HELP is it worth as much?

[johnnyh]

hi ive just bought a 320i 2dr, and also a 325i sport mtech1. ive completely stripped and swopped all the sport and put it on the 320. getting it painted is the next thing. on the insurance im going to tell them the truth what ive done. when i come to sell can i expect sport money? or not as it is modded? cheers john.

[E30BeemerLad]

doubt you'll see sport money for it mate as it will just be a tidy modded 320. So you'll get raped by your insurers also. Prob find that by the time the mods are declared on the 320, it will cost the same as a standard sport to insure!

Sports are over priced in my opinion anyway - just coz I don't own one!

My car would kill a standard sport, yet it looks like a sport thanks to MTec2 kit and I only paid Ԛ£500 for it, but it was a lucky blag to be honest.

[johnnyh]

just looks like urs mate bar dodgy bodywork, on mine. i might just tell them its got a 2.5 engine. people have said it would be more than a sport to insure. the sport is just kit and trim int it? if its got a chip, air filter and exhaust am i far off 200bhp? cheers mate

[SwirlyE30]

With the 2.5 mate, a chip, zorst and induction kit wont give anywhere near 200.]


Standard 2.7's are around 190ish, with a nice one at 200+

[johnnyh]

go on then, what i got to do to get 200bhp? ive got two 2.5 engines y does one say 2.5 on the head and the other 2.5 2.7?

[SCOTT325SE]

because one is a very late head and the other is an earlier one.

[Jimbob]

if you want 200bhp spend Ԛ£2k then you might be near it, if you did the zorst chip and air filter it will still be good competition on the road regardless of whatever the bhp is. You will probably find that it might be running 150bhp standard, the only way is to get it rolling roaded, do your mods then get it done again.

As for the 2.7 engine, it could be from the e28 525e, about 140bhp when new I think (lots of torque and economical engine) if you spent Ԛ£1500+ by combining the 2 then you might see 200bhp if done properly.

[SCOTT325SE]

actually, im gonna add something to my first post - i think youve fukked up a bit to be honest - if you wanted a sport, or something that looked like a sport, you should have KEPT the sport. lol i know that sounds harsh, but to get sport money, its got to be a sport. how bad was the bodywork? post some pics or email them to rideordiebuzz@aol.com please, and i'll give you a better opinion on wether it was worth swapping over the bits on to your 320.

[johnnyh]

i wont be seeing 200hp then. all tem mods are done and its very quick. see what the rolling road says. cheers

[E30BeemerLad]

John mine has been breathed on a bit by my mates who owned the car before me

it's an '88 325 with ported & polished head, fast road cam, chipped, uprated fuel pressure regulator, K&N panel filter in standard airbox, scorpion system from the manifold back. It made a claimed 192BHP on the rollers a few years back, doubt it is making that now, but a zoner with a 2.7 conversion had a ride in it last weekend and said it felt a good deal quicker than his.

The bills that came with the car would put these mods at around Ԛ£3K and still not over the magic 200BHP figure.

To see that I think I would have to put a big bore throttle body on and fit a 6 branch exhaust manifold, even then it may only just achieve 200hp.

Better off just sticking the 3.5 lump in out of an E34 535i, 210 out of the box

[johnnyh]

ad prob end up dead. not drivin me 25 enuf yet. got a 320i tourer on the road at the moe, and from that the 25 is rapid! aint got or wont even spend 3k more than what it stands me at already. its a 1990 aswel.

[johnnyh]

regards to that new head will it fit on the older engine? thanks

[orangecurry]

because one is a very late head and the other is an earlier one.

which is which please?

[johnnyh]

got old shape engine 87 in the car and head gasket has gone just incase will the newer head 89 fit on the older engine? cheers.

[pacerpete]

Yes, early and late heads are both identical and interchangeable. The last three digits of the casting number are 885 (found on inlet side ). The difference in compression between a metal bumper car and a plastic bumper car is caused by the shape of the piston crown not the combustion chamber in the head. Later heads have 2.5/2.7 on the exhaust side as the head was also used on the south african 325is (2.7). Incidently the same head was used on early 525i e34s which tend to be easier to find in scrapyards than 325s.

[Simon13]

Sports are over priced in my opinion anyway - just coz I don't own one! (NO THEY ARE NOT!!!)

My car would kill a standard sport, yet it looks like a sport thanks to MTec2 kit and I only paid Ԛ£500 for it, but it was a lucky blag to be honest.

u wanna race then my sport goes!

Just say u have re bodied the sport due to rust, i'm sure they would understand that! And i'm sure it's a half truth!