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This is where the project stalls out. I ended up getting a divorce and had to put it in storage until I can get some equity out of my house sale. We ended up doing a lease with purchase option (15k non refundable down) so it could be anywhere between 1 - 18 months before I see the money. Good news is when I do get the money the project should take a HUGE leap forward. To add insult to injury while moving it to storage the nose panel got smashed in. Ugh.

I ended up going with a new subframe with M20 mounts from 2002Haus. Rob was amazing to work with, and it worked wonderfully. I couldn't be happier.

I may have mentioned it before, but the tearing apart really is my favorite part. Maybe that's why I never finish a project. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I am almost at the end of the road for removing things. With the M10 engine out it was time to clean up the engine bay as much as possible. The reasons are twofold. First I will be repainting the whole car, so I want to get it cleaned up for paint and bodywork, second, the new M20 takes up a little more space than the old engine, so I needed to make some room. For the sake of painting, I removed the brake booster and pedal box, along with the complete wiring harness. With those out of the way it was time to break out one of my favorite tools, the grinder. After a lot of sparks and smoke I was able to cut out the battery tray (I'll be relocating the battery to the trunk) a good chunk of the front nose support, and the dreaded "big bumper" reinforcements found on the late model 2002's. You can see the nose material prior to cutting in the first picture, and a keen eye will spot the bumper reinforcements in the second picture. What I was left with, besides a nose full of black boogers, is a nice big open engine compartment. Hopefully it is enough room for two extra cylinders, a turbo and if heavens permit, some AC equipment. Before any I start any body work I need to do a bit of reinforcing in the nose area, as well as mock up locations for the new radiator, electric fan and intercooler which will all require some custom brackets. I have decided to get those little bits all squared away before I even think about paint. Unfortunately that means I need to acquire a M20 engine, radiator, intercooler etc BEFORE I can do any body work. That means my original schedule to get it in paint by summers end might be a distant dream.

For Cap. This is going to be one of the slowest build threads in history. In fact, it will be a miracle if I ever finish. :morning The end goal is a M20 powered 2002. Square tail, turbo flares and fenders. Not a restoration by any means, but a recreation. I would love to someday add a turbo to the M20. :wiggle Color is still up in the air, although I must admit lately I have been leaning towards LSB. :nod CUT and PASTE time! My car ADD is well documented, but in a seemingly futile attempt to find a car that can keep my attention for more than a couple months I have gone back in time, way back. I picked up not one, but two BMW 2002's thanks to a little help from a friend. While it started out as a low budget purchase, ($500 for both cars) I'm sure that the whole restoration will be much closer to the $10,000 mark. Luckily I'm in no hurry to get it done. I plan on spending the next year or two auto geeking out about every single little detail of the car, and what I want to do with it. The green car shown below is going to the crusher now that we got all the good parts off of it. I'm now in the process of starting to strip the yellow one down to a rolling shell and then I'll save my pennies to ship it off for body work and a paint job. Any votes on what color to do it? If I get on the ball enough I'll be documenting the whole process here. Stay tuned....

I've been working on this for over three years now. The project was stalled out for almost two years, but is starting to get back on it's feet again. Here is some backstory and progress, copied from a local forum.

Slow progress...

LOL

Depending on your budget, check out 2002haus. A little pricey, but for sure the best engineered solution out there.

How about a 2002 on a subaru chassis? http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?p=32824970#post32824970

Loving this build. So I take it from the mini me you are planning on painting it Inka?

Ughh. SUPER jealous about this one. Please provide details, along with where you got the parts. I may want to go down this path...

Exactly. Cost. That's an expensive engine.

Interesting idea. As far as power to weight goes, 200 horse in a 2250 pound car is about an 8.9 power to weight, which puts you in Dodge Challenger SRT8 territory. Bump it to 250 you get 11.2 which is better than a new STI. Those are pretty easy numbers to hit with a turbo M20 in our cars, which is WAY cheaper than $50,000.

Besides the above, some people need at least a 15 to clear a big brake kit.

Looks like it may just be a computer model. http://www.luxology.com/gallery/image/index.aspx?page=8

I think I know exactly what's in those 4 boxes. Very jealous...

I doubt it could handle the weight. Why not just use one that GC sells.

Looks great! Any details? I'm thinking about running 16x8 et 0 on my flared car.

I don't have one for sale, but I'm curious if it's for your 2002? I picked one up a while ago, and I'm planning on adapting it to replace my stock heater box and fan.