OK I've decided to go in a whole new direction with the E21. My original plan was to build it into a nice little weekend hot rod and autocrosser. And find something else that I would build into a rallycross car. Both were to be cheap cars built on a budget and if I tore one up playing with it I would still have a backup to get back and forth to work in.
After the first autocross of the year and really evaluating what I want I realized that the E21 will never truly be competitive in any class. And I'm past the point of just having fun so starting out with a car that would need so much work and still be at a disadvantage would not be the way to go.
Then it kind of just hit me one day that the E21 would make a decent little rallycross machine. It's small, light, rwd, has an independent suspension and appears to have a decent amount of wheel travel. All of which where most of the requirements I was looking for in a rallycross car. So the search for an autocross car begins and the E21 gets to get dirty.
First order of business is to establish what my budget will be. Well it's not much but I'm working with about $75 biweekly. Not counting what I may be able to turn up with side jobs and whatnot. That's for all thing related to the car. Like parts and the cost of entry into events. I'm going to run the car in MR because I don't want to put the interior back into it.
With that out of the way the first thing I needed to do was find another set of stock springs to get it back up off the ground. I was able to locate a set for $50 but shipping was $20. I didn't get any pictures of it but with all the interior out and the stock springs on it before it was sitting about 1" higher than stock. I got the springs yesterday but am waiting to install them because I need to order some new bumpstops and shockboots to put on while I'm in there.
Sitting too low.
Stock springs should get me back to this height and maybe even a little more.
The next thing I did was find a set of the stock turbine wheels locally for $40. And now I have a decision to make. There is actually a decent supply of 13" winter tires. The problem is they have a very narrow tread width of only 175mm. The soil we have here is good old southern red clay. I'm thinking in the dry it'll be very hardpack and I would do better with more tread width. And in the wet it'll be very slippery clay and again I'll need more tread width. The other option I could go with is get a wider all season tire and a tire groover to make my own. Of course if I can find a set of E30 bottlecaps for a decent price, it'll open up a whole bunch more choices in 14". Hmm, decisions, decisions.
As of now the total of money spent is $110 and there is $35 left in the budget. Next thing I need to do is renew my SCCA membership, so that'll be another $80. The next event is on the 30'th and I'm fairly certain I'll not be ready by then.
I have lots planned for this car but it'll be a slow build do to the limited budget.
Anyway if you have any tips, critiques or ideas please post up.
It broke the bead very easily and I was able to get the tire started as you can see in the picture without it being bolted down. I think I'm going to mount it to a pallet, That way it can be moved around. 
