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Member Profiles / alkaba's E30 318is
« on: May 13, 2013, 09:51:12 AM »
Hello everyone! Greetings from Czech Republic, ahoj 
This is my second E30 in three years...the 318is was my first car when i was 18. I sadly got rid of it because...money... And every day after that i have been on the forums and was looking for E30's 
I was patient and waited for a good looking piece...and after ca 1,5 year after my first E30 i buyed my second one. The most unpowerfull petrol e30 ever made, the 316i 
Pics after buying:
After few months i decided to buy an MT2 steering wheel, leather shift knob etc. I replaced the carped with a clean 6 cylinder one:
(The old one was totally K.O, so i removed it with a knife)
I found out, that my E30 was never in a crash (many E30's in Czech are crashed and repaired)
Of course, this cannot be missing:
After a half year from the purchase i decided to get rid of the M40B16 shitty noisy underpowered engine My friend just wanted to get rid of one M42 from E36, so i decided to buy it from him. He gave me it for 100 bucks The engine was fitted in an E30 before, so i didn't have to solve thing like the oil pan etc.
First ride after swap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP7BP9f1BEU
without exhaust
I am very happy with the M42, it is starting to make little noise when its cold (valve lifters), but nothing serious. I cannot complain for that money I left the 4.27 diff from the 1.6 there and it goes very nice
0-100 in about 8,5s (with 316i exhaust system, smaller diameter
)
My newest mod is the suspension, i fitted -40/-40 HR springs, Sachs shocks. THE BEST UPGRADE since the M42 engine! It is a different car now, looks very nice and the handling got better by 1000% Some pics:
Before:
After:
It is even lower now, i took the pic right after fitting it.
And my plans? Fit an Eaton M45 or M62 supercharger and the goal is around 190HP with tons of torque (i got inspired by a member on this forum) As far as i know it would be the first E30 318is with a compressor in my country Challenge accepted...
This is my second E30 in three years...the 318is was my first car when i was 18. I sadly got rid of it because...money...
And every day after that i have been on the forums and was looking for E30's I was patient and waited for a good looking piece...and after ca 1,5 year after my first E30 i buyed my second one. The most unpowerfull petrol e30 ever made, the 316i Pics after buying:
After few months i decided to buy an MT2 steering wheel, leather shift knob etc. I replaced the carped with a clean 6 cylinder one:
(The old one was totally K.O, so i removed it with a knife) I found out, that my E30 was never in a crash (many E30's in Czech are crashed and repaired)
Of course, this cannot be missing:
After a half year from the purchase i decided to get rid of the M40B16 shitty noisy underpowered engine
My friend just wanted to get rid of one M42 from E36, so i decided to buy it from him. He gave me it for 100 bucks The engine was fitted in an E30 before, so i didn't have to solve thing like the oil pan etc.First ride after swap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP7BP9f1BEU
without exhaust
I am very happy with the M42, it is starting to make little noise when its cold (valve lifters), but nothing serious. I cannot complain for that money
I left the 4.27 diff from the 1.6 there and it goes very nice 0-100 in about 8,5s (with 316i exhaust system, smaller diameter
)My newest mod is the suspension, i fitted -40/-40 HR springs, Sachs shocks. THE BEST UPGRADE since the M42 engine! It is a different car now, looks very nice and the handling got better by 1000%
Some pics:Before:
After:
It is even lower now, i took the pic right after fitting it.
And my plans? Fit an Eaton M45 or M62 supercharger and the goal is around 190HP with tons of torque
(i got inspired by a member on this forum) As far as i know it would be the first E30 318is with a compressor in my country Challenge accepted...
A common problem...there is 16 of them and its not so easy to determine which one is bad. New oil will make them quieter...Don't worry, the engine will run OK, only the noise a little bit annoying.
