Hello from Australia

[aussie-e30]

G,day guys, I am a new m42 enthusiast from Newcastle, Australia. I have recently aquired a 1990 318is with only 174000 kms on the clock and excellent BMW service history, so you can imagine the engine is very healthy. Does anyone know if there is a head gasket out there to drop the c/r closer to 9.0:1 off the shelf? I am going to change the pistons in the future but why rebuild such a good thing when it aint broken i say.
Great to see so many people into these engines. Regards, Ben:)

[nuvolarossa]

G,day guys, I am a new m42 enthusiast from Newcastle, Australia. I have recently aquired a 1990 318is with only 174000 kms on the clock and excellent BMW service history, so you can imagine the engine is very healthy. Does anyone know if there is a head gasket out there to drop the c/r closer to 9.0:1 off the shelf? I am going to change the pistons in the future but why rebuild such a good thing when it aint broken i say.
Great to see so many people into these engines. Regards, Ben:)
why? do you want to turbo it???:D

[FL318is]

This is the plce for the M42. Give it minute and you will have all the answers. Personally, I just break stuff and the other M42 heads here tell me how to fix it. Enjoy the group!

[doigal]

Welcome aboard! Theres a few other aussies lurking around - StreetspecIS from adelade, jezza from brissie, john from syd and myself from melbourne.

Is there a particular application that you've got in mind?

[aussie-e30]

hi guys, regards to why i want to turbo the car is simple. The driving experience. I like the balance of the car but is underpowered.s14 m3 engines are too expensive and n/a dosent really do it for me as my other car may be going to fund the whole thing(it is a turbo car). As for application, dropping the c/r to a more boost freindly level.

[Febi Guibo]

http://headgasket.com/

I'm not too up on austrailian vendors, but this is a good place to start...

http://www.csgnetwork.com/compcalc.html

and... welcome!!! we look forward to hearing more about your turbo project!

[aussie-e30]

Thanks guys for the warm welcome! The head gasket will be 2nd priority behind a Haltech ecu to get started on soon I will post some pics of the car once i get hold of a digi cam.