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Originally Posted by LT7A
Mr. Finland! Good to see you back Ilkka! You did a nice job on your garage addition. Glad to see you get started on your next car. I wonder about the story though. Did your wife see it and like it so much that she wanted one? And because you are a smart man, you built hers first? Haha. There is a 318is in my neighborhood that has been sitting since 2007. I have stopped by and let my neighbor know that if they want to free up their driveway, that I would be happy to help them by buying that car. It is black like yours, but just the 318 sport. I will be following along and glad to see that you can get back to your 325e. I really like your plan of putting a longer crankshaft in there. And with those forged pistons you should be able to run a high compression ratio. I like turbo cars, but large displacement naturally aspirated ones have instantaneous power which is also fun. Welcome back. I hope that you and your family have been doing okay with this worldwide crazy pandemic.
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Thank you very much LT7A! Nice to hear from you for a long time too.
As for my wife’s car, I said she wants and needs a summer car. HAHA! Otherwise I would have had to sell it, but I didn’t want to sell it because it’s a pretty rare original 318iS with a 16-valve engine.
Does your neighbor's BMW also have the same body style as our E30? You have to buy it so you can enjoy a little fun BMW. Is it 8- or 16-valve?
I have started restarting my 325i and will upload more project pictures of it here one day. I had a dream to get the engine in place this summer and get to try a new engine, but I don’t have any time to get the chassis and engine bay ready by then. I also like the turbo engine but I want this 325i to look original but still more powerful than standard. Here in Finland, a lot of turbo engines are also built for these and that is why I want to do a little differently than everyone else.
Our family has done well with this pandemic so far, hopefully you too and your family also. More annoying is that crazy "neighbor" Putin who attacked Ukraine.