what does everybody think of this base model bmw??

 

what year? milage? auto or manual? im not a fan of convertibles...but hey, its a bimmer.

-slow kyle

 

Yeah, it all really depends on the year, mileage, auto/manual?

The 325i is a great car. Alot of the parts from a M3 will interchangeable like the cams and body panels.

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a brand new 325ci it is a coupe i thought the c represented convertible myself but the code for the coupe is ci something like that but yea it is going to be a 5 speed and what kinda engine does the m3 have is it the same block as the 325ci 2.5l engine

now i am planning on keeping this car for a long time eventually turning it into a "club racer" or something like that

 

um...what do you mean by "club racer"

 

like a road racer u know like on a track.... mmmm like scca racing

 

and also i found out the m3 has a 3.2l and the 325 is what it says it is which is a 2.5 2.5l=325ci soo but can u hook the bmw m3 tranny to the 325ci??

 

like a fast and the furious racer?

Do you live life a quater pounder at a time?

 

hahaha nooo not a fast and furious racer HELL NO like mmmm scca like mmmm a road track racer

 

He's talking about road racing, its very popular and competitive up north.

Anyway, about the 325, Since it is a 5 speed i wouldnt worry too much about changing out the tranny. What you may want to look into is purchasing either a M3 clutch or aftermarket clutch. Also, as far as the blocks are concerned, since your motor has vanos you can easily put either a 3.0L or 3.2L M3 block underneath it.

The M3 engines have different hp #'s depending on what year it is and where it was built. Back in 95 the M3 engines were 3.0L's with 240hp. The new M3 engines are 3.2L with 333hp. I know you are probably going to ask what the differences are so ill tell you a few of them now.

The older M3 engines had a single vanos system on the intake cam where as the new M3 engines have vanos on both the intake and exhuast cams. Also, the new M3 motor of course is a 3.2L compared to the older 3.0L, and one last comparison is that the new M3 engine comes from the factory with individual throttle body's whereas the older M3 motor only comes with a single throttle body setup.

A couple of simple and quick performance upgrades for your car would be intake/headers/exhaust/M3 cams/and a custom burned chip for the M3 cams. With those mods you should really see a large difference in your motor. If you have anymore questions let me know .