91 318is GT car

[Shangsta]

awesome glad to hear you will be saving the car

[TobyB]

That's good to hear!

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[pmachan]

Repair update:

It will be fixed, its going in a couple weeks to get the body work done.
I am planning on converting the motor to 12.5:1, and doing a bit more aero stuff up front.

[pmachan]

What size ITBs are you running to hit 270hp ? Trying to determind what size i would need. I dont see people making good numbers with the Diblas.

They are TWM (Borla) 45's.

[TobyB]

I'd say a t4 fITd would do that, no problem...

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[Joebiggs]

What size ITBs are you running to hit 270hp ? Trying to determind what size i would need. I dont see people making good numbers with the Diblas.

[pmachan]

An s42 is a bit of a silly idea, no? I mean the issue of parts availability, cost, and worry of hurting it would be a bit high for the average racer.

You can build an M42 with identical performance for massively less money.

If you are flush with cash and want one for the prestige, all good, but for the average club racer its a bit silly.

[dsm2002]

I don't know where you're getting your prices from but that is completely ridiculous.

http://www.collectioncar.com/detailed.php?ad=40172&category_id=2

17,000 Euros.

That's not a S42 super tourer engine despite what the advert says. Its a M42 engine that was homologated for F3 and C3 racing classes. They were limited to 205 during their day and it seems this one has been rebuild with some S42 or more likely S42 spec parts.

BMW just laughed at me when I asked for one. Said they can't even do M42 crate motors. So who do I call to buy a new S42?

Did you really ask a BMW dealer guy this? Really? They would not have a clue.

BMW motorsport parts are sold through BMW Motorsport and I understand there are no BMW Motorsport dealer in Australia. There only one in the US I think. You cannot really buy a new S42 - as a race engine it is 20 years ago and not raced by the 'factory' for at least 17 years. You can still buy S42 parts from BMW Motorsport but the are increasingly getting rare. I have seen used S42 engines between €15,000 and €50,000 depending on condition and spec.

BTW You can buy M42 crates engines. They are about €4000 out of Europe. Not much demand for them, though.

Also Massimo, as good as Rebello engines are, they are not S42s :)

[Massimo]

BMW just laughed at me when I asked for one. Said they can't even do M42 crate motors. So who do I call to buy a new S42?

you can call these guys

http://www.rebelloracing.com/

[Hooffenstein HD]

I am talking brand new from BMW not second hand that have been modified to suit a different race series.

BMW just laughed at me when I asked for one. Said they can't even do M42 crate motors. So who do I call to buy a new S42?

[Massimo]

I don't know where you're getting your prices from but that is completely ridiculous.

http://www.collectioncar.com/detailed.php?ad=40172&category_id=2

17,000 Euros.

I am talking brand new from BMW not second hand that have been modified to suit a different race series.

[Hooffenstein HD]

if you are getting about 270hp at the wheels that's about 295 at the fly which is basically an S42 and considering that will cost you in the range of 80K that's a really good deal.

I don't know where you're getting your prices from but that is completely ridiculous.

http://www.collectioncar.com/detailed.php?ad=40172&category_id=2

17,000 Euros.

[Massimo]

No, not near that much! With stand alone, and dash, probably closer
to $20-25k, +/- depending on what options you choose.
You can go mild to wild on the management/dash which will vary the cost a lot.
We have a fairly basic system, kinda regretted not going with a better system after the fact, still sometimes consider going to a full Motec system, but the state of the car has changed priorities in a hurry...

Wow that is a lot more affordable then I thought.

if you are getting about 270hp at the wheels that's about 295 at the fly which is basically an S42 and considering that will cost you in the range of 80K that's a really good deal.

Looking forward to seeing this car back on track.

Can't go wrong with Motec, but the $$$ to benefit is some what high. I like cosworth but they also are very pricey, but seem to have a better electronic management systems. If I ever go to this stage I am probably going to go with Haltech, seem to be reasonably priced and have everything I would need anyway.

[TobyB]

See what you find when you get the fender off-
if it hasn't moved the strut attachment much, it might be pullable.

You can always section that quarter of it, but it's always a trade- off on how much work to
do that versus a new shell. And how hard it is to do the re- attachement welding.

Glad you're ok- that's a scary place to contact something...

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[Revzillia]

Sorry about your car. But looks like my evil twin. Right down to the shifter