Year: 1987
Make: BMW
Model: 3-Series
Price: $20500
Mileage: 5000
Color: Gold
Private or Dealer Listing: Private Listing
Location (State): NY
Transmission: Manual
Drivetrain: Rear Wheel Drive

I think it speaks mostly for itself, but here is some info about it:

There is a whole blog about the buildup of the car which can be found here: http://newman.onyxsyndicate.com/e30gtr/e30gtr_00.htm
The car was featured on Jalopnik.com as well as in print from S3 magazine (I have some copies if you want them)
No expense was spared. I have about $45,000 invested in the car, really... plus 4 years of my time.
The car saw 500hp/400ft-lb on a MUSTANG dyno. You can probably turn up the boost and make more power. It was plenty for me.

Almost every step of the build process was documented in the blog. If you have a question, it's probably answered in there. If you have a specific question, drop me a message.


Here's a list of what it's built from, there are probably even more things that I am forgetting on here...
Chassis:

• 1987 BMW 325IS (manual)
•Seam Welded
•Vito Antonicelli 10 Point Cage
•Every suspension member powdercoated

Body:

•Ireland Engineering Fender flares
•OEM Mtech1 Valences and Sideskirts, shaved lines
•Euro Bumpers, Dechromed
•EurostopUSA CF Hood
•EurostopUSA MTech1 CF wing
•Shaved Side Moldings
•Shaved Fuel Door
•Shaved Sunroof
•Custom baby puke paint
•Newman Engine Mount
•Newman Transmission Mount
•Custom Tunnel/closeoff
•CF firewall closeoff
•Custom 5052AL Front Splitter
•Smoked Euro Smileys
•Euro Grills

Engine:

•R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R RB26DETT
•87mm bore/3 angle valve job
•Wiseco 87mm Pistons
•Eagle Rods
•HPE Crank collar
•ARP head studs
•ARP Flywheel Bolts
•ARP Exhaust manifold studs
•EPP valve guides
•Ferrea Dual valve springs
•Ferrea Valve spring locators
•Ferrea Retainers
•Ferrea Locks
•ACL Calico coated main and rod race bearings
•Garrett GT35R .82 A/R
•Spitfire Coilpacks
•New OEM Water Pump
•New OEM Oil Pump
•Trust Timing Belt
•Powdercoated valve covers
•OEM gasket kit
•Cometic MLS Head gasket
•Polished alternator
•ATI 1000HP Race Damper
•Custom valve shims
•GTC Racing CF spark plug cover
•Lokar black throttle cable
•Steph's Baffled Oil catch can
•Trust metal intake gaskets


Transmission:

•Modified RB26DETT Transmission
•Nismo Flywheel
•EXEDY 3 puck clutch
•Drive Shaft Shop Driveshaft
•E30 M3 LSD 4.11

Fuel:

•Bosch -044 800HP fuel pump
•Seimens 870cc injectors, flow calibrated to w/in .5% of each other
•Summit 8 Gallon Fuel Cell
•Custom Fuel Cell hold down straps
•Custom Fuel Rail
•Braided -8AN Fuel inlet line
•Braided -8AN Fuel feed line
•Braided -8AN Fuel return line
•Aeromotive Rising rate regulator
•Summit Inline fuel Filter
•Custom filter and pump mounting brackets
•Summit fuel level sending unit

Exhaust:

•Newman 304SS heavy wall manifold
•Newman 304SS exhaust, dual vband, dual flex section
•Tial 38mm wastegate
•Custom Manifold Bracing
•Moroso exhaust check valve
•Vibrant E-Vac crankcase scavenging setup
Induction:

•Newman 2.5" 304SS IC Plumbing
•PWR 24X11X3 IC core semi-custom endtanks
•Tial 50MM BOV

Cooling:

•MOXIES/Newman Radiator
•Newman catch can
•Newman Surge tank
•Flex-a-lite 12" Electric fan

Electrical/Management

•Vipec Speed Density Engine Management
•AEM UEGO controller
•Racetech Dash2
•HKS Turbo Timer
•New Engine Harness
•Kwikwire Chassis harness
•(4) Greddy warning gauges (Boost, EGT, Oil, Fuel)
•JVC Head unit
•Blaupunkt T-Line 5.25" Rear Speakers
•Powerbass 6.5" Front speakers in costom enclosures
•XTC Speaker baffles
•DTM 35W 6000K HIDS hi & lo
•LED Parking lights/License plate lights


