E30 Zone

Hello everyone,

i've got a BMW E30 316 with the M10B18 carbed engine that im looking to get some more power out of.

The stock 316 makes about 90 hp. I'd want to increase it to about 120-130hp, hopefully with the following setup:

Change the Pierburg carb for a 32/36 Weber or a 38/38 Weber

Switch to a 284 ° Schrick / Ireland Engineering camshaft
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New exhaust system (Ireland Engineering)

A new mechanical advance distributor + a Bosch sport coil

What do you reccon? Will the targeted power be achieved?

I don't really want a race car, just a bit more spring out of the lovely E30, that also remains a nice daily driver.

octuslimb wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:40 pm

Hello everyone,

i've got a BMW E30 316 with the M10B18 carbed engine that im looking to get some more power out of.

The stock 316 makes about 90 hp. I'd want to increase it to about 120-130hp, hopefully with the following setup:

Change the Pierburg carb for a 32/36 Weber or a 38/38 Weber

Switch to a 284 ° Schrick / Ireland Engineering camshaft

New exhaust system (Ireland Engineering)

A new mechanical advance distributor + a Bosch sport coil

What do you reccon? Will the targeted power be achieved?

I don't really want a race car, just a bit more spring out of the lovely E30, that also remains a nice daily driver.

Welcome to the zone mate and let me know what you come up with as I have the same car but withe the weber and it does make a difference but not that much.
Pic`s of the car please .

Mart.

removing the pierberg is a good start, they dont age well. As opposed to webbers why not try a bespoke fuel injection system- the M10 version you have a very straight forward engine.

octuslimb wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:40 pm

The stock 316 makes about 90 hp. .

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M10 engines can make really good power with proper money spending on them. But really, as usual with these things, why don't you consider one of the injected engines as mentioned above?