Just Bought a New BMW 318ti

[BMWNate]

And i was wondering were i could find information on upgrading it. I want to add some pep to my little car. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

[ayton]

what year is it?

[BMWNate]

It is a 1996 318 TI

I love my little car but it needs to be faster!!! im getting smoked by civics!

[madfronter]

Im sure we all want our cars faster but money is always the problem but, if you want to find products to upgrade your 318ti go to www.bavarianautosport.com they have everything you could think of.

[1996 328ti]

You might want to buy a Honda then.

A 318ti is not particularly fast off the line or from a stop light. A ti is most fun in the twisties.

Forget about the Civics.
Go out and do an autocross or driving school.
Have fun in a safe environment.

[BMWNate]

so there isn't much i can do to make my car faster? i saw stuff for it on bavarian... but i was wondering about dinan? i was just reading some other threads and heard that mentioned somewhere. Where do i find info about SuperCHarging the little beast?

[madfronter]

Well you can get a chip which adds a little horsepower I think about 14hp and an exhaust which will add at the most 4 horse power and a ram air intake then Im sure you will notice a bit of a difference but nothing major.

You could supercharge it or you can convert it to a 325 engine or an m3 engine, but that is gonna put a dent in you pocket.

[1996 328ti]

A DA/SC should run around $3500 not including installation. Seems a little much just to beat out a Civic. You have yet to find the joy of driving a BMW. It's not how fast you can launch from a stop light.

A stock ti is a great car to learn how to drive. Get involved with autocrossing.

[This message has been edited by Steven Schlossman (edited 07-04-2002).]

[BMWNate]

yeah I love driving it... took the car to the coast awhile back on some nice twisties and it handled great. Im just really into the street racing/drag racing scene. I will prolly also do autocross this year too. I just sold my 1997 dodge Neon for this bmw... and i miss the power i got out of my pimped out neon. Extimated 160 ponies! now im down to 138. I think that it is just a respect issue... you only hear about Honda's dominating the scene well when im done upgrading my car I will dominate the scene.

Anyone know of some nice body kits? Wheels? Anything? i have only had the car 2 weeks but i wanna upgrade it SOOOOO BAD!

Anything cheap i can do to get a few little ponies out of her?

[1996 328ti]

Cheap?
As already stated, you can get a Dinan chip, exhausts and intakes are debatable whether they will add hp. K&N filter may actually rob hp.

If an engine transplant or DA/SC is out of the question, consider a new cam. No idea how much that will cost though. That will bump you up in HP.

Sorry, I just don't understand Bimmers being part of the import scene. Different beasts.

...old fart
1996 328ti