New 1991 318i NEED SUGGESTIONS!

[cferb]

This thread is bananas. Some of you need to go back to e30 school, or at least read Wikipedia.

[Vivek]

Instead of arguing over what years came with what engine I think you should give us a budget before we go any further. First go with basic GC coils (1k) over any non-adjustable suspension setup (which'll run you $800+ anyways). If you have more to spend get them with camber plates. If you have even more to spend get them with shortened front housings. You'll want to replace all your bushings and mounts at the same time as well we everything with a ball joint such as tie rods and control arms.

[einhander]

so here's the deal guys. I just bought this car and it's my #2 buy in the bmw world. Im creating a shell because the guy who owned it before me treated this e30 like trash! So i'm looking for suggestions on a motor to put into this beast. I wanted to go s50, but i also want to go turbo. So being a newbie on anything not n/a what are your thoughts on a turbo bmw, down to suspension and up. Just looking for 6-10 psi out of the block. Not making this into super car. Just like enough get up and go to show these "honda heads" in my town what a real car looks like. :hitler:

m62.

[cferb]

Instead of arguing over what years came with what engine I think you should give us a budget before we go any further. First go with basic GC coils (1k) over any non-adjustable suspension setup (which'll run you $800+ anyways). If you have more to spend get them with camber plates. If you have even more to spend get them with shortened front housings. You'll want to replace all your bushings and mounts at the same time as well we everything with a ball joint such as tie rods and control arms.

"First, spend way too much money on suspension that you'll adjust once and never touch again."

There's no reason to go coilover unless you're picky about ride height(which is fine, but don't pretend it's not a cosmetic mod for 95% of people), nothing wrong with non adjustable suspension. I don't understand people's obsession with coilovers, and this is coming from someone with coilovers. H&R race will do just fine

I do agree though that suspension and bushings, also brakes, should be the first step, especially on a car built to have 130hp.

M20s and m30s are both good motors to turbo, m42 is possible but not preferable, s50/m50 I've seen evidence of them responding well to boost but I don't know much about it.