this would be it.

1983 BMW 320i coupe

I have seen the motor on this and it looks like a 240d.

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo

That 2 valve M10 is agricultural to say the least. Personally I'm a fan of the 16v M42 in the later E30s.

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Engine design goes back to the early '60s but has a pretty good reputation. BMW 2002 (carbed) and early 320i (EFI) are 2 liter. For emissions reasons, later 320i engines were switched to a CS injection and downsized to 1.8 liter. Camshaft and rocker-arm shafts inserted from the end of the head so any major cam or rocker repair requires head removal.
CS injection unit is wedged under the intake-manifold and the plastic fuel injector lines get very brittle at this age, so hard to work on and makes starter-motor replacement extra difficult. Also, no power-steering was availible on the 320i, so with the fat 13-inch tires usually found on these cars, it's a bear to steer at parking-speeds and replacement tires may be hard to find.

Happy Motoring, Mark

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DrDKW

One of my friends had one. It was supposed to be a first car for his daughter, but he liked it so much he ended up keeping it for himself.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

I had a silver one with a 4 speed trans and blue cloth interior when I was a kid. Yes great car. Thanks for the memory

My first car back in Scotland was a 1983 E21 316 (1.8L), it really was a 318 but they were badged as 316's for some reason.

It obviously had the nice euro bumpers and no ugly side marker lights. 5 speed manual gearbox.

I upgraded it with BBS front and rear spoilers, twin-choke weber carb, M-sport steering wheel and Alpina 13" multi spoke alloys.

It was definitely a fun car with lots of good memories.

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1984 300CD 155k miles
1983 300TD 199k miles
2005 Legacy GT Wagon

My oldest brother's first car was a black/tan 320i - this was in 1983 or so. The car was cool and fun to drive, but the E30 really kicked the crap out of it in all ways. The E21s are so cheap because you're either better off going older and getting a 2002 or going newer and getting the E30s.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

Well if it had to be a BMW it would be one of these for me

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Bingo!

My old 16v

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