Ok i have a 1995 bmw 318ti these cars have almost nuthing made for the in the aftermarker world short of a 3500$ supercharger and i cant aford that most of you are probily thanking y not go by a civic the reson being i love the way it handles it has a 1.8 leter inline 4 with forged stainles inturnals making it a great canidet for some sort of FI and we already said the supercharger is out of the question and yes it is RWD no traction control so my question is does anyone know anything about bmw obd1 ecu any thing would br great

 

run megasquirt, and post some ****

 

i read about those for a while, those motors are pretty weak

 

Actually M42 motors are not pretty weak - they have lowerish output from the factory, but only compared to an L6 motor from BMW - they are the same if not more output than honda stuff. They have fully forged internals. People get 310 - 350 whp out of them quite often.

 

do an s52 swap, you'll love it - probably gonna be a little more pricey but that car with the m engine is priceless
i had a 318is and drove a lot of e36 ms and i gotta tell you out of the e30 e36 and e46 m3s that one is the most balanced

 

Use an LS1 and spellcheck

 

annnnnndd then they blow up.


no really though id like to see some of these and how long they have been going, i was real interested in those a while back when i found one for cheap.

all the ones i found and read about overheated/blew up/broke shortly after boost. i think i read other stuff to like the rear end and or transmissions are not overbuilt at all.