Project GRM Challenge E30

1988 Widebody Condor Speed Shop 325IS TURBO For Sale The car started as a Grassroots Motorsports Challenge car. It has been a participant in 4 GRM Challenges and finished 3rd overall for the la...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2012/03/1988-widebody-condor-speed-shop-325is.html

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I haven't updated in a LONG time. A ton has happened since the last update, so I'm going to try and keep things on the correct timeline... here goes. Back on May11, we received our custom ...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2011/09/past-due-for-update.html

Guys, the Condor Speed Shop shirts are here, I have limited quantities, so if you want one, let me know soon. We have white (M,L,XL), grey (L,XL) and black (L,XL)! We also have a handfull of Ladi...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2011/07/condor-speed-shop-shirts.html

Hopefully, by now most of you who follow this blog already know, that we've been invited to the 2011 Ultimate Track Car Challenge !   Our goal is to leave VIR with the $500 BimmerWorld Fastest ...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2011/07/hopefully-by-now-most-of-you-who-follow.html

I have a few updates. First of all I'm happy to announce that Bilstein has sent us a set of custom valved shocks for the UTCC!  Awesome! We are very happy to have them as one of our sponsor...

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We had just installed the motor on Saturday, I installed the transmission with no lift and no help on Sunday... let me tell you, its not an easy thing to do...  Jay and Jimmy showed up a bit lat...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2011/05/performance-bmw-photoshoot.html

Things aren't always what they seem. I thought the head was ready after we milled it using sandpaper and a granite counter top... unfortunately there were still some deep scratches, and after qui...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2011/05/27-m20-is-finally-in-car.html

So over the past couple weeks we have been working on getting the motor ready. Our newest Condor team member, Ben Phelps, has been spending some time porting and polishing  our race head. ...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2011/03/so-over-past-couple-weeks-we-have-been.html

OUR CAR IS ON THE COVER OF THE APRIL ISSUE OF GRASSROOTS MOTORSPORTS MAGAZINE! Jimmy had been trying to convince me to do the Warsteiner theme for over a year before the 2010 event! I final...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2011/02/freaking-awesome.html

Jason and I were back at the shop this last Wednesday finishing up the rear brake caliper rebuild. Just like the fronts, he pulled the rubber boots off, slid the pistons out, soaked and cleaned...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2011/02/jason-and-i-were-back-at-shop-this-last.html

We were back at the shop last Wednesday tearing into our spare m20 from the parts car. While Jay took care of the teardown, Jason was busy pulling our front brake calipers for a simple r...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2011/01/teardown.html

The past 3 months have flown by. We have all been super busy, Jimmy was busy preparing for his big move to Chile. I bought a house back in Aug, and with all the house remodeling going on, the car...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-work-begins-on-race-car.html

Its about that time... Time for another update. For those of you that have not seen these videos yet. They are both Challenge videos from the Autox. The first vid is of our first 4 timed runs. T...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2010/10/its-about-that-time.html

This is our first of many videos that I will be uploading. This was our second run of the day. I ran a 12.9 on the first run, The car ran better than expected, and it really hooked up well in fir...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2010/10/123-second-drag-run-at-grm-challenge.html

So we're back from our 4th year at the challenge. We had an amazing time hanging out with all of our old friends, and we were happy to have made some good new ones. Every time we go to the chal...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2010/10/so-were-back-from-our-4th-year-at.html

Ok, well after an all nighter last night, we are on the road somewhere in central Florida, on our way to Gainesville. We have a good group with us this year, Jimmy, Christy, John, jay and Brian. ...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2010/09/were-off-to-2010-grm-challenge.html

...with body filler! but before we get to that... Last Wednesday we were back at it. It was only 3 of us, John, Jimmy and I. John quickly finished the new intercooler pipes. they dont look lik...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2010/08/filler-up.html

We got some more work done this past Wednesday. Not as much as we has planned for, maybe it was because we had so many visitors.... more than the weekly Tuesday night e30 meet! You can see everyo...

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This past Wednesday Jay and I were back at it. While I was working on mounting the rear bumper (more on that next week), he took care of the lower rusty portions of the front fenders. The f...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2010/08/finishing-front-fenders.html

This past Wednesday night we had a super productive workday. We had a few things on the agenda. 1. Finish our rear suspension work by re-installing the drive shaft. 2. re-install the clutch slave...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2010/07/widebody-metalwork-complete.html

I know its been a while since we've posted any progress, but it just seems like every pic I take of the car looks the same. Its hard to see progress when all you see are welds all the way down th...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2010/07/widebody-metal-work-almost-finished.html

This site is created to document the progress of me and my cousin's 1988 BMW 325IS turbo built exclusively for the GRM challenge. It will begin with all of the older pics from the build and Challenge competition in 2007, and continue with the car in its current state of progress.

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2010/06/grm-compilation-v2.html

I've been slowly doing the metal work for the new wide body. The driver's side is done minus the top panel, so i moved to the inner passenger side wheel well. this was quite a bit more difficult ...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2010/06/more-widebody-work.html

I've been busy with some other projects, but in my spare time I have been able to get some work done on  the wide-body. Its going slow, but i'm happy with the progress. The rear wheel does...

http://dirte30.blogspot.com/2010/05/work-continues-slowly.html