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Ok so a friend of mine is "giving" me a e30 BMW. It has some rear fender damage and a cracked rear wheel.

But we need to rebuild the I6 motor, and I wwant to slap a turbo on it. But the question is are there any actual race classes for W2W racing for these things? If there is I want to stay within the rules.

So any advice? Heard they made a forged crank for the diesel models and the diesel used the same block and the diesel manifold can be bolted up to it for the turbo.

[35th_Anniversary...]

the NASA Spec e30 looks too restrictive on rules... you can't go from a 405hp vette to a 168hp e30 and have fun on WGI. I NEED POWER.

cross-post. I guess I need an ECU...
http://www.e30tech.com/forum/viewtopic.php...ghlight=#272588

I also need to fix the fender.

[marka]

Howdy,

the NASA Spec e30 looks too restrictive on rules... you can't go from a 405hp vette to a 168hp e30 and have fun on WGI. I NEED POWER.

cross-post. I guess I need an ECU...
http://www.e30tech.com/forum/viewtopic.php...ghlight=#272588

I also need to fix the fender.

Aren't you the guy who's always bitching about being broke autocrossing?

And you're going roadracing?

And you're wanting something powerful?

What's wrong with you?

Mark

[35th_Anniversary...]

Howdy,

Aren't you the guy who's always bitching about being broke autocrossing?

And you're going roadracing?

And you're wanting something powerful?

What's wrong with you?

Mark

Yeah I was broke until I got my tax return in April...

I think I am braindead or I killed too many brain cells in Russia.

Well a "free" car pushed me over the edge. It's my friend's fault. He's liek I bought you a BMW... (yes we are nuts)

in any case, my tow vehicle runs on used fryer oil, so cost of getting to events is almost 0
my co-driver for the pros is supplying many tires at no cost to me

and this BMW is free for me, so the only real cost is shocks, springs, bars, brakes & tires.
then I need to look carefully at BMW's contingency program

I'm managing to break even autocrossing this year (or close enough to it) by being smart about which class to earn the most kumho money and having a few paying co-drivers along the way.

[marka]

Howdy,

and this BMW is free for me, so the only real cost is shocks, springs, bars, brakes & tires.
then I need to look carefully at BMW's contingency program

FWIW, the "free" Mustang I got back in 2000 for CP has cost me $18k and currently doesn't move under its own power.

That's $18k in parts only mind you, and doesn't include the parts I had for a while and sold.

Prepping a car (and I suspect particularly a BMW) for reliable track duty is going to cost some reasonable money (figure $2k for a cage/seat... And that's assuming you can do the cage yourself). Then safety gear for the driver is in the $2k range as well (Hans, drivers suit, helmet, gloves, boots, etc.).

BMW motors that I've had experience with are _not_ cheap to build and that's assuming you're just trying to build a reliable stock motor, not some crazy supercharged thing.

Suspension parts for a bmw seem to cost more than most anything else I've played with, both stock and aftermarket.

Don't get me wrong, if you can afford it and want to do it... Go for it! But the "This should be cheap fun" vibe I'm getting has _never_ worked in my experience.

Mark