New car BMW 318is
Posted: January 20th, 2010, 1:04 am
Hallo Guy…
I have owned many Fiats since 1974. The last one was a 1980 Spider 2000 5sp. That one, I owned for 22 years before I sold it to a friend. Any car I own, has to be kept outside….Fiats don’t do well outside. I got tired of watching my Fiat rust, so it was sold. That Spider had some head work that I did myself. Your book was used to do all the head & engine mods on the 1980 Fiat…It ran great.
I can’t afford a sports car. My daily driver is a pickup truck. Last month, my neighbor gave me his 1993 BMW 318is 5sp. The interior is terrible but the car runs well. It has 175,000 miles on it & believe it or not that is not bad for that car. I got the windows to work & have the interior half fixed…new struts, shocks, lower ball joints, left front wheel bearing, thermostat & a radio. The car is drivable now & it is a blast to drive. I am still working on the interior.
My questions to you are….Do all the things in your book that pertain to the “do it yourself head work” section, apply to this engine? If I do a head job using the instruction in your book, will it yield me at least 15-20 HP? Are you familiar with this engine? Does it respond well to some head work….like port work, 3 angle valve job etc? DO you have any suggestions?
1993 BMW 318is 5sp / Engine M42 BMW 4cyl
P.S. I have ordered a set of Magnecor ignition wires & a performance chip. The chip is made by a well reputed tuner. It requires the use of high test gasoline & advances timing curves to yield a little better bottom & much better top. It also raises rev-limiter from 6,500 to 7,100 RPM. Supposedly 7,100 RPM is the limit of the hydraulic lifters before they float.
I have owned many Fiats since 1974. The last one was a 1980 Spider 2000 5sp. That one, I owned for 22 years before I sold it to a friend. Any car I own, has to be kept outside….Fiats don’t do well outside. I got tired of watching my Fiat rust, so it was sold. That Spider had some head work that I did myself. Your book was used to do all the head & engine mods on the 1980 Fiat…It ran great.
I can’t afford a sports car. My daily driver is a pickup truck. Last month, my neighbor gave me his 1993 BMW 318is 5sp. The interior is terrible but the car runs well. It has 175,000 miles on it & believe it or not that is not bad for that car. I got the windows to work & have the interior half fixed…new struts, shocks, lower ball joints, left front wheel bearing, thermostat & a radio. The car is drivable now & it is a blast to drive. I am still working on the interior.
My questions to you are….Do all the things in your book that pertain to the “do it yourself head work” section, apply to this engine? If I do a head job using the instruction in your book, will it yield me at least 15-20 HP? Are you familiar with this engine? Does it respond well to some head work….like port work, 3 angle valve job etc? DO you have any suggestions?
1993 BMW 318is 5sp / Engine M42 BMW 4cyl
P.S. I have ordered a set of Magnecor ignition wires & a performance chip. The chip is made by a well reputed tuner. It requires the use of high test gasoline & advances timing curves to yield a little better bottom & much better top. It also raises rev-limiter from 6,500 to 7,100 RPM. Supposedly 7,100 RPM is the limit of the hydraulic lifters before they float.