I Can't Stop Obsessing! I Have 318is Fever!

[Nairb]

Here be mine @ Fixxfest 2010.

[harv]

Blamo



John

[iamsam]

Don't listen to the BS about the M42 being slow as shit, getting worse gas mileage than an eta, etc... and to correct some HP numbers listed above, the M20B25 is rated at 168, and the M42 has ALOT more than 5 hp more than the M20B27. M42 has 134, B27 has 122. That's 12 hp.

yeah, the M42 car isn't brutally fast, but neither is an M20B25 car. A lightened 318is can get very peppy, A few of my friends that have ridden in my car have said that they were surprised at how hard my M42 pulls. Sure, an M20B25 may beat it in a straight drag, but I don't think it would be by much.

My 318is gets 30 mpg average, and that is me driving like an asshat. That is by no means worse mileage than an eta. and daily driveability of a 318is is as good as I can ask for. I would rather DD my car that is nimble and tossable all day long rather than my wife's E39 for example, or my in-law's E34, or any of my E28s, etc etc.

Another few things about M42: better hp/liter than M20B25, dual overhead cams, timing CHAIN, 4 valves/cyl, WAY easier to work on, way more room in the engine bay, lighter, etc etc

If you want to talk to some people who really respect the M42, go to M42club.com.

That said, I am planning to ditch my M42 for an S50, eventually, because it is true, I can't bake tires in the first four gears and I can't leave corvettes behind with my M42, but it has been dead reliable and served me well at autocrosses, a track day, and DD every day w/ 220k on the clock.

and here is a few pics of my 318is:

[mamzak]

boom boom pow?

[JTDay]

I may have been misinformed, but my buddy with a ti said the m42 was prone to head-gasket failure. If you intend to beat on it a little.

[Jean]

Then wait till you have 340i fever...

fixed

[iamsam]

I may have been misinformed, but my buddy with a ti said the m42 was prone to head-gasket failure. If you intend to beat on it a little.

you have been misinformed. I beat on my M42 all the time.

[LivingLegend06]

Well... I'm happy to tell you guys that I've become terribly ill again - yup, you guessed it. I have the fever.



I just want to buy E30s all day! Wtf is wrong with me?! I found a 91 318is in Sacramento for cheap... besides having some fucking nasty paint, it looks as solid as any car on the internet can look. I want it fuuuuuuck. :(

You just missed out a few weeks ago. A nice low mileage (120k iirc) red 318is was listed for 1500 on Bend craiglist. I didn't see it till two days after it was posted and it was already gone but from the looks of the ad it sounded like they were in a hurry to sell and my guess is that it probably went for ~1000.

I also have had the fever after my 318is was taken from me by some unlicensed driver.

[Butler]

^^^Sounds like the deal I'm looking for, nice and close too.

So get it.....

I wish life was just that easy.



But really, I did email the seller already. They seem pretty legit- its originally a texas car, i'll assume right off the bat its probably going to need $1200 to get it ready for the abuse...err I mean daily driving I'm planning on putting it through. Then considering the horrid paint its even more. I would go check it out, but I'm not going to be in the country for the next 17 or so days. Fuck, I dont know what I'm doing. I already have 2 cars

[vegaskyle]

You just missed out a few weeks ago. A nice low mileage (120k iirc) red 318is was listed for 1500 on Bend craiglist. I didn't see it till two days after it was posted and it was already gone but from the looks of the ad it sounded like they were in a hurry to sell and my guess is that it probably went for ~1000.

I also have had the fever after my 318is was taken from me by some unlicensed driver.

That car had been for sale from 2500-1500 on and off for months. I was going to fly up and look at/buy it but the seller was flaky as shit and gave me bad vibes. Keep looking you'll be in the right place at the right time eventually. I got mine from the original owner for $1000.

[tak7]

LOVE my m42!!

[Raxe]

Don't listen to the BS about the M42 being slow as shit, getting worse gas mileage than an eta, etc... and to correct some HP numbers listed above, the M20B25 is rated at 168, and the M42 has ALOT more than 5 hp more than the M20B27. M42 has 134, B27 has 122. That's 12 hp.

I'll take the ~30+ ftlbs of torque over the 12hp any day...

[gearheadE30]

Some crappy pics of mine:





Um, yeaaahhh :)

[frankenbeemer]

You weren't kidding, those are crappy, nice lookin car though!

[ck_taft325is]