1984 E23 733i with 3.9/3.8L Metric Mechanic drive train and Dinan suspension package

**Furreals** · 10-28-2019, 02:23 PM

Read whole ad please before any serious inquiries as it covers everything possible. Want to sell as a pair with a full getrag 5MT MANUAL parts car with the manual parts/drive train disassembled so you could swap it into any other vintage BMW rightaway! sell the unit and make a chunk of change! or swap everything into the rust free parts car! CARS ARE IN CALIFORNIA BAY AREA. Viewing on a monitor is best, the wall of text could be daunting (especially on phone) but if you're serious you'd read.

History: A little history
Original owner eventually did the entire metric mechanic 3900 hiflo build (effectively 3.8L and entire drivetrain/transmission/diff etc. over 10k$ was spent) and the dinan suspension (shocks,springs,sways, maybe more?) package early 2000s. Documents printed, Jim from Metric Mechanic, and my current go to BMW shop BrykoMotoring can confirm. Car eventually sat for a few years in Pacifica and started getting some water collection as said by previous owner. I assume which has contributed to some rust rot at some door openings, rear lower back of trunk lid, and rear window vents (Pictures and links below). Bottom of chassis/overall/key points has minimal rust. Previous owner I bought from did some revival work. Both owners were from Pacifica. I eventually bought the car and have been daily driving it from then on through the Bay Area commutes/traffic about 5-6 days a week (at least 40 miles per day) with minimal problems for the past 5 years and odometer has been out prior to my purchase. Maintenance done in time duration/yearly.
This car is easy to drive in my opinion and having a single mass fly wheel revs quicker and sharper than the conventional dual mass fly wheels ALL the inline 6 BMWs of the era had. In combination with the MM transmission and lsd diff gearing is way smoother/faster than any NA m30 series i6. Easily passes smog, also has new cat from random technology (magnaflow).

Onto the details of the E23s

Titles:
MM/Dinan car: salvage. Previous owner mentions the damage was extremely minor. Original owner had someone back into the headlights in a parking lot and was considered salvaged during this time period. I have pictures of Pre-euro swap over 5 years ago from when I first purchased upon request. Looked like nothing occured the car was pretty clean.
Parts car: clean title. Has a getrag 5 speed w/ new slave/cmc etc. have documents of refreshed parts. Not running, good parts car.

I will list the cons first which should save us all time. You can then expect everything else to be in full working order and be PROs.

Cons: Minimal, most of them are not of much priority and personally have not affected my daily driving/practical usage.
- Rust: behind rear window vent sills, slight gash on driver fender, underpart of trunk lid, and behind some doors. Most of if not all key points of car bottom/chassis etc. has no rust. It takes an actual
long time for it to become a problem so do not be alarmed. Been driving it with the same amount of rust for the past 5 years with no perceptual change.
- No AC but I believe unit is on the car.
- Cluster: Following does not work on cluster itself * Odometer: Stuck at 277k since prior to purchase, does not affect my driving/maintenance schedule at all. This is a drivers car.
* Temp gauge: Relocated with VDO gauge and is working
* Fuel gauge not accurate: OBC is very accurate. I use the range approximate mile values to gas up or gas up weekly/bi weekly.
- Rear left window does not work but can be manually rolled. Happened recently. (I definitely love the fact all windows and roof can be manually rolled if desired). I have lost the tool for a few months now actually, apologies.
- Sunroof motor does not work but can be manually rolled. I personally never used it
- Paint beginning to fade on roof and trunk. Trunk is easy to respray or swap and respray the parts car trunk.
- Burns a little bit of oil at the high rpm/wot and needs to run on 91 octane due to build plus having higher compression with it. I keep the oil topped off.
- Passenger side front and rear door handles broken/missing. Car can still be entered/opened from outside and also central locking system
- Driver door lock cylinder is broken.

Recent maintenance done. I do what I can but mostly will take to Bryko Motoring in Hayward for work done and they have all documentations as well if needed.
- New driver side window guide I put this in few months ago. Had to wait from Germany.
- Crank position sensor - did few years ago
- Skid plate within past few years due to oil pan being the lowest point of the car, I cracked the old one on something on the road.
Bryko Motoring did the following within this year/few months ago.
- All new fluids brakes,diff,trans,clutch,coolant. Redline fluids were used except for BMW oem coolant and kendall 20/50 oil for zinc (good for these motors of this vintage). Another oil change was done 10/30/19 with Supertech 20w/50. I have always used 20w/50 as it is said to provide the proper protection for these older m30 motors.
- New oil pan with gasket
- Differential serviced/resealed
- Front new meyle control arms (4)
- Valve adjustment
modifications:
- Dinan suspension package bilstein shocks/dinan springs/dinan swaybars
- 2.5" mandrel bent exhaust all the way back to borla muffler and single walled dual tips
- 3.8L 3900 hiflo metric mechanic motor. The package done by the original owner includes bored out stock headers/intake manifold etc. M5 crank shaft. Can pass smog normally with
a cat.
- Transmission Metric Mechanic Ultimate
- Metric Mechanic 3.42 LSD
- 3" accordian/ribbed intake tube with universal drop in filter. This car has always passed visual/smog legally. (if not will refer to my most recently gone to smog shop (fremont) and he visually/legally passed for 50/60$ competitive smog pricing)
- 20mm/25mm front and rear spacers on 2 piece bbs rc090 style 5 wheels has some curb on all 4 not bad. 235/45/17 michelin super sport all season tires are practically brand new and have tons of tread.
- Fenders rolled all around, no paint crack/chip.
** Metric Mechanic drive train package exceeds 10000$ and has OEM reliability.

