The Dirty E30: My new 84 318i project on a budget

[bullywagon]

So you removed the vacuum advance completely?

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I didnt remove it completly, I just un plugged the vac line going to it and capped off the vac line

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Been a while since ive posted any updates. Did a few things to the old e30 this past week.
Decided to try out plastidip for the first time. Came out pretty well! Sprayed it in gunmetal grey and the car looks GOOD!







Still needing to finish the roof and trunk lid and re spray the hood. But it turned out nice

[2mAn]

Not bad looking! what happened to the old pics?

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Also picked up some higher flowing injectors from the local pick and pull off of a 2.0l vw jetta. They nade a big difference in driveability. Engine runs alot smoother and quieter while going down the road. after re-adjusting the afm and timing the car redlines around 6700rpm(unless my tach is off) and throttle response is much better as well. Quick, cheap, easy mod for the old m10!





Stock injectors were pretty well worn!

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Not bad looking! what happened to the old pics?

Think i rearanged folders and it screwed everything up. Just updated them

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Also in the last month. Rear shock mounts, water pump and trans mounts were replaced





Had to make an alternator bracket out of some steel laying around the shoo because the original piece split

A new better looking drilled aluminum piece is is the making to replace it

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Been contemplating slapping together a little low boost junkyard turbo set up. Been looking into it and i think i can put it all together for around $700. Was thinking a saab turbo(or just spending a little more on a cxracing t3), ebay manifold, piping, and a small intercooler, hks bov, raising rate fpr, and all the small miscellaneous stuff. I believe with the stock l-jetronic setup i should be able to run around 8psi with out going the stand alone fm route and still net me a good 150-175 quick spooling horsepower

[2mAn]

I wouldnt worry about making it faster yet. Ive heard people have had decent success swapping to the M42 motronic setup instead of the kjet stuff

[varg]

If you want some really quick spooling power for really cheap the Mitsubishi 13C turbos that came on later RWD Volvos are kings of spool and cost their weight in dirt.

I'm interested to see how this goes, I almost bought an M10 powered 318i but it had too much rust and the seller had an unrealistic price expectation. But that lightness, that balance...

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Went out this morning to pull off the rear spring pads to get it a little lower in the rear. Jumped under the car and noticed break fluid leaking from the pass side rear drum.





The culprit..looks like everything was replaced by the po but this
glad i decided to get down there and look! Could of been going down the road and lost the breaks.

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On my way to the pick and pull as the have a pretty complete but beat up 84 318i on the lot luckily for me. Going to go grab it, slap it on and head to the track

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If you want some really quick spooling power for really cheap the Mitsubishi 13C turbos that came on later RWD Volvos are kings of spool and cost their weight in dirt.

I'm interested to see how this goes, I almost bought an M10 powered 318i but it had too much rust and the seller had an unrealistic price expectation. But that lightness, that balance...

Ill keep that in mind! I was at the pick and pull yesterday and there was an audi a4 with the 1.8t and the ko3 in it looked looked pretty clean
A few volvos as well but most of them were fwd models

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First time out on the autox course at pikes peak international raceway. Had fun, even though i only got one lap in

Click link for video

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