I'm buying a 1984 BMW 325e tomorrow

I'm buying a 1984 BMW 325e tomorrow.

What should I expect?

>muh 325i

Why not an i? Drive further until you find one.

Why not a big huge Holley carb?

Because you could spend your modding dollar on an i and have an even better car. 40hp difference stock for stock.

slow but torquey

a bit rusty.

source: my first car was a POS '86 325e

fun car to hoon around in.

pic related, the day I bought it.

no. put i head on e block.

The reading I've done has said that the blocks in the e and i are the same; the e just has a longer stroke, and thus 200cc more displacement. And that they make gobs of torque, which is good because the only manual transmission work I've ever done was on a wet clutch and I'm probably going to stall it 18 times on the way back home.

Dude said it has a cracked dash, but holy fuck it's a 30 year old E30. They've all got cracked dashes.

I'm hyped as fuck man.

>They've all got cracked dashes.

I know what you mean but surprisingly mine had a clean dash and all original interior. It was around 200k miles when I got it for $1500.

but if you do end up picking it up or any other E30 make sure to get on r3vlimited. Im sure you have heard of it, if you haven't its a E30 specific forum. Lots of helpful people on there.

I bought an '86 325e. If you're looking for an alright daily that you can improve over time, it's a good idea. But I can't recommend enough that you wait for a 325i, they're well worth it.

First car was 325e with 63,000miles on it. Pristine, no issues. Put a 3.73 rear end and a chip in and it was a fun car. Heard they can be money pit if they're beat to shit.

I think I've read a few threads there but I'll check it out for sure. This one has 180k but apparently the odometer isn't working (again, 30 year old car). I'm bringing $3300.

The ECU, LSD, intake, and injectors seem like good baseline mods. At this mileage that stuff is probably a good idea either way.

So excited.

Rust
Electrical problems
parts costing a shitload and hard to get
no power
over rated shitbox

Put the engine and running gear out of a e34 320i in it

lots of fun, god tier visibility.

You seem to to know what you're getting yourself into, and the car looks straight and most importantly original and complete

Sounds gud. Have fun making go fast

>Put the engine and running gear out of a e34 320i in it

Y THO.

so it isnt shit?

Do you not realise how fucking slow a 90kw from the factory 33 year old engine will be?

Jesus hahaha

the 325 eta was the economy version, low compression, long gearing etc. rev limiter at 4500 or 4700 I think

It was never supposed to be fast.

And how's the gutless 2 litre engine going to fix that?

You know you want to OP, you know you have to.
It's the only way.

>129kw
>in 1991
>gutless
u wot?

Just do a engine transplant

ah mate, they were 95kW out of the E34.

129*HP*

And no torque. NONE. An E30 320 is not faster than a 318.

The only good things about the 320 is it's smooth, reliable and it's less work to swap a 2.5 in a 320 than in a 318.

forgive me i know shit all about bimmers i just read of wikipedia and relaying memes from car shows

You know shit all about anything.

Camry is way more car for the money