The 5-Lug Chronicles
Installing e30 M3 5-lug suspension and brakes on the 1991 318is. [...]
November 21, 2024
Projects
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- Checking for Vital Signs
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- How to make your M50 or S50 BMW e30 engine swap California Legal
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- Swimming with the Sharks
- Urban Appeal
- Purpose Built Daily Driver
- Full Metal Bracket
- Track Attack of the Hatch
- Gramp’s Wagon Part 4: Pushrod Rodeo
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Checking for Vital Signs
Adding digital oil pressure and temperature gauges to an e30 BMW. [...]
March 1, 2024
Projects
Dinosaur Hot Laps
With the car finally prepped and ready, the e30 325is finally hits the track. [...]
February 26, 2023
Opinions
Swimming with the Sharks
Who doesn’t love a vacation? It’s an opportunity to leave town, sip on Mai Tais by the pool, and work on that perfect summer tan. The only thing that matters is enjoying every minute of relaxation—that is, unless you’re trying [...]
September 18, 2018
Reviews
Urban Appeal
A new car is always the best car, right? It will have the latest gadgets, a warranty, and even an odometer reading below six digits (which is still a bewildering concept). After many years of wanting a new car, Michael Urban [...]
August 22, 2018
Reviews
Full Metal Bracket
As we all know by now, the e36 BMW is notorious for its use of plastic. The interior is the usual target of most criticisms, but it doesn’t stop there. Plastics are found all throughout the car, even making their [...]
April 19, 2018
Projects
Braking Things Daily
When building a car, a lot of people (myself included) forget that a fast car needs to be able to shed that speed at a moment’s notice. After going back and forth what to do with the e36 318is, we [...]
December 8, 2017
Projects
Back to Bavarian Basics
For one reason or another, the vintage BMW scene has become very lively in the last few years. If slim fitting flannel shirts buttoned all the way up, thick rimmed glasses without prescription lenses, and a French Bulldog named Beauregard [...]
November 6, 2017
Reviews
Blown Out of Proportion
The cycle of owning an old car goes something like this: First you find and purchase the car you want, then you begin driving it around. The next logical step is to start fixing things as you go, because 100k+ [...]
October 17, 2017
Projects
