The exterior featured an Ireland Engineering wide-body along with VTO wheels. Unfortunately, that’s all that good that can be written regarding the outside of the car. The wide-body was hand-painted using a paintbrush and black paint (not joking) and the hood was stripped to bare metal.

The interior had Cobra RSR seats, aftermarket steering wheel, and a dash-cap covering a rough original dashboard.

One bored summer, I decided to give the car a 10-foot paint job. I sanded the car using a common orbital sander. I purchased all of the Rustoleum primer and grey spray paint from the local Home Depot for a month straight. After some primer and paint, the car looked okay enough drive around and not have people think I was there to steal the rims off their cars…

… and of course, the dog helped.

After 1.5 years of having the car, I decided to purchase an m20b25 motor in January of 2022. The motor came from a company that pulled it to make a drift car with only 78,000 miles on it. To go with the m20, a 260 Getrag 5-speed transmission was bought along with the 3.73 LSD off a 325is.

The motor is being pulled apart and will be rebuilt to create a 3.0L 6 cylinder turbo motor and installed using 2002 Underground’s mounting platform.

Follow for updates on this build.

Special Thanks to:
George Rudawsky for housing my 2002 for winter housing and motor breakdown guidance.

Matt Murphy from 2002 Underground for his building advice.

Sean Helesic at European Autohaus for keeping the Bavarians running.
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