my orangebmw

[orangebmw]

my car history...

1st bought it was fitted with 17" local made wheels(malaysia)...so heavy...
i change it to 15" italian wheels...don't know its brand...
then now...with 14" 318is wheels...so smooth..comfort...no more shaked...

side skirt was took from E36 325i...
solid orange paint...
last month i just got original rubber spoiler...

next plan...Mtech 1 bodykit...

in Malaysia...most e30 owners like to swap it to SR20det..some are RB20det,RB25det,1jz and 2jz...

in Thailand..the siamese like to swap it to 2jz...that's why my car was swapped to RB20...

[valley30]

I hate clicking link after link...


Pretty cool that its swapped, but I dont get the auto either..

Your an e30 addict!:woowoo:

[orangebmw]

orangebmw

previous owner swap it to RB20DE auto...now i want to swap to manual RB20DET...

my 1st plan is to swap to M20B25 turbo...but M20 is hard to find here...lot of japanese halfcut here...so i decide to turbo'd the RB20de...

now my power with RB20DE feels like E30 with M50B20...about same bhp...155bhp...tires just spinning in 1st gear..

[rThor432]

The 320is is basically the Italian/Portuguese m3. Standard body with a destroked s14. Was built so they could compete in one of the touring car series there or something.

Yep. And I believe that the destroked motor was designed to put the car in a lower insurance bracket. Apparently cars with more than 2 liters were that much more to insure.

I think I read that in a European BMW specific magazine a while back.

[rThor432]

I think there were some italian e21 320is that had S14s or something along that line.

No it was the Italian E30 320is that had the S14B20 motor.

[Firestorm]

ummm... didn't old 320's come with s14s????

320i's are normal pieces of slow crap with shitty 2l 6's and usually autotragics.

The 320is is basically the Italian/Portuguese m3. Standard body with a destroked s14. Was built so they could compete in one of the touring car series there or something.

[WlknGenius]

ummm... didn't old 320's come with s14s????

Not usually. I think there were some italian e21 320is that had S14s or something along that line.

[scBeamer803]

ummm... didn't old 320's come with s14s????

[sumyungguy]

I hate clicking link after link...


















Pretty cool that its swapped, but I dont get the auto either..

[4ce30]

why spend all that time on swapping that engine in there? I bet you have the same amount of power you had before...wierd
-Brandon

[Farbin Kaiber]

now its beggin for a rb26dett...

[drifty340i]

Why on earth did you put an rb20de auto in there? They are totally gutless, but at least you can swap an rb20det in there easy!

Sorry to sound negative, cars looks good tho! what sides skirts have you got?

[Widm3r]

Clean car, its a shame its an auto-tragic. Where is the 5spd swap?

[Rocla]

rb20de motor

DAMN!

[orangebmw]

more pics

rb20de motor