330i. E30 Touring.
For quite a few months, I'd been keeping my eyes peeled for something I could buy, which looks completeley standard, and a bit of a POS, with a view to dropping in a decent engine, bigger/uprated brakes, and some decent suspension.
Whilst perusing the 106OC, someone in Farnham posted up a for sale thread.
I liked the look of it, he said it was completely standard, bar an OMP steering wheel, CD Player, 421 manifold, and 2" Pugsport exhaust. The current engine had suffered a suspected head-gasket failure, which he had tried to fix, and cocked it up, somewhat. He said that all the parts were still with the car, which I was glad about. He wanted £300 for it. Perfect. So, I arranged with him to come and have a look at the weekend.
As I turned up, introduced myself, I was more than shocked, when he started walking around he car, pointing out faults, and tiny little things that without him saying, I probably wouldn't have noticed! The guy looked more awkward than I've ever seen at the thought of selling a car. I offered him £175, with a deposit and said I'd pick it up next weekend? We have a (pretty awesome, if i do say so) deal.
The next weekend:
Three hours later, the next weekend:
Since then, I've bought:
A 106 GTi, 1.6 16v engine, with Kent PT51 cams.
Raceland 421 16v manifold.
A pair of S1 106 Rallye driveshafts, as the old ones aren't in the best nick.
A modified top engine mount, to account for the bigger cam covers.
An unlocked GTi ECU and loom (which is already spliced to fit the 1.6 XSi!! :approve:
As of now, with much swearing, cuts and bruises, the car looks like this:
Engine's all but wired up. Fuel lines need connecting. Manifold needs putting on, then we should be ready to fire up (to see if the engine actually f**king works!)
Since then, I've sold:
XSi cylinder head- £50.
8v 421 manifold- £75.
8v coilpack- £10
Plans:
266mm uprated discs and pads.
Bilstein B6 suspension
Four new tyres. (Desperately needed!)
Why the guy didn't break the car, I have no idea! Or at least, sell the mani and exhaust!
Updates as and when they come!
Whilst perusing the 106OC, someone in Farnham posted up a for sale thread.
I liked the look of it, he said it was completely standard, bar an OMP steering wheel, CD Player, 421 manifold, and 2" Pugsport exhaust. The current engine had suffered a suspected head-gasket failure, which he had tried to fix, and cocked it up, somewhat. He said that all the parts were still with the car, which I was glad about. He wanted £300 for it. Perfect. So, I arranged with him to come and have a look at the weekend.
As I turned up, introduced myself, I was more than shocked, when he started walking around he car, pointing out faults, and tiny little things that without him saying, I probably wouldn't have noticed! The guy looked more awkward than I've ever seen at the thought of selling a car. I offered him £175, with a deposit and said I'd pick it up next weekend? We have a (pretty awesome, if i do say so) deal.
The next weekend:
Three hours later, the next weekend:
Since then, I've bought:
A 106 GTi, 1.6 16v engine, with Kent PT51 cams.
Raceland 421 16v manifold.
A pair of S1 106 Rallye driveshafts, as the old ones aren't in the best nick.
A modified top engine mount, to account for the bigger cam covers.
An unlocked GTi ECU and loom (which is already spliced to fit the 1.6 XSi!! :approve:
As of now, with much swearing, cuts and bruises, the car looks like this:
Engine's all but wired up. Fuel lines need connecting. Manifold needs putting on, then we should be ready to fire up (to see if the engine actually f**king works!)
Since then, I've sold:
XSi cylinder head- £50.
8v 421 manifold- £75.
8v coilpack- £10
Plans:
266mm uprated discs and pads.
Bilstein B6 suspension
Four new tyres. (Desperately needed!)
Why the guy didn't break the car, I have no idea! Or at least, sell the mani and exhaust!
Updates as and when they come!
