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2002 Auto Cross.


Nesset127

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Well I have a 76 2002 as some of you may know. It is almost all stock but the weber 32/36 carb and BBS wheels. Nothing done to the suspension in the last 37 years. Pretty damn floaty excuse my French but it makes one hell of a awesome handling road car! My main question here is there is a BMW Car Club even here in Washington every few months called the BMW Car Control Clinic, yes I am acting like only Seattle does it because I'm not sure if it is a wide spread thing. I really want to do it it's nothing really hard on the car I'm just not sure if I want to subject my car to that kind of abuse. Mainly because I don't exactly trust it getting me there and back in one piece.

I live a 150 mile round trip there so not totally sure. Car has 64k on the chassis and 10k on a motor. BMW replaced it in 1995. Still a carburated M10 nothing out of the ordinary. So should I do it? I have been volunteering for it for the last year and LOVE it. I drive my dads friends E92 M3 there but I really want to bring my little classic and show them new bimmers what's what! But all jokes aside would it be decently possible? Thanks for the input guys!

Cheers and see you on the road 2002ers!

-Nesset

Edit (also it is my first car so that's why I don't really trust it quite yet)

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1986 528e 5 speed Daily

 

"I don't have a piece of sh*t so I have to envy yours!" - Ferris Bueller

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I recently got the idea of keeping my 02 instead of getting a E30 and dumping a M42 and some bilstein coilovers onto her. Then she will be track ready somewhat.

76' Fjord Daily SOLD

1986 528e 5 speed Daily

 

"I don't have a piece of sh*t so I have to envy yours!" - Ferris Bueller

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I started in a 100% stock 1969.  It's a great car for car control clinics- you'll get inside wheelspin, but it doesn't mind.

 

It's fine on the track, too.  Slow on the straights, but as fast as an E30 in the corners.

 

It can take the abuse.

 

Trust me.

 

Really.

 

t

"I learn best through painful, expensive experience, so I feel like I've gotten my money's worth." MattL

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My daily driver a 72TII has been won two autocross championships and been driven on every race track from Westwood to Laguna Seca.  The only stress involved has been to the brake pads and tires.  PS my car has 330,000 miles on it.  G

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I'd give it hell man, I'm building mine to take all the abuse from back roads, to tsd rallies, drags, and autocross. I'd say give it a thorough look over and replace anything that seems worn or sloppy and go from there. Since the first day I had the car I took it for a couple nasty speed runs out to the Rockies and had a blast, these cars are made for it so long as it is kept in decent shape

1974 2002 - M20/Getrag 260 swap underway

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I daily mine in all weather, in NYC, 40 miles a day, and run it to near redline often. On the weekends 80-90mph for 1 hour stints at a time is a normal thing for the car, right up between 4000 and 5000 rpm without a hiccup. I thought I killed the motor once, when i heard a terrible knock... I barely got halfway through my final goodbyes before I drained the oil looking for chunks of bearing and realized only 2 quarts came out... ran low on oil. New oil, sound disappeared. In short, there is very little that you can do to damage the car that someone else hasn't tried in the past 40 years on your exact car. 

 

Just live by the mentality "if it breaks, it was going to anyway" and you start trusting your car a lot more. 

1974 Grey European Market BMW 2002 

1976 Yellow BMW 2002 "GOLDENROD" SOLD

1972 Yellow Austin Mini 1000

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Looks like I will be heading to the track April. Look forward to pushing my car. Need a new exuast system first. Probably will look into a Ireland engineering full system with stage 2 headers. Thanks for the input everyone.

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1986 528e 5 speed Daily

 

"I don't have a piece of sh*t so I have to envy yours!" - Ferris Bueller

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