Looking to join the E30 Family

[TurboJake]

No crackheads for us. Just asians and redheads.
For the record though. She still doesn't have a spare tire. Baby or car. I don't procreate.

As long as it's diving boards, it should have high rear arches. But I MAY be wrong in that statement.

[mkcman17]

i still just don't like early models. i rarely see one that wows me. it's pretty difficult to make those bumpers look good or modern.

etas are decent drives and can sound sweet, but i just can't get over the lack of top-end.

i would say coming from an s30 that you'd be looking for a late model b25 car.

88-89 had projector lights and pop out rear windows, no airbag.

if i hadn't found mine, i'd probably look for an 88 325e. my buddy had one that we turned into an easy stroker, and that thing had some balls.

[Jalves619]

Pictures of the s30 are mandatory. I'm still looking for a nice 240z to replace the one I sold a few years back.

[Massimo]

By the sounds of it you like your bigger engines, but you want something with good MPG. So I would recommend the 318is 100kw 1.8lt it is fair good for what it is. They are also more fun to drive stock through the twisty roads you can really throw them in.

At the end of the day though no E30 is fast stock compared to today's standards, so you need to be prepaird to live with the standard general slowness of the E30 stock, or turbo/swap. This will help you make your mind up. If you are going to swap just find a late model E30 with a good body/interior. Turbo on the other hand will require more looking as you want to find one with a good motor if you are not going to rebuild it.

M42 can be boosted with some 8.5:1 pistons and can make 250-300hp at the crank. I believe the M20 can do 350-400hp at the crank with swapping some parts but I am not well versed in the M20.

Personally I think you would be better of with a 2.5lt then the M42. seems as though you like the torque and I think you would be dissapointed with the lack there of from the M42.