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328 e36, How much bang for my bucks??

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#1 ·
I am thinking of buying a bmw e36 and am wondering what will give me the best power and tuning options with a total budget of around £4000. Tell me if i'm wrong but i was thinkin 1999 328 e36, which i can pick for around £2000 and spending £2000 ish on it or something lesser to start off with and spending a bit more on it?? Also is it advisable to be thinking about brakes if i'm gonna see an increase in power or are the standard ones up to it? thanks in advance:thumbsup
 
#6 ·
3.0 litre M3 = 286bhp standard:cool

Good suggestion above if you haven't already bought the car and you can always spend more on it at a later date.

IIRC the 328 is only approx 190bhp so there's a massive difference:hihi

The 3.2litre 6 speed evi is 321bhp but uses the more troublesome twin vanos.

To be honest I think a good driver in a 3.0litre would beat the 3.2litre every time:thumbsup
 
#9 ·
I would also back the M3 suggestion, but if you go the other way, depending on how much you beef the power up by, you might need to uprate the clutch as well as the brakes. Just something to bear in mind.

But just get an M3!
 
#11 ·
Flock yeah... and i'd race an evo any day... If my car was fixed that is:rofl

Come to think of it i'd race anything... when I had the car on the road I decided to give chase to a Brabus w12? Yep that's the closest I got to an arse kicking:rofl

There was the day where I had an E46 M3 csl try and give it the big one on the motorway... I was on his arse but you could tell given a larger stretch of road he'd just keep pulling away.

I'd be more worried about racing some of the boy'd up old skool 205 gti and similar than an evo:hihi

Ask Gordon what he reckons too:thumbsup
 
#13 ·
Okay there's an exception to every rule...

I might me be up for a laugh but that would just make me freaking stoopid and you know it:rofl

They don't call those things cossie killers for naff all:lol

Love the pulsar, they are awesome little cars and the power to weight ratio is just plain hideous!!!:cool
 
#19 ·
I think you'd see a greater return for your money by doing that, be a shame for it to go that way though. What's wrong with it?

Interesting choice of cars you've had there. I like the choice of two different sets of wheels on the first:lol
 
#21 ·
oh my god, thanks

thanks guys i'd never of thought an m3 would be so cheap but i've just looked and i'm in heaven. you've probs just saved me wasting a lot of money, and losing to m3's rather than having one!! now to find one that hasn't been shagged by a rich little boy with a lead foot!! one more question are there any issues i should be looking at considering they're gonna be over 100k at that age? thanks again:D:thumbsup:D
 
#22 ·
thanks guys i'd never of thought an m3 would be so cheap but i've just looked and i'm in heaven. you've probs just saved me wasting a lot of money, and losing to m3's rather than having one!! now to find one that hasn't been shagged by a rich little boy with a lead foot!! one more question are there any issues i should be looking at considering they're gonna be over 100k at that age? thanks again:D:thumbsup:D
You should be fine with any BMW including M3 so long as it has service history.

A BMW with over 100k on the clock is not a worry:thumbsup

Obviously try to get as lower mileage as your money will buy if mileage still concerns you but like I said it's not an issue so long as it has BMW or Independant BMW specialist, service history.
 
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