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Decided I needed a fall-back car for my daily driver.

Doing too many things to (with?) the Camaro. Needs some downtime for some more mods, plus if it ever breaks, then there I'll be....

A guy at work had this 1989 BMW 325ix all wheel drive. He bought it a year ago, and his wife hated it, and he didn't drive it anymore. Got a pretty good deal on it since they just wanted it gone.

Needs a few things and some TLC though.

5-speed tranny is noisy in all gears but 4th.

Hood is faded and chipped. (carbon fiber hood arrives today....) (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Mirror paint chipped, tires, brakes, oil change, wipers, etc.

242,000 miles. 2.5 liter straight 6.

Now that I have it though, I keep finding myself torn between keeping it cheap and reliable, or modding it. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) It would make a nice little autocrosser or road racer I think.

Ideally it needs some suspension work for that though. Just a little. It handles great as it is. I'm even toying with the idea of stuffing an aluminum LS1 into it some day...

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John_D. View Member Profile	Dec 10 2004, 06:02 PM Post #1
Engine and Tools Moderator Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,859 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Lebanon TN Member No.: 6	Decided I needed a fall-back car for my daily driver. Doing too many things to (with?) the Camaro. Needs some downtime for some more mods, plus if it ever breaks, then there I'll be.... A guy at work had this 1989 BMW 325ix all wheel drive. He bought it a year ago, and his wife hated it, and he didn't drive it anymore. Got a pretty good deal on it since they just wanted it gone. Needs a few things and some TLC though. 5-speed tranny is noisy in all gears but 4th. Hood is faded and chipped. (carbon fiber hood arrives today....) (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Mirror paint chipped, tires, brakes, oil change, wipers, etc. 242,000 miles. 2.5 liter straight 6. Now that I have it though, I keep finding myself torn between keeping it cheap and reliable, or modding it. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) It would make a nice little autocrosser or road racer I think. Ideally it needs some suspension work for that though. Just a little. It handles great as it is. I'm even toying with the idea of stuffing an aluminum LS1 into it some day... (IMG:http://www.mtfba.org/forum/images/uploads/MTFBA%20Member%20Albums/John_D./479.jpg)

2manyfbods View Member Profile	Dec 13 2004, 03:43 AM Post #2
Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 322 Joined: 22-January 04 From: Arizona Member No.: 144	QUOTE (John_D. @ Dec 10 2004, 12:02 PM) Ideally it needs some suspension work for that though. Just a little. It handles great as it is. I'm even toying with the idea of stuffing an aluminum LS1 into it some day... http://www.vorshlag.com/ls1bmw1.asp