[5 Speed Conversion--Any Shops in the MKE area?]

I have everything needed for the 5-speed swap sitting in my garage.  I decided to go another way.  $625 picked up in Rochester, MN.

[Are you keeping your BMW "forever"?]

I might sell the 1991 325i, though it's worth so little it's probably not worth getting rid of.

I won't sell the 1988 M3 unless something crazy happens.

[Gopherbrain Introduction - e30 M3 content!]

I'll have to try to make it to an event next spring or summer. Both cars are asleep for the winter, and I might not be welcome in my daily driver (2001 Audi S4 avant). Plus, I'm an intruder on the board, as I actually live in MN (but mnbmw.com is lame).

I've never tracked either of my cars. I might want to start with the 325i and work my way up to the M3. The guy I bought the M3 from used it as a back-up track car once in a while (he was a BMWCCA instructor with a dedicated e36 M3 with an S54 swap for track use) and he said it was the strongest S52 car he has ever run.

A few more pics just for the hell of it.

[Gopherbrain Introduction - e30 M3 content!]

New member here. I've owned a 1991 e30 325i coupe for 6 or 7 years, and recently added a 1988 M3. The M3 is an S52 swap, and if this offends you please feel free to keep it to yourself. I rescued it from NJ, where it was cared for and loved by the guys at Guten.

Exterior:

- Hella Smiley Euro Ellipsoid headlights

- Front Tow hook covers

- Euro front grills

- Evo 3 adjustable rear wing

- Evo 2 front splitter

- Single wiper system

Interior:

- Alpine 400watt system

- Diamond audio component speakers front and rear

- Interior of vehicle lined with dynamite

- New oe carpet all pieces

- Recaro sports seats

- Whole interior covered in porsche leather and alcantara centers, grey stitching trim

- All pillars of car, rear deck, & visors wrapped in alcantara

- Evo 3 steering wheel

- V1 Hardwire

Engine:

- s52 - approximately 58,000 miles

- Castro Intake Box

- Euro HFM

- 24# injectors

- TRM chip

- e36 radiator

- Rogue cat back exhaust

- Shorty Headers

- new bosch alternator

Brakes:

- Brembo front BBK (Lotus Caliper & Brembo rotors)

- SS brake lines

Suspension:

- Bilstein sports & H&R springs

- cambre plates

- M coupe diff cover

- BW control arm mounts

- Ireland engineering sway bar

My 1991 325i is a slushbox that I bought when living in San Francisco, where I didn't want to drive a manual. I have all the parts for 5-speed swap that I bought before I found the M3. I can't decide whether to sell the car and the swap kit, finish the swap and sell it as a manual, or finish the swap and keep it around as a summer daily driver. It's got about 110k miles, aftermarket suspension, Borbet wheels, an Mtech2 spoiler (not in this picture), and smiley headlights but it is otherwise pretty stock.