325ix ????? hmm ponder ponder...

Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:03 pm

hi again guys, hope your all well and enjoyin the lack of rain! i have been wondering, the 325ix was a four wheel drive wasnt it, would anyone have any clue if that would be a good idea to try and track one down and get the drive off and onto mine?

not heard anything about these ever, i just happened to be looking through a suppliers manual the other day and caught the 4x4bits... and it got me thinking, if i do actually get all the bits together for my 3.5 turbo conversion, one day, with the 4x4 idrive train i get a feeling it could be quite a bloody menace!

any thoughts on this or anyone with any first hand experience i would be interested to find things out!

Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:06 pm

Theres one for sale on e-bay, but he never sells.

Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:09 pm

how so, he just takes the cash and runs or is he just askin too much? im gonna go have a lookies, be a nice conversion though ey! porka eating territory me thinks!!

Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:15 pm

never sells due to wanting to much,but nobody ever knows what he will take and he not tell you if you ask him.
THERE A NICE CAR.
GOOD LUCK ALL THE BEST,

Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:45 pm

The 4x4 system is supposed to be a bit fragile with stock 2.5 power any more and it'll shit it's self

Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:47 pm

damn that kills that idea then!
or does it? could it be possible to strenghten?

Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:51 pm

hairypete wrote: could it be possible to strenghten?

I'm not sure ?

Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:30 pm

well my good sir, i know you know your stuff so i will get that thoguht out my head now before i get too excited!

Post Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:17 am

I'd avoid it. Why spend money getting more bhp only to get a 4WD system that saps power? Most systems have around 15% - 20% drop. I cannot see the BMW 4WD system being upto modern standards and probably has even bigger loses.

The whole point of BMW is RWD

Post Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:22 am

just another thought to put you off (sorry) but i think the bodyshell is different up front to take the 4x4 running gear so you would have to find a good ix to transplant to not the other way round

Post Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:36 pm

Front tower's for struts are different on a IX shell.

And they are renowned for stripping the splines on the front propshaft with just 2.5 power.....

Post Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:14 am

kam-325i wrote:Front tower's for struts are different on a IX shell.

And they are renowned for stripping the splines on the front propshaft with just 2.5 power.....

I thought it was the driveshafts? and the splines can be made longer as then there would be more to grip i think iirc.

Put it this way, I own a 4x4 audi s4 and if it came with the option of being RWD i would take that every time.

Post Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:23 pm

[quote="kam-325i"]Front tower's for struts are different on a IX shell.quote]

Correct! You will want to find a nice ix shell rot free and start there.
Ive had a couple of ix's now and ive given them all sorts of shit and never had a problem with broken running gear. The test will be when i drop my 2.7 in the touring tho!!

Tom

Post Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:36 pm

I think the towers/struts are alot closer to verticle/90 degrees...(road as datum)

Post Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:24 am

yeah that sounds about right, ill try and get some pics of mine later and post them up.

Tom