How much does an e30 6cyl weigh?

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Post Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:37 pm

Thats it really, unless someone knows what E36's and E46's weigh?


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Post Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:52 pm

Which one ?
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Post Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:53 pm

320i or 325i :D


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Post Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:03 pm

320i is 1125Kg ( 1145Kg 4Dr)
325i is 1180Kg ( 1200Kg 4Dr)
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Post Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:08 pm

cheers mate :D

Wonder why so much difference between the 320i and the 325i :lol:

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Post Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:18 pm

Andy325i wrote:cheers mate :D

Wonder why so much difference between the 320i and the 325i :lol:

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Post Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:59 pm

kam-325i wrote:320i is 1125Kg ( 1145Kg 4Dr)
325i is 1180Kg ( 1200Kg 4Dr)
Where did you get those figures from?
I always thought the 325i was 1200kg 2dr, 1220kg 4dr and the manuals just confirmed it

320i is 1160kg 2dr, 1180kg 4dr

Auto adds another 20kg on top of that, and these weights are without special equipment, which adds even more weight

318is 1125kg :banana:
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Post Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:26 pm

most e46's are around 1500kgs well the M3 is. So E36's must be somewhere between the 2 me thinks....
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Post Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:38 pm

I think most e36's are in the high 1400kgs?
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Post Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:41 pm

dont quote me but seem to remember last time i looked in an e36 handbook i was surprised that they weren't that much heavier than the e30. will look again sometime.
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Post Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:42 pm

so they are all fat then?

even the new ZM4 is 1500kgs! so it's a smaller looking M3 which has the same perforance :?
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Post Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:45 pm

These figures are all for (early) E36 4-doors:

Unladen weight (ready for road, tank full, without optional extras):

316i 1130kg
318i 1145kg
320i 1270kg
325i 1295kg


Add 40kg for auto transmission for the 4-pots and 35kg for the 6-pots.
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Post Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:54 pm

Curious, where are those figures from?

Evo magazine (so could well be wrong) lists the e36 m3 as 1515kg, and the e46 m3 as 1570kg
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Post Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:57 pm

Back of the owner's handbook that came with my Mum's '91 E36.
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Post Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:02 am

Fair enough

Not hugely heavier than the e30 then, but still nearly 100kg!
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Post Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:47 am

Lordschleife wrote:
kam-325i wrote:320i is 1125Kg ( 1145Kg 4Dr)
325i is 1180Kg ( 1200Kg 4Dr)
Where did you get those figures from?
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Post Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:15 am

Zayyan's figures here sound about right. I was also quite surprised that the e36 doesn't weigh that much more, the facelift model is heavier though. I remember thats why its argued that the 1.9 m44 is no faster than the 1.8 m42 e36 318is, as the m44 one weighs 1335kgs iirc. I remember also being surprised at how heavy the m3 is, i believe the 1500 odd kgs figure is about right too.
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Post Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:20 am

Carfolio is way out then unless it is dry weight? Lists e30 320i as about 1040 kgs IIRC.