General performance mods question
 

This didnt fit into any of the other forums so i hope this is the right place to post...

Anyways ive had my '98 318ti (M44B19) for a while now and want to know what the best power / torque / general performance mods are.

I've looked about on all the forums and have prob seen alot of the mods out there but i don't know what the most effective ones are, what sort of order would be sensible to do them in etc.

Helpfull advice welcome :smile:

stromung exhaust and a CAI are a start

i'll have a look at stromung,
i was looking at a Supersprint system, aparently they give good gains and arnt too loud :S

supersprint also do a 4 branch if your interested

then get a set of cams

go for a remap

sport cat and catback pot

lightweight wheels

adjustable bilsteins

short shift gearlever

Gruppe M / Simota carbon intake

.... and i think you should be there mate ;)

Welcome by the way

Thanks,

cams the second upgrade to do? thought they would of been one of the last... anyway Shrick cams then? I asume there arnt any other OEM bimmer cams that will do the job?

and i've looked at that 4 branch, pretty sure it just for looks, think they just stuck a pipe on the side and a muffler tip on the end :?

do you have a source of info/pics of this? interested ...

just do a google search, it'll come up with there websites.

I know CA-Automotive sell GruppeM and there own GruppeM style intakes.

i havnt seen an "i.s" or m42 / 44 intake, so i guess it would need to be a m50 / 52 custom.

we have Simotas for sale at our shop http://www.schmiedmann.com/index2.htm

under Carbon intake system

Abrahams Motorsports sells for us in the US

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I would do the Internal work first ( cams , porting the head) and then map the car.

Otherwise the map u get made won´t be correct for the engine after the cams are put in

thanks for the advice, think porting the head might be a bit beyond my skills tho :rolleyes:

welcome to the site. and basic bolts on/weld ons is where i would start