Got back from Korman this afternoon. I drove the E30 the 70 miles to the shop and it made it alright. Leaking a little oil and it needs some new shocks (it was like riding an old-west buggy down I40) but it held together. Longest drive it’s been on with me yet. Real nice place and very professional. You don’t get that “Wal-mart” feeling that you are there just to make them money. They’ve got 10 or so cars in the shop right now, so they’re a bit busy. On Monday they’re going to go through the car very thoroughly and make a spreadsheet of every part that needs to be replaced and send that to me. I let them know that I’m just doing the engine right now, but the list will be good to have for when I need to work on the rest of the car. To keep costs down, I’ll be putting on the simpler parts that don’t require any special tools, while I leave the rest to them. He mentioned getting a dyno to break the engine in, but I can do that on the country roads around my house, at least while the car is still street legal. Talked for a bit and he went way into detail on everything. They’ve built a few Spec E30s before and it certainly seemed like they have a good handle on the rules and he mentioned talking to Carter several times about the series. He took me back into the shop to show me around. They had some great looking cars there. No E30s at the time, but a few 2002s, 6 series, and an old 3.2 CSL that looked museum-quality and he pulled the cover off their M1 that was hiding back there somewhere. It all looked very organized and clean - the short tour put a lot of confidence in their work. I’ll be gone all next week, but when I get back I’m looking forward to seeing that spreadsheet and ticking off what’s going to get replaced.
Who else has rebuilt their engine? The only thing I’m worried about is if they go to a hp/tq limit, what will it be?
jblack - I didn’t get a look at their rocker arms. Next time I talk to them on the phone I’ll ask him if he can show me some of them when I come pick up the car. Of course by then I might have a set installed in my own car :laugh: Shouldn’t be too long, I’ll be back in town in a week and a half. If you want to know anything in particular about them just give them a call. They’ll direct you straight to the builders.
Billy Revis is doing the work.