1991 325i S50 Swap

Up for sale is my Brilliantrot 1991 325i with 1995 M3 engine and transmission. The car has been very heavily modified with the aim of creating an incredible driver’s car which turns heads and can be taken grocery shopping.

The car was built in March of 1991, making it a last year and last month model. The car was sold in Virginia that July. The vehicle was taken off the road sometime between 2005 and 2006, and was not re-registered until 2013. It spent a just under a year in Minnesota before being brought to New York where it has remained since.

I purchased the vehicle in January of 2017 and in May of 2017 swapped in an engine and transmission from a 183K mile 1995 M3. The engine had been serviced thoroughly by it’s previous owner including welding of the oil pump nut. The engine was tuned by RK tuning on long island before I purchased it.

In May of 2018 the vehicle was hit on the right front corner, which pushed the right front wheel into the passenger’s footwell and totaled the car. Luckily the subframe, shock tower, and all other mounting points remained intact. The car was professionally repaired by replacing both front fenders, valence, bumper, and completely respraying the car. At this time all the rust was repaired except for a small hole under the battery.

As I am moving to California I would rather sell this than go through the expense of making it SMOG legal.

Modifications:

Suspension:

Bilstein Sport dampers with Ireland Engineering progressive race springs

Z3 steering rack (power steering deleted)

Increased caster front lower control arm bushings

Reinforced front subframe

Wheels are 16” style 5 from E32 which have been filled and redrilled to 4x100 before being refinished. Slight curb rash present.

Tires are Continental Extremecontact Sport and have less than 5,000 miles

Custom wheel spacers/center bore adapters

Brakes:

Wilwood 4 piston Dynapro calipers in front with EBC Yellowstuff pads / Volkswagen Corrado rotors

Rear calipers are stock - recently rebuilt

New rotors and pads all the way around

New stainless steel lines

New E32 M5 master cylinder

325iX brake booster

New 2002ti remote reservoir

ABS works

Engine:

1995 BMW S50 Engine

Recently replaced water pump and thermostat

S50 intake

Ebay equal length headers

New Borla Pro XS muffler used as resonator with Vibrant Street Power muffler

New 318is Radiator

New Spal 16” pusher fan with low temperature fan switch

New RevShift 80A polyurethane engine mounts

New Cone filter

Fuel pump replaced shortly before purchase

Oil level sensor gasket leaks

Driveline:

1996 325i driveshaft

New center support bearing with engine swap

Z3 3.15 Torsen LSD

Replaced all CV boots within last 10,000 miles

New Polyurethane differential mount

New Polyurethane transmission mount

New Z3 1.8 shifter with all new bushings in last 10K miles

Interior:

Incredible black leather sport seats, amazing condition

New blower motor and climate controls

8 button clock

New Renown 280mm steering wheel

ZHP shift knob

JVC single din head unit

Replaced odometer gears

Center console has been modified for cupholders

All lights work

External thermometer replaced

No lights on dash

Seat belts have begun to fray

Carpet has seen better days

Exterior:

Resprayed in summer 2018 by Paintworx in Albany NY. 2 stage. Brilliantrot. Window trim removed but all windows remained in.

New Morimoto HID’s in stock Ellipsoid housings

Perfect condition fog lights

Almost every piece of trim has recently been replaced

IS lip and spoiler

Antenna deleted

Sunroof works perfectly

No leaks

Tail Light seals replaced

New Euro Grilles

All lights work

Some rock chips in front valence

Considering all the work that has been put in and the fresh respray I am asking $15,000, but am open to offers.

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