i want more power out of my 318

[Alex]

A lot of ppl are thinking very often that the only way to get a car to go fast is a big engine!
Is that always the case?

First of all, to make a fast car, you need to have a fast driver behind the wheel, and you need to have a car you trust in hi speeds, that makes you to first think that upgrade the suspension is a vise idea...
And yes it is! Upgrade your 318i with some better shocks, springs and brakes is my advice into this, then you upgrade the engine. Im on a Alfa Romeo forum too, and the ppl there are so much better to talk about road handling than a big engine under the hood.

Before you start to tune a car, you should first take it to a tuning shop who have a dyno so you could check up how much power you have, and from there start to twist more horses out of the engine.

+1

its 6 pot owners who seem to think that putting a begger engine in will solve all problems

i threw away my 6 pot for a much more powerful and smaller 4 pot.

there is replacement for displacement.... a turbo

[1an]

ive now ownd several e30's,

my 316i which i did all the suspension work to and left the engine standard was great fun could drive it with confidence quickly throug hthe twisties,

my 318is in my opinon not all they were raved up to be, had to drive it hard to move it,

a 320i was nice to have the torque but was a slug to drive.

and now i have a 325i its the best i have driven, dont notice that much difference up front, and the power and torque is great. and when i transfer all the polybushes over on to it, ill have the confidence to push on harder through the bends, plus you cant beat a 2.5 with a slipper

so in my opinion chuck a 2.5 engine in it for tops of 500 worst case which will give somewhere near 170bhp, and there is no way youll get thta power from a 318 without forced induction or lots of n/a tunning.

[Andyboy]

I have an M50 2.5 engine and box............

[Jhonno]

I have an M50 2.5 engine and box............

Win..

[toby]

Is it on a carb at the moment?

it says, 318i

Does it?

The title says 318 not 318i. Which made me think it might be a 1.8 316.

[Alex]

hello all

I am new to E30's and have just got a nice 1986 318 i like the car but at the mo it is standard as standard can be !!!

i want to get more power out of the car and dont know where to start?...

if someone could help me out with a list of good mods that dont brake the bank to much and a good place to order parts from please?


if someone could help me out with this it would help me out alot!!!

cheers

318i i know what you mean tho sometimes people call 316's 318's

[Alex]

just relised the I bit aint actually part of the 318 could be either then