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Re: What are your budget and goal (archive)
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Posted by Shelby on October 29, 2000 at 14:53:05:

In Reply to: What are your budget and goal posted by Lee on October 29, 2000 at 14:45:18:


If you want to start from an E30 shell, you can buy a good used 325 with a dead engine but with a perfectly straight shell for $1000. Swapping to a 3.2 M US spec engine will cost you $4000 for the engine and $2000 for the swap. A full custom rollcage is around $1000. Coil-over suspension will be another $1000. Plus $1200 for bigger brakes. Add to this a seat, steering wheel and fire instiguisher. Of course you need three sets of rims and tires. Total cost will be less than $13000.

With a stock M20 engine, budget goes down to $7000.

This would be for a Prepared car with M20 engine. M3 engine is Modified.

I am currently starting a winter project: E30 + M20 + rollcage + big brakes. For under $5000.

I hope to be running in Prepared

My "prepared/IT" class style e30 is well over 12k at his point (including the original car) and it's still not totally tricked out. I love the results and I plan on evolving the car over the winter to modified/production specs for next year, but it's my experience that your $ estimate is low.

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