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re: E30/eta quicker off the line
- Subject: re: E30/eta quicker off the line
- From: Doug Wright <dgwright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:12:39 -0600
>re: E30/eta quicker off the line
>
>Here's a few quick and cheap ways to get the eta motor off the line quicker:
>1: 325i throttle body. Can be found used for $75.0 and less. The last
>year of the eta, or as BMW called it the "super eta", this larger
>throttle body was used.
That sounds like a good place to start, and probably pretty easy to swap
out. I'll see if I can find one. Is it basically a standard 325 TB that
has been bored out or are there other differences? Can the 325i TB be
bored further or is it already at the max?
>2: 3.73 rear axle from E30/325i, or a 4.10 from a E30///M3 or 16 valve
>318. Also there are 3.45 rears on the four cylinder E36 318 and Z3 that
>will bolt right in. the 3.45 might be a proper match for the shorter
>redline of the eta motor.