Suspension:

•Ireland Engineering road race springs
•Ireland Engineering poly trailing arm bushings
•Ireland Engineering Poly Subframe mounts
•Ireland Engineering 22/25mm swaybars
•Ireland Engineering Camber/rear toe kit
•Bilstein HD Dampers
•New OEM wheel bearings
•New OEM F&R strut mounts



Wheels:

•Work VS-XX wheels (17X10, 17X8.5) Custom Offset
•Falken Azenis RT-615 275/40/17, 235/40/17
•Vorshlag 90mm wheel studs



Interior:

•Status Ring Seats
•Takata Harnesses
•Sparco 300mm steering wheel
•NRG Quick release hub
•Rhinoliner interior and trunk
•Performance-Trim CF door panels
•Performance-Trim CF rear panels
•Custom instrument mounting panels
•Custom window winder cranks
•Custom Hello Kitty shift ****
•Yashio Factory shift ****
•Cruise Shift ****
•NFG Shift ****
•Jewknob Shift ****
•Custom GTR shift ****
•HK Horn button
•Custom CF dash closeoff
•Custom striped carpet
•E30GTR and XXX custom pedals
•Massive dead pedal

Brakes:

•Wilwood billet forged superlite narrow body, differential bore 6 piston calipers (front)
•Wilwood superlite 4 piston caliper (rear)
•Wilwood 13X1.1 GT48 rotor (front)
•Wilwood 11.75X1.25 HD rotor (rear)
•Cutsom machined rotor hats and brackets
•Massive rear hat, ebrake ring and bracket
•Wilwood Q pads
•New OEM ebrake setup (backing plate, springs, adjusters, cables, pads, actuator, pin)
•Wilwood Prop valve (installed next to driver’s seat)
•Custom Fit Integra GSR 10" Brake Booster
•Polished Integra GSR 1" Master cylinder
•-4AN stainless brake hardlines
•-4AN stainless braided brake hoses

The car always draws TONS of spectators, controversy, praise, whatever.

The good:
All that stuff ^up there^
One of a kind... show me another.
The car is basically brand new. EVERYTHING has been replaced or refurbished. Motor, chassis, suspension, interior.
It's fast (boost is set around 400 whp)
It's awesome

The bad:
The paint job may not be everyone's taste. It's a strange color. In sunlight it looks gold. In the evening or in artificial light it looks gold. I'm not going to try to explain why this happens. There are a few small imperfections in the paint. The front fenders don't match perfectly, either.
There's a puff of blue smoke from the turbo on startup.
(maybe good?) It's practically a race car. Solid engine mounts, cage, race buckets. You know the drill.
Manual crank windows don't always stay up.
When I listed it last time I said that the clutch slipped some, I think it was just glazed from doing burnouts because last couple times I had it out there was no slip.

Look at the blog or email me for more info. ctnewman @ gmail.com

Only trades I'm interested in is an OEM knucklehead motor with title.

Again, there are TONS of pictures on the blog, but here are a few (these are linked from facebook, so if they don't work, let me know)










I'm asking $20,500 (NO LOWER!) which is super reasonable.

Part it out and make money, I don't even care anymore.
Hell, the seats (3500) Wheels (3500) Dash (1000) ECU (1000) Turbo (1500) cost half what I'm selling the whole car for.... not to mention the built RB26. There are 1500 dollars alone worth of lines and fittings on this car.

 

fun car i may say,heat and defroster functional? any potential for more hp just by tuning like 500 whp? gross weight? thanks

 

It's tuned to about 25 psi which made 500WHP (on a mustang dyno). Then I backed the boost off for street use. The car only weighs 2600 or so, so it's pretty fast... the internet has really desensitized us to power to weight ratios because everything has a million HP but weighs a million pounds.

You could certainly make more power if you want, but the 35r would probably need to be replaced with something larger. I wanted a fun street car.

 

heat and defroster still functional?

 

I'm sorry. No they are not. There IS a radio though.

 

Over the top for my tastes but really nicely done. Love the e30s owned a couple.

 

I've seen this in person and it's awesome. In my opinion, it's a steal at that price.

 

Bump. Lowered my price by 3 grand... email: ctnewman@gmail.com