L@@K what ive just bought, shes only a baby but shes mine

[TW166Y]

Nice Touring but........... TW@T im very tempted to stick that big bulk up front!!!! is there much hard work involved and also what kind of things would i need to do the convert apart from the engine, ecu, box, diff etc.... is it alot of hard work? i know the 1800 engine aint the best in the world but you have gotta admit for Ԛ£620 that is quite a steal i got myself there!!! i bet yours goes like stink dont it mate??























................it's got have that 3.5 in it !

[Jimbob]

absolute bargain, wish i'd seen that myself..

[TW166Y]

absolute bargain, wish i'd seen that myself..

cheers jimbob what do you think i should stick in her?? should i keep the 1800 in it for now and run it in the ground or should i revamp the bitch and go all the way???

[Andy335Touring]

Sorry for the wind up dude

All joking apart i'd be tempted to leave it as it is for a month or two to see how you get on with it ?

What sort of budget have you got ?

Heres some of the bigger expenses of the conversion.....

Suspension- H+R, Spax, etc
Exhaust
Engine mounts
Prop shaft
E28 535 Rad
LSD dif

[TW166Y]

Sorry for the wind up dude

All joking apart i'd be tempted to leave it as it is for a month or two to see how you get on with it ?

What sort of budget have you got ?

Heres some of the bigger expenses of the conversion.....

Suspension- H+R, Spax, etc
Exhaust
Engine mounts
Prop shaft
E28 535 Rad
LSD dif

budget all in all is gonna be around 2k after ive sold the sport so there is a bit of cash floating there for improvments , gonna get me some nice alloys but maybe tempted to take the azev's off my sport, get a nice spray job done on it, so she tip top, then im gonna start with suspension and srings etc... then the engine.! would you do it this way around or not dude, dont worry about the wind up dude, it wont be a 4 pot for long just wanna get it looking something like at the moment then sneek a big lump under the hood

[TW166Y]

Sorry for the wind up dude

All joking apart i'd be tempted to leave it as it is for a month or two to see how you get on with it ?

What sort of budget have you got ?

Heres some of the bigger expenses of the conversion.....

Suspension- H+R, Spax, etc
Exhaust
Engine mounts
Prop shaft
E28 535 Rad
LSD dif

Suspension- H+R, Spax, etc
Exhaust
Engine mounts
Prop shaft
E28 535 Rad
LSD dif[/quote]
what sort of money do you think ill be needing to get it up there with all you powerfull mo'fo's?

[Andy335Touring]

Suspension- H+R, Spax, etc 250-350+ ?
Exhaust 50-500+ (home made through to custom made ehaust)
Engine mounts See Karan
Prop shaft 100-150 (E30 M3 second hand)
E28 535 Rad 130 new from ECP
LSD dif 150-300 (3.64LSD from a Mk 1 325 Sport )

[TW166Y]

tis a deer do then what could i do to the 1800 engine, i.e diff etc..... and dont say "push it faster"

[Andy335Touring]

No don't push it......................


















................cut the floor pan out and pedal it like in the Flintstones !


I'd just chip it until you save some funds for an engine swap, i'm not trying to be a "big engined snob" just trying to be practical as to whats worth doing on a 1.8 ?

Can you get a big bore TB for it ?

When are you picking it up mate ?

[TW166Y]

saturday dude, driving down there at 6:00am i know its only a 318 and i really am gonna miss the power of the 2.5 but i personally think touring are nicer looking anyway thats what persuaded me into the swap, dont really thinks its worth doing much to the engine because it aint like ill be getting 200bhp plus so whats the point, lets just say i could get hold of a 3.0 engine or a 3.5 engine on the cheap, what other things would i need to make it a "safe" drive, you know brakes etc..... still cant wait to pick it up though, oh yeh and leave my 318i alone!!! i could always get you to tow me everywhere you went, that way it would be as quick and i think thats probably the only way at this moment in time you engine snob you..........

[Andy335Touring]

I know what you mean about the good looks of the Touring, i took these pics at the drift meet on monday, hansom(sp?) cars !





Your brakes will be fine on the Touring, it's the same set up as you have on your Sport, vented front discs and discs on the rear. Fine for road use not so hot if you want to do a track day though.

Brakes you have covered and some uprated springs and shocks like i said before and it should be fine.

On my 325 touring it had the m-tec suspension for 2-3 months after the swap was done and it wasn't bad at all just a bit to rolley in the corners.

My car is on totally(sp?) standard brakes and rides on Spax adjustable shocks and springs.

BTW don't bother with the 3 L M30 if you can help it.

[TW166Y]

cheers dude, sweet info, BTW nice touring dude, what a beast are you sure there will be disks at the rear to, i thought they were drum on a 318? think im just going to consentrate on the looks side of things for now and get the liitle "new car" niggles out of the way maybe do a conversion next year some time when there is a little more con in the pot, whats yours like on juice BTW? lol, not as good as mine but at least you get somewhere when you touch the pedal, where as mine will just think about it for a couple of days first

[Andy335Touring]

are you sure there will be disks at the rear to, i thought they were drum on a 318?

I had a look on the ETK parts programe and it said discs, i think all tourings and cabs had disks but i'm not 100 % sure.

whats yours like on juice BTW? lol

Not good

[TW166Y]

whats yours like on juice BTW? lol

Not good [/quote] i hope its got disks now because ill be gutted if it aint :?sort of make life a little easier when i do the conversion im sure i could get away with just sticking a 320i in it for now as i should be able to use mose of the stock parts wont i? oooohhhh im getting all excited now, 3 days to go