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That is a bugger, I have to admit mine has done a similar thing, it was on Chrissy Eve and the roads were packed, I pulled up at a busy intersection and the car just stopped. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Lets just say pushing up a slight incline is a B@#TARD.

I would like to say Thank You.

Thank you Grant, I rest my case. Cage you seem very ignorant of someone who has 15 yrs experience. As stated by many a person here the M3 pieces donot belong on that car. It would look silly. http://www.e30zone.co.uk/Specifications.ASP

LMFAO. Im not sure if it is even worth answering you. An M3 is a M3 full stop. But what are you on about. What is this car, http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....p?showtopic=622Boy didnt have to read very far to find that. This car is comonly refered to as a 325i SPORT. They are equiped with Mtec steering wheel, Mtec spoiler package etc. Indeed they are not a M3, yet they are manfactured by BMW. Similar is the US version the 325is model. Many a person refers to these cars as a M Spec car, no it is not a M3 but that was not the claim. They do however share similar items wheel, seats etc. I believe you may well wish to do some reading yourself. I have nothing against 318i, however I find it a foolish car to start fitting a door sill from a M3, or infact taking a Mtec spoiler kit and modifying it to give a "different look". That to me seems a crime. 318 are a great car AS THEY ARE. I personally would like a 318is. But Im guessing you have never heard of that model either.

Nice to see some gains made.

Someone might argue with me here, but I believe you have the slowest most gutless bmw here, and yet you seem to have this fascination with M spec parts. I dont believe the two things really belong together. I read before you were wanting a car that is "one of a kind", well putting all the M SPEC parts you can find on a automatic 318 should do it. I dont mean to be rude but, it just looks so dumb when people do this. It is not the badge that makes the car. It is the car that makes the badge. (If that makes sence)

Dont hold your breath, but I may have a source to get one like this made. But the one in the pic is preface lift, (actually it looks exactly like mine except I got that god awful plastic lip thing on which I HATE.) Yours is facelift model , will this still fit. I think it will fit mine nicely, and looks to have a removable portion for oil cooler airflow.

Just a thought, anyone tried to see what is available from the dealer. The other thing I was looking at is a 316 spoiler like the one in the pic. Im not fussy I just hate the standard one I have.

OKedoke, this is goign to get tricky to find. Who is N1 DNZ? Im open to sugestions here.

I would be very very very interesting in a Mtec 1 front spoiler or a IS front spoiler for a early E30.

I would be interested gmccormack

Full link uses MAP, I am not sure on the system gmccormack refers to uses. Likely to be MAF. May be similar to the SMT6 system the guys in the states are playing with? Yes Ive seen it in action, on seriously worked GSR, a Nissan Navara(dont ask), and a full blown toyota 4age (Levin) race car. It was impressive on all. BUT had many hours put into setting it up. This was a few years ago, I then got out of the performance car scene for a while, and well Im back again, so I havent seen the very latest systems. If I was goin to do it, I would prob go all or nothing so I wopuld be looking at Link Wire in Management http://www.link-electro.co.nz/lem.html

Andrew I think your right on the self adjusting being closed loop lambda control. But Im not sure its to succesful. The 500 rpm thing I agree with you, in the hands of someone capable this is not a big thing. Bimmerboy if you are wanting a chip let me know and Ill put in touch with a far cheaper option than Dinan.

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The idle problem sounds like ICV. Check of any vacuum leaks. If you do a bad vacuum leak it may be the cause of the throttle problem as well.

Gmccormack, Im sorry my car was never built with the intention of the strip. I dont believe any of the chips that were developed were developed with that in mind. I tend to agree with Andrew, there are two many varibles to really see what the difference is. I also agree with regards to the Dinan and J/C chips, however if you can acquire a knock off of ones of these at a much less price then hey presto, give it a whirl. There are other options available, that are cheaper. If you know where to look. Grant, Andrew is correct, the basic Link unit is $1190, + GST. (that is just the off the shelf price without shopping around etc) If you required them to install you would be looking at approx $1800 all up. The Link Plus is $1780 + GST, again install its is approx $2500 all up. For the M20 engine in mild form the basic link is more than sufficient. If you had a more race orientated engine the link plus would give you greater control. I believe that would require a hellish cam setup etc, as the specs of the basic Link seem pretty good. Its adjustability is nice. I dont see it as been to diffcult to install, though I wouldnt recommend it for the novice. Tuning would require some knowledge of what you are doing. A dyno would be handy though not required. I am researching the pros and cons of this unit. One thing I should mention is the ability to remove the unit from your car and fit to your next vehicle. So though the cost on a poor old E30 would seem extreme you can always take it out and put on your next Bimmer as well. I mean nothing by this but you notice how the price has really strarted moving up on the link, and you havent even purchased it yet. Its like all these things you start with a base price and just keep climbing. Oh yes, fitting the link indeed leads to the ability to remove the AFM, which is a bonus, though I am suspect of how much of one? I would recommend if your were to turbo one of these that a link system would be something on the top of the list. Grant the basics of link or any similar system is this. The map is pretty much a blank canvas, (the basic fuel and ignition map) The system picks up inputs that you have set as to which the firing order of the engine, match to the firing of the fuel system etc. From there you create (adjust your fuel ratio/timing etc, and the ignition timing etc. (Thats the basic version) If on a dyno you would have the ability to monitor using the dyno equipment the mixture etc. Using the different sensors that the Link plugs into you are able to compenstate for air flow , temperature etc. If you did this on the open road you would go by the seat of your pants a little plus using a oxy sensor for mixture (lean/rich) setting. Though I believe a wideband oxy sensor would be more the go. I do believe there is a self learning system in Link, but I am unsure of exactly what it is capable of. There is a lot more to it than just that, but that the very basics.

