Description
This is my 81 320i, built using the interior, suspension, and driveline from my first car, an 83 henna e21. The car has been fully restored and is a daily driver in the summer. Check out the links for more photos:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/785257/1

http://photos.yahoo.com/jrcook320

Modifications and tuning
Exterior:
-Euro bumpers
-Zender front air dam, Euro rear valance
-Shaved side markers
-H4 headlights
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Interior:
-Complete Recaro cloth interior
-Autopower 4 point roll bar
-Non A/C center console, AFR meter
-Sony head unit, 12in Kicker Comp sub, Rockford Fosgate P3000 amp.
-Aircraft style ignition switches & push button start (my ignition switch broke...)
-530i 140 mph speedo
-Personal steering wheel
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Engine:
-2.0L stroker, flat top pistons, ~8:1 compression
-Ported/polished 1.8i head,
-280/280, 10mm lift cam
-TEP lightened flywheel
-A/C delete
-14 in. Hayden elec. cooling fan
-Custom CIS turbo setup:
--T25 from Nissan Silvia (sr20det)
--DSM Blow off valve
--Front mount intercooler
--Volvo 240 turbo fuel distributor
--Porsche 924 turbo air flow meter
--Volvo 240 turbo boost enrichening WUR
--Volvo 240 turbo boost retard ignition canister
--Hallman pro manual boost controller
--Divorce port dump pipe
--2.5" side exit exhaust
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Driveline:
-Metric Mechanic ultimate tranny (getrag 240)
-Bav Auto adjustable short shift kit
-3.91 LSD
-Engine brace
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Suspension/Brakes:
-15x7 et35 Binno B850 Wheels
-205/50R-15 Falken Azenis RT615
-lug stud conversion, custom 20mm spacers
-Girling 4 piston calipers, 323i rear disk conversion,Wilwood proportioning valve, Goodrich stainless brake lines
-Eibach Springs
-Bilstien Sport Shocks
-Polyurethane steering rack mounts
-25mm front, 19 mm rear swaybars w/ poly bushings
-Hartge front strut tower brace
-Slotted rear subframe w/ poly filled mounts
-Poly trailing arm bushings
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History
My dad is the original owner of a 73 2002, and I have always loved old BMWs. When it came time for me to buy my first car, I came across an 83 henna 320i that was in vey rough shape. I had no idea what an E21 was, let alone any experience in working on cars, but out of curious excitement I bought it in the fall of 98 for $650. I worked on rebuilding the car for the next three years, learning as I went, and ended up with something nearing a complete restoration except for the original paint. But, I was a college student already saving every penny I could for fun car parts (like suspension goodies) and I ran out of money before I could replace the bald tires (oops! big mistake). I fishtailed in the rain in the fall of 02 and wrecked her bad enough that it was time to find a doner body. I found my current car, an 81 Oklahoma car on ebay for $900, which was way too much. I was hoping that Oklahoma would mean no rust, but I was wrong. I stripped the new car to a shell, sandblasted, welded, primed and dropped it off at the body shop where it sat for over a year getting perfect. I had a deal with my body man: it was a side project which meant cheap, which also meant wait forever. I finally finished assembling the car in the summer of 04, and the turbo kit was completed in the fall of 06.