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FAQ / REFERENCE => Member Profiles => Topic started by: Emre318is on January 10, 2010, 11:10:40 PM
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Hi everyone,
I live in Victoria, BC. and I just recently bought myself a brilliant red 1991 318is. I was looking at 325is but all the cars I looked at were beaten or the owner was lying about most of the things that were done to the car. I am very happy with my purchase because after looking through this forum I realized that the previous owner was doing many of the things that are mentioned in this forum.
The interior is mint except for a few rips in the seats that don't bother me at all. The paint is in amazing condition with not a sign of rust anywhere. She has Bilstein suspension and a strut bar in the front. She also has a limited slip diff and abs which I didn't know these cars had.
After thinking about what I wanted to do with this car I decided that I will be going for serious performance. I am looking to either bore it out or add a stroker kit. I will probably rebuild the engine from the ground up. Once that is done, I'm thinking forced induction. Most probably turbo. There is an exhaust leak at the cat so I will take it out and make it straight pipe with a high flow muffler, probably double tip.
I would love some advice from those who have gone the same route.
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what do you mean by that?
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what do you mean by that?
Dude is spamming uncontrollably!
Wilkommen and good luck with your build!
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The weather finally cleared up today and I washed her and took some pictures. So I would like to introduce you guys to her.
here she is
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4690/img1037mn.jpg) (http://img21.imageshack.us/i/img1037mn.jpg/)
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/4224/img1039.jpg) (http://img651.imageshack.us/i/img1039.jpg/)
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1800/img1040w.jpg) (http://img6.imageshack.us/i/img1040w.jpg/)
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/2373/img1041h.jpg) (http://img706.imageshack.us/i/img1041h.jpg/)
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1892/img1042b.jpg) (http://img36.imageshack.us/i/img1042b.jpg/)
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4231/img1043xn.jpg) (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/img1043xn.jpg/)
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that's a sweet m42, I like it.
(are you Turkish?)
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thanks :) I plan to make it look, drive, and feel much better but I am just sorting out how much I need and whether my mechanic roommate would help me with some of the work. And yes I am Turkish. Currently living in Canada as a student and will probably be here for a few more years. I love how cheap cars are here compared to what they cost back home. I just wish labour wasn't so expensive :P
What about yourself? You seem Turkish too :)
PS: Found an exhaust leak at the muffler and the cat is the wrong size so it doesn't fit quite right. Thinking of deleting the cat and just putting a straight pipe. I'll leave the resonator on but ill be getting a new muffler soon. Any suggestions? Since I'm considering going Turbo, I don't want to spend huge amounts of money on a muffler as I might change the entire exhaust system. So I was thinking of a cheap and good sounding solution :) Does anyone have any suggestions?
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yes I'm Turkish. I know labour is expensive here. ask your mechanic friend for some help :)
For the suspension go with Bilstein Sports and H&R Race.
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Bilsteins were already installed by the previous owner just recently. There is also a strut bar in the front. I'll take a picture of the engine bay and post it up.
Exhaust leak was fixed. Was caused by the cats heat shield. Welded it back and now its fine. Brakes have a slight lip on them so I might change the rotors soon.