Hello everyone
New to the forum here
So here is the situation, I have an 85 316 sedan, burgundrot metallic mind you <3. It's in OK condition, runs daily, no major issues, the occasional maintenance here and there. And it's pretty much all stock, my father gave it to me, he's been the previous owner, he kept it in pretty great condition and all is well and she runs to this day. Oh and I am still running the original Pierburg 2BE carburator, we've had some issues over the years but so far, still works.
But a 316 never had much power to begin with you know. And it's probably lost a few horses over the years too. On top of that fuel economy for a 1.8 is not that great either. And cold starts are a b**** really.
So let's just say, if I am legally obligated to have a 4cyl 2liter car (I don't live in the US) what would you suggest?
My two important factors that would be great for me are power, and reliability. Which I understand you can't have too much of one, without sacrificing the other. Also fuel economy is a welcome plus.
So I've been looking around, and found that one of the more recent engines BMW have made that makes exciting power is the N20, the one that goes in 28i cars and makes around 255hp stock, if I remember correctly. But it also seems reliability isn't really great (timing chain guide, oil pump etc.), at least compared to the M10 I already have. Plus with a few mods, it seems pretty okay to get over 300whp out of it, which seems a lot of fun.
But this is just an option I thought looked interesting, if any of you thinks there are other engines that might be better candidates, by all means, tell me.
Remember folks this is just a discussion, I really like the idea, so I thought it will be very nice to get the conversation started with the people in the biz. I would really like to hear your thoughts on how do you think it would turn out, will it be worth it or not, do you think it's doable? etc.
Also side note:
I have seen people do all kinds of swaps in the E30 as you all know, but couldn't find any N20 swaps though. Any ideas on how to make it work with wiring? And the analog cluster? Do I have to do a stand alone DME? Can we keep vavlvetronic and vanos? Would love to hear some insights on this as well.
Yours truly,
Hormoz
New to the forum here
So here is the situation, I have an 85 316 sedan, burgundrot metallic mind you <3. It's in OK condition, runs daily, no major issues, the occasional maintenance here and there. And it's pretty much all stock, my father gave it to me, he's been the previous owner, he kept it in pretty great condition and all is well and she runs to this day. Oh and I am still running the original Pierburg 2BE carburator, we've had some issues over the years but so far, still works.
But a 316 never had much power to begin with you know. And it's probably lost a few horses over the years too. On top of that fuel economy for a 1.8 is not that great either. And cold starts are a b**** really.
So let's just say, if I am legally obligated to have a 4cyl 2liter car (I don't live in the US) what would you suggest?
My two important factors that would be great for me are power, and reliability. Which I understand you can't have too much of one, without sacrificing the other. Also fuel economy is a welcome plus.
So I've been looking around, and found that one of the more recent engines BMW have made that makes exciting power is the N20, the one that goes in 28i cars and makes around 255hp stock, if I remember correctly. But it also seems reliability isn't really great (timing chain guide, oil pump etc.), at least compared to the M10 I already have. Plus with a few mods, it seems pretty okay to get over 300whp out of it, which seems a lot of fun.
But this is just an option I thought looked interesting, if any of you thinks there are other engines that might be better candidates, by all means, tell me.
Remember folks this is just a discussion, I really like the idea, so I thought it will be very nice to get the conversation started with the people in the biz. I would really like to hear your thoughts on how do you think it would turn out, will it be worth it or not, do you think it's doable? etc.
Also side note:
I have seen people do all kinds of swaps in the E30 as you all know, but couldn't find any N20 swaps though. Any ideas on how to make it work with wiring? And the analog cluster? Do I have to do a stand alone DME? Can we keep vavlvetronic and vanos? Would love to hear some insights on this as well.
Yours truly,
Hormoz
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