Can't Afford S4, Next Best Option?
04-28-2005, 12:52 PM
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the 3.0 are pretty much the same in terms of performance.
the 3.2 are hindered by more restrictive OBDII issues.
I had a 1995 OBDI where I swapped in a 3.2l engine - the best of both worlds.
The car absolutely rocked and most of hte time I wish I had it back.
I had a 1995 OBDI where I swapped in a 3.2l engine - the best of both worlds.
The car absolutely rocked and most of hte time I wish I had it back.
04-28-2005, 01:24 PM
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I seriously want to wait . . .
. . . but I absolutely have to have a car in the next couple of weeks. I'm in college right now (no car), and my previous car was sold a while ago. I go home in a week and start working a week after that, and I have to have car.
04-28-2005, 01:51 PM
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THe reason BMW went to 3.2L was because of the performance hit from going OBD2...
My car acutally has the M50 ('95) intake manifold on it - which breathes better than the stock '97 manifold... if you fully convert the car to OBD1 (or better to start w/ an OBD1 car - a '95 - and drop in the 3.2L --- like Avantgarde said), then you will have a KICK *** car.
You can still get pretty good performance from the 3.2L.. mostly by doing the M50 manifold swap, and things like intake, exhaust... and of course cams or even testpipes/etc ;-)
-T
You can still get pretty good performance from the 3.2L.. mostly by doing the M50 manifold swap, and things like intake, exhaust... and of course cams or even testpipes/etc ;-)
-T
