Author Topic: my daily driver,1991 318i (Read 11061 times)

3seriesNut · « **on:** March 21, 2009, 08:46:33 PM »

my $1000 daily driver. 91 318i speed, 200k+ miles and going strong.

3seriesNut · « **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2009, 08:50:52 PM »

btw that 360 diesel mower cost 9.5 times what the car did lol

xwill112x · « **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2009, 08:52:36 AM »

that looks EXACTLY how mine did when i first got it.

3seriesNut · « **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2009, 09:03:07 AM »

this one is by far in the best shape pf my 3. this was a one owner car that was garage kept.

xwill112x · « **Reply #4 on:** March 22, 2009, 09:13:03 AM »

nice, just throw a magnaflow, with no cat, dinan chip, aem cold air intake kit, 4.10LSD, and you'll have a car that'll put a very big smile on your face EVERYTIME it goes past 6700rpms.

3seriesNut · « **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2009, 09:18:26 AM »

its getting ready to go on the rack when i get some things out the door at my shop. its got a god awefull rattle from 2k-4k rpms. its that damn center heat sheild rattling. i gotta fix that and its getting a new exhaust. my plan is ditch the cat,2.5in stainless back to a glasspack for a resonator then to a magnaflow. cold air kit is being built. and im still shopping for a chip.

and ofcoruse the valve cover and intake is gonna be pulled and cleaned and painted. as well as clean up that mangle of hoses under the intake.

JP 91iS · « **Reply #6 on:** March 22, 2009, 09:43:11 AM »

Looks like a great platform to start with, and sounds like you've got some healthy plans for it

3seriesNut · « **Reply #7 on:** March 22, 2009, 09:51:55 AM »

its a great running car. dosnt use any oil. has tons of power allready,will fry the tires on dry pavement. ive got a few small things to do. needs a stereo. shifter has some slop in it. im gonna change the bushings and stuff and reshape the lever to my likings. all in all its the best $1000 ive ever spent.,but dont tell my wife that lol

xwill112x · « **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2009, 05:22:33 PM »

Quote from: 3seriesNut;68705

my plan is ditch the cat,2.5in stainless back to a glasspack for a resonator then to a magnaflow. cold air kit is being built. and im still shopping for a chip.

i spend around 60$ for my CAI (AEM dry-flow FTW)

and i spend 72$ (with shippng) for my dinan chip on ebay (lol and that ripped out my small cased 4.10 :rolleyes:)

and right now, mine is straight piped to a dynomax super turbo muffler, sounds great!!!, screw the glasspack.

3seriesNut · « **Reply #9 on:** March 22, 2009, 05:38:06 PM »

my header was finished up today. 2 1/2in tubes then steps up to 3in at the collector. the collector is long. 2 ports, evac port for crankcase gasses(if i chose to run the hose) and a bung for the O2 sensor. for a muffler ive been looking at borlas. trying to keep the whole system stainless.

after i get the exhaust done its time for new shocks and springs,motor mounts and trans mounts. then i might build a front and rear strut tower braces to tie the body. hotter coils from bav autosport will be in tomorow and ive got a set of volvo wires for it.

xwill112x · « **Reply #10 on:** March 22, 2009, 06:01:37 PM »

hotter coils don't do shit.

i bought them, and it felt like a slight tune up, definitly not worth it.

slam it, chip it, get some new wheels, black the windows out, iS lip,CAI.

call it a day.

3seriesNut · « **Reply #11 on:** March 22, 2009, 06:07:37 PM »

a couple guys from work got em for me. im getting my rims in a few weeks. stock weaves. i like the looks. im gonna drop it about a inch. nothing to radical. still havnt decided on a chip yet. markD or dinan is looking promising. id like to do away with that rubber boot between the TB and MAF. mabe do up a aluminium tube for there.

xwill112x · « **Reply #12 on:** March 22, 2009, 06:19:18 PM »

yea, i have some weave's, but they have my track tires on them.

i just run bottle caps that i blacked out.

you should check my member profile, i just uploaded some new pix today of my car after i detailed it.

3seriesNut · « **Reply #13 on:** March 22, 2009, 06:22:00 PM »

cool ill have to check that out. i allways liked the weaves. they just look plain good on a e30.

xwill112x · « **Reply #14 on:** March 22, 2009, 06:25:06 PM »

ya, mine are gunmetal'd