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Black, Bmw, Manual, 6speed, Good, Lowered, Clean, Drift, V8, Lsd, M5, M, 540i on 2040-cars

Year:1995 Mileage:170030 Color: could use some love with some small scratches and dents

Location:

Redmond, Washington, United States

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After a lot of time and fun on this car, it is finally time to move on. This car has quite a story, and a lot of pictures of the build to go along with it if you are interested. I originally picked this car up two years ago from another loving owner as a 530i M sport 5 speed with a broken windshield and no stereo completely bone stock for $4100. It has a list of receipts from past owners along with all of the book stuff from BMW when it was originally purchased. I had the windshield replaced and installed a very nice pioneer deck immediately, and also had plans to buy a 4.0L V8 to swap into it. After about 6 months I found an engine for sale pulled from a 1995 740i (preferable since the 7 series only came in automatic so the engine couldn't have been ripped on too hard) The engine had 130,000 miles on it, but was professionally rebuilt by BMW at 100,000 miles due to the nikasil block problems these engines had. So the engine really only has about 30,000 miles on it. I purchased it for $900 and also purchased new gaskets to redo the engine. I replaced everything besides the head gaskets which are in great condition. After re-gasketing the engine, I picked up a brand new stage 1 clutch and Flywheel for $1300. I also bought a 6-speed transmission pulled from a totaled Z8 for $1000 and I dropped it off at eastside transmission to have it looked through(they found it to be in perfect order) then they re-gasketed it and filled it up with new oil. I then ordered a brand new E34 M5 drive shaft(for power handling) and had the back end shortened with a new yolk to fit my differential all done by drivelines northwest in Seattle. The differential and subframe are from a late model 535i auto. The differential also had the yolk changed to fit and disassembled,checked, re-gasketed, and filled with redline racing fluid by Northwest differential in kirkland. It is a 3.91 LSD. Sub frame received some love as I replaced the bushings and repainted everything for rust prevention. The exhaust is custom made by Tim at muffler king in kirkland and it sounds fantastic! The computer was tuned by a guy in Renton who makes performance chips for these car. It dynoed at 320 crank HP and 330 tq. fuel economy is sacrificed a bit for these specs but who cares, its a V8 already. The suspension was custom made by BC racing and is 32 way adjustable dampening, ride height and spring pre-load adjustable with 6k springs up front and 8k in the rear. The front struts are weld in only, so I had it done by a FIA certified welder at 425 Motorsports in bellevue for $600. At the same time that they did this, they also built custom one off racing seat brackets which came out to $700 because they are very different than normal seat brackets, and I can explain better with pictures. The car comes with both original seats, one recaro SRD in perfect condition, and both racing seat brackets. It also will have the very rare AC Schnitzer style 3 two piece wheels pictured mounted up along with brand new Michelin pilot sport 3 tires 235/40/18. The car also has an all new coolant system including water pump, radiator, fan, fan shroud, and hoses.

Performance mods:
-Headers
-Custom Exhaust
-Cold Air Intake
-Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines
-Hawk Organic Pads
-Custom BC Racing Coilovers
-NGK-R Spark Plugs
-Short Shifter
-Custom Tuned ECU
-LSD
-320hp 330tq
-Other stuff that I cant remember

Maintenance:
-Water Pump
-Radiator
-Fan
-Fan Shroud
-Coolant Hoses
-Engine Mounts
-Spark Plugs NGK-R
-Fully re-gasketed
-New Bushings
-New Suspention
-Trans Oil
-Diff oil
-Engine oil always changed with Mobil-1 Full Synthetic
-Brake Lines
-Brake Fluid
-Coolant
-Air Filter
-Other stuff that I cant remember

The car is a load of fun to drive, it does 0-60 in 4.7 second and loves to slide around corners. The paint could be in better condition, but it is 18 years old, and looks pretty good for that age. It is very solid and I will miss it forever, but I am ready for another project now. Thank you:)

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