Watch the build-up of a Vorshlag E36 LS1

[3literheater]

Can you post pictures of them? Id like to see what Mason's control arms look like.

Thanks!

[Fair]

Can you post pictures of them? Id like to see what Mason's control arms look like.

Thanks!

You got it:

[Brent 930]

^Was that a special "one off" as I don't see it on his website.

[Seans M3]

The E30 I bought 2 days ago is going to be built for something completely different. Once we have test fit the V8 I'm picking up tomorrow, and we know if its gonna fit (and if it does, we'll make a kit), then I'll start the official build thread in this Engine Conversion forum. Its not an LS1.
Thanks guys.

Supercharged LS9 FTW

[GotCone?]

You got it:

Does Vorshlag not carry these anymore?

[Brent 930]

^Did they ever?

[LukasM]

Well that was a bargain, 25k! For such a nicely built and well developed race car I would have expected quite a bit more.

[Brent 930]

I'm more surprised it actually sold on Ebay. That is, the reserve wasn't much higher so it was going to be more for advertisement unless the high reserve was actually met. The fees will be a killer.

[bimerok]

The fees will be a killer.

What fees will be a killer $250 or so is a killer?

[Derek 350i]

Well bought!

[boriksh]

Who is a new lucky owner?

[Brent 930]

What fees will be a killer $250 or so is a killer?

If it's only that much then it isn't a killer at all.

Who is a new lucky owner?

Please tell

[Fair]

As most of you know, the Alpha car sold on eBay about a week ago, for a fair price, and went to a good buyer (corner carver's member JohnK). The eBay fees are quite reasonable, actually, and it put the car in front of a nationwide audience. The new owner lives in PA and is based in NY, so the car will see road courses on the east coast soon. His brother Jerry lives nearby in north Texas, so he was the one who arranged to pick up the car on Saturday Nov 7th. I had the car ready to go and he picked up a rental trailer and came to get it.



I didn't sleep much the night before, and got up super early. I was buying two E46s and selling another E36 that same day, so I was going nuts waiting, but spent part of the morning waiting for him to show up copying receipts and putting together all of the Alpha car paperwork for the new owner. Man, that brought back memories! The original receipt for the purchase of the running '93 318is automatic, back in June 2003. I didn't leave it stock for a month before I had the motor out and the mock-up LS1 in place. All sorts of receipts for various iterations of the car. Wow, what a crazy 6 years its been. "Sad" doesn't describe how I felt to see this car go. I was downright depressed!



When Jerry arrived he wanted to drive the car, and I live out in the country so it wasn't out of the question, but he let me drive since I knew the roads and the car a lot better, and this isn't a car that we just let anyone drive when it was Vorshlag's. I think no more than 6 people have ever driven it in the past 6 years, and they were all very experienced, trusted friends and talented racers.

Jerry is himself a drag racer, and was just doing his brother a favor, but after that ~5 minute ride-along with me, he was coming out of his skin and yelling "I'm sending my brother his check back and buying it myself!!!" He loved the car. I'm glad he allowed me that one brief, final joy ride - sometimes sideways, others with the tires spinning in 3rd or 4th gear - along the back country roads around my place.


Matteucci drifting the Alpha car, pre-flares, during when he owned it for ~2 years

Big thanks to everyone who has worked on this car over the years that I was associated with it: Taylor at Dallas Performance for the beautiful cage work, fuel system upgrades, custom race exhaust, hundreds of hours spent doing production LS1 kit development/refinement, and the dyno tuning; Brian Matteucci for the incredible wiring/plumbing work, wheels/tires/first set of CF flares, and the first running LS1 iteration!; Brian Hanchey of AST-USA for the countless hours prepping/tweaking the suspension, brakes, and various drivetrain work we both did over the years we owned it together, and racing the snot out of it; and to all our friends and other shops that painted/tuned/aligned/worked on this thing over the past 6 years, notably: Vorshlag friends Jason McCall, Paul Magyar, & Dave Bubeck; Don Paney (paint); Eurosport (alignments), Louis @ LG Motorsports (last dyno tune), and others I am sure I forgot to mention.

I know John is going to have a blast tracking in this car. We wish him and the car well.