here it is say this was a perfect world (haha) and your 02 had no rust ran perfect and was complete and stock, how would you spend 5k on it?

M3 transplant. I'd buy the parts and do the work myself. It'd take forever in real life but a perfect world it be up and running in 2 days.

I'd do the interior, sound proofing and paint. Then I'd put in a nice radio.

gold plate all the exterior trim, emblems, badges, grill, and door handles ....

buy a metric mechanic turbo spec M10 motor with S14 crank, run 15 lbs of boost and make 275 hp at the wheels!

buy a metric mechanic turbo spec M10 motor with S14 crank, run 15 lbs of boost and make 275 hp at the wheels!


is that possible for $5,000?

is that possible for $5,000?

I was quoted 5495 with a 600 core deposit. It would be a 2.3l with 8.2:1 compression and all the nice goodies inside are forged and the head is their hiflo ST Sport head. Thet stated at 10-12 lbs I would be able to hit my goal of 250-275 hp. So upping the boost to 15 SHOULD make 300.

3 grand worth of gas, 2 grand in suspension and drive the wheels off of it.

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I was quoted 5495 with a 600 core deposit. It would be a 2.3l with 8.2:1 compression and all the nice goodies inside are forged and the head is their hiflo ST Sport head. Thet stated at 10-12 lbs I would be able to hit my goal of 250-275 hp. So upping the boost to 15 SHOULD make 300.


What was your idea for induction (or what do they suggest)? EFI or carbed .. or what? Sorry don't be to thread-jack here. Feel free to start a new one if needed.

:buttrock Awesome




What was your idea for induction (or what do they suggest)? EFI or carbed .. or what? Sorry don't be to thread-jack here. Feel free to start a new one if needed.

Carbed would be so crappy, EFI ( standalone ) would be the only way to do it correctly.

well since ur car is good send 4k 2 help the morfiyas 2002 get well fund doint want 2 b greedy u keep a grand 4 ur self

3 grand worth of gas, 2 grand in suspension and drive the wheels off of it.

hahahahaha.

gold plate all the exterior trim, emblems, badges, grill, and door handles ....

id like to see that

Alpina Flares/front spoiler, Lowered and i mean low, some nice racing wheels, dual weber carbs, IE racing cam, short shift, and a ANSA exhaust

If I had the five grand I would NOT go ansa. That supersprint would be bolted up nicey nice. They sound so much better than ansa crap like I currently run, and actually last more than a year! Honestly, I would just spend the money making everything on the car RIGHT. A good tight, well built 2002 with the correct parts is so much nicer to me than any s14, M20, turbo, or whatever else yall want to build. Build the within the car's original designation, a light, nimble, fast and fun way to get from one place to another.(SAFELY)

Ok, call me boring, but having done it now and looking back, I had the priorities of redoing my car out of order originally.

The people who've driven my car are more intrigued by how it drives exactly like no 2002 they've driven before. The feeling that they didn't know it was supposed to be THAT good and still be 30+ years old.

The right combination of balance and grip is like seriously addictive drugs once you've experienced it with these cars. Attribute that great "feel" to making the stock suspension do what it was designed to do originally, with a few minor enhancements.

So... I would spend the money making the car safe and reliable in a couple of ways.

First I would buy new seat belts. The old ones are not safe in most 2002s I've been in.

Second I would buy new tail light lenses that are good and RED when you hit the brakes. Paint the insides of the light housings where the bulbs go with new silver paint.

Third, I would take both the front and rear subframes out and replace absolutely every bushing locations with original OEM BMW rubber bushings. Put in new control arms, ball joints, wheel bearings, tie rod ends, center track rods, strut bearings, front and rear springs, bilstein HD rears, Sport front shocks, SS brake lines, pads, rotors, calipers, new tires and wheels. Replace the stock sway bars with ST's sway bars. Have the front end aligned.

Last, buy some really great H4 headlights with good bulbs.

I'm telling you, If you haven't done those things to your car, you really don't know what your 2002 is capable of doing yet.

I would buy 5000 quick pic lotto tickets and keep my fingers crossed:lol

These cars are money pits and once you get into them you will be seduced into purchasing much more than what that original $5K will get you.

hahaha 5000 quick picks. thats sooooooo many tickets. wow thats a lil better than the winnig odds.
now your at 1.5% of 19.9 billion.

I would buy 5000 quick pic lotto tickets and keep my fingers crossed:lol

These cars are money pits and once you get into them you will be seduced into purchasing much more than what that original $5K will get you.

Can you imagine checking to see if you won. You have to sort numerically just to keep your head on.

dam now that would suck