Quote from dadge :

I dig, you dig, we dig, he digs, she digs, they dig.

It's not a beautiful poem, but it's very deep.

Quote from theirishnoob :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YtV0x0LMME

Ha ha. That is mine. Here's a better version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHdzY6ibirc

Old.

Make sure it has an M43B18 instead of a M40B18. The latter one is an awful engine. The M43 was introduced in '93 to replace the M40 engine.

Quote from Agniz :

Lol, you really own a 518i? Never saw one of those in my life, can you post a engine-bay pic please? I can't imagine how that 4cyl 1.8 would look in a engine-bay of the e34.

Quote from hrtburnout :

Mine has the M43B18 engine though. I'm glad it's not the M40. There's room enough for two of these engines.

This gives a better impression.

Quote from azurdood :

This is real. No imagination. Don't even think about it.

But it isn't yours.

Quote from Bose321 :

Do a burnout.

I'll do one in your car.

Quote from rockclan :

Costs will be spread fairly, and I only will earn a fair amount of money for the hard work.

Do you remember the karting event I organised? You didn't show up when you promised to, and I never got anything for the effort I put into organising anything. How dare you make a profit of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSLEs1Uqwp4
All sung in the first take. Can't be bothered to improve it.

Scirocco awareness? What Scirocco? :'D

Quote from Agniz :

Lol, you really own a 518i? Never saw one of those in my life, can you post a engine-bay pic please? I can't imagine how that 4cyl 1.8 would look in a engine-bay of the e34.

Mine has the M43B18 engine though. I'm glad it's not the M40. There's room enough for two of these engines.

Quote from G!NhO :

Where is it?

Perhaps yours was already taken out. It's in the air filter box.

Quote from Scrabby :

Open diffs are driftable, just most people don't know how to handle them. I've drifted enough open diffed cars at our driftschool. Lol even a Dodge RAM SRT-10 last time....

They are driftable, but it's harder to initiate and keep the drift. Especially on dry roads.

Quote from e2mustang :

than u have the wrong car

Indeed. I'll just stick to the occasional slide in the rain.

Quote from e2mustang :

why?

Try drifting in LFS using an open diff, and you'll see what I mean. Yes, I take my car sideways every now and then.

Quote from e2mustang :

yeah they aint cheap thats for sure,but not 3000 from junkyard. maybe up to 1000.but rly there is no point putting lsd on 528 i

There's even a point putting an LSD on my 518i.

Quote from theirishnoob :

avoid the A3 ( its a gold underneath... but heavier. ) A4 is alright, again, nothing special. civics are reliable, the older the better, Avoid golfs.

I'd of thought you would want a bravo punto or similar cheap fiat but of that bunch, go japanese.

Quote from Bose321 :

I can get more angle on a bicycle.

Is it me, or does that car sound wrong?

This.

Quote from Bmxtwins :

Kinda OT, but any1 know a good car for the snow? Looking for something safe and thinkin of the suburururururur hatchback. Just got my learners permit today after being too lazy for a whole year.

Get something with four wheel drive, diff locks, narrow winter tyres, 50/50 weight distribution and lots of ground clearance.

Quote from hrtburnout :

It's about one second faster than when it was new. An indicated speed of 166km/h was equal to 160km/h meisured by GPS, so I tested up to 166km/h indicated, ofcourse. Silly :')

http://www.einszweidrei.de/bmw/320iok1987-1.htm

And I just remembered: the E30 320i has a small intake restrictor, which I took out as well. That improved performance at high revs quite a bit

Quote from NitroNitrous :

6 secons faster than when it was new? Awesome I guess that's because it was 160km/h according to the needle, but not real.

Anyway I'm not saying your Bimmers are not performing well, but from my experience I would stay away from an old BMW even though I really like them.

Going back to the topic I've been researching a bit about this idea of importing cars from UK and Japan and I've learned very interesting things, like the shaken test, prices of fuel and insurance and so son.

It's about one second faster than when it was new. An indicated speed of 166km/h was equal to 160km/h meisured by GPS, so I tested up to 166km/h indicated, ofcourse. Silly :')

http://www.einszweidrei.de/bmw/320iok1987-1.htm

Last edited by hrtburnout, Sun 20 Nov 2011, 23:02.

I don't have a dyno sheet, but I meisured acceleration times. My e30 went from 0 to 160km/h in 25,2 seconds and it took the e34 31,7 seconds.

Mind you, the M20B20 engine in the e30 needs regular valve adjustment, or whatever it's called in English. Otherwise performance will suffer.

Quote from NitroNitrous :

IMO BMWs are very reliable, they last for ages, but engine performance decreases like hell.

My 1987 e30 320i's engine performance never decreased. It was maintained very well, so it was still as fast as when it was new.
The same applies to my 1995 518i (M43 y0) which is still as fast as it was 16 years ago.

The 320i had done about 150000km and my 518i's odometer displays 319800 atm.

Quote from danthebangerboy :

then slid my 6" long piece of tubing over the join.