looking for advice on e30 engines..

Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:45 pm

[/b]looking to buy an e30 and need advice on which e30 would give me the most room for modifications... planning to make it a hardcore project so i need to know which would best fit, 316i, 318i...etc. any and all advice would be helpful

Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:23 pm

More info please.
You plan on modifying the engine it comes with?

Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:25 pm

well, yes... i plan on modifying the engine as a first priority... then the suspension and anything else i can do to better the cars performance

Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:35 pm

lots of people will have different opinions but personally if i was sticking with the original engine id start with the biggest available as standard then turbo it for the best power gains. 325 for me.although id rethink your priority list and uprate your brakes and suspension first so it can handle the extra power safely.

Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:05 pm

Best plan is to buy a 316i or 318i touring (all tourings come with all the best suspension and brake bits), and then fit a completely different engine. Something from the M5x or S5x series.

Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:50 pm

fuzzy wrote: id rethink your priority list and uprate your brakes and suspension first so it can handle the extra power safely.

Couldn't have said it better myself

Make it stop/make it go round corners
AND
Then make it go faster

Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:54 pm

Ã‚´83 318i + S50B32 = NA goodness and old skool ligthness

Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:00 pm

Is a Turbo hardcore enough?

@ Gunni, forgot to say Welcome to England

I get to travel quite a bit these days for work, maybe we could meet up one day?

Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:05 pm

ooooooohhh you got your pic as your sig now!!!
lookin good

Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:26 pm

fozzymonster wrote:Is a Turbo hardcore enough?

@ Gunni, forgot to say Welcome to England I get to travel quite a bit these days for work, maybe we could meet up one day?

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