» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | 07-12-2020, 02:08 AM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Chicago Posts: 6 | Hello Hello all. I am a long time Bimmer owner for 20+ years. Today I picked up a 318ti auto with a bad engine. I have a M50 donor car for the engine and trans. As soon as I get my post count up I will post pictures. | | | 07-12-2020, 09:08 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 | Quote: Originally Posted by NMSDAD1 Hello all. I am a long time Bimmer owner for 20+ years. Today I picked up a 318ti auto with a bad engine. I have a M50 donor car for the engine and trans. As soon as I get my post count up I will post pictures. | Post away and welcome. __________________ ...steven BMW CCA #146825 1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i www.bmwcca.org | | | 07-13-2020, 01:59 AM | #3 | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Chicago Posts: 6 | Thank you for the warm welcome. Day one, Arriving home. This is going to be a father son M50 and 5 speed swap project and I have a few questions about this model. The car is a automatic with a dead engine, the donor car is my old track car 325i with Bilstein and H&R suspension. What rear springs does a ti use? I was hoping to use my rear suspension but it looks like the ti's use a E30 setup | | | 07-13-2020, 12:47 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Horseheads, NY Posts: 259 | Looks like fun! From experience, Father/Son rebuilds are the best! My son (teen ti, even though hes not a teen anymore), built our 99 ti into an awesome autoX and track car. Unfortunately, as time passes, kids grow up & move on so now I do most of the work and racing by myself (he is now on the opposite coast). So enjoy it while you can! | | | 07-13-2020, 06:37 PM | #5 | Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: SoCal318ti Posts: 1,574 | Quote: Originally Posted by NMSDAD1 Thank you for the warm welcome. Day one, Arriving home. This is going to be a father son M50 and 5 speed swap project and I have a few questions about this model. The car is a automatic with a dead engine, the donor car is my old track car 325i with Bilstein and H&R suspension. What rear springs does a ti use? I was hoping to use my rear suspension but it looks like the ti's use a E30 setup | You are correct about not being able to use the E36 rear suspension in the 318ti. I know there are some components that can be interchangeable with minor modification from an E30 rear end. I believe the rear springs are ti specific, maybe someone else can confirm. I also found some info here: http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=34703 And welcome to the forum! Last edited by lazoh; 07-13-2020 at 06:43 PM. | | | 07-14-2020, 08:04 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Dodging potholes in SoCal Posts: 454 | Welcome! You'll find a lot of good info here. That car will be a nice runner when you're done with it! __________________ '96 318ti California Edition- Montreal blue '68 1600-2-Caribe blue | | | 07-15-2020, 04:44 AM | #7 | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Chicago Posts: 6 | Day 2 well kind of. PO had the head off the car when I bought it so just prepping for engine and trans removal. Found some rust, but it the only part on the car that is bad. Any one have a driver side Boston green fender? | | | 07-15-2020, 11:57 AM | #8 | Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bouncing off the rev limiter in CT! Posts: 3,156 | Welcome. Rear springs: Ti, Roadster, E30 and some E36 though the last is trial and error. Spring rates on E36 normal rear springs will not be the same rate when used on the ti. I THINK you need to go with a lower rate than what the springs say- If it’s a 400# spring, it will act as a stiffer than 400# spring, in the lighter and simpler ti. I am running M Coupe rear springs and really like them; have EF I have a set of M3 LTW springs I want to try out sometime. | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |
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