Low End Torque Help

[sickbro91]

so my car has horrible low end torque but once it hits 4000 it speeds up does anyone have any mods i can do to increase low end torque. just about any price range disclosing like T/C or S/C because those are to gnarly right now. i donno but i was thinkin like lighter pullies and port n polishin all that stuff? please send me some of your input i would love to know what you guys have done and what to do and stuff..


thanks ken...:):)

[E30_fiend]

is that a 325e or a 325i?

if its an e then you are just in the wrong car. They have a good amount of low end torque but are gutless either way.

now the i motor is a little different. A chip is always a nice upgrade. MarkD is a popular chip and shows good improvement all around. But whether you have an e or an i, the MarkD chip is probably your best bet.






Taylor

[Adrian_Visser]

If you are talking about an i car that power kick at 4000 is what an m20b25 does. If you're talking about an e shit you got only 1000 more rpms anyway.

Under drive pullys are a fucking joke IMHO they won't do shit, a port and polish won't do much unless the rest of the internals of the engine are done up too (i.e hot cam, high compression, stroker etc) a chip is really the best bet, decent longtube headers will also increase low end torque, I've had my eye on the cheap ebay ones for a while.

First of all though a general tune up will make the car run better all around, new cap and rotor new plugs and plug wires, fuel and air filter and a valve adjust. is the first thing to do bar none.

[CorvallisBMW]

If you are talking about an i car that power kick at 4000 is what an m20b25 does. If you're talking about an e shit you got only 1000 more rpms anyway.

Under drive pullys are a fucking joke IMHO they won't do shit, a port and polish won't do much unless the rest of the internals of the engine are done up too (i.e hot cam, high compression, stroker etc) a chip is really the best bet, decent longtube headers will also increase low end torque, I've had my eye on the cheap ebay ones for a while.

First of all though a general tune up will make the car run better all around, new cap and rotor new plugs and plug wires, fuel and air filter and a valve adjust. is the first thing to do bar none.

Exactly. Couldn't have said it better myself.

[sickbro91]

thanks and mine is a I also my sig is not the resent pic of my car so if your like damn dude that car is not ballin its gettin there lol it is lowered and has rims :D so im happy but yeah thanks for the tip im going to be looking around for a good chip and do a tune up.also i donno if its regular but what is the miles range for one tank of gas? i get under 200 is that bad? and any other suggestions for performance?

thanks a lot :DDD
ken.

[funcrew]

Keep the revs up. You're not going to get low end torque out of a 20-year-old 2.5 liter straight 6. For that, you would want, say, a BMW 745d with roughly 4X the torque of your M20.

Good luck.

[RobE30]

Mine has more low end power than my wifes 03 legacy (5spd)....

[sickbro91]

its just my car is so slow!!! lol i got a magnaflow muffler today. its sweet and im getting new tires because my old ones are bald and stuff. so happy i havent had a rainy day. well thanks for all the help im searching for a chip as i speak lol yeah. i will post pictures or videos or whatever i need to post or sumthin. haha

thanks to everyone who helped
ken :D

[nando]

get a 4.10 rear diff

[nickpdx]

thanks and mine is a I also my sig is not the resent pic of my car so if your like damn dude that car is not ballin its gettin there lol it is lowered and has rims :D so im happy but yeah thanks for the tip im going to be looking around for a good chip and do a tune up.also i donno if its regular but what is the miles range for one tank of gas? i get under 200 is that bad? and any other suggestions for performance?

thanks a lot :DDD
ken.

You should be getting around ~300 miles out of a full tank, even with a good bit of high-rev driving in there.

[Adrian_Visser]

better add an O2 sensor to the list of tune up items

[RoDo]

If you are only getting 200 miles out of a tank I'd say you for sure need to go the tuneup route. I get 300 out of my M20B25 seemingly no matter how hard I flog it.

I actually think these things have real nice low end torque for a small motor. Straight 6 FTW!

[sickbro91]

oh man!!! my car barley makes it to 200!!!! thats no bueno!!!!

[E30SPDFRK]

Swap in an m30.

[sickbro91]

oh man i want to do an m30 swap with a turbo that would be so cool!!! but isnt it really hard because i have an 87 :{ so all the wiring is messed up.