Interior: Black/Black and excellent condition mostly. 8/10, dash cover has always been on but is claimed by previous owner to not have any dash cracks. It does look good, does not creak, and I cannot confirm if no dash cracks is true.
- Rare COARSE SPLINE M-tech steering wheel. These wheels go for over 300-500$ on ebay. The fine spline are significantly cheaper but will not fit the e23 unless you change out
the steering shaft to a newer model. Also have original super ugly bus wheel.
- E28 M5 seats fully function except knee bolters. The E23 does not have wiring for knee bolsters but can be done, I left them alone up to new owner to do it if they want. Can go over 1500$ a pair anywhere.
- Condor speedshop shift knob
- Air controls work with progression/gradual movement but no ac.
** I have TWO pairs of E23 OEM seats. Electric left and right and also manual left and right.
- Subs under the rear seats and amp in the trunk. Will need new sub gauge wire from battery.
- Recently fixed central locking module.

Exterior: 6.5/10. Has some rust rot behind some doors/rear ventilation, trunk lid bottom. Paint beginning to fade top and trunk. Swirl marks seen has been said by another 80s BMW owner can be wet sanded off. It's old clear issue.
All rare pieces or super limited production
- Euro sharknose (pre facelift) front end with staggered headlights.
- Euro front bumper
- Euro rear bumper
- "Motorsport" (I do not think they exist any longer) sideskirts/rear valence apron
** I might have the ultra rare front bumper rubber strips and rear strips in excellent condition at my cousins house.
** I may have another set of rare front and rear euro bumpers. Will sell separate because I may pick up another e23 eventually and will need these.

I want to sell with parts car as a pair. Will not part out anything. If new owner really wants to part every single piece they'd come out with thousands of extra money on top.

I've owned this car the longest out of all my cars, over 5 years and has been a daily driver all these years with no issues that cause it to become incapacitated.

Some cautionary points for BMWs of this vintage and this car in particular
*These BMW of this vintage were not designed to idle/stationary long periods of time or stop in go modern society traffic for too long or it CAN lead to cooling system blowout/blown head gaskets. (Read up on this, it is true and should
be cautioned.) I have however, been in stop and go traffic on a regular basis but if I see temperature pass up 200-220 I put the heaters on. (Cars normally are around 200-220 but I put it on just to prevent
it from going any further even though I have not seen it exceed 200-220 and can be attested by bryko motoring during coolant changes.)
*There are 3 belts and each are sized different than OEM due to metric mechanic using a m5 aftermarket water pump during the build. The belts are not too much of a problem as can buy the sizings and can keep the right ones.
*Pressing multiple windows down/up at same time could cause the window related fuse to blow. Going up/down each individually does not seem to ever have this problem.
*Jim from Metric Mechanic is still very well and can answer any questions pertaining to the 3900 hiflo build if needed. Give him a call if anything.

Parts car info: Most of the the drive train disassembled, and also being super rare that it is ALSO a manual getrag 5 speed car. The manual assembly with 3 pedal box alone sells for over 800$. All windows were known to have worked last including sunroof. Pretty much complete car with rear battery relocation. Motor does not run, might have been fuel pump or something was said to not be severe. Odometer in this car also doesn't work but everything else on cluster worked before. Has a leak during rain that pools in the rear left floor board but no signs of rust rot, minor surface rust at occasional locations

8000 / 8k obo for everything, come drive it home and tow the parts car. Can probably even strap a hitch and a flatbed to the E23 and tow toe parts car with the torque. Prices are all over the place with these cars but all things considered and if choosing to buy and piece it all out it seems fair to me personally.

I have a seperate set of wheels for sale as well

Two sets of BBS RZ 469 16x8 +23
- Set1: NO curb rash pretty mint on brand new indy 500 firestone 225/50/16 tires. 600$
- Set2: Minor curb on dunlop direzza 225/50/16 maybe can get a few thousand miles off of them but they're getting to be bald but no where near cables yet. 350$

AND

18x8.5 5x120 +38 1200 obo (honestly not sure on pricing, I've seen them all around. Show some comparable set and price I can work with you.)
Racing Dynamic RGS with VERY old tires (I would not suggest riding on these so I will not list tire details.)

Let me know if any serious questions/inquiries. Can relay to my email surrealmotoring@gmail.com

Can have pictures or a detailed video by tonight or tomorrow of the car and the wheels.

edit: I have no idea how I ended up with a double post of 2 ads, moderator please remove the other one.

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**Furreals** · 01-30-2020, 11:50 PM

Update: I didn't update because I reverted wanting to sell and still daily drove it. Back up with full imagery, only change since original post was another set of 20/50 oil and mahle filter

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