325i [sport auto]

[michealewk]

i have been offered a mint 325i not sure on year but i think it older than mine. its a 325i auto 4 door not sure if even its a sport it has recaros etc .
its very very clean just wondering what sort of diff is in these things and also the expansion bottle is on the exhaust side i only really want it for spares any help would be class

[maggspower]

Sounds like a pre facelift Birmingham sport. ie not a sport

There are no 4 door sports. All the sport optoins where available to any car as extras.

If you are hoping its got an LSD check first, because it might not.

[michealewk]

not really worried if it has a diff but it would be a bonus it has the tech 1 bumpers etc

[mrLEE30]

what do you want the car for?? spares to fix up your car or to drive?

there is no such thing as a 325 ''sport'' rather when the cars first came out there was a list of options you could tick such a sport seats, tech 1 kit, LSD, alarm etc etc etc. Uk dealers pre-ordered cars with all the ''sport'' boxes ticked and sold them as ''sports''. thus it would have been possible to order a 4 door and tick all the correct boxes to add the same options as the dealer sold ''sport''. there are many many discussions as to what boxes should be ticked to constitiute a ''sport''.

if the car you are looking at has the sport interior, and tech 1 kit then it may also have an LSD, only way is to check the diff tag (it will have an S somewhere in the code, or jack it up and turn one wheel, if the other turns the same way it could be a LSD) ''sports'' also had a slightly different gearbox to 'non' sports but the engine is EXACTLY the same.

mrlee

[michealewk]

thanks mrlee30 what was the idea with the rad. bottle over the manifold

[mrLEE30]

its the standard expansion bottle for the pre-face lift cars - it has nothing to do with sport. later models moved the expansion to over the wheel arch next to air filter

pics here...

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... _Servicing



mrlee