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FAQ / REFERENCE => How-To's => Topic started by: Casey Belarde on February 18, 2009, 01:09:51 AM

Title: which do I have
Post by: Casey Belarde on February 18, 2009, 01:09:51 AM

I bought my 93 BMW 318is 167k from my work about 1 1/2yrs ago $800 with elec problem and missing door panel all fixed now except the panels lol
now that I have time to start to really fix it up you know more power better handling and etc...
but I don't really know what I have E30,E36,M42,M44,M50 and so on
I know its the 1.8 4cyl,5sp,posi rear end kinda a tud til the upper RPM's lol
do I turbo?
do I supercharge?
thanks for any help

Title: which do I have
Post by: KenC on February 18, 2009, 01:14:44 AM

e36 w/m42

Title: which do I have
Post by: Danny707 on February 18, 2009, 01:14:47 AM

Is your car a convertible?

Edit: I see its an iS

Title: which do I have
Post by: Casey Belarde on February 18, 2009, 01:17:33 AM

nope

Title: which do I have
Post by: Casey Belarde on February 18, 2009, 01:18:44 AM

Quote from: KenCopperwheat;66740

e36 w/m42

ok E36 -body style
M42 -engine

Title: which do I have
Post by: Danny707 on February 18, 2009, 01:19:53 AM

Right.

Title: which do I have
Post by: Casey Belarde on February 18, 2009, 01:25:53 AM

cool thanks now I can start plotting what I'm going to do

Title: which do I have
Post by: KenC on February 18, 2009, 02:51:14 AM

Turbo.  BMW was out of their minds when they stuck such a small engine in that chassis.

Title: which do I have
Post by: Casey Belarde on February 18, 2009, 03:07:27 AM

thats what I was think
what do you recomend?

Title: which do I have
Post by: roundel318 on February 18, 2009, 10:06:47 PM

Wheel over to europe and where 518i's are common :)

Title: which do I have
Post by: Lars0ne on March 10, 2009, 10:59:33 AM

OffTopic:
for sure we have a lot of 518i, we pay 1.35 USD for one liter 95oct / 5.1 USD for one gallon. it's painful every time u fill your car up.
Ontopic
put a respirator on ur car, that's what i'm going to do. 200bhp will do it i think.

Title: which do I have
Post by: naika on May 11, 2009, 05:05:18 AM

Quote from: roundel318;66800

Wheel over to europe and where 518i's are common :)

I'd say they exist but they're not that common :)

Title: which do I have
Post by: orientblaue36 on June 19, 2009, 08:25:20 PM

In Ireland they exist!! Our taxation is based on engine size, and now on carbon index.. Diesels now abound!!

Title: which do I have
Post by: Deftones on July 22, 2009, 03:13:46 PM

Quote from: naika;71679

I'd say they exist but they're not that common :)

confirmed, in italy i never saw 1. 520i e34 are very common


for the 318is, obviously with 140hp on 1250kg it's quite slow, but with few modifies you can get 150-155hp and it starts to be fun, turbocharging it like danny did you can get 200hp cheapy and not dangerous!