I am now excited about link hehehehehehe. Ive just want to see how much I can buy just the unit for.

I beg to differ. You will make gains from rechipping. The manufacturer cannot always establish the quality of fuel you are running or the climate etc, so as a blanket effect they will always detune (bad choice of word ) a car very slightly. A good chip will tune your car to a better state of running to the circumstances in which you are situated. This ussually ends up with a small gain in hp and torque. This will happin on a completed stock standard engine. Some manufacturers would tune there cars to a higher standard than others. I personally believe BMW generally have there vehicles pretty much on the money, hence only small gains can be made. But you are correct in ther fact that a chip will enable you to take better advantage of modifications that have been done, especially one that is dynoed to suite.

Hmm Link must of come down in price, its been a while since I priced it. Chipping is NOT replacing the ECU. It is purely replacing or reprogramming the chip in the ECU. Gus, Im guessing the gains are small, so I imagine the difference between yours and mine would be small. If liink is trully around $1000, then that would be by far the best option. Just had alooksee at the link site, Im interested hehehehehe. But for anyone else looking and thinking a 1000 dollers and away. Bear in mind this is straight of the front page. 1. The purchase price of the management system. 2. The installation charge. 3. The setup and tuning time, including dyno / gas analysers etc. Im not putting anyone off, back when I was a young lad (lololol it wasnt that long ago.) Link and othere similar systems were expensive and not simple to tune etc. So the initial cost would be high with all the dyno work etc. In saying that Im now looking to see what I can get for what price lolol. I still say best bang for buck is getting a aftermarket chip from someone like Dinan etc or even better a knock off etc.

Another one of those real handy posts. LOLOLOLOL Grant, there are numerous different ways of going about this. I.E say I decided to use a Unichip. These chips are basically written and setup dynoed to your car. So know 2 chips are the same. So the guy with the free flowing exhaust and intake etc, will find his setting on his chip take advantage of this, he will gain more. When they dyno his car they find they can get that little bit more out of it. The 2nd customer is running completely stock, he finds he gains very little from it as when they dyno it they gain very little etc. So in these circumstances you will gain more if you have done more etc. Each time you make a change to the engine or intake/exhaust etc, you can take your car back and have it redynoed and the chip tuned to take advantage of these mods. The other chips, are like the J/C, Dinan chips you see on the US sites etc. These are chips thats these companies etc have developed. They are a carbon copy of each other and not customised to your particular car etc. They have done all the testing on maybe one or two cars and (maybe more) decided right these settings work well. So you go and order one of these chips and in general they do perform better than the standard, but are not customised to your engine, car, enviroment, climate. Then there are Link systems etc these are trully excellent, BUT cost more money still. These give you the ability of alot more control and flexabilty etc. My recomendation would be to get a off the shelf chip from the UK, I believe someone at E30zone is burning them off. All going well you would pay alot less than buying a dinan or J/C chip. E-bay have knock offs as well. Personally I find Link expensive and Unichip etc is also to expensive for my liking. Im awaiting to hear back from torque chips to see what I actually have. Personally I feel a chip will make a decent diference especially with other mods done.

My past experiences with o2 sensor is disconect it and tie it up out of the way. Reason being it has marginal effect on running quality and we didnt have emission testing requirements to meet. If you choose to do this you will however need to find out whether you should leave it open circuit or closed circuit. HOWEVER, Im not sure as to what the requirements are for emission testing here any more and if they do monitor it you will require it connected as your car will run rich with it disconnected, (generally). To give you a example on all my past cars. I have disconnected the item, removed the cat and never looked back. The adjustments to fuel ratio are small, from memory. Imagine on a scale of 1-100. This being the fuel ratio variance that the ecu controls. The oxy sensor input makes up 1-3 of that input (Possibly even less). All that happins with it disconnected is it will move to one end of the scale that it works in, i.e say 3. Which would possibly give you a slightly rich mix at idle. If you were in a country like the US you would fail badly on emission testing for this. As you car is pumping out emissions. If anyone has a more enlightened view by al means fire away, as Im a bit rusty on this side of things.

Yes I agree, Im wondering what to do with the exhaust etc, any ideas would be much appreciated. I did look into a supersprint muffler BUT GODDAMN they are expensive to get down here. Im thinking of sticking with twin pipes all the way threw, remving the cat. Originally putting on a supersprint at the rear. But any thoughts? The intake has a pod filter etc, (No cold air box) I was actually thinking of taking that off finding the original setup and just putting a decent element back in. Or making a good cold air box. I believe torque chips are Aussie Im trying to source what exactly it is at the moment. Be interesting to see what this has on the dyno? I reckon its got a good 300 kw (LMAO) give or take a couple. (Plz note the sarcasm)

Well I was getting the bug again (to start playing with things) I remember when I purchased the car the guy I got it off mentioned it had been chipped. I did think the car went well. But didnt really take any notice of what he said, thought he was just spinning some crap. Any way I removed the ecu today, popped it aprt and hey presto look what I found. The chip is made by "Torque chips" hmmm, that does explain why the car has a good healthy kick after 4000rpm. But me wonders what this would be like coupled up to a decent exhaust and maybe pushing a littel more fuel into her.

YES YEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, But where do I get one, well actually just the front is all Im after.

Ok, Ive changed my mind again. how about a Mtec 1 front valance/splitter. Any ideas. I know these things are hard to come by.