E36 328i Sport

[Saner]

Seeing as Tom and Tom have dedicated a thread to their cars, though i would give mine a proper introduction.

I have owned it for about 8 months i think. Was in a sorry state when I bought it so have replaced:

All Suspension
Front Brake Hoses
Clutch
Water Pump
Fan
Removed Rear Arch rust
Refurbed Wheels
Head Unit (Tom I have a spare Original if your interest)

Considering its on 160k and the engine is solid, I now have a pretty bulletproof car. oh and I average 32mpg. sweet.

Engine is solid putting out 197bhp on the old clutch.

Plans, Sort out Leather and respray Front, needs a few other little trim bits, would love a centre armrest!

 

[mat-nos]

proper car, absolute bargain for what they are if an m3 is to heavy on insurance...

would own one in a heart beat if i needed a daily car!!!

what colour is that??

 

[Saner]

Awesome car for what it can do, waft down motorways, like i do on my mega comute, or good for B-Roads too.

Colours is 'Steel Blue'

 

[Dunn]

Centre arm rest is a must :approve:

 

[Daniel]

Theres a proper nice one down the road from me, £2999 and tbh, not a lot else comes close to them in terms of value for money.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

proper car, absolute bargain for what they are if an m3 is to heavy on insurance...

would own one in a heart beat if i needed a daily car!!!

what colour is that??

Flux want me to pay £3772 a year fully comp for a E36 M3 ill look into these.

 

[mat-nos]

for sure mike... they sound mint with a nice exhaust and stance pretty nice with a set of coilovers even on the standard splits ...

 

[Daniel]

All 6 pot BMW's need a DaveF kit on them as well. Sound superb!

 

[Saner]

Daniel, stop saying that.

I have decided not to modify this car, as I have my Saxo VTS track car for that, but everytime a go on the BMW Owners Forum i get tempted by things

 

[Sir_Dave]

Looks wonderful Jon!!!

328i Sports are fantastic cars imho, would happily have another i do love my new 330 though ...

 

[Daniel]

Theres a voice in your head Saner....

''Buy a DaveF, buy a DaveF....''

 

[andywa]

Looks tidy.

 

[jon_r]

To be fair, it does need a DaveF!

 

[Sir_Dave]

To be fair, it does need a DaveF!

It does, & oh look, here's a picture of one, just to tempt you even more ...

:rasp:

 

[Ian_182]

I like the look of these.Nice decent solid old beemer

 

[daveski]

I'm warming to these. Never used to be a fan of the E36 shape but they look great with the sport kit

 

[Ollie82.]

What the hell is a 'DaveF'? Is this some sort of secret BMW geek gang lingo?

 

[Matt W]

Want one.

 

[Topgeartom]

Mint.

Really love the colour, just looks ridiculously tidy.

And for gods sake get some sort of induction kit on there. They make a lovely noise without all the sound cancelling baffles the std airbox has.

 

[Scoot]

I really like these, thinking of getting one for a track car tbh

 

[Kieran..]

i was looking at getting one of these recently

 

[Saner]

Mint.

Really love the colour, just looks ridiculously tidy.

And for gods sake get some sort of induction kit on there. They make a lovely noise without all the sound cancelling baffles the std airbox has.

None of you are helping!

£150 second hand, is it worth it for the noise? As apparently they don't boost power unless with other Mods.

 

[jon_r]

Baloney! Mine had a DaveF on it during that Surrey Rolling Road day. even at 155k it was making 212bhp and the DaveF was the only mod. I'd spend £300 on one it's that full of awsomeness.

 

[Sir_Dave]

None of you are helping!

£150 second hand, is it worth it for the noise? As apparently they don't boost power unless with other Mods.

Tee hee

From memory, Jon got 212bhp at SRR with just a Dave F and 5 billion miles ... not sure if he had any before figures though tbf.

And yes, they are worth it for the noise alone. £150 is strong money though, the 330's ones are about £90 or so - might be a way of bodging it on using a grinder, a hammer & some duct tape though ...

Edit. Just found a 328i Dave F on bmwoner for £90: http://www.bmwowner.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=205314&p=1961043&hilit=dave#p1961043 Get it bought!!

 

[jon_r]

Talking of which, here was mine 2 weeks ago:







Here it is now:





Being fixed though I think.

 

[Sir_Dave]

Oops!!! Runs off to have a looky on Northloop, etc ...

 

[Saner]

f**king Hell. I just PM'd him saying it was mine.

You two are useless.

 

[Sir_Dave]

f**king Hell. I just PM'd him saying it was mine.

You two are useless.

And you're an ar5e for posting pictures of 328i's. I've been on PH. FFS.

 

[jon_r]

And you're an ar5e for posting pictures of 328i's. I've been on PH. FFS.

+1

 

[Saner]

You both already have sw**ky modern ones, stop being greedy!

EDIT: Is there anything else on taht list I should be buying, like teh throttle body?

 

[jon_r]

Has it got a 'Triangle' steering wheel in it or an MSport wheel? That'd be the first thing I'd change!

 

[Saner]

Full MSportness, so nothing to worry about there!

Do you know if you can Retro-fit the centre Armrest?

 

[jon_r]

Yes, if memory serves you need the centre console bit as well and make sure it's from a coupe.

 

[Brookie.]

Such good value!

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3181622.htm

 

[Sir_Dave]

Such good value!

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3181622.htm

Already emailed gim, still on the original 'Nikasil' lump, no thanks .... (have a look on google if you dont know what that means)

Re: the armrest, you need the whole lot i think, although they only go for about £35 on eBay inc. the centre console iirc.

 

[Dunn]

Damn Nikasil engines.

needs a DaveF for sure

 

[Saner]

Already emailed gim, still on the original 'Nikasil' lump, no thanks .... (have a look on google if you dont know what that means)

Re: the armrest, you need the whole lot i think, although they only go for about £35 on eBay inc. the centre console iirc.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-3-SER...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4841c93847

Make that £65

And teh Dave F has already sold

 

[jon_r]

If the Nikasil issue hasn't occured already then it unlikely it will now. I wouldn't let that put me off.

 

[Scrooge]

Nikasil? Isn't that the same problem as the XJRs?

 

[Dunn]

If the Nikasil issue hasn't occured already then it unlikely it will now. I wouldn't let that put me off.

True, but personally it would play on my mind like driving a car that hasnt had the belts done.

plus theres a lot for sale and not much difference in price so its worth avoiding for that reason.