Albertouy 1 Report post Posted November 19, 2016 Hi community, I'm posting this because I recently bought a 318 e30 and I was wondering how to squeeze an extra hp from here and there. And I was thinking to raise the compression. I think these cars came with about 9:1 compression and I was thinking to get up to 10-10.5:1 if possible. Has anyone done this before??. Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1286 Report post Posted November 20, 2016 have done on other engines go for over bore and higher compression pistons , bigger cams . remapped ecu etc , headers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NZ00Z3 189 Report post Posted November 21, 2016 The general wisdom from the Z3 world, to get higher HP out of the M44 is best done by fitting a supercharger. Best bang for your buck. Remember that fitting a super charger in N.Z will require certification. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huff3r 347 Report post Posted November 22, 2016 9 hours ago, NZ00Z3 said: The general wisdom from the Z3 world, to get higher HP out of the M44 is best done by fitting a supercharger. Best bang for your buck. Remember that fitting a super charger in N.Z will require certification. An E30 doesn't have an M44. Either an M10 or M40 depending on prefacelift or facelift. Both single cam unlike the M44. Haven't heard of many people doing much to 318is. The M10s are sometimes turbo'd and the M40s have a chip available for the ecu (the race series uses it). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albertouy 1 Report post Posted November 24, 2016 Churs!, I may stay clear of doing much to it till i can get some proper money and do something a bit bigger Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
