Was there a 324 Diesel E30???

Post Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:09 pm

Lately i keep seeing listing's of a 324d E30 but never thought there was one, not that i want one just curious if anyone know's?

Post Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:21 pm

Yeah there was a 324d and a 324td (guess what the T stands for :lol:

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The former had only 90bhp IIRC.

Post Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:23 pm

yeah and it was about 91bhp with a turbo, perfromance was somewhere around 318i,320i with 40mpg

get a touring!

Post Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:26 pm

There obviously were'nt many made as i've never seen one

Has anyone got one on the zone?
Can't imagine a big black cloud of smoke out the back of an E30

Post Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:42 pm

yeah there aint nothing wrong with a bit smoke if you know that, thats the turbo just coming on song and the turque, you will feel it. All with the benefit of near zero fuel cost, diesel is far easier to acquire I would use a tall diff ratio to make a good mile muncher. Does anyone know the tallest LSD ratio available?

Post Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:45 pm

udo wrote:All with the benefit of near zero fuel cost, diesel is far easier to acquire

Yer, thats why all fuel stations now have diesel cost a lot more than unleaded. Thrash a diesel and you see zero fuel.

Post Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:29 pm

i dont think uk had them they were inported ive driven a lhd turbo 1 not bad at all leave a 190 2.5D sitting there when there wound up

Post Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:33 pm

calipsodream wrote:i dont think uk had them they were inported ive driven a lhd turbo 1 not bad at all leave a 190 2.5D sitting there when there wound up

yep, according to the ETK, LHD only!

Post Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:35 pm

My mate has a 324D. It was imported and converted to RHD

Post Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:12 pm

proper steel crank in them which alpina used in their 2.7 conversions, and its the crank to have for FI

Post Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:52 am

They were europe only later tds could be had in 4 door,touring and IX formats so i've read.

Steve go to europe diesel is significantly cheaper than unleaded over there, it's around

petrol 1.35 per litre (euro's)
diesel 1.10 " "

and they use the ultra rare forged crank! no chocolate eta in these engines

Post Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:54 am

when i lived in spain i had a 4 door 324 td until it would not go through the itv test and now i have just the crank left.. hehe 2.7 someday..

Post Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:02 pm

324d & 324td were available in 4 door, 324td also as a touring

here are some spec.

324d, M21 D24, 86hp/4600, 152Nm/2500, 0-100km/h 16.1sec, max speed 165km/h

324td, M21 D24, 115hp/4800, 220Nm/2400, 0-100km/h 11.9sec, max speed 187km/h

both are 2443ccm

consuption never goes above 10l/100km

sound is very similar to a tractor