the crashed B10 seems to be perfectly damaged for this idea. Its too far to repair, yet not too far to get good parts from
finding a good donor is half the job!
Are they going to preventively change any parts?
I assume you'll use the final drive etc off the BT?
The Biturbo actually starts and drives, drivetrain wise its perfect. Everything that can be transferred will. Diff, gearbox, suspension, brakes etc, including hopefully the long range fuel tank. I have briefied Phil that anything that he feels needs changing, bushes etc, should be done.
I'm still gutted that the interior was stolen from this car before I bought it. The donor car has full leather sports seats but if someone does come across a pukka Bi turbo interior, there is cash waiting.
When its finished its going away for a respray, the donor car has done 270,000km and has a few knocks etc I wish to get rid off, plus of coarse the alpina front spoiler will need painting. The irony of this the donor car is that I have always wanted an Avus Blue BMW, picked this car up from Rotterdam (the dutch are awesome!) got it home and it was not till i checked the BMW system that I found it was individual Avus blue!
Its my dream project, and both Phil and I are extremely excited to see the end result. My bank manager however seems to have skipped the country.
In other news, the M5 passed 200,000 miles the other day, she's still going strong!
There is an alpina interior, but on the wrong continent at www.euromcars.com
(click on 'interior' but it's for a sedan anyway, so probably not worth it)
Probably easier to find over there than here.
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Mike
91 M5 Alpine White II, Silver Gray 3/90 production
17x8/17x9 M system with PS2, 20mm touring roll bar; Ground Control Coilovers; EAT Chip, CD43; bmw/nardi blackline steering wheel, 3.8 Cam Gears
08 535i / 6 speed
Space Gray; Gray; Sport/Premium/Nav
00 M5 Ti Silver; Imola/black sportiv --Sold
Engine:
Supersprint Headers, Dinan CAI kit and MAFS, Throttle Bodies, Cams, Ported heads, Exhaust, Custom dinan software, Evosport Pullies, Dinan clutch and lightened flywheel; Ignition solutions plasma coils
Suspension:
Dinan Stage 3 with front and rear Strut Tower Braces, Beastpower Sway bar brackets, Dinan Wheels with 275/285 PilotSport, X5 Thrust arm bushings, Stoptech 355mm 4 piston front, 355mm 2 piston rear brake kit, Dinan 3.45 diff
Interior/Misc:
Eurodash, updated steering wheel, Bluetooth retrofit, Sirius Retrofit, hardwired V1, Widescreen Mk4 nav, M audio retrofit, Ice Link, BSW Stage 1 speaker upgrade, bmw towbar
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