I picked up the duke as a compliment to my daily driver, a 2.5 year project car of mine. It's a 1990 325i that I grabbed for cheap with a blown motor, auto trans, cloth comfort interior and zero mods mods except for the shitty exhaust. Dropped in a stock replacement motor with a 5spd conversion and cruised for 2 years with progressive changes the whole time before making the ultimate plunge and doing my first engine conversion. I've done the majority of the work myself with a few other friends helping along the way.

I've built the car around being a comfortable daily driver that is capable enough to make up for my lack of skill on the trackdays I try to do every summer. I generally replace all parts touched in any part of the project to maintain reliability so most everything has been replaced with oem level parts or aftermarket upgrades. I don't have many good pictures of the car as I'm not much a fan of meets or shows, but I will try to grab some this year.






(Engine in the bay but not finished connecting yet, I've since greatly cleaned up the bay and wiring)



Specs:
1990 332i sedan with many euro/iS body trim pieces installed
1997 OBD2 S52B32 (e36 M3 US motor, 240hp/240tq)
M50 intake manifold (+15hp/-10tq)
Factory headers (yes headers) into single 2.5" custom exhaust, magnaflow muffler and catalytic converter
13lb singlemass flywheel with SPEC stage1 clutch
5spd manual trans with DSSR shift linkage and a tallll but "short" shift lever
Fully rebuilt driveshaft
3.73 mechanical clutch LSD (fully rebuilt with stronger clutches for slight lock increase)
Bimmerworld 22mm/19mm sway bar kit
H&R Sport springs
Koni SA yellow shocks/struts
Rebuilt rear subframe with sway bar bracing installed
e36 steering rack conversion (noticeably tighter ratio)
Rebuilt front suspension with -1.5* camber plates and strut tower brace
Refinished leather sport seats with heaters installed

Every bushing, bearing, linkage etc has been replaced along the way. Too many things to list!

Cool!