My 88' 318i | Underpowered Euro Content

[mila325]

Looks like a fantastic car man. Loving that you kept the original colour. Nothing compares to a fresh Diamant Schwarz.

P.S. I loved the E30 Meet photos you posted, something is just so right seeing that many E30s together.

[Max399]

Long time no seen :)
Went to a first ever country E30 meet here in Lithuania.
About 50 cars showed up, here are some pics from a drone i got for a test-drive that weekend:











Nice cabrio interior:



And of-course my car:



Looks sucky waffleswaffleswaffles, no lip skirts, no time to finish it.
Also heres the event sticker i got, fits and looks awesome on the quarter glass:



Max.

[iXguido]

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[Max399]

Well, long time no updates.. Got the wheels finished and mounted :)
Tires are 205/45 for those interested
End result looks like this:



Still dont have the center caps, cant get to the guy who painted em, but i really love the end-result :)
Alot has to be done to it yet, lip, skirts, rear bumper. But it'l get there, eventually :)

Max.

[efficient]

Very nice

[Max399]

Some updates :)
Car is running long time, feeling strong on the engine :)

Some random pics:



Met an i8, really rare here had to take a photo :)



Bought an LPG diagnostics cable and calibrated it.
Also finished my R16 Style 5's, waiting for paint now :)



Will update once i have more pics of it :)

[Max399]

Some king of chinese car part shop :) Cost for all 4 was about 12 Eur :)
Totally the same as OEM ones except no Hella or Bosch marking on them.

[jeenyus]

very cool. where did you get those glass lens replacements for your headlights?

[EwoksWhippinE30s]

diggin the hood art!

[Max399]

Some random updates from a few days :)

Head assembly in progress, head was ported and polished:



Bottom end assembly:



M40 pistons are used instead of M42 ones, to lower the CR and increase the volume by a little bit. Custom exhaust cam was installed with delayed exhaust timing and also increased the exhaust stroke time to have more ventilation.

Chain with guides installed:





Towed the car to the garage yesterday, such a nice ride :) Even though i was towed :D



And finally today, started tearing the old stuff apart, will need a new radiator since mine is clogged at the bottom...



So nice to work again on the E30 :)
Much better the E36 i daily drive atm :)

Max.

[Max399]

Thought i would update this thread a little.
Nothing big has happened, still waiting on engine parts to arrive, but hopefully everything will be here this week.

Block was give to a shop to be honed, and all the bottom end balanced. Pistons were changed to M40 ones to lower CR.

Here's a few pics of the dissassembly process:





Everything is being changed. All valves, seals, tensioners, chain, guides, etc. Everything. Turbo will be added later, after a proper brakedown. That is because no proper engine management is there yet. Will need Megasquirt later.
Head will also be ported/polished and a custom sump will be made. Steel one, not alu one.

On a side note, got some goodies for the car lately :)
Style 5 R16 8J ET20 :)



Really love theese wheels on the car, just to install proper tires on them, since theese ones are too big..

Already got 205/45 R16 tyres for them, still need to install.
Also got a new Rieger Infinity lip, since mine one broke last summer....
I mean, its 3 piece now, but dont think that its a good think...

Thats it for now i guess. Will update once i have more news :)

EDIT: Did i mention i got a 3.25 ratio mid-case LSD? :) Should be a good match for the M42.

[Max399]

Yep :) Thats why i went for it :)

[Nisse Järnet]

M42 is way more fun than M40 :) Easy swap as well.

[Max399]

Yeah, didnt really want to go 24v route, too common :)
Really love the lightness of the 4-cil :)

Should be a preatty good upgrade from the M40 :) +20kW :)
With a turbo it will be really good :)

Hoping to have around 150kW once Turboed :)
Simple 0.5 Bar for a start, them il need some Megasquirt action :)

Max.

[spanish pants]

Great engine choice, and with a turbo it should be even better.