New cars all round?

Yes but - the torque figure is ?

And where does it peak ?

That's what gives it the Whooooomff...

310Nm

1900rpm

Oddly it has a higher top speed than the 160 Cupra due to the gearing (also explains why the cupra is 1.7 seconds quicker to 60 but only 0.5 seconds quicker over a standing km.

Unfortunately my insurance won't let me chip it.

Do it anyway and don't tell them :)

If it feels quick it could be that the previous owner chipped it and didn't tell you when you bought it - you could be in blissful ignorance that it's ever been modified.

Yes, those pesky former owners... just make sure you burn the dyno printout they left in the service history, before you try this one in the event of it all going Pete Tong.

My VVC... I had no idea the throttle body is 56mm instead of 48mm. ;-)

-- JackH

It's not something you crack open to inspect before buying now is it?

i read somewhere about changing the throttle body over from a different E36 to get my 328 to 2.8, now a previous owner could have done that without me knowing being a BMW part still that's used and i could be a tad over 200bhp instead of 193bhp ;)

just a bit pricey to do at the moment and i kinda like the way it drives now so don't wanna c*ck all that up :)

Is it not already a 2.8?

Nah, it is a 318 with a badge swap :) License safe ;)

LMAO i'll come back when i know what the f*ck i'm on about! i meant to say 'my 328 to a tad over 200bhp'

although reading on E36coupe.com it looks like i could squeeze 230bhp out of it with some minor tweaking!

How much power does it have? I'd expect a resonable 2.8 to make 240bhp at least?!

And a little plaque with a number on it...

193bhp but it has pretty good torque so it does move, nice and really smooth engine, car handles pretty well too. have taken it hard into some big roundabouts and with all the weight of that 2.8 up front i'd expect serious understeer but nope not a hint of it!

yes but finding a nice b3 or b6 is hard and insurance on an alpina is a bit harsh with a ban over me head!

193bhp?

That's shit. So much for the 'ultimate driving machine'.....

However, given the weight distribution of a BMW, it's no surprise there's no understeer.

entirely down to German insurance/tax regulations at the time - it wasn't a coincidence that Audi/Merc/BMW flagship sixes _all_ produced exactly 192bhp.

Bit like all those nearly-but-not-quite two litre Italian specials of a certain vintage

Difference being that the Wops had a capacity limit, so did whatever they could to get silly power from it.

Hence the 2lt Twin Turbo Maserati or the 2lt V6 Turbo Alfas :D

And the BMW 2.0, Audi 2.0, Mercedes 2.2 and Volvo 2.4 diesels with 163bhp...

(that's 200, 180, 190 and 215 bhp chipped...)

So you decide to do the common thing and get a BMW?

*GOSH*