Year: 1997
Make: BMW
Model: M3
Price: $18000
Mileage: 193800
Color: Silver
Private or Dealer Listing: Private Listing
Location (State): IL
Transmission: Manual
Drivetrain: Rear Wheel Drive

Thought I'd try posting here first before going the ebay/BaT route. I've had this car for 3 years and about 5,000 miles. This is a well sorted, completed project. I bought this from a gentleman in Texas and drove it home to Chicago without issues. It's been garaged here and stored over the winters. My reasons for selling are looking to free up funds and I've got one too many summer cars and not enough room to keep them. The body is in decent shape and cleans up better than the average E36 and is rust free. It did have some body work done around the drivers rear quarter panel and there is a 3 inch bondo crack just under the rear window currently present. I also decided to source out another trunk without spoiler mounting holes and the paint isn't a perfect match and I could have done a little better with adjusting the gaps. I have the original trunk and M3 spoiler which is included. Car drives straight and puts power down pretty well with the RS4 tires.

A lot of care was put into this car and it's definitely a car I'll miss. In summary, this is a 3200lb car with over 500hp at the crank that knows how to take a corner. Tons of new parts... I wouldn't hesitate to drive it across the country. I have more details and receipts if you are serious.

1997 M3 Titanium Silver on Black
193,800 miles

Engine/Transmission-
Samberg swap kit
*[1 3/4 headers (ceramic coated), front subframe and transmission mount (powder coated), and steering shaft]
LS3 from a 2008 Corvette - about 35K miles
*Rebuilt at 189,000 with forged pistons and springs/retainers/pushrods/cam gear
HP Tuners dyno tuned (puts down 444/431 at the wheels)
Pat G. spec'd a 226/234 .598/.612" 113LSA +3
92mm FAST Big Mouth throttle body
LS1 computer and Lingenfelter 58x - 24x converter box
T56 from GTO - about 40K miles
3.38 LSD
Puller fan thermostate controlled
MGW shifter with lenghten rod
AKG clutch pedal bushings
clutch master cylinder and stainless line
RPS LS9 twin disc clutch (installed at 188,000)
New BMW AC compressor (installed at 189,000)
New TurnOne power steering pump (installed at 192,000)
New alternator (installed at 192,000)
Motion Motorworks underpanel kit w/ raditor baffle (installed at 190,000)

Sound-
Bavsound Stage One speaker upgrade - HK amp (installed at 190,000)

Suspension-
H&R Sport and Koni adjustables
Rogue RSM
H&R Front sway bar (installed at 192,000)
17x9 FM10 wheels (super light) and 255-40-17 Hankook RS4 tires square setup (installed at 193,000)

Brakes-
EBC Redstuff pads
Euro front rotors

Exhaust-
1 3/4 primary with x-pipe, 2.5 duals all the way, until a dual in, dual out magnaflow muffler

Interior additions-
Changed to luxury door panels and addressed rattles
Removed AEM wideband (wiring still there, will be included with car) to install custom SpeedHut oil pressure and oil temp gauges (installed at 190,000)
Thickened and wrapped in nappa leather OEM e36 M3 Euro wheel with airbag (installed at 190,000)

Asking $18,000

Mark 847-414-5111

 

A/C, front and rear defroster all functional?

 

AC and rear defrosters functional. However, the heater lines from the engine to the heater core were not installed so there is no heat in the cabin. This car isn't ideal for cold/winter conditions so that never bothered me. But if heat was wanted, it shouldn't be all that hard to finish the setup.