BoxheadTim said:GameboyRMH said:In reply to docwyte :
Tim did at one point own the most cursed Toyobaru in existence, but he was lucky enough that it waited until 2 owners later to spontaneously lunch its replacement engine.
Wait... what? I must've missed that. And that was an engine that I bought all the bits for that were supposed to have all the goodies one needed to make it "reliable".
Yep, that's what makes it the most cursed:
In reply to GameboyRMH :
Well, E36 M3. Most cursed indeed - I had seen the initial post, but somehow missed the follow on.
In reply to BoxheadTim :
I don't see any evidence that there was an engine failure, just a rattling sound in a small RPM window, which could be any number of things.
A picture of oil, which says nothing - all oil looks like that.
And no followups.
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
Good point. When the original engine suffered from rattling/knocking, the cause became very obvious and not that hard to document. Non-stock windows in the block tend to help with that.
In reply to BoxheadTim :
Here to point out that an E36 M3 IS a '90's machine. 
In reply to docwyte :
Great, now I feel old, given that I remember when it came out 
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docwyte said:In reply to BoxheadTim :
Here to point out that an E36 M3 IS a '90's machine.
Hell, the first E46s (328s, not M3s) were 1999.
In reply to BoxheadTim :
My first M3 was a 1995 that I bought in 2002. It'd nearly be 30 years old now. I still really like that platform and Rodan isn't doing me any favors posting up about his E36 Touring. I wouldn't mind having one of those with the S52 motor in it as a DD.
In reply to docwyte :
There is/was a 318ti with an S52 for sale locally. I think that would be close to perfect if the conversion was done properly. But I don't think I want to find out.
I suspect a lot of E36s here have succumbed to the salt as I barely see any for sale.
I hear S197s are pretty corrosion resistant and probably new enough for the parts supply to not have imploded completely.
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