Now you might be wondering why I didnt’t buy another M Coupe. Well, first off they are going for too much nowadays, they have established themselves as collector cars, and the prices are just going up and up, kind of like the e30 M3. Really I should buy one now before they are totally unaffordable!
The e36 M3 has some advantages as well, Its got 5 seats, a trunk, and pretty close to the same performance as the M coupe. I specifically chose the 1995, because it has a slightly different motor than rest of the E36 M3’s from 96-99. It has a 3.0 liter motor designated an ‘S50’, whereas the 96-99 has an ‘S52’. Now in the world of automobiles more displacement is usually better, but in this case the 3.0 is a slightly more desirable motor, because it used OBD-1 instead of OBD-2, basically a more modern way to limit emissions, which cripples the owners ability to modify the car for more power. Also note that the 95 3.0 and 96-99 3.2 make the same HP & Torque.
The 1995 motor with an addition of a Cold Air intake, new fuel injectors, a new MAF (Mass Airflow Sensor), and an ECU chip can make an additional 35 Horsepower, which is stunning for a BMW. Add a free flow exhaust, underdrive pulleys, and headers and you are pushing a 50HP addition. Replace your cats with Hi-Flow Catalytics, replace your tranny and diff fluid, switch to an electric fan, and you can make it all the way to +60 HP! Granted that’s $1200 for a stageII kit, $700 for exhaust, $200 underdrive pulleys, $500 headers, $500 hi-flow cats, $150 tranny/diff fluid, and $200 for an electric fan, totaling about $3500. But to make 60 reliable and safe horsepower in a Normally Aspirated BMW motor is almost unheard of for even twice this amount!
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