Your ultimate BMW...

[maxfield]

OK, this may not be an E30 but I think this is the right section, mods if you disagree you can move it.

No budget, what would your ideal BMW be? Can be standard or modified?

I know what mine is

Jamie.

[d6dph]

Mine would be:

My E30, Bare metal resto.
Cage like Northloop has
2 x bucket seats
s50b30 with a supercharger
usual coilovers, Big brakes ect
7.5x16 & 8.5x16 Keskin KT1's with toyo R888's
Tech 2 kit, Bonnet, bootlid and sunroof panel remade from carbon
Racelogic traction control for better lauches



And bigger balls to be able to drive it properly.

[bss325i]

Mine would be:

My E30, Bare metal resto.
Cage like Northloop has
2 x bucket seats
s50b30 with a supercharger
usual coilovers, Big brakes ect
7.5x16 & 8.5x16 Keskin KT1's with toyo R888's
Tech 2 kit, Bonnet, bootlid and sunroof panel remade from carbon
Racelogic traction control for better lauches



And bigger balls to be able to drive it properly.

Nice spec!

There are to many to choose from but an E92 Hartge H50 V10 is up there!
E30 wise, a mint Alpina B6S or Hartge H35 24V. Sport evo as well of course.

A tasty E28 and E24 to, as i said to many to choose from!

[CHRISP]

For family use

The New BMW ALPINA D3 Diesel Saloon
BMW ALPINA D3


2.0 litre diesel engine with 200hp, 302 lbs-ft of torque
Six speed manual transmission
0-62mph in 7.4 secs
Max speed 145mph
Combined consumption 47.9mpg
CO2 rating 156g/km
Price £26,995 OTR

And still keep my cab for me

[StuBeeDoo]

I nearly have it.
Just need.....
MTech2 front valance (and possibly tailgate spoiler).
Respray.
C/r 'box.
My project stroker engine.

[maxfield]

Chris, that Alpina is a tasty weapon

Would have a 535D for family use... 500lb/ft+ from a remap

Me, I would have:

E30 M3 in Focus ST Orange.
Carbon fibre bonnet, boot, front wings, doors, spoilers, skirts, bumpers. Evo3 front bumper and Evo3 rear spoiler.
Totally stripped interior, a nice cage and a flocked dash. Suede steering wheel.
2 bucket seats.
Magnesium front struts with fully adjustable suspension. Fully adjustable rear beam.
Custom coilovers.
AP 6 pots on the front, Ap 4 pots on the rear. Bias adjustable.
Smoked hellas. All Red rears. Tinted windows. Black grill.
BBS LM's in Nogaro silver.
A race bred S14, stupidly high compression, very meaty cams, head work, revving to 9k etc... Running at about 300hp.

Maybe one day I can turn that into a reality...

Key word: Maybe.

[zaust]

My car with 700 - 800 hp. Would be perftect.

[hammoj28]

E30 M3 in diamond black.

Coilovers
Black centres on 16" BBS
Evo 2 spoilers
Carbon front splitter and guerney flap.
MK motorsport 380bhp engine

Yeh....that would be fine.

[kam-325i]

Hmmm....

4Dr shell........DTM paint job
Tricked out M50 2.5 producing 250Bhp, similar Torque.....
Coil overs allround
Adjustable front camber/castor
Adjustable rear subframe
4 Wheel Drive......

[MrDazzle]

M Coupe (Z3 shape).
Buckets and Harnesses
Fruitier exhaust and induction (for the sound more than anything!)

That's about it really!

[320Touring]

A Black e34 m5 Touring with a turbo'd s38 lump.

or a white 320 touring

[zimmerbimmer1]

For me

Alpina B10 BiTurbo as a Week end car

Latest M5 Touring as a family car (though got to find a family first )

Trackday Car My 535i Sport with M5 V8 in it.

Oh and a nice M3 Evo Sport in Black.

[fuzzy]

my current touring would do but with a calypso red mettalic respray, 320mm 6 pot front brake conversion, black leather front bucket seats with matching black leather baby seats, 380-400bhp cossie engine upgrade and possibly a 4wd cossie running gear conversion.
id be happy enough with that

[fuzzy]

Chris, that Alpina is a tasty weapon

Would have a 535D for family use... 500lb/ft+ from a remap

Me, I would have:

E30 M3 in Focus ST Orange.
Carbon fibre bonnet, boot, front wings, doors, spoilers, skirts, bumpers. Evo3 front bumper and Evo3 rear spoiler.
Totally stripped interior, a nice cage and a flocked dash. Suede steering wheel.
2 bucket seats.
Magnesium front struts with fully adjustable suspension. Fully adjustable rear beam.
Custom coilovers.
AP 6 pots on the front, Ap 4 pots on the rear. Bias adjustable.
Smoked hellas. All Red rears. Tinted windows. Black grill.
BBS LM's in Nogaro silver.
A race bred S14, stupidly high compression, very meaty cams, head work, revving to 9k etc... Running at about 300hp.

