What would Oppo do with this $2400 CS?

"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
10/16/2017 at 14:26 • Filed to: None

Make no mistake, it is beyond salvageable. I think the only solution would be some kind of Roadkill style back yard body on frame swap: hack off the vast majority of the CS and plop it down on an S10 frame, then swap in a 454. A true redneck special. If the good ol’ boys down south can slap a Mustang onto a tractor tire equipped truck chassis, why not?

What is that thing sticking out of the bumper? The entire area below the taillights is made of bondo!

The Euro hotrodding community is very much “behind” the muscle car crowd in this respect. Granted, mixing and matching old muscle car parts to get something running is a lot easier than messing with a BMW from the same period. That being said though, I hope preserving “barn find” vintage Euro/Japanese stuff becomes a trend within the next couple decades. Sure, we’ve seen the stance crowd getting into artificial patina for a few years, but its unnatural, and usually on a pretty mundane car.

Doesn’t turn over according to the seller. Though i bet you could clean up the hardier components and make a couple bucks back.

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DISCUSSION (42)

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 14:30

I wonder how many spiders that has.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Shamoononon drives like a farmer
10/16/2017 at 14:31

BMW Spyder confirmed!

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 14:31

Not the worst looking thing I have seen for $2,400. Would be kinda fun to stick an electric drive train into.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Shamoononon drives like a farmer
10/16/2017 at 14:32

Many, many seasons worth from the looks of it. I wouldn’t be surprised if those spark plugs sitting on the cowl have been there for a decade.

Noah - Now with more boost. > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
10/16/2017 at 14:33

The contrast between the trashed body and the silent running would be amusing.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 14:33

Roadkill style? Hmmm. I want a little bit of an oddball engine, so I’m thinking maybe a Ford 300 I6, whatever frame I can get my hands on that would be a relatively good match for the BMW. Then hotrod the hell out of that 300. Junkyard turbo setup a-la Rotsun. But I would like to keep it all under the hood and maybe built for slightly more reliability, haha.

I would actually be highly tempted to do this if I had the money!

Alternatively HRG-style would be cool too, sort of like their 07 crown vic underpinning an F-100. Modern reliability/braking/engine. So in this case perhaps a, oh hell, I dunno, a GTO? Haha.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2017 at 14:36

Ha! My first thought.

Dru > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 14:50

It’s a little far gone to restore and make even an early Wheeler Dealers type profit. But I’m a sentimental purist, so I’d give a proper restoration a go.

Just kidding. LS swap the world.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 14:50

Jeep frame. 4" long arm lift. 33s. Simple, easy, fun.

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 15:01

S65 swap. Gotta stay in the family!

ok, realistically, S14 swap, that’ll probably bolt right into the mounts the M10 is using.

CalzoneGolem > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 15:22

Remove the old body and replace it with a model A or T roadster body.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 15:38

LS Swap

Noah - Now with more boost. > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
10/16/2017 at 15:46

I’m all about the Ford I6 idea, Aussies put a lot of time and money into the big old sixes they got down under back in the day, but they are so neglected in the USA! As a BMW fan I’ve never understood that. V8 snobbery I guess?

Noah - Now with more boost. > Dru
10/16/2017 at 15:47

I can see that. C3 frame, LS kit, and burnouts. Lots of burnouts.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
10/16/2017 at 15:48

That’s hilarious, my friends and I specialize in old Jeeps to an extent. We’re dying to hotrod one of those 4.0 dinosaurs

Noah - Now with more boost. > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
10/16/2017 at 15:50

V10 or V8 BMW power would be nuts! Even a US spec E36 M3 motor would be fun. But yeah a couple adaptors later and an SR20 would be wild.

Noah - Now with more boost. > CalzoneGolem
10/16/2017 at 15:52

then you can say you’ve tripled the horsepower!

Noah - Now with more boost. > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
10/16/2017 at 15:53

LS swap ALL the things...

OmerCarrothers333 > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 15:57

Take it to Cole Foster’s Salinas Boys and say “I really like one you made for yourself with that root-beer brown. Can you do one up for me in Candy Apple red?”

jasmits > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 16:06

If I had unlimited funds send it over to Icon(or similar shop) and get something truly awesome made, these are honestly one of my favorite automotive designs and a hackjob couldn’t do it justice but the petina is awesome.

