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looking for advice on e30 engines..
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:45 pm
by Meghallawy
[/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
Re: looking for advice on e30 engines..
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:23 pm
by Gunni
More info please.
You plan on modifying the engine it comes with?
Re: looking for advice on e30 engines..
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:25 pm
by Meghallawy
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
Re: looking for advice on e30 engines..
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:35 pm
by fuzzy
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.
Re: looking for advice on e30 engines..
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:05 pm
by Brianmoooore
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.
Re: looking for advice on e30 engines..
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:50 pm
by BadDave
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
Re: looking for advice on e30 engines..
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:54 pm
by Gunni
´83 318i + S50B32 = NA goodness and old skool ligthness
Re: looking for advice on e30 engines..
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:00 pm
by e30_Turbo
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?
Re: looking for advice on e30 engines..
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:05 pm
by Colonel Sanders
ooooooohhh you got your pic as your sig now!!!
lookin good

Re: looking for advice on e30 engines..
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:26 pm
by Gunni
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?
pm-ed