tomti

seriously thinking about getting one to hoon around in for a while. anyone had any experience of them?

are they easy to tune?
reliable?
have they got any big problems to look out for?

cheers

Graceland

nice motor, handles well, death trap in the wet if you have ditch finder tyres on

rusty old bus tho - try and find a nice one

Maxfield

Big problems - rust.
Reliable - yes as long as they've been looked after well.
Tunable - yes, plenty of engine conversions out there. A lot of stroker kits. You can bolt a turbo on too later engines have 8.8.1 compression

Jim Green

Very Reliable Mechanically, but due to their age, there's a lot of rusty ones around.

Damned good hooner though.......

Rossco

Get one, a proper fun toy!

tomti

well that all looks positive, just gotta sell me orion now

fuzzy

id say they are better than most cars of the same age for rust.
get one then put a decent engine in it

Wardy257

Great cars if you can find a good one

rstoughy

iTrader: (5)

Try and get yourself a Sport M8,

They come as standard with an LSD and close ratio box

Get yourself a Scorpion on there and enjoy


This is my brothers old one

Kam B

put a scorpion or remus system on it, it will sound fookin phat

very reliable watch them tappets tho, use good oil

they rust every where tho

i only had a 320i cab but was still a very good ownership experiance

lardypants

underated in my opinion


fun cars sound great, very reliable, as said the sport version is the daddy but are worth good money, buy a 2 door and get the sport kit for it they look ace in dolphin grey with alpina multispokes

vroooom ptssssh

Nice cars, always fancied one but think it'd be to under powered

fuzzy

it is underpowered with 171bhp from the 2.5 in a sturdy/heavy car. the sport has the same power as the 325i but will be 3 or 4 times the price.

cossiecrew

i use one a 325i tourer and i think its prety quick for what it is and sounds awesome was going to get rid but now ive decided to strip off the good bits and drift it till its death lol

fuzzy

thats exactly what i use although mine is only a 2.0 its much quicker than the 2.5

Mike1

Arm twirling steering as standard - get a Z3 rack on it

All4it

fuzzy

the mtec2 touring is much nicer and useful....

CossieRich

iTrader: (1)

i like that

Maxfield

You're missing a proper front bumper...

fuzzy

hello max. i see your forum flicking today as well

cossiecrew

its all about the tourer

fuzzy

its a touring. some of the bmw originality bufties get awfully wound up when you get the name wrong
im not one of them though i should add but youve probably guessed that

Maxfield

That's me... although just been told off on the zone

fuzzy

so have i

D.K.

Nice cars, ive drove the sport and liked it, deffo gonna be my next car

Maxfield

Oh well, not the first time... certainly won't be the last

fuzzy

i be you cant get 2 in a day

cossiecrew

tourer touring who cares

fuzzy

the bmw originality bufties would have you shot at dawn for that

cossiecrew

i will bow down to the standard ride height bbs crew

col cos1

iTrader: (5)

i really liked the sports but the price is ridic in comparisson to what you can get

defo watch for rust round front wings,and rear strut tops


very nice car to drive though

fuzzy

i think an average price for a decent sport is about £4000+. concidering its the same engine as a £1000 standard 325i with the same power id agree with you about the price. a few cosmetic changes and a different gearbox and lsd doesnt really justify the big price difference in my opinion. if you buy a 325 mtec touring its likely to have the lsd fitted anyway and will already come with the bigger mtec suspension struts and discs all around. its only the 325 saloon i believe that comes with rear discs but all engine sizes of touring have rear discs as standard.tourings are the less obvious base for modding but look much better and rarer than the saloons and will tend to have had an easier well maintained life with some old duffer than the saloons.
although i might be slightly biased but i specifically looked for an mtec touring for my project just to be a little different to the norm.
the m20 engine is expensive to mod for decent figures and isnt cheap to get just a 30bhp rise to 200bhp. bolt on turbo kits are available from about a couple of grand from our site www.e30zone.co.uk.
its also the best place to look for a decent example to buy.