pete's 318i (first car)

[MR 325]

I like it! Welcome to R3V

[slammed_e30]

Nice 4 door, great car to start with. Should be a lot of fun.

[mikeedler]

sorry about the engine. car looks super clean though. dont kill it like my nephew did to my old touring I gave him 3 months after he got his license!
ohh, by the way, i would erase the comment about the airbag suspension on here unless you want these guys to kill you!

[S14sx2nr]

Very clean 318, congrats on a nice first car ;)

-Dan

[e30pete]

ohh, by the way, i would erase the comment about the airbag suspension on here unless you want these guys to kill you!

lol, nah i only want it from experience, see my dads car is damn low (right on the legal limit) and its not exactly driveway/speedhump friendly, so if i got bags i could just pump it up so i dont scrape the car
and guys i thought it was an M10 engine???

[asubimmer]

lol, nah i only want it from experience, see my dads car is damn low (right on the legal limit) and its not exactly driveway/speedhump friendly, so if i got bags i could just pump it up so i dont scrape the car
and guys i thought it was an M10 engine???

its is deff not a m10 like the others said I think its a m40 b/c the mani is diff than the m42.

[e30pete]

what are some stats about the M40/42, like performace and stuff
and what kinda of light performance mods would be good (like airfilters, exhausts and such)

[Iain]

Welcome dude...

Looks like a beaut first car, prime for modding! Shakey and a few of the other boys on this site can point you in the right direction for 318i performance....

I got many of my parts through Glenn (OLD323) at www.carshine.com.au can't recommend him highly enough! :D Very happy camper (even if he is a slappa :p )! :D

[e30pete]

that carshine site is sweet, i think ive picked out my kit

[hamann318is]

what are some stats about the M40/42, like performace and stuff
and what kinda of light performance mods would be good (like airfilters, exhausts and such)

I couldn't tell you. America didn't get the M40. I hear that the M42 and the M40 are very different though.

[Borat]

definatly M40, only has 85ish kw, still better than M10 though. I wouldn't bother doing performance mods, not worth the money, just save for bigger engine or suspension or brake upgrade.

Don't get airbags, wont handle anything like a car with decent spring/shock setup.

[Iain]

*cough*M50 swap*cough*

And get coil-overs... you can wind em up for street and track use, then wind em down for show :D

[e30pete]

i was gettng coil overs but with whats happening to it right now there just to expensive, M5 engine swap, nah, rb26 or 4lt v8

[Addissimo]

M5 engine swap

bam bitch

rb26 or 4lt v8

Dont be ghey.

You say its your car, but there is a girl driving it....in the passengers seat with a stearing wheel....

SWEET

[e30pete]

thats my sister, and tha isnt the passenger side, lol, nah im a holden boy (aussie car) and all the vl's (type of holden) have RB's (same as skylines) there cheap and they hammer :)