Surely you want/need somet with a proper diff for a start?
The earlier models have the differential that allows you to bolt an aftermarket item into the orignal casing, the later ones BMW welded the inside up which prevents you from doing this. Or you can just weld the diff up.
A shame to trash a nice car drifting.
I think a 13/14 year old 3 series of under £4k is nice enough that I dont feel stupid daily driving it but equally if I end up knocking the bumper etc it wont be horrendus either. To be more specific I won't be tracking it more regularly than maybe a handful of times a year, the nearest track to me is Santa Pod afaik which makes it a long and expensive day out. I used to have S14's and miss the RWD but reasonably low budget setup. S14's cannot be had in decent nick for sub 8-10k now they have gone a little silly.
There is very little in the way out there of cars that are both manual, have a reasonable amount of power, 4 seats and are rwd for sub 4k. Its really limited to the odd mercedes and jag S types. and earlier model BMW's even E46's are not generally significantly cheaper than E90's any more.
Good machine sure, but who wants it!
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