1985 325 e upgrades

[william_ace]

I searched around but didnt seem to find much. Can someone tell me how to make my car go a tid bit faster. i changed the plugs and that helped a bunch, but im lookin for like an air intake header and full exhaust. somthin of the sort. maybe a chip or computer programer. thanks a bunch guys, later

 

[hyperollah]

have yuo thought about suspension uprades. learning how to drive your car to its limits will make your bimmer a faster car. cause i love taking to turns tight with the acceleratior down.

 

[william_ace]

nope, i dont really wanna dump a whole bunch of money into it, just wanna make it faster than it is right now. it corners good enough for me right now.

 

[wood_e]

Some might say for good HP gains swap an I head on it.... but what they don't tell you is that you need new pistons. There really isn't a whole lot you can do to an e... if you didn't know e = economy... can't make them a whole lot faster. I would get a chip first... try ebay or bavarian autosport

 

[william_ace]

sounds wonderful, thats why i got the car in the first place, for gas milage, just wanted to get a little more out of it. thanks, i appreciate the reply

 

[AutoXfreak]

Chip it with a Jim Conforti Chip, It cost me $200 and gave me 24 hp and 28 lbft increse. So worth it!

 

[318idude]

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[318idude]

sorry about that, my friend got to my computer and did that last post,

Some might say for good HP gains swap an I head on it.... but what they don't tell you is that you need new pistons. There really isn't a whole lot you can do to an e... if you didn't know e = economy... can't make them a whole lot faster. I would get a chip first... try ebay or bavarian autosport

doesn't "e" stand for "eta"???

 

[wood_e]

sorry about that, my friend got to my computer and did that last post,



doesn't "e" stand for "eta"???

it does

I equate the e with the eta engine, and also economy as well because of obvious reasons

 

[hyperollah]

www.turnermotorsports.com have good prices for chips. check them out.

 

[Ben]

doesn't "e" stand for "eta"???

BINGO!!!! and eta means economy in greek or some other language. Also, i thought you couldnt chip a 1985 325e, but maybe i'm wrong.

 

[xLibelle]

dont think you can chip the 85 either.

one thing to make any car faster is help it breathe. larger intake, larger output - interpret that however you can cause i dont know where to find eta parts or what is interchangable. you might check out 528e parts, i dunno.

oh, not to mention tune the engine if it hasnt been done in a while (new filters, plugs, wires). another thing you can do is find a higher ratio final drive. you will lose top end, but its one heck of acceleration difference. Lastly, drop the weight of your car (but that one is hard to do sometimes).

 

[Custom 3]

If you go to ajunk yard and find an ECU out of an 86 or later 325e, you can simply swap the units and then put the appropriate chip in there. Just make sure that you pull an ECU from a model that has the same transmission as yours (the ECU #s are different).

 

[xLibelle]

If you go to ajunk yard and find an ECU out of an 86 or later 325e

thats right, now i remember

 

[Auslander RML]

I have heard lots of good things about the JC chip for the "e" engine, but one thing keeping me on the fence with that one is that it is suggested to use 91 octane or better, and that puts it at about 2.30-2.60/gal