll struggle to get a good photo somehow... Sorry if i've offended, I assumed you were joking

robbo86 wrote:prefer the look of the old skooler 300zx then the newer ones......

the 2002 looks gorgeous to

But the 300zx is an atrocoius hunk of scrap iron...handles like a boat and about as slow as one, too!

The 280zx is about the same, tbh...

The 240 and 260, though are genuinely good cars...The 240Z was Datsuns' (Nissans') attempt at hitting the MGBGT market, but they produced a proper sports car with decent handling, a fantastic engine and reasonable packaging internally...
They are actually (other than the US inspired 70s interior) very modern cars.

Theo325 wrote:

ahhh im gutted you dont like it, perhaps i choose a bad picture, heres a better example

I think you'll struggle to get a good photo somehow... Sorry if i've offended, I assumed you were joking

i was

all the same i enjoyed my time with it.

Moved to Photo Gallery.

Beautiful looking 2002. Very nice.

Lovely 2002. More pictures, pleeeeeeease

2002 is awesome. always loved them

2002 is sexy.

Aren't you only 17 too?

2002 is gorgeous! I reallylike it! What seats are you putting in it though? The buckets or the recaros?

Datsun looks good! My dad had a 240z quite a while back! Was gorgeous!

jamie325isport wrote:

Blitz wrote:We had one of these in black

My mate had a turbo one of these ages ago, was cherry red and went really really well.

2002 is beautiful, original or copy I would have it. I love those old Datsuns 240 or 260 there both

This one makes me moist

Nice, I had a Cherry Turbo in black and an Alfa Romeo Arna (same car but with a boxer engine in it) and both cars were very capable. I owned them more years ago than I care to remember now

Now the 2002, that is a nice car, and I will have one..... one day

The 240Z'x and 260Z's turn up at my garage with all sorts of nastiness under the bonnet

Rosc0PColtrane wrote:I love 2002's. A particularly nice example.

Any more shots?

What's the green and black thing behind it in the shed?

Oh is the yellow car a Datsun 240Z?

the yellow car is a 260z slightly longer than the 240z as its got four seats, the green and black car in the garage is another project a MK1 Escort..

ill get some more pics up during the week..

maxfield wrote:2002 is sexy.

Aren't you only 17 too?

18 now

and yes it is a replica unfortunatly, it started life as a 2002tii with a standard 2litre engine in it, we managed to find a 2002 turbo engine, being rhd fitting the turbo under the bonnet missing the steering colum is going to be quite difficult, not sure if we our goin to use the original KKK turbo yet ill try and keep you updated with pics.. the cars not running yet its been a 10year long project with my dad so far..

may get shot for this but i have a very large soft spot for the MKI escort

Ultra cool 2002..and the datsun 240z