I NEED MORE POWER!!!

[Mrblonde]

Hey guys finding it hard to find power increases for my 316i

Any help ?

[coldo]

Join the club....

I started out with the intention of building a tire smoking 316i....

Then realised the cost:power ratio... i.e. lots of cost.. not alot of power.

I used to hate it when people said to me "put a bigger engine in" but in reality... they are right.

In my opinion.. pipercross panel filter with a drilled airbox is all im doing to mine... cost me Ԛ£30 in total, i rekon its made a slight difference at higher revs, butn nothing too drastic.

Good luck though, if you find any useful mods, let me know

[Mrblonde]

Well surely theres the obvious!

I dont want to go to big so i was thinking maybe..........

Exhaust, manifold, plugs + leads, chip?, high lift cam?? i dont i know i used to have a nova sr which yes it was a chavs car but i can see why it was a rocket!!!!!

[Mrblonde]

i would love to do like my friend and put it on a major slim fast diet!

but his car aint pratical for general road use!

[chip-3door]

Same thing as a nova mate.

Why bother mincing around with a 1.2 engine when you can chuck in a C16xe out of a corsa, or a nova gte engine or an XE or LET etc.

Its more expensive to get power from a smaller engine and it means more revs normally which = less reliable.

[MrDazzle]

Nobody needs more power;)

Well, maybe Schumacher does:p

[Brianmoooore]

Nobody needs more power;)

Remember that the next time you're 3/4 of the way past an artic you're overtaking, and some pillock comes out of an unmarked turning or laybye, and turns towards you.

[MrDazzle]

Playing devils advocate here but...

If you're hit head on overtaking it's usually (99% of the time) your fault. Poor observation is what it is. If you can't see far enough ahead to be sure it's safe you shouldn't be overtaking.

[Moofles]

Well surely theres the obvious!

I dont want to go to big so i was thinking maybe..........

Exhaust, manifold, plugs + leads, chip?, high lift cam?? i dont i know i used to have a nova sr which yes it was a chavs car but i can see why it was a rocket!!!!!

yeah you could do that, get you up to a mighty 120hp instead of 101hp maybe?

now that's why people swap engines

[tomstickland]

Exhaust, manifold, plugs + leads, chip?, high lift cam?? i

Waste of time and money when you can fit a bigger engine. I doubt that that lot would make much of a difference anyway.

[m-dtech]

I NEED MORE POWER!!!

more power to the warp core scotty...

[MONSPORT42]

Apart from the obvious induction/cam/exhaust mods, probably the best increase in performance on a 316 would be losing weight from the car. The E30 is heavy and the 316 is a simple 8 valve and not much of match for modern engines.