You know it's an antique when American car companies use it on their SUVs. Also that it works well, is tough, and inexpensive.
Car design is nothing but compromise. Seems to me that BMW needed a inexpensive small "hot hatch" for their market. There are design goals set, and a budget... And then there was the ti.
Enthusiasts like a car, for whatever reason. Any suspension can be made to do extraordinary things. I run circles around people at the auto-x with a 4500lb station wagon, that sits at the normal ride height and has dinky little tires-and I'm by no means an excellent driver. (or look at nascar, they used a 50's chevy truck suspension)
After all of that.. Measure the centerline of the wheel to the rear of the subframe on both, see what fits. I doubt the E36 sub will fit in the space with that the ti has. __________________  No more ti. |