Hello from australia a project i built a while ago

[AUS325IS]

hello from downunder love this site and wish we had more e30 enthusiast downhere.
well this is a e30 i built a little while ago had to get rid of her due to a serious illnes tell me what ya think.
i currently drive a 325is or 325 sport to you guys it has all th fruit leather, 13 button obc, cruise control we only got 100 of theese here so its a rare car i'll post pics of the sport up after if theese work

[Fal_325i]

bloody hell! looks clean and a nice stance, is that a 200 sx motor in there?, shame it's an auto though, turbo power all the way!, what was the spec on this?

[Baz666]

thats looks mighty fine fella, dose it go some.

[Jhonno]

Awesome sleeper!!! Shame bout the autobox tho..

[Morat]

That, is naughty

[maxfield]

I like it.

Shame about the autobox as people said.

[Morat]

autobox is personal choice.... I'm sure this one shifts

[maxfield]

I was once told autoboxes are better for the 1/4 mile due to it staying in its torque band longer

[AUS325IS]

thanks for the coments guys yes this car was setup to run on the 1/4 mile and had a big stall convertor in it to match the larger turbo and as maxfield said the auto box is best for 1/4 mile racing yes thats a 200sx motor

[mrgtsx]

hey champ there are more of us aussies here we are just in hiding
car looks tops what mods have you got on the ca18det?
where abouts in victoria are you im in vic as well

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

nice

[Trise30rally]

I love it! really stealth, apart from the massive fmic ovcourse

[AUS325IS]

i'm in s.e. melbourne the mods on the ca18det were tuned lenghth extractors gt25 turbo and other little mods i can't remember of the top of my head i sold the car a while ago if you read the first post i now have a 325is

[Karan]

lovely job... but why not sr20det lol

only saying that cos i have an s14 and we are all anti ca

[Jon_Bmw]

Its all about the CA Karan

What sort of power does the GT25 turbo give.

Our 200sx is an ca18det with an s14 turbo(and all the other gubbins) and its about 260-270bhp but with-a-lotttttta lag.

[E30BeemerLad]

see how the Aussies have things figured out, M20 mill gives up the ghost, forget sourcing another BMW mill and chuck some JDM rightness in there.

What sort of times are you seeing down the 1/4 then fella?

[cliffybabe]

looks fat as

[oze30]

see how the Aussies have things figured out, M20 mill gives up the ghost, forget sourcing another BMW mill and chuck some JDM rightness in there.

Why?
It's cheaper to buy a front cut from a jap wreck than to buy another engine or to source one for that matter. BMW engines are hard to get. Once they go, most people tend to bolt in another engine as it's easier and less hassle. PLUS, if you go down in capacity, you ok when it comes to regs (From my last understanding. Go above the OE capacity, and you have to get the thing engineered for brakes and mounts etc. Go down, and the world is your oyster!!)

Great car, I stuck the BMW 4.0l V8 in mine, ready for the traffic light drags when it gets shipped back.

What's the go with the shifter? Could you get anything else to fit? Looks shite with that there!!

(Oh, originally, I'm from Sydney!!)[/i]

[gareth]

nice! a real sleeper!
love the steelies too. what size are they? OE 14" ones?

[AUS325IS]

yeah there o3 14'a on there like i said i sold the car ages ago never ran down the quarter i used the 200sx because of the overdrive button cause the car had the 200sx auto in it

[mrgtsx]

yeh as said before bmw engines are rare and hard to find in good condition here in australia let alone parts hence most of us go japanese route. if we had ready available parts i wouldt be sticking a jap engine into my cab id be stuffing in an m3 engine fo sho