Project: BMW E21.

[Matt Cup]

Cool project! Love early BMW's.

I've been looking at E24 635's and E28 M5's/535 as a possible future purchase.

 

[Eddie.]

Cool project! Love early BMW's.

I've been looking at E24 635's and E28 M5's/535 as a possible future purchase.

Yum

Wouldn't mind one of those myself one day

 

[welshname]

After talking with you this morning I've got excited about this project for you.

Bike Carbs. It has to be done.

 

[Eddie.]

I feel if whatever I do, pleases the guys on here, it will be a somewhat contrasting reaction over on BMWE21.net!

They're all quite, 'original' shall we say.

 

[Budgie]

Please them. This place is full of JasonE's.

 

[welshname]

Please them. This place is full of JasonE's.

Because we all know you like to keep your cars original and as they came from the factory...

 

[Eddie.]

Tbh, I'll be pleasing myself

The car will end up how I want it to

 

[Jason_E]

The word stance makes my face melt. It's just as bad as the word "YOLO" these days.

I think, however, it'll look good with a healthy drop and some nice wheels. STANCE INNIT BRO.

 

[Christopher]

Yeah but, YOLO.

 

[Eddie.]

The word stance makes my face melt. It's just as bad as the word "YOLO" these days.

I think, however, it'll look good with a healthy drop and some nice wheels. STANCE INNIT BRO.

YOLO is an abbreviation, not a word.

Just sayin.

 

[welshname]

IOABM.

 

[sofaboy]

Do what you want. YOLO

 

[Jordanb29]

This car has some serious potential. I really like it! If it was Black with some nice Split rims and low it would look brilliant

 

[Craigus]

Drop an E36 328i lump in it. Pick them up nice and cheap.I have no idea what that would entail but do it anyway.

316 is heavy bent.

 

[welshname]

This car has some serious potential. I really like it! If it was Black with some nice Split rims and low it would look brilliant

http://www.stanceworks.com/2012/10/not-better-just-first-charlie-scotts-1981-e21-bmw-320is/

 

[Eddie.]

Drop an E36 328i lump in it. Pick them up nice and cheap.I have no idea what that would entail but do it anyway.

316 is heavy bent.

Have you driven an M10 316? It's no lap record holder, but it's nippier than you might think, helped mainly by the lack of weight in the car of course.

Some (reasonably) simple mods see it with decent power. I would love an M52 in there, but it would give a similar BHP/Tonne as the E36 M3 and I'm not sure there's any real point.

Mental performance isn't what this car will be about, more of a lazy cruiser

 

[Craigus]

It can still be a lazy cruiser, it's hardly a monster engine that you need to thrash.

Fair enough though if you are happy with it mate. Love the colour.

 

[Eddie.]

Yeah the colour is awesome, I can't wait to have that all resprayed up

Engine wise, we will see, it's pretty much last on my list of things to do.

 

[Jordanb29]

http://www.stanceworks.com/2012/10/not-better-just-first-charlie-scotts-1981-e21-bmw-320is/

Oh someones already done it, That car is great! love how close that tyre is to the arch!

 

[dmallett]

http://www.stanceworks.com/2012/10/not-better-just-first-charlie-scotts-1981-e21-bmw-320is/

That looks absolutely awesome!

 

[SamP]

Needs an M60B44 iirc. Epic. Love old beemers. Want another E30 so bad.

 

[Hixle]

Awesome buy! Actually pretty jealous!

You keeping the clio too mate?

 

[Eddie.]

Nope, I'll be swapping over to a little Clio 1.2 on the 17th November.

It'll just be a little run around, with the BM being my "pride and joy" for want of a better phrase.

 

[bozothenutter]

was my first car!
a 318i with high compression and webers (put on by the previious owner) loved that thing to death....literally, the gearbox popped....me being a student at the time, I sold the engine and scrapped the car....

 

[Eddie.]

Yeah, engine wise, I'm between mild tuning or just going balls deep and dropping an M52 in it.

One costs a lot but is a lot more hero, the other is mild tuning.

 

[bozothenutter]

There was a 2.0 four aswell, that could be a good compromise as it's lighter than a six....even seen some twincams about.

 

[Eddie.]

Yeah, but the lumps are a little rare.

If I'm doing an engine swap, it may as well be for a six in a row.

 

[xena]

Ooh, lovely, I used to have an E21 316 too!! You can make the back step out, no problem, or mine would anyway. IIRC the tyres weren't that wide so could lose grip quite easily when you wanted it to

 

[Eddie.]

Aye, it'll step out, but only in the wet.

My tyres are 165 wide.

 

[Hixle]

Keep on looking at this, and now I'm searching the internet. b*****d :dapprove:

 

[Eddie.]

To make things harder for you, here is my inspiration:

(Only less green)

 

[Hixle]

^FUUU

Needs orange indicators. How much did you pay for it if you don't mind me asking mate? PM me if you wish

 

[Eddie.]

Wash your mouth out! Clear > Orange!

 

[welshname]

Wash your mouth out! Clear > Orange!

I'm sorry but you're wrong.

 

[Eddie.]

Sigh.

I could agree with you both, but then we would all be wrong.

 

[Jon.G]

Yeah, I'm not sure on clears either. Orange is retro.

 

[Eddie.]

Clear is clean though.

Clean > Untidy.

You know how I roll.

 

[Hixle]

Or, if fitting clears, at least make sure that you're stick silvervisions in too. No one likes the fried egg look.

 

[Eddie.]

Yeah, of course

Tbf, getting clears is a bit of a pain, I would need to get them from Germany.

Just waiting for a few weeks to sort out my exact budget before I get going proper

 

[Christopher]

Wash your mouth out! Clear > Orange!

Noooooooo!

Period indicators are a must. It looks a bit pikey with clear.

Like E36's on MV2's. Ughhhh.