Overall
215k on odometer. M30B34, this is a 735i turbo, not a 745i. It's a fast, solid, reliable car. Where else are you going to get a roomy 5-speed RWD sedan with great dynamics and 350+HP for this price? Nowhere. Then throw a few hundred $$ at an intercooler setup, a blowoff valve, and spend some quality time with a laptop and this can be a 400HP car for under $5k.
The good
Old cartech kit with turbonetics turbo. Looks for all the world like a TCD kit and works great.
MS2 (V3 board) install with wasted spark GM coil setup. Tune to your heart's content. Runs strong and ping-free at 15psi on 91 octane.
60lb injectors.
Walbro 255 external fuel pump.
New Tial 38mm wastegate from TCD w/1bar spring.
3-gauge pod with A/F, boost, and oil temp. Oil temp is not wired up and no sender is present.
Innovate LM-1 wideband O2.
E34 A/C pusher fan.
16" electric puller fan with adjustable radiator probe. (not run by MS currently)
Newer radiator.
Custom 3" turbo-back mandrel-bent exhaust with magnaflow mufflers. Loud but good and no drone on the highway.
New blower motor.
Heat worked GREAT last winter, this was my winter car.
Heated seats work.
Rear sunshade works.
CD/MP3/SD/Bluetooth/2 amps/10" sub/etc. decent audio setup.
Adjustable swaybars.
Lowering springs. Not cut springs, actual blue-color lowering springs that look for all the world to have been actually intended for an E23.
Bilstein HD shocks/struts.
Go back and read the last 3. Where are you going to find a lowered E23 with adjustable sway bars if you don't buy this one? I'll tell you. Nowhere.
3.46:1 LSD (Or is it 3.64? Memory dyslexia here)
25 below zero and icy? 110 and sweltering? It starts and runs well. Much better than when on Motronic, actually.
Replaced all fuel lines, including all vent lines
Replaced odometer gears with odometergears.com upgraded gears.
COMPLETE HVAC box rebuild. New evaporator, heater core, expansion valve, blower motor, and vacuum pods. It works and it doesn't have vacuum leaks.
The bad
Some rust. Front corners of the rear wheel wells, bottom corners of one or two of the doors, one front wheel well edge, some underneath. Not devastating, but present.
No intercooler. You can have the Water/Air unit with the car, but I'll warn you it's too small to do much of anything at 15psi.
Power antenna doesn't work. Ran it up and unplugged it.
Trunk leaks a little water.
Sunroof is inop.
LSD works GREAT when turning left. When turning right, um...well, it spins the inside tire pretty mercilessly.
Does NOT come with BBS RS's. Sorry I'm keeping those for the Corvair. You can have a nice straight set of E31 turbines (Style 9) with no paint and no tires and drive it away on 14" bottlecaps with Firestone snow tires with lots of tread.
Yes, the headlight has been reinstalled
Come get it in Lincoln, NE for $3200. It's like buying a turbo kit and getting a pretty decent car for free. PM me if you're interested in talking more and I'll happily share my phone #. email is armen DOT badeer AT gmail DOT com.
Here's the intercooler you can take with you:
