Nice, an e30 m52 will go very well. Plenty of grunt and relatively light for what is a 2.8 straight 6 lump. I was at Silverstone with you guys last month (I have the red e30 with an S54 in it) and used to regularly track that same car many years ago with an M52. I'd recommend the e36 m3 style rad and an oil cooler and of you go. Good work and hopefully see you guys soon on track.
Well done to Jay.. We can only make choices and just don't look back.. he got a cool toy with some of it's magic work that BMW will end -up even cooler..
I had a old 4 door, spider webbed windscreen, cracked manifold, and a cracked coolant reservoir, STILL one of the best cars I have ever owned, they just hit different. Absolute weapon
Great title! I remember walking away from a low mileage 1 owner E30 325i for £950 because it had crusty rear arches, sacrilege now! It’s probably going to be a lot more expensive and no faster than the clio but it’s so worth it! Well done on changing the mirrors so quickly too..
I recently bought an original alpine white E30 325i manual, cabrio, Tech 2 kit. I did also find it quite hard to swallow my pride and get my chequebook out, knowing that 10 years ago, it probably would’ve been worth 10x less. I’m glad I have my foot in the door though.
Interesting point about the printing of money. I believe the price of cars may well have fallen if they hadn’t done such things over the last 18 months. I was looking for another E30 recently having had a 325i sport some years back. Couldn’t believe that to get a mint condition late spec car like I desired in dolphin grey the prices were north of £20k 😭 To think I let my early spec car go for £800 with a recaro houndstooth interior and various shiny bits makes me feel a bit sick. But that’s how life goes. Ended up buying a mint late spec E21 and paying for the privilege, so I feel your pain! Would be cool to see more if you cba to video stuff 👍
NAm nam more e30 projects and e30 content..Awesome, keep it coming. Those wheels are just perfect poke... M3 wing with that gurney flip, also that M3 front bumper would looks awesome. Bmw e30 prices are nuts now days, so nuts. I don´t care how much money i can make it, when i have e30
Love it. Absolutely love it. With all those bits, I think it's a bargain! Glad you swapped the mirrors, love the no spoiler look, but interested to see what the kit(s) will look like. Great purchase. 👍
Definitely do another vid on it! 15’s go for a lot more than you’re willing to pay if they have the centre caps 😂 You won’t need those on the track though, you’ll probably need spacers to clear the RX7 front calipers. Can’t wait to see more, have fun!
Jay check out BM Conversions LTD. Dan who owns the business races in the BMW Cup in an E30 with an M52 in it. He makes and supplies lots of upgraded parts for them.
I have only had one e30 It was a zender kitted 318is that I paid £150 for as a ‘non runner’ that I threw a battery on and drove home I would buy another ! even though they are CONSIDERABLY more expensive now 💙 Enjoy dude
Even in europe these things have skyrocketed in the past 5-10 years. If its a coupe with no rust its 5k minimum, and it goes higher than that depending on the engine. I've seen some 325i's with m-technik goodies on them go for 15 grand, and people buy them! Regardless, its a great choice of a car and Im excited for future DW content with this machine 😁
Nice car. Absolute bargain. We’ve got someone asking 62K OZ dollars (near 33 thousand pounds) for a nice track prepared 325iS in OZ so I’d be happy to have yours at the price paid…. Real bloody happy
Lovely purchase regardless to prices, we where almost spoilt. Happy to see Jay getting into something with more potential, get some content made with it Phil (give starky the mirrors and he can bless you with a wheel)
Jay, pretty sure that's a late model Alpina front spoiler. the early model one was much more cow-catcher looking. Also, no sunroof models are coveted here in the states, $10k for a decent one!
I picked my little 316 up 12 weeks ago and just had it back from paint, im only 1 hour away from were you picked that up from I could of grabbed it on my truck and met you half way 🤣
ive seen some in that condition for 10k usd. stripped e30 with m52b28's. and for some reason with the shitty s52b32(us spec) they're 11-14k usd. really dont know why lol. ive seen them with fresh paint and full interiors for 18-25k.
Its the same with Mk2 Golf Gti's. They either rotted away on me or was crashed into, so then buy another one for £500 and throw my good engine into it and go again. I've had 4. Looked the other day as I fancied another one...£5000 for a SHITTER. No thanks! 🤣🤦♂️
Yo Jay thats a great buy even for that kinda money.....theres a chain tensioner retrofit for the oil pump chain and a lockwire nut for the oil pump which are a must if ur gonna track this badboy ;)
@@JayDontGotThis I know the m54b30 is definitely the worst for this but i was warned that any of the m50 family can suffer the same fate if heavily tracked without at least lock wiring the pump nut. Ps i cant wait to see u rag this bad boy on a track day 😁👍
Mainly the m54b30 suffers with it due to the long stroke and extra stress past 6800 rpm. The lower displacement ones with less stroke don't suffer as much. That is why i made a m54b28 and runs sweet at 7300 rpm with 272/272 cams and ported head.
Good choice in getting rid of the horrid mirrors for OEM ones The Throttle body is an M52 one that has had the traction control throttle body removed, and the manifold is an M50 one 👍
My bro got a 18is one owner for 400 quid a few years ago, kept it 2 years sold it for 2k, god knows what it's worth now, next time your up Anglesey way give a shout out and I'll throw the kettle on, I'm literally half hour away from the track
"it's only time and money, what else am I going to do with my life?" Is going to be my new mantra used for the justification of buying car parts
Enjoy it bud
Nice, an e30 m52 will go very well. Plenty of grunt and relatively light for what is a 2.8 straight 6 lump. I was at Silverstone with you guys last month (I have the red e30 with an S54 in it) and used to regularly track that same car many years ago with an M52. I'd recommend the e36 m3 style rad and an oil cooler and of you go. Good work and hopefully see you guys soon on track.
Jays videos are great !! "Its only time and money" :)
Well done to Jay.. We can only make choices and just don't look back.. he got a cool toy with some of it's magic work that BMW will end -up even cooler..
need to put that on a shirt
Can't wait to see you ripping this one Jay! I'm currently building my own E30 M52 swap out of a poverty spec 316i. Great minds!
I do love an E30 and E21 can’t wait to see my favourite member of driftworks go and have a blast
I had a old 4 door, spider webbed windscreen, cracked manifold, and a cracked coolant reservoir, STILL one of the best cars I have ever owned, they just hit different. Absolute weapon
Great title! I remember walking away from a low mileage 1 owner E30 325i for £950 because it had crusty rear arches, sacrilege now! It’s probably going to be a lot more expensive and no faster than the clio but it’s so worth it! Well done on changing the mirrors so quickly too..
YES! recently done the same, with the same sick feeling on the current prices :(
I recently bought an original alpine white E30 325i manual, cabrio, Tech 2 kit. I did also find it quite hard to swallow my pride and get my chequebook out, knowing that 10 years ago, it probably would’ve been worth 10x less. I’m glad I have my foot in the door though.
Rich “I just don’t get it”
Jay “have you seen your car…”
That made me chuckle, rich has 0 taste, it’s a fact!
Bad taste is still a taste!
In Australia that would be an absolute bargain price
Definitely do some more videos on this!
Interesting point about the printing of money. I believe the price of cars may well have fallen if they hadn’t done such things over the last 18 months. I was looking for another E30 recently having had a 325i sport some years back. Couldn’t believe that to get a mint condition late spec car like I desired in dolphin grey the prices were north of £20k 😭
To think I let my early spec car go for £800 with a recaro houndstooth interior and various shiny bits makes me feel a bit sick. But that’s how life goes. Ended up buying a mint late spec E21 and paying for the privilege, so I feel your pain!
Would be cool to see more if you cba to video stuff 👍
Looking forward to you seeing you do ya magic on this one J, be a great weapon when it’s finished mate 👍😎
NAm nam more e30 projects and e30 content..Awesome, keep it coming. Those wheels are just perfect poke...
M3 wing with that gurney flip, also that M3 front bumper would looks awesome.
Bmw e30 prices are nuts now days, so nuts. I don´t care how much money i can make it, when i have e30
Congrats Jay....once you E30, it in your veins. I dont have the balls to track my 325i tech2 so bigups to all you thrashing these 80's legends 🙌
@11:34 fuck me the look Craig gave Starkey 🤣🤣🤣
If looks could kill
Should of put a mullet warning up before that photo😂😂
Nice buy Jay! Always enjoy your vids, looking forward to the E30 content
Craig’s instant look of disapproval 😂
I like it !! Will be good with a bit of tlc
Craig's look of disapproval are not hard to come by 🤨
Love it. Absolutely love it. With all those bits, I think it's a bargain! Glad you swapped the mirrors, love the no spoiler look, but interested to see what the kit(s) will look like. Great purchase. 👍
Love the car jay. Your going to have the best fun with this car
Good luck with this build and can’t wait to see the transformation brother.
Funny enough I just bought my first e30 yesterday 😂
cool cool, do you have a LS ordered for it yet?
“Have you seen your car!!” 😂😂😂
Definitely do another vid on it! 15’s go for a lot more than you’re willing to pay if they have the centre caps 😂 You won’t need those on the track though, you’ll probably need spacers to clear the RX7 front calipers. Can’t wait to see more, have fun!
I’ve since realised the front don’t fit because they have at least 20mm spacers on there.
slicktop, coupe, no sunroof and m50 swapped, its a good buy honestly
Well done on bitting the bullet for one of these... hope you can bring us plenty of content with this one Jay! Keep up the great work yeah 😎
Jay check out BM Conversions LTD. Dan who owns the business races in the BMW Cup in an E30 with an M52 in it. He makes and supplies lots of upgraded parts for them.
Yes but prices are not something that Jay would like ….
Jay: "have you seen your car?" 🤣
What does the straight 6 chuck out Jay? Around 200bhp?
Yeah something like that
Good honest video 👍
e36's are going up too. I saw a 325is with an M3 front bumper going for $7,200. Those cars were $500 a few months ago.
You mean the m3 bumper was worth 500, you're over exaggerating it mate
Not sure about the throttle body but that's definitely an M50 manifold 👍
JAY!!! Ultimate legend and what a sublime ride even with all the janky bits! E30's are legit
Not to jinx it, but I can definitely see that radiator blowing apart since it's still plastic. Definitely want to upgrade that part for peace of mind.
Nice!! Im on the same boat, but mine is full of rust. Im redoing all
Hey jay what calipers exactly are those and off what car??
FC RX7
Wicked car. I love it!!!! 👌🏼
Thanks man, keep showing me Sierras 👍
The picture at 4:07 is absolute gold lmao
I have only had one e30
It was a zender kitted 318is that I paid £150 for as a ‘non runner’ that I threw a battery on and drove home
I would buy another ! even though they are CONSIDERABLY more expensive now 💙
Enjoy dude
Even in europe these things have skyrocketed in the past 5-10 years. If its a coupe with no rust its 5k minimum, and it goes higher than that depending on the engine. I've seen some 325i's with m-technik goodies on them go for 15 grand, and people buy them!
Regardless, its a great choice of a car and Im excited for future DW content with this machine 😁
Nice car. Absolute bargain. We’ve got someone asking 62K OZ dollars (near 33 thousand pounds) for a nice track prepared 325iS in OZ so I’d be happy to have yours at the price paid…. Real bloody happy
Lovely purchase regardless to prices, we where almost spoilt.
Happy to see Jay getting into something with more potential, get some content made with it Phil (give starky the mirrors and he can bless you with a wheel)
Congrats on finally getting a solid car. M3 wing is a must!
time to put in a dog box and beat phils DCT lap times 😂 much more motivation for phill to get his DCT working like he wants
Instant like on the video because it's an Alpine White E30! I had one and it was loads of fun!!!
Won’t have to spend much..... famous last words!
Nice to see g*** unj outside in the pics, not been out in a while.
full build series please
Thanks for telling us the price!
‘Just a Screen out’…,that’s how all complete strip and rebuild projects start Jay… you should know better 😂
Jay, pretty sure that's a late model Alpina front spoiler. the early model one was much more cow-catcher looking. Also, no sunroof models are coveted here in the states, $10k for a decent one!
I don’t know much about e30s, but I know non-sunroof is a rare beast (probably why the cage doesn’t fit). Nice buy Jay, way more fun than the Clio
Great purchase. I love this model, waiting for some modifications👏👍😉
Yesssssss e30 content! On ya jay
I wish I could afford to buy one. These are insanely expensive now. I wish I'd got one 2 years ago when I needed a car. Always loved the design.
I like how Jay responds ‘I will have a look at it’ referring to the stance… Jays more a function over form guy especially compared to Starky
I picked my little 316 up 12 weeks ago and just had it back from paint, im only 1 hour away from were you picked that up from I could of grabbed it on my truck and met you half way 🤣
ive seen some in that condition for 10k usd. stripped e30 with m52b28's. and for some reason with the shitty s52b32(us spec) they're 11-14k usd. really dont know why lol. ive seen them with fresh paint and full interiors for 18-25k.
