Commission 010
Delivered
1988 BMW M3 (E30)
An S14 screamer rebuilt to touring-car spec with the cabin kept factory-quiet. A sleeper in Alpine White.
The build sheet
Engine
2.5-litre S14 four, ITBs
Power
238 bhp
Torque
240 Nm
Dry weight
1,150 kg
0–60 mph
5.6 s
Gearbox
5-speed dogleg
Hours logged
2,300 h
Documented build
Full sheet with the car
Dyno charts · torque specs · photo log
The E30 M3 is a homologation paper made metal, and most surviving examples are now too precious to drive. This one was bought to be driven — hard, weekly, in all weathers.
Touring-car spec, factory manners
The S14 was rebuilt to 2.5 litres on individual throttle bodies — 238 bhp at a shrieking 7,600 rpm — with a dogleg box and a plated diff. The cabin stayed stock: cloth Recaros, factory radio, no cage. From the kerb it is just an Alpine White E30.
2,300 hours, delivered in February. The owner’s first message arrived that evening: a single photograph of the rev counter, needle at seven and a half.