Gah... this is what I'm reduced to...

[Dunk]

BMW ownership - a warning from an reformed car modifier...

If like me you have the bug to tinker/modify/re-arrange/re-wire/screw-up any piece of automotive engineering that comes your way, then absolutely never get a BMW

Now, admittedly, you can get all manner of bling/rudeboy rubbish to bolt to your L-Reg 316i

But, if you want to properly modify it, then you're screwed..

My 98 328i Coupe has 197bhp

Which is pants

I want more power

Guess how much to 'liberate' 40 horses from my marvel of teutonic efficiency?

£2800 :mad: :eek:

For a Hartge H3 2.8 conversion

Said conversion consists of:
2 x camshafts
1 x inlet plenum
1 x ecu remap

Nice huh?




So, I'm reduced to buying and retro-fitting a Park Distance Control kit for £270 (3 series coupes with M-tech spoilers suffer from 'impossible to judge where the back stops')

The horror

The shame

(cue JB ribbing about Evo IIs or something :wack:

[JB]

The same mods, plus zorst for my SEC cost just over 3k from Carlsson :eek:

However an extra 40bhp and 75lbft of torque (even lower down the rev range) from VW only set me back £550.

[Jonny]

You can get a big bore throttle body, inlet manifold from a 325 and a chip for about £500.... Should get you 20-30BHP extra, at the sake of some low end...

Do a search for the throttle body on www.e36coupe.com

Jon

PS. You only have 192BHP by the way, not 197 ;)

[Leon]

why not just get something easier to modify?

[Yak]

PPPfffft they see you lot coming with the phat wallets and ponchon for big badge cars :eek:


:smitten: my cheap nissan :)