any one here own a 318i or the 318ti? im thinking about starting

>>13832024
really that great**

sorry on phone.

The only really good one - aside from the M - is the 325. Which, I assume, you can't get.

>>13832024

do you really want to have a project car that's a 4banger

>>13832024
> just LS swap?
Oh man I was going to encourage you to do it, but then I saw you were considering giving it horrible cancer. Just buy a nice Camaro and stfu.

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>>13832043
>>13832042
I want to get a 318ti, its just a coupe :^)

>>13832024
bmw needs a i6 or its not a real bmw
putting a v8 in this car is a sin a you will suffer in hell

>>13832024

Are you me? I was going to make a thread about this, although I'm looking at the 323 ti. Do they have shitty reliability or not? Or should I go with a 318ti.

what bmws are good for muh initial d for cheap again

>>13832057
maybe a BMW V8 but not a pushrod american lard pump

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>>13832053
>>13832057
>>13832064

but im not a faggot and i already have a 5.3L/T56.

dont get me wrong i would much rather have the i6, but i have the LS on hand already. what kind of real world power would i be getting from the i6?

>>13832079
than rape another car but no bmw with your shitty american shit

>>13832064
BMW:
i6 > v12 > i6d > v8 > i4d > i4 >>>>> v10 > i3 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> v8d

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>>13832174
can you show me results that the i6 is going to better for the money then LS swap i have on hand? I have zero problem with having the i6, i just want to do what ever is best for this project.

>>13832079
Do it so you can butt blast purist faggots like these >>13832057

>>13832024
Either buy an E36 M3 or an LS1 Camaro. Way less time consuming than doing a swap. Time is money.

If you want an E36 then get a 325, not a fucking 318. 318 has literally no advantages over a 325.

>>13832199
this.
the ls is going to give you more reliable power much cheaper. literally no reason not to besides
>muh purity
>muh originality

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>>13832199
senpai i have everything i need to do it but a used 318ti. im about to pull the trigger on one for $600 USD.

>>13832212
>muh hatchback

>>13832192
BMW I6 will be way easier to drop in for obvious reasons.

>>13832206
But I admit any vehicle the LS came with was a sloppy incompetent turd and I like all these Kraut and Nip cars because they're better but they don't have the clunky uneven firing order of the shitty american V8 that I love so I want to take a much better car and screw it up so I feel like I'm at home in the trailer park in alabama.

>>13832212
318tis are really light and rigid. Plenty of guys in europe have made them ridiculously fun little cars.

>>13832219
but im not even 'murican fama.

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>>13832214
>hatchback

>>13832219
Then buy a Corvette.

>>13832234
Oh great so maybe I can shoot rods out of the side the engine in under 60miles

>>13832079
I was gonna question the choice of the LS swap but if you have it just find one that doesn't run
Don't take apart a running E30 to build a car that you're going to have to do a lot of fucked up shit to to be any kind of good

>>13832192
i am not saying that the ls will be worse but as a bmw fan i dont approve this

but you are on the other side of the ocean so i dont care what kind of fucked up shit you are doing it wont affect me in any way

>>13832524
Shut up you dumb purist. Non M E36s are a dime a dozen, who fucking cares what someone does to one? They aren't even remotely rare and valuable yet, maybe in 20 years.

trash, expect a blow head gasket the moment you drive it away.

>>13832536
finding one which wasnt riced by turks is hard here in germany

>>13832214
That poor brake line ;-;

>>13832648
>find old taxi
>buy it
there, you now have a non riced bmw in germany

>>13832675
>germany
>old taxi
>e36

you what? 99% of old taxis here are diesel benz
and there arent definitly any gas taxis here
and if i would find one it would have at least half a million km on the clock

The 318ti is very different from the regular E36. Apart from the engine and drivetrain layout it's a crappy econobox full of engineering shortcuts.

>>13832837
sounds like i can beat the shit out of it and have fun then.

>>13832802
Aren't old diesel benz taxis with almost a million km on the clock literally everywhere in the world?

>>13833380
If you are looking for a beater, the 318ti will be ideal, but if you are looking for a track car, get a sedan or coupe. While the ti is lighter, it's like a weird lovechild of the E36 and E30, and it lacks the superior multilink suspension and the drivetrain strength of the 6 cylinder models. Parts are also less interchangeable with other models so the parts pool will be shallower.

>should i just ls swap?

Literally the mark of a pleb. Thread hidden.

>>13832042
318ti is a cult classic you fag

>>13832057
Wanting a less reliable, more expensive, and less powerful motor. Don't forget about modding potential as well. Prove me wrong
Pro tip: you cant

>>13834380
>more expensive
no
>less powerful
not by hp/liter..
>modding potential
what does this even mean, loling @ u

prove you arent retarded protip: u cant

also the numbers you make on a dyno arent everything you autismo

>>13834300
GUESS WHAT EVERYONE I JUST GOT THE FUCKING 318ti AND IM GOING TO START THE LS SWAP, SUCK BIG 'MERICAN COCK.

>pics will come as will a new thread

>>13832214
sik rear camber bro

>>13834421
>more expensive
yes, especially when shit breaks. the ls is one of the best documented motors to work with and it's far more reliable then any bmw engine.
>not by hp/liter
doesn't matter. it's more powerful and has more potential. fuck off with that garbage meme
>what does this mean
it means that the engine has more aftermarket, you fucking retard.

>>13837758
no one cares what financial liabilities and labor commitments you make faggot stop acting like anyone cares

>>13832024
Just put s54 in it.

>>13832227
I have an m50b25 vanos swapped compact it´s an extremely fun car it just needs an LSD, thinking about just welding it for the time being.

>>13838686
"when shit breaks"
my m50 has over 200k on it and ive done literally nothing to it except shim the lifters and do vanos seals. m50 is extremely reliable and extremely well documented.

"its more powerful and has more potential"
hmm maybe thats because it has 2 more cylinders and 2.3 more liters. but the engine itself is not better. not more efficient.

"the engine has more aftermarket"
no it doesn't. unless you count all the aftermarket heads. if youre spending $1k on heads I'll just spend $1k on a turbo and make more power than you could ever dream from an n/a ls.

m50b25 is a great engine. you're a pleb. its confirmed. stock m50 head probably flows twice as well as a stock ls head many keks.

>>13838686
the bmw i6s dont break. have had a 328ci with 240k miles and a 323i with 250k. those engines are literally bulletproof, a stock 2.5l can hold 600hp easily.