e36 specs

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before u say anything. i tried googling lol and searching some furoms,,,

just wondering if anyone here know some bits about e36s (especally M3's (95s') was just wanted to get some facts o horsepower ect... i heard 95' was the way to go.. anyway, thanks

[Digitalwave]

95's are 3.0L OBD-I with 240hp
96+ are 3.2L OBD-II with 240hp.

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fantastic. well, i guess 95 w/ obd-1 would be the way to go. less emissions crap all in it... easier to do stuff to (?) thanks for the info.

[Digitalwave]

Best is a 3.2L converted to OBD-I :)

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hmm... that just sounds f8king complicated lol. i;ve seen conversion kits.. isn;t there like an assload of stuff to change?

[Jon325i]

hmm... that just sounds f8king complicated lol. i;ve seen conversion kits.. isn;t there like an assload of stuff to change?

There is some work involved, but just swaping out the OBD II stuff to OBD I on the S52 motor wakes things up considerably. From my understanding just the coversion alone takes you from 240bhp to somewhere around 270-ish. I know someone who is doing this conversion along with Schrick cams and custom software. Expected output is going to be +/-300bhp. Said motor is going into an '88 M3 (purists take your commentary elsewhere). From a tuning standpoint, the OBD I cars are the way to go....a lot simpler. Also, on the later E36 cars, the slave cylinder which works the hydraulic clutch has a mechanism which limits the speed of engagement/disengagement. So even if you try to do a quick shift (say 2nd to 3rd), the clutch will only do its part at a pre-determined speed set by the factory....its all in the name of smoother operation since the posers don't like an aggressive clutch (and that's who ///M listens to these days, not the true enthusiasts). I'm not sure if there's an aftermarket upgrade for this or not.

I know if I were in the market for an E36 M3, my preference would be to seek out the best example of a 1995 model that I could find/afford. Not to mention, those cars are 10 years old now and depreciation has set it for these cars. A performance bargain if you're patient in waiting for the right car to come along at a good price.

Jon

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yeh, i work at the bmw dealership, so we get alot of trade ins, but the wholesale manager (trade in manager) says he hasnt seen any in a while, but he'll keep a good lookout for me.. which would be great, b/c if i buy it via the dealership, get at dealer cost (yay) he says if we did get a nice trade in, then that year (or there round) wouldn;t be much more then 70 to 8 grand max.. i was like.... OK!...... hehe

[AdamF 88iS]

I recently intstalled a 3.2 long block into a 95 OBD1 body using all the OBD1 parts such as manifolds and etc; he did a little over 250 at the wheels with no other mods.

[trent]

I recently intstalled a 3.2 long block into a 95 OBD1 body using all the OBD1 parts such as manifolds and etc; he did a little over 250 at the wheels with no other mods.

Yup, I have seen the same first hand.