I like it, got some good potential looking forward to seeing it get built up jay keep us in the loop
Looks like a Alpina bumper with the writing smoothed off. Keep it clean, forget the spoiler
Think you're spot on. Don't think they had the raised letters back then, just vinyl, so no smoothing required even!
Your right it has a tiny Alpina logo sort of moulded into it.
Whats kind wheel?
yes jay! was this on facebook marketplace? im sure i remember seeing in on there?
It was
So stoked for a quality e30 build!
Its the same with Mk2 Golf Gti's. They either rotted away on me or was crashed into, so then buy another one for £500 and throw my good engine into it and go again. I've had 4. Looked the other day as I fancied another one...£5000 for a SHITTER. No thanks! 🤣🤦♂️
Yo Jay thats a great buy even for that kinda money.....theres a chain tensioner retrofit for the oil pump chain and a lockwire nut for the oil pump which are a must if ur gonna track this badboy ;)
Is that not a 3.0 and above problem?
@@JayDontGotThis I know the m54b30 is definitely the worst for this but i was warned that any of the m50 family can suffer the same fate if heavily tracked without at least lock wiring the pump nut. Ps i cant wait to see u rag this bad boy on a track day 😁👍
@@AlmightyRem We’ve railed enough 2.5’s and 2.8’s off the limiter for days drifting over the years I’m not overly concerned.
@@JayDontGotThis well in that case that makes me feel a lot better bout my own 2.5 then!! Limiter for daaaaays 🤪👍
Mainly the m54b30 suffers with it due to the long stroke and extra stress past 6800 rpm. The lower displacement ones with less stroke don't suffer as much. That is why i made a m54b28 and runs sweet at 7300 rpm with 272/272 cams and ported head.
My first car was a 316 with a 2ltr swapped, i paid £250 for it, i sold it for about 400, now i look at prices and cry.
Looks forward to seeing the progression on this one.
Jay is absolutely right about the mirrors
Yeah, everybody said that about E30s when I got my first one. Now they all want one.
those Mims in australia are worth alot. someone offered me 2k for mine
When I think I put M3 mirrors on my MK2 Golf 😬
Was that a Nova on the drive??
Yes it is
@@JayDontGotThis
Mustang to nova.......couldn't get much more different but it makes sense to me!! Love your work mate
What width and offset are the mims? I want them for my Honda Logo 😂
Looking forward to seeing how it progresses
The original mirrors are a massive improvement!
Another E30 in the shop. Nice. Turbo it jay.
Does that mean that crowd munching machine build is on hold?
I’ve been tinkering the interior is back in and I’ve almost done the exhaust. I just need some more enthusiasm.
10 Years from now i can see Jay making a video of my E46 325ci 😉
Unlikely I’ve never been a fan since they were new. Not styled with a ruler you see.
Excellent mate.👍🏻
Good choice in getting rid of the horrid mirrors for OEM ones
The Throttle body is an M52 one that has had the traction control throttle body removed, and the manifold is an M50 one 👍
When I was looking for my first car back in 98 the bargain section of the Autotrader was littered with white E30s for a grand 😂😂
More please
Love these insights
I love watching Jay
Did he mention what motor was in it? M52B28?
It is
These look great with small bumpers and pokey fitment
12:45 its a bad signal when mechanic give you face like that
Was that a sly Mexican Hoon Cartel reference from Craig?
Six and half grand 🤦🏼 jeeeeeesus! But what the hell, it’s only money and it’ll be a riot 😂😂😂😂👍
Excellent purchase 😎
I see Jay. Instant like. Simple math.
Can confirm it's got an M50 manifold as the plastic cover needs trimming to fit properly and yours hasn't been.
M20 with ITB's. Nevermind, turbo that badboy
Jay thank you for the video
more e30 content !
Congrats Jay good choice!!
My bro got a 18is one owner for 400 quid a few years ago, kept it 2 years sold it for 2k, god knows what it's worth now, next time your up Anglesey way give a shout out and I'll throw the kettle on, I'm literally half hour away from the track
Nice, restoring one myself at the moment - also Jay i have another full set of Genuine MiM Wheels for sale if you're interested in them
Are they worth £10000000? I want rid of this set.
@@JayDontGotThis I couldn't even sell them for 300 quid
honestly dreams , I live in Australia and E30 coupe prices are such a joke here