OT : Oh go on then....

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4515333&page=1

Don't mind if I do, nice clean finish to the build, but I bet they added a
few lbs with what seemed to be a lot of extra steel going into the chassis.

 

Wheny are they going to paint it?

 

Looked as if that shell had been kicking around for a while.

 

Yeah, but at the end of the day, the spend is the same as buying a
brand new V10-powered car (I imagine) such as an M5 or RS8, but the
interior is a 30 year-old design. **** that.

 

Especially when there are better, newer, options..

http://www.lincah.com/2009-manhart-bmw-m3-e92-5-0-v10-smg

 

Hugely impressive workshop skills though and I particularly like the intake
chambers and exhaust system.

 

you've been PMing too long. You mean "the cost".

 

Me too. Def. a case of Money > Sense IMHO.

 

I've never seen the point. I mean, if you've got a bog-standard,
low-spec car and happen to have access to a big engine out of a crash
car, then sure, shoehorn it in and you'll have musclecar performance
at banger price, and have acheived something worthwhile. But starting
off by buying a 'V10 in a box" at gawd knows what price, seems to
simply defeat the object.

 

Given that there's nothing "E30" left bar the skin, the only possible
justification can be "because it looks good".

 

But there's not a trace of 3-series left in the finished product.
Wheels, suspension, steering, even the heavily-welded chassis bear
almost no relation to the original.

 

I'd just _love_ to do the plugs or the exhaust manifold gaskets on that one.
Not.

JB

 

<looks mainly at pictures and completely disregards most posts>
Call me boring but how are you supposed to get an MOT or any other country's
equivalent for a so heavily modified car?

Btw, I agree that the owner has more money than sense, but I love the way
the work was done on the car.

 

In the UK, you take it for an MOT. If the work's been done well enough
(and that certainly has), it'll pass. Simples.

'course, since it's the US, that's academic, since they don't have an
MOT. Some states have a half-arsed emissions test, and one or two even
count the wheels, but...

 

Same as for a standard car. The MOT checks things like do the brakes
work, lights come on, etc, so isn't in any way make and model
specific.

Kit cars (which that would count as) need another test before they go
on the road fir the first time though, that test is called Individual
Vehicle Approval (IVA).

HTH

 

It does look like I'm a rather confused about the whole thing; I thought
that any modifications (e.g. even non-standard size rims) would have to be
declared by the owner in order to receive approval and a new MOT. I hope
this is at least the way TUV works in Germany, otherwise I really don't know
where I got the idea from.

I was aware of the existence of the IVA but didn't know what its exact
purpose was and, more importantly, forgot about it when I was asking.

Thanks for the answers.

 

Nope. Time is the only thing which invalidates an MOT (or a CatC write-
off)

It's along those lines - if you fit something, it's got to be approved
for your make/model of car, or you have to get it approved (expensive and
a shedload of hassle).

 

Then there's the subtle detail that the E30 was designed for the straight
six...

 

I expect the recipient of the final product didn't GAF about money and
probably had a standard M or two in his 10 car garage!

 

The engine is indeed a thing of beauty.
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Needs a nice sidecar wrapped around it mind.