Hackjob? if I could find an appropriate frame that it’ll go on it would have to be something that doesn’t ruin the spirit of the thing. I think that’s one reason the muscle car frame swap thing hasn’t caught on as well with euro stuff. A muscle car frame swap still really fits the spirit, plopping a GT on a pickup frame seems wrong to me.

For power I think this car needs to stick with an inline-6 so that would probably mean an S54, although a 2JZ or RB-whatever could be kinda cool too. To me keeping the 6 is more important than staying with a BMW powerplant.

jasmits > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
10/16/2017 at 16:07

I’m not sure how important keeping it plug-and-play would be when literally everything is going to need to be replaced thanks to rot

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 16:07

you misinterpret my S14 comment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_S14

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > jasmits
10/16/2017 at 16:22

S14 is what the 2002 guys all seem to aspire to, figured the CS guys would aspire to it as well. I mean it is kinda-sorta the ultimate evolution of the M10 engine family. And the S14 is a fun little engine regardless.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 16:32

I guess maybe. But damn are those Ford 300's reliable. Slow, but reliable. Isn’t it Barra over in Australia that does the go-fast 300's? I would love to build one some day, hopefully I wouldn’t have to source everything from Australia, haha.

sony1492 > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 16:38

Drift car. Swap in whatever motor, do a full cage that basically becomes the chassis extending to the shock towers. Of course it would be expensive but if your gonna hack up a 240 to do the same thing why not start off with something more unique.

jasmits > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
10/16/2017 at 16:46

True! Just an s14 seems(to me at least) to fit the 2002 character super well while a bigger six like an S54 or something would be a better fit in a GT like this. The E9 that succeeded this was all straight-six power

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > jasmits
10/16/2017 at 16:56

The e9 required a lengthening of the front clip to make space for the I6's. Not saying you couldn’t cram an S54(cause if you are going I6, you go full hog) in there, but the S14 would be an easy fit and can be modified to make nearly 3x the hp of the stock engine, not to mention it’s easier from a wiring and ECU standpoint.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 17:03

It’s really perfect.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 17:14

Drop the body on a S2000

MM54 > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 17:40

If it’s as rotten as it looks from your pictures, probably cage it to the point of nearly being a tube frame, drivetrain out of an e36 or something, and bam - track car.

Noah - Now with more boost. > OmerCarrothers333
10/16/2017 at 19:02

Pinstripes and flames with that too sir?

Noah - Now with more boost. > jasmits
10/16/2017 at 19:03

A 2J would be nuts! Total sacrilege to some but A+ from thi particular BMW nerd.

Noah - Now with more boost. > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
10/16/2017 at 19:04

Ah whoops! Forgot it was a BMW number too

Noah - Now with more boost. > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
10/16/2017 at 19:06

Even the period factory hot rods from Ford had aggressive carb setups! I’m not sure about the aftermarket though.

OmerCarrothers333 > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/16/2017 at 21:44

I take it you’re not familiar with Cole’s work, here’s that BMW of his: http://autoweek.com/article/car-life/revolution-no-e9-cole-fosters-bmw-2800cs

jasmits > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/17/2017 at 01:12

I think a 2j fits the character of the car better than an LS or even a BMW V8 would.

If someone’s that picky about keeping it in the BMW family an N54 amounts to the same thing really.

Although it slipped my mind that these were still using fours, an F20(S2k motor) would be AWESOME. It’s like everything that’s great about the S14 but better and more bulletproof and(I think) more easy to come by.

Noah - Now with more boost. > CaptDale - is secretly British
10/17/2017 at 14:28

That’s brilliant (though S2Ks are unibody no), very much in the spirit of the original!

Noah - Now with more boost. > MM54
10/17/2017 at 14:29

Yeah a 2.8 would be sweet, pretty inexpensive too

Noah - Now with more boost. > OmerCarrothers333
10/17/2017 at 14:32

ooohh wow thats clean

Noah - Now with more boost. > jasmits
10/17/2017 at 14:35

yeah someone suggested an S2k, that would be a sick swap!

CaptDale - is secretly British > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/17/2017 at 14:41

I am sure you could get the body panels to fit onto the S2K

jasmits > Noah - Now with more boost.
10/17/2017 at 15:11

I’m a bit more partial to an S2k swap in like a 2002 or an E30. I still feel like a six fits best in the ‘big coupe’ thing while an S2k swap to an E30 is like a more modern S14