rvsixdriver

Year: 1988
Make: BMW
Model: M3
Mileage (numbers only please): 171000
Options (Please check ALL which apply): Air Conditioning
Color: Diamondshartz Black
Price (no $ sign please): $24000
Private or Dealer Listing: Private Listing
Location (Region): South
Body Style: Coupe
Transmission Type: Manual - 5 speed
2 or 4 Wheel Drive?: 2 Wheel Drive
Engine Type: Fuel Injection
Stereo System: AM-FM Stereo

1988 Diamondschwarz M3, complete ORCA S52 conversion PROFESSIONALLY performed by Zionsville Autosport (conversion was over $16K):


This is honestly about the most fun sports car I’ve ever driven. Reliable, lightweight, great handling & acceleration. I hate to sell but I want to do some racing and this car is just too pretty to subject to wheel to wheel duties. I have maintained it with great care as did the previous owners.

DRIVETRAIN:
S52 engine, transmission, diff, steering rack, and associated parts all from a 2000 Z3M with 67K miles.
Full conversion to OBD-1.
TRM OBD-1 chip
3.5" MAF with Samco intake elbow
Zionsville radiator with Spal fan and oil cooler, AN-10 hoses and fittings, VAC oil line adapter kit
JB Racing aluminum flywheel with Sachs HD clutch
VAC race exhaust with custom center section by RRT
Instrument cluster properly coded

SUSPENSION:
TC Kline S/A coil-over kit
Vorshlag camber plates
Fresh control arms, tie rods, bushings, wheel bearings (E28 upgrade), Poly-U engine/trans mounts
Corner balanced, ride height adjusted, and aligned.

WHEELS:
Apex ARC-8 wheels (including spare) in Hyper Black with Nitto NT-05 Tires
Wheel studs

BRAKES:
Massive (Willwood ) front brake kit
Almost new Wilwood rotors plus new spares
Bumper ducts with 3" hoses/backing plates
Street pads & , Wilwood H's to come as spare
Spare SL6R caliper, brand new


INTERIOR:
Fully operational front interior
Recaro Speeds in black cloth
Massive mounting brackets with factory sliders
Momo suede steering wheel with quick release hub
Perfect, crack-free dash
Clarion CD player with iPod hookup (OEM 6-disc trunk CD player also included)
Aluminum shift ****
AKG pedals
Car will be delivered with your choice of:
1.) Stripped Rear Interior with Powdercoated roll bar by Vintage Sports & Restoration, Crow Harnesses
OR
2.) Full rear interior with original rear E30 M3 seat (7/10 condition, would be 10/10 if you got an upholstery shop to redo some seams)


Exterior:
Complete quality respray in 2007. However, there are some chips in the front limited to the hood and fenders. I'd call the rest of the car a 9/10.
Carbon fiber front splitter
EVO rear wing with adjustable carbon fiber flap (clear-coat is new)
Painted foglight deletes
Upgrade to H4 headlights

Over $30K in receipts from the last 5 years.
Located in New Orleans Louisiana

Asking $24K

Linz3

Beauty!

MSTACH

nice,

ill trade you for 88' 944 with 2.7l engine autocross car, with AC and full interior , 20k in service records
easy to install front cage and go racing.
+ cash from my side

rvsixdriver

Beautiful 944 , and thanks for your reply, but I'm going to pass on the 944 trade.

eddieb4

Did you get my pm?

bunta_garage

nice ride!

IPguy

too bad no S14, loved that little engine that could

whayes

My car! miss you.... funny this was my post from 4 years ago. Pics are new.

FYI - I did the swap on this along with a lot of the other work. Actually Zionsville in Indianna did swap.

Max Fisher (for those who know Max NASA GTS racer) owner the car after me.

rvsixdriver

Responded to your PM & the others as well. Contact info sent to those who asked. Will send additional pics to those who asked.

A few the questions asked were pretty good so I'll try to address here as well.

Engine is mostly stock, just intake and chip. I have a recent dyno sheet that shows peak power at 230RWHP which is about 30HP above stock. The power band is pretty flat at 230 from 5600-6800 (redline). Peak torque of 220ft*lb happens at 4300 and is flat to 5000 RPM. Rolls off in a straight line to 170ft*lb at 6800. Weight is 2712# empty without being stripped. I shift the car at 6500 RPM and that lands you right at peak torque. The results are that the car is MUCH faster than an S14 equipped M3 around a track due to the improved powerband. Change in weight and balance is negligible. The S52 is also much more reliable. The sound with the VAC exhaust is also really satisfying to drive. I never turn on the stereo.


Car does have air conditioning which has always worked really well, but the clutch control mechanism just failed last week. This will be repaired and the car will be delivered with fully functional A/C.

whayes

I will second the comments on the engine. It was a very low mileaged engine from a salvaged MCoupe. 2000 I beleive when swap was completed in 2007.....

phlegmon

Interested in your E30. Can't send PM so you'll have to ring me.

Bryan
4 4 (zero) - (five) 4 (one) - 3 (five) 7 (five)

gstocke

Interested. Does it have catalytic converters?

rvsixdriver

Hi, Left you a message.

rvsixdriver

No Cats.

Robert Jaeger

Are you interested in trades for less expensive cars near ready for track? In the process of putting my r53 MINI Cooper prepared for DE days. About 12k in parts added to suspension, motor, and other modifications to interior/exterior. Currently having larger injectors, cam installed and full tune done by Mynes Tuning (best in the MINi world) with their Bytetronik full access system.

If you have interest in it plus cash in my side, we could put something together. Email me at bobjaeger at gmail dot com