rblongboarder
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Here's an interesting beast:
E30 with S52 swap..
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With obligatory boy racer roll cage.
I'm up in Seattle and last month did a one-day racing track introduction course at our local speedway - Proformance Racing School. You can bring your own car - I brought my E39. The guy who was my instructor races older 3-series BMWs, and it sounds like there was a fairly extensive community of people who race these locally. I suspect this car is one of that crowd and thus the reason for all of the track upgrades.
Man, seems like not too long ago, you can get an E30 M3 for that.
Been a hot minute since you were able to get a nice e30 m3 for that money
If someone is doing such modifications and swapping such an engine in a car like this, a roll cage is a matter of safety and common sense, because they probably won't be driving such a car to the store for bread rolls or to their aunt's for Sunday dinners...
Rear-wheel drive from a bygone era doesn't forgive driver mistakes.
Every boy becomes a man someday, and it's better for the buyer that such a car has a roll cage. If they lack the ability to control such a modified car with a powerful rear-wheel drive engine, they might not live to see the day they become a man without one.
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Here in California we see more of these on street cars than you can imagine.