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Your compact doesn't have round headlights......

This looks potentially interesting. My car has round headlamps but doesn't currently run or drive...

That actually looks like a ton of fun.

It's just called that, and I know the guy so I get a pass. Lol. The real requirements are kinda old and something you have had your own hands in. It's not for pebble beach cars or what people refer to as checkbook enthusiasts. 
 
You got til September!

Hi Alex!

It's great to see that M3's destiny finally panning out. Good work!

I may have a spare 318ti driveshaft in my garage, unknown condition if you run into needing one. I'd just give it to ya. 

Nah that's just a lil tappy boi.

Nah that's just a lil tappy boi.

I ended up using an e30 sport seat. They work well because the feet are all on the same plane so you can just bolt it to some plywood 

I thought it was just a 135i with an M badge but then I saw the centercaps and knew it was the real deal 👀

Just created instagram
www.instagram.com/therealrekiii
Some other dbag took rekiii

I can taste it. I need a rear subframe though. 
I did order a DME with all the things deleted today, and I plan on buying an exhaust system instead of cobbling one together. It's just easier. Eventually I'll need a manual wiring harness so I can get rid of all the extra bits from the auto trans that was originally in the M3. 
Who knew building cars was so expensive?
Anyway, gonna be hooking up all the things today, fill with fluids, see if it fires. If so, I'll probably have it driving by this weekend. If not I'll have to wait for my DME to arrive. If anyone wants to come hang out while I connect stuff, all the hard/dirty work is done. It gets lonely under the car.

Nope, 
dirt rally/pcars/assetto
xbox life

Nope. I barely have time to drive real cars, let alone fake ones.

Motor going into the compact today. Hopefully will move under it's own power today or tomorrow. 

I've heard of people just using the whole thing and not having too much of an issue, so I'm going to give it a shot. If nothing else I have the ti drive shaft on standby.

You can own the engine that sparked a swap. Overheated M44 with a couple hunnit thousand miles. 5 speed trans in great shape. Will sell complete for $200. Come and get it!
M44:
-asc delete
-modded airbox
-ac delete
-head gasket partial delete
Trans:
-slipper clutch mod

Over the years a lot of blame has been placed on BMW engineers for incorporating plastic impellers, coolant pipes, thermostat housings end tanks, and viscous clutch fans on the cars which ultimately were believed to fail, causing overheating, blown head gaskets, and cracked cylinder heads.
This is a flawed belief.
Pay attention to any good build thread and you can see that even after aluminum components, metal impellers, overdrive pullies, Water Wetter additives,  and electric fans are installed, temperatures still continue to be on the uncomfortable side of normal and overheating can happen. This proof shows us that it has nothing to do with plastic parts.
The reality of the situation lies in the fact that the thermostatic coolant flow control valve known as a "thermostat" is actually a living breathing organism. How else would it move without compulsion from an external energy source such as electricity, magentism, or hydraulic force???  

Thermostats are living breathing entities.

"But my BMW is fine, it has no issue with overheating"
In a closed dark environment, filled with coolant, a thermostat does not know where it is at any given time. HOWEVER, the moment you remove your thermostat housing to do some preventative maintenance, the thermostat is exposed to the environment and becomes aware  to the fact that it resides in Wisconsin, a brutal frigid climate with which the thermostat wrongly assumes it can  take a break.

So have you recently worked on your cooling system only to find that your car is now running a bit hot or overheating?
Now you know why.