tips for power

[chileelky]

new bimmer, new in the forum, absolut ignorant, 5000 miles away, amaze about the enthusiasm e30 generate

best 10 cheap tips to improve power on a standard 1982 323 ia m20?

[tonytony]

put in an m50 if you're lucky it'll cost you under a grand and time wasted on your engine. jgood just did his for 200bucks or something like that

[kronus]

new bimmer, new in the forum, absolut ignorant, 5000 miles away, amaze about the enthusiasm e30 generate

best 10 cheap tips to improve power on a standard 1982 323 ia m20?

If you have cats, remove them.

The M20B23 isn't very powerful as far as M20s go. You're better off making sure the rest of the car is sorted. Lighten it, get good suspension, and keep the engine in good condition.

[chileelky]

put in an m50 if you're lucky it'll cost you under a grand and time wasted on your engine. jgood just did his for 200bucks or something like that

actually, I dont know what a m50 is (ok, engine, but ¿which cars/years had it, bolt on to my gearbox, electrically plug & play, gain & losses from actual, etc? Not too many used engines down here to chose....

If you have cats, remove them.
The M20B23 isn't very powerful as far as M20s go. You're better off making sure the rest of the car is sorted. Lighten it, get good suspension, and keep the engine in good condition.

No cats. Will start on update suspension, brakes, bushes, etc. but already thinking about engine

Thanks Tonytony, Kronus

[Danny]

Slap some turbs

[ZM Blue Devil]

Order a chip, see if Mark D makes one or will make one.

[tonytony]

i didn't realize where you're from, m50 is from a 92-95 e36 3series or from a 91-95 525i. Not quite plug and play but if you take a little bit of time and do your own wiring everything else is easy. check out the 24v thread
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[chileelky]

Appreciating the given answers, but before engine swaps, slapping turbs, changing chips, cams, heads, headers, etc...............
there`s got to be something to do, plain old tune up to get the best out of this engine.
Help this aficionado in his way to eat some rice :up:

[IRON-E]

there`s got to be something to do, plain old tune up to get the best out of this engine.
Help this aficionado in his way to eat some rice :up:

You are right., a plain old tuneup will help you X10, but if you really want to burn some rice the only option for you my friend, is an engine swap., like Tonytony mentioned.
If you just restore this car, you will appreciate all the little details you do to it. I really enjoy my cruiser, not really crazy about speeding or spending tons of money on an allready expensive 20year old car, but if tracking is what you are looking for more power to you brother, good luck!

[SpecM]

get a high-compression eta short block

stroker time!