My E Bay 318is

Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:40 pm

Quite a good motor for Ãƒ”šÃ‚£875

http://img174.exs.cx/img174/9674/318is0222gy.jpg

http://img131.exs.cx/img131/7300/318is0219ej.jpg

Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:53 pm

Looks nice mate, thats a good price for an IS.Any bits that need doing or is it all pretty solid? What mods you got planned for it? White motors can look awesome with a few little touches!!

Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:13 pm

looks nice and tidy mate, hope you don't any problems with it.

Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:17 pm

Nothing to be concerned about needs doing. Theres some minor cosmetic chips and dings, and it has 144k on the clock (with history).

Runs really well, and is quite a laugh to drive.

I only bought it as a stop gap run around as I will be taking redundancy from work soon so wont be able to afford anything too juicy for a while. Quite fancy getting an E30 M3 or very tidy 325 sport next.

It's 100% standard at the mo and I plan to keep it that way for the time I have it. Keep an eye out for it in a few months when I move on to something bigger engined. :lol:

Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:36 pm

Bargain mate!
You sound in a similar position to me.

Mind you when I can afford it I cant decide if I should keep the iS as daily driver and buy a tatty m3 as track toy, or sell up and spend a bit more on a nice m3. Mind you if I could afford it I can always turn the 318iS into a track toy and buy a nice m3

Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:01 pm

On the subject of mods. Will a 325 sport lsd bolt straight onto an 'is???

Want to have some better drifts!

Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:08 pm

Think it does go on, but the ratios will be wrong, not 100% though!

My iS is shit for drifting to, just snaps(bring back the snow!!!!)

Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:22 pm

Am i right in thinking the 3:64 is good for IS's?

Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:28 pm

Thats always the trouble with an open dif.

Not an E30, but I've got one of these in the garage I'm building for tarmac rallying:

Would be nice to have an LSD to practice ...... on private roads only obviously

M

Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:10 pm

SwirlyE30 wrote:Am i right in thinking the 3:64 is good for IS's?

No you want a 4.10 ideally, but good luck finding one!
A 3.91 off a sport would be ok and not affect acceleration too much, also if you drop eg from 205/55/15 to 205/50/15 tyres then it will pretty much cancel this out

Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:20 pm

Is there a Diff ratio out there that'll allow me to hit 60 in 2nd?

Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:34 pm

(presuming 205/55/15 tyres)
If you can reach 6674rpm then a 3.91 will let you hit 60mph
6367rpm for a 3.73
6213rpm for a 3.64

Handy calculator
http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/revs.html
gear ratios are in the back of the manual
For an iS 3.72 2.02 1.32 1.00 0.81 3.45 4.10

Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:22 pm

Oh yeh thats the one, ive seen the 4:10 mentioned, but had 3:64 floating about in my head.

So will it not be much differnt to a 3:64 on an IS? or is their quite a big jump in terms of acceleration etc

Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:12 pm

Would fitting 195/50 15's lower the gearing and improve acceleration, all be it at the cost of motorway cruising?

Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:26 pm

I get bored far too easily. Gonna be selling the 318is soon as I've found a nice 325 sport for sensible money.

http://img174.exs.cx/img174/9674/318is0222gy.jpg

http://img131.exs.cx/img131/7300/318is0219ej.jpg

Anyone fancy a bargain? I paid Ãƒ”šÃ‚£875 a month ago, and will want about Ãƒ”šÃ‚£750!!! BARGAIN!!!!

Not a lot of MOT left, but should sail through the next one! Just put six months tax on it!

Centre cap on rear wheel has been replaced too.

Any takers drop us a mail to matrsowner@aol.com

Looking to sell about mid May ish.

I'm near Swindon for reference.

Matty