Why Do People hate the 318 so much?

[Jean]

225/45 real slicks vs 205/50 DOT R comps?

I was going to ask something like that :)

[James]

Personally i'd take an m20 car 9/10 times. I found the m42 to be buzzy on the highway and didn't really suit the rest of the car, the m20 is just the sweeter option for a DD, the m42 was certainly more fun to rev out in that slow car kind of way.

[Axxe]

I was going to ask something like that :)

+ coil overs + BBK

[e30trooper]

its hard to understand your version of the english language but this is the eta-loving bs i was referring to. i dont know what your definition of 'pulling' is but an eta with 2.93 or 2.79 rear gear in .81 fifth gear is barely pulling its own weight.

Dont hold me to this but my "eta" with a 2.93 im sure pulls better freeways speeds (90+) in 5th gear than a m42. Idk what this 318 loving BS is...
My point being m20 FTW , even the eta pwns the 318i's with having low end. The m42 isnt much stronger than the m10 i must add.

[freeride53]

m20 ftw

meh.....

ps i saw yo shit parked by them christmas lights yo. nice rims. what are those?

[Danny]

Turbo M42 ftw.

[Streichholzschächtelchen]

meh.....

ps i saw yo shit parked by them christmas lights yo. nice rims. what are those?

Konig rewinds 15x7.5 0 offset. Lol I just finished remiving the pinstripes, so much work to be done to it.

[e30trooper]

Turbo M42 ftw.

What numbers did that thing put down?

[Danny]

167 to the wheels.

[Stephen]

What numbers did that thing put down?

bout 50whp to the wheels when you account for the times it produced 0

Just kidding Danny:razz:

[e30trooper]

167 to the wheels.

Not bad! what about tq numbers?

[Danny]

168

[lennon]

Dont hold me to this but my "eta" with a 2.93 im sure pulls better freeways speeds (90+) in 5th gear than a m42. Idk what this 318 loving BS is...
My point being m20 FTW , even the eta pwns the 318i's with having low end. The m42 isnt much stronger than the m10 i must add.

neither one of those cars pulls good in 5th stock with stock gearing. i was confused by your previous statements. i thought you were saying the m20b27 is better than the m42. thats what i was disagreeing with. i only brought up the b25 because it sounded like you were saying 'nothing beats eta torque'.

[e30trooper]

neither one of those cars pulls good in 5th stock with stock gearing. i was confused by your previous statements. i thought you were saying the m20b27 is better than the m42. thats what i was disagreeing with. i only brought up the b25 because it sounded like you were saying 'nothing beats eta torque'.

Well I was saing the m42 wont beat the eta's torque. There for at higher speeds stock vs stock the eta would pull better. Im not saing the m42 is a pos , just compairing the m42 to the m20b27. Like I said before I have never driven a a late 318i (m42)

Also compairing the m10 vs the eta. The m10 flet a lil quicker off the line only to 2nd gear after that its a slug vs the b27. the m42 dosnt have that big of a hp gain than the m10. if anything the m10 318 is lighter with a lower gear ratio (3.91)

[Streichholzschächtelchen]

Well I was saing the m42 wont beat the eta's torque. There for at higher speeds stock vs stock the eta would pull better. Im not saing the m42 is a pos , just compairing the m42 to the m20b27. Like I said before I have never driven a a late 318i (m42)

Also compairing the m10 vs the eta. The m10 flet a lil quicker off the line only to 2nd gear after that its a slug vs the b27. the m42 dosnt have that big of a hp gain than the m10. if anything the m10 318 is lighter with a lower gear ratio (3.91)

3.91 vs 4.10, mmmmmk lower ratio you say.

Sina my car boosts, if you wanna give it a spin after I throw on the brakes suspension exhaust and fix the trans it's good. Work in progress right now tho.