Please tell me, forget it....................................

I'm not going to be much help here as I have so much WANT

Holy E36 M3. I'm not gonna tell you to stop, if you have the means. I would own it in a SECOND if I did.

I am already selling bodily fluids and parts on the black market...

I'm only going to say... showcar == spectacular fail at the track.

That Koni suspension mentioned as if mantra is $1500-2k. Statements like "The front has a tow hook so the car is ready for the track for driver education days or track days", "The ride height is aggressive and has the perfect stance. " suggest it has never been to one and the guy selling it is a tool/douche. He is probably wearing something authentic while sipping a PBR with a straw. You will spend money to make it track worthy even before you realize turbos make for E36 M3ty track cars unless you are Porsche and even then, you have a trailer full of spare parts.

Puffers invariably spend their track days with smoke wafting from them while Asian dudes with impeccable goatees stare at lap tops and argue with each other. I see them do this while I do lap after lap after lap in my ugly car that happens to have zero puffers and pretty low lap times.

That one has an S54 swap in it's future. Once it's new owner figures out that what looks pretty on the SEMA floor is not what does laps all day without fail.

Be careful courting the beautiful with no purpose, they break hearts and wallets with callous disregard.

My ms3 puffer sure didn't seem to mind the track, neither did the srt4s or minis out there with me.

+1 on pretty

+11 on not wanting to track a show car

^What Der Geschnorklewacken one has said^

This is a kick-as car for shining and showing to a sh1t-ton of flatbillers in a half-empty convention hall. If hardparking is your thing, go forth.

As a track car it is nearly guaranteed to be a colossal failure. I've seen a homebrew turbo car run reliably at a track day once, and have seen many that won't run, or at least not for an entire session.

The best drivers are fastest. Some of them have fast cars, but zero average drivers are consistently fast in slow cars that have lots of power do to bolt on terblows.

What makes my e36 M3 track rat fast is the huge cooling system, baffled oil pan, brake ducts, and sensible suspension that allow it to run session after session after session on 100 degree days.

Yup, it could be a good track car, after a lot of work adding thermal capacity and lowering the boost level. Not to mention adjusting the suspension settings to make sense, then you get to scrub the tire shine off the sidewalls over the course of your first track day.

I've chumped a turbo front driver. It was a factory produced car and we added a ton of thermal capacity to it and kept the boost levels at a reasonable level and we didn't have any problems with the engine. The transaxle, clutch and axles on the other-hand..... were the next weakest links.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Puffers invariably spend their track days with smoke wafting from them while Asian dudes with impeccable goatees stare at lap tops and argue with each other. I see them do this while I do lap after lap after lap in my ugly car that happens to have zero puffers and pretty low lap times. [....] Be careful courting the beautiful with no purpose, they break hearts and wallets with callous disregard.

There's much wisdom in these words. I nominate GPS for the position of High Priest of the Paved Church of the Holy Cone.

+1 to GPS

When I read the "tow hook", "half cage", "despite only have 6psi", and "aggressive stance" comments, I knew the guy that typed the ad had never even participated in a DE/trackday and neither had the car. Before I had even gotten to the SEMA part of the ad I knew it was a show car. It even had a weird size wheel/tire combo for a track car.

Good looking car show car, if standing in parkinglots talking about "mods" and horsepower numbers are your thing.

Wow, that would take a lot of effort to return to stock. You can buy an M3 that hasn't been berked up for less.