Intake system?

[blefevre]

325i/iS

Edit: yes, manual too.

[Bimmerman325i]

any manual 'i' car.

[blue325es]

What model does the 3.73 come in?

[blefevre]

It was said before, but get a different diff. Hands down the best improvement you can do if you can live with higher rpms.

[blue325es]

Awesome.. Thanks for all your help guys. I'll definitely be doing some research and hopefully be able to to go to meet on the 15th

[Bimmerman325i]

Awesome.. That's what I was shooting for

No problem. It should go without saying, but before you mod it make sure the car is up to snuff on maintenance (motor mounts, trans mounts, fluids, timing belt, valve adjustment, etc).

I wouldn't worry about adding power. I started tracking my 67awhp Subaru, and ran out of talent before running out of power.

Learn from our (my) mistakes: don't add power till you improve as a driver, it ends up being a crutch hindering your ability to learn how to keep up momentum.

Then again, power's damn fun, so......yea.

[blue325es]

a) e30 exhausts are NOT restrictive, especially on an 'e' motor. Don't waste your time and money.

performance mods: Bilstein sports + H&R Sport or Race depending on your tolerance for NVH, TRMotorsport 15x8 + 225/15 Hankook RS3s, a better brake pad, and then track time.

DONE.

Awesome.. That's what I was shooting for

[iamsam]

performance mods: Bilstein sports + H&R Sport or Race depending on your tolerance for NVH, TRMotorsport 15x8 + 225/15 Hankook RS3s, a better brake pad, and then track time.

DONE.

Yes do that. Best performance upgrades you can do for a reasonable amount of money.

Also, info on the "2.7i" conversion: http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/show...highlight=2.7i

Get reading!

Also, while exhausts aren't restrictive, they are very heavy. Just unbolt your exhaust from the headers, run some straight pipes to some dumps that terminate somewhere under rear bench seat. Slap a Flowmaster 40 in there if the noise is bothersome. eta motors can actually sound pretty dang good.

Done. ;)

[Bimmerman325i]

So with that being said.. Performance mod suggestions?
I'll probably go to a high flo cat after emissions

a) e30 exhausts are NOT restrictive, especially on an 'e' motor. Don't waste your time and money.

performance mods: Bilstein sports + H&R Sport or Race depending on your tolerance for NVH, TRMotorsport 15x8 + 225/15 Hankook RS3s, a better brake pad, and then track time.

DONE.

[iamsam]

So with that being said.. Performance mod suggestions?
I'll probably go to a high flo cat after emissions

if you don't use AC, get rid of it, that is a good 50-75 lbs there, and do some research on an "i" swap. I heard it is relatively easy if you find an M20B25 head and ECU, and you get more power than the M20B25 makes in the end. But like I said, do research on that, I have only heard of it in passing, I have not dug too deeply into it.

[blue325es]

So with that being said.. Performance mod suggestions?
I'll probably go to a high flo cat after emissions

[blue325es]

I figured as much.. Jus wasn't sure on my 85 I bought a intake kit from bavauto and didn't really notice any difference

[iamsam]

What Luke said.

Also, best way to get more fast for cheap in an E30 is strip weight from the car.

[StereoInstaller1]

Kids, the guy wants a little more snap in his car, you don't have to do a swap to make your car more enjoyable. Chip (which he has, he spun to 6K, no ETA will do that) and a bit of gearing (he likely has a 2.93, that is a slug with a G260).

My point was that a cone filter and whatever crap along those lines will lose him power. It ain't a guess, it has been proven.

[A Sucked Orange]

Cai and exhaust rarely make any difference on these cars.

Better off chucking your interior, A/C, heavy oversized wheels, getting a diff and a Kirkey. :D