E36 M3. What are they like to live with?

[harry_p]

Ah ha, that's good to know. Maybe they get hidden down the seat cusion gap. Didn't know my compact had a centre belt till I'd had it a couple of months and decided to pull up the rear seat base!

[JungleGus]

i'm convinced..it's gotta be the 2nd or 3rd next car....thanks!

[Fushion_Julz]

How does the E36 M3 compare to the E34 M5 as there the same kind of price range.

E36 M3 is lighter and smaller (obviously) than the E34 and has rack and pinion steering and a more advanced rear suspension set-up...
286bhp in the M3 (320bhp ish in the EVO, allegedly) against 315bhp in the 3.6 M5 and 340bhp in the 3.8

But the E34 is a proper hand-built car in (relatively) small numbers...The E36 was a mass-produced car.

That is also the reason the E30 M3 is worth more...There are simply less of them around...lots were raced and written off or have just suffered from abuse and neglect over time

Don't forget the E28 M5, too...also hand built, around the same weight as the E36 M3 and 285bhp, too (M88 motor)...Only 187 RHD ones, though

[Jeepster]

Driven the E39 M5 but not an E36 M3.

I can't remember the clutch on that - only the biggest smile....and the sound of the V8 of course....

One of life's little pleasures.

I have a 3.6 M5 clutch in my e36, light as a feather, still has the on off feel, but I quite like that.

As said the braided line does make quite a difference, over time the rubber pipe looses it strength.

[AlexBaur325]

My 2p on insurance...for my 928 (310bhp manual) im paying £340!!! im 24 with 4 years no claims.

[town325i]

e36m3 is a car im looking to buy just for some summer fun when ive sorted my touring out i will never sell my touring though

[barryj]

Driven the E39 M5 but not an E36 M3.

I can't remember the clutch on that - only the biggest smile....and the sound of the V8 of course....

One of life's little pleasures.

I have a 3.6 M5 clutch in my e36, light as a feather, still has the on off feel, but I quite like that.

As said the braided line does make quite a difference, over time the rubber pipe looses it strength.

Is that GT in your Sig yours mate?

[Jeepster]

Of course.

[barryj]

Nice I have had a couple, did you colour code the wheels as its not the first one I have seen one done like that. Any more pictures?

[Jeepster]

Yeah I had the wheels done, I only know of one other like that and its Swiss I believe, although it does get to the ring quite often.

Some Pics:

[barryj]

Another guy in the UK who was on the E36 coupe forum had his standard wheels done like that, he sold the GT to finance a wide bodied Schnitzer E36. Your car looks great, I had number 38 and number 35 (now been re-shelled).

[Jeepster]

Hmm, I am on e36coupe, have been for years, i don't know of that car, in fact the only person i know of who was/is building a wide body ACS type car is John, he hasn't ever owned a GT. You sure its not my car that you mean? I have owned it for a fair while. Its certainly the only GT with this rim colour that's been on e36coupe. There were photoshops of this car on that forum at least 2 years ago.

[barryj]

Its Chris K, years since I have been on their but here is a pic of his GT:



And here is a link to it:

http://www.m3gtregister.com/gt01-50.html

He wasn't building the Schnitzer he bought one of the kevlar winged wide bodied ones in Daytona violet. this is a link to the thread when he got it:

http://www.bmwowner.com/forum/viewtopic ... &sk=t&sd=a

Seeing is believing eh? I am thinking that I may have been around the E36 scene a bit longer than you as I had my first GT over 10 years ago.

[Jeepster]

Ahh Number 1, yeah I remember that car and the car he bought, both excellent examples of the e36.

I thought you meant black and yellow rims, which Chris's car didn't ever have, hence the confusion

[barryj]

I see, I almost thought it was your car from the Sig pic until I noticed the Schnitzer rims. They look great on the car by the way, drop me a PM if you ever deicde to move your GT on I have a hankering for another one.

[Jeepster]

Its not going anywhere, its my toy, gets brought out every now and again, but otherwise stays put.

[barryj]

I managed to source two sets of the trunk kit wing extenders from the US LTW cars, these came with the proper LHD GT's (rather than the silhouette ones we got). I still have a set of these:



This is the front wing splitter at full extension:



This is my wifes second E36 M3, a Daytona violet 3.0 Cab:

[Jeepster]

Very nice.