Maybe one day I can turn that into a reality...

Key word: Maybe.

we all start with dreams like that but then wifes and kids come along causing a reality check and a watering down of the plans

[maxfield]

Fair point. Wife will have to wait a while, kids, none yet!

[hammoj28]

Just dont get married til you have done it then......lol. Thats my plan. Might aswel enjoy yourself.

[maxfield]

TBH, I would rather stick the money in a house or business.

[hammoj28]

Yeah, there is that.lol

Btw, i take it this might be part of your inspiration:

[fuzzy]

Just dont get married til you have done it then......lol. Thats my plan. Might aswel enjoy yourself.

sometimes you dont plan these things, they just happen. i was half way through my last project when wifey came along. unfortunately i then discovered that a cossie converted toyota celica coupe with a stipped interior, 2 bucket seats with 4 point harnesses,custom fuel cell inside the car with twin interior mounted fuel pumps and piping with a plumbed in fire system wasnt really family friendly as it couldnt even hold a bag of shopping due to all the gubbins in the way
cue compromise with the cossie e30 touring

[maxfield]

Yes, that is one lovely car! I wanted a bright Orange E30 before that came a long anyway!

[hammoj28]

Hehe, beautiful ain't it.

Fuzzy, i know hardly anything goes to plan...better plan harder.lol.

Tourer cossy was a god compromise.

[fuzzy]

Fair point. Wife will have to wait a while, kids, none yet!

hopefully you will still be around the scene in 10 years from now so we can look back and see how your plans faired

[maxfield]

I will be in the BMW scene! Not sure about E30?

Well I'll probably end up with a council M3, so yes I might still be in the E30 scene

[StuBeeDoo]

Wife will have to wait a while, kids, none yet!

On a date when I was "newly re-single", the lass enquired if I had any kids and I said "None that I'm aware of". She wasn't impressed and shortly afterwards made excuses and left.

[maxfield]

I can just see the expression on her face

Lucky my lass has a hormonal implant

[fuzzy]

Wife will have to wait a while, kids, none yet!

On a date when I was "newly re-single", the lass enquired if I had any kids and I said "None that I'm aware of". She wasn't impressed and shortly afterwards made excuses and left.

sounds like a fair enough response to me.must have been her time of the month.

[BadDave]

For me it would have to be

A Zakspeed built spaceframe chassis with a full Carbon Fibre/Kevlar E30 Touring body "silhoutte"(3/4 scale like the old ZakspeedCapri's)
Fitted with a V10 from a M5 or M6 converted to twin turbo by Willie Koenig.
6 speed sequential gearbox and a 2 way LSD
ATL custom made large capacity fuel cell
Motec management with PI Research dash display and datalogging system with lap timing
Fully adjustable coilover suspension with remote resevoirs(adjustable for ride height/bump and both hi and low speed rebound damping)
8 Pot water cooled front calipers by AP clamping 378mm discs
4 Pot rears again by AP and 330mm or 355mm rear disks
With an adjustable bias pedal box
Obviously this would require a minimum of 19" race spec wheels similar to FIA GT's
Single Carbon/Kevlar Recaro race seat (with the option of adding another for passenger rides)
Plumbed in fire extinguishers
Air jacks
Full Goodridge fuel/brake lines
Season ticket for the ring
And permanent residence at one of the B+B's/guest houses near the ring

[Chris-W]

I'll take a black 507 with a red interior.

Thank you.

[maxfield]

Now that's thinking outside the box!

[milez]

E46 CSL Touring !

[MrDazzle]

For me it would have to be

A Zakspeed built spaceframe chassis with a full Carbon Fibre/Kevlar E30 Touring body "silhoutte"(3/4 scale like the old ZakspeedCapri's)
Fitted with a V10 from a M5 or M6 converted to twin turbo by Willie Koenig.
6 speed sequential gearbox and a 2 way LSD
ATL custom made large capacity fuel cell
Motec management with PI Research dash display and datalogging system with lap timing
Fully adjustable coilover suspension with remote resevoirs(adjustable for ride height/bump and both hi and low speed rebound damping)
8 Pot water cooled front calipers by AP clamping 378mm discs
4 Pot rears again by AP and 330mm or 355mm rear disks
With an adjustable bias pedal box
Obviously this would require a minimum of 19" race spec wheels similar to FIA GT's
Single Carbon/Kevlar Recaro race seat (with the option of adding another for passenger rides)
Plumbed in fire extinguishers
Air jacks
Full Goodridge fuel/brake lines
Season ticket for the ring
And permanent residence at one of the B+B's/guest houses near the ring

Surely an S70/2 would be a better engine? 'box and diff' to go with it too...

[maxfield]

Yes but find a S70/2...

I think a S65 would also be a nice engine.

[MrDazzle]

Question was 'ultimate', not 'realistic'!

[maxfield]

Not arguing... Would be a nice engine in an E30 though.

[Chris-W]

Can I also have an M1 procar in Marlboro colours, please?