Comments on: BMW E36 318IS Donuts http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2008/11/10/bmw-e36-318is-donuts/ BMW E36 photos, videos, technical info and everything else! Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:23:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Rod http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2008/11/10/bmw-e36-318is-donuts/comment-page-1/#comment-5568 Rod Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:26:41 +0000 http://www.bmwe36blog.com/?p=631#comment-5568 It's a very smooth concrete floor - they act like ice! It's very easy to brake traction on this kinda surface, if you tried this too often in a standard 318is on a dry tarmac road you'd probably end up with a shagged clutch & diff - or both! I had a 318is E36 for a year till I blew the head gasket doing silly speeds on a motorway (in germany - of course ;o)), I always loved driving it hard in the wet since this was the only time when you could have fun without committing yourself 100% at stupid speeds just to get the back out! It would always bog down too much, mid corner, in the dry when drifting, and it doesn't have the torque to pull through cleanly. I upgraded to a fettled 328, which is much better - but still could do with another 50+ hp to drift easily. E36 M3 Evo with a low pressure roots charger is next on the list.... have fun! It’s a very smooth concrete floor – they act like ice! It’s very easy to brake traction on this kinda surface, if you tried this too often in a standard 318is on a dry tarmac road you’d probably end up with a shagged clutch & diff – or both! I had a 318is E36 for a year till I blew the head gasket doing silly speeds on a motorway (in germany – of course ;o)), I always loved driving it hard in the wet since this was the only time when you could have fun without committing yourself 100% at stupid speeds just to get the back out! It would always bog down too much, mid corner, in the dry when drifting, and it doesn’t have the torque to pull through cleanly.

I upgraded to a fettled 328, which is much better – but still could do with another 50+ hp to drift easily. E36 M3 Evo with a low pressure roots charger is next on the list…. have fun!

]]> By: Anthony http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2008/11/10/bmw-e36-318is-donuts/comment-page-1/#comment-5562 Anthony Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:06:51 +0000 http://www.bmwe36blog.com/?p=631#comment-5562 Wow! That thing can barely get out of it's own way, and it's doing donuts, I am impressed. I don't think that I would have picked that location though. :-/ Wow! That thing can barely get out of it’s own way, and it’s doing donuts, I am impressed. I don’t think that I would have picked that location though. :-/

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