good day , i have a ford escort fitted with a BMW E30 suspension the escort is powered a 2.0 16valve FE Mazda Engine , whenever the car is launched and i snap change to second gear it explodes the driver side cv joint outter and inner , can you perhaps give me any advice on how to go about not letting this happen again , any suggestions Aftermarket parts are even cheaper. The down side of BMW ownership is mechanic cost (hourly is high), dealership part cost (50-150% MORE than online), and local auto parts store availability (usually nill). Regular maintenance parts cost isn't really bad at all (brakes, timing belt, oil changes, etc). They are also pretty darn easy to work on. This car has the potential to be this generation's E30 M3 or 2002tii, though admittedly, it lacks the motorsports heritage of those two models. I have a feeling that one day good 1Ms will be going By then you'll see a lot more EV-swapped E30s. A cheap EV swapped E30 would be something like a forklift DC motor and 10-12 lead-acid batteries. This will probably cost $10k-15k just for the swap if you have a shop do it. Such a car would only get 30-40 miles of range at best. The BMW E30 models came with better handling, more responsive chassis; were lighter than the E21 models, and had the performance to match. They were also better-looking cars and featured significantly better interiors. What’s not to like? The BMW E30 is also the series that spawned the iconic M3. I'm 17 years old and in highschool looking for my first car. I've worked the past two summers and have managed to save around $7000. (Which I know is… The E30 is truly one of the best possible chassis to transform into a certified track classic. Lightweight, direct, and communicative, agility is the name of the game here, forget about power figures. While the E30 is a prime canvas to work with, there are a lot, and I mean A LOT, of considerations that go into building a competent E30 track car. 4. M30. Easily among the most ubiquitous BMW engines ever produced, the M30 has good reason for hanging around so long. Although not the first postwar BMW inline six—that designation belongs to the M337 which was actually derived from a dated prewar architecture—the M30 still enjoyed one of the longest production runs in the company from As1Q.