European Cars Vs. Japanese Cars

[bol]

You really only have to be concerned with three things max for performance on the 323:

Intake. ~$350CDN
Exhaust. ~$1000CDN
Chip. ~ $350CDN

Short of those there are not any major gains short of FI.

Don't be caught in the mentality that Dinan = God either.


Since you said it was a base model it's going to be high. H&R's won't drop it ALL that low. Coilovers are gonna cost you $$$ though.

Just remember even though it might be the base model it still handles VERY good compared to other cars. Even the 320i loaner I had, although slow it handled very well despite the body roll.

[max_boost]

Originally posted by bol
You really only have to be concerned with three things max for performance on the 323:

Intake. ~$350CDN
Exhaust. ~$1000CDN
Chip. ~ $350CDN

Short of those there are not any major gains short of FI.

Don't be caught in the mentality that Dinan = God either.


Since you said it was a base model it's going to be high. H&R's won't drop it ALL that low. Coilovers are gonna cost you $$$ though.

Just remember even though it might be the base model it still handles VERY good compared to other cars. Even the 320i loaner I had, although slow it handled very well despite the body roll.

I didn't buy the car for performance, it was merely a bargain deal, something that I can drive for a couple years and probably sell for close to the same price. I bought the car mainly to do up the exterior, I want to look pimp! haha

[4wheeldrift]

Buying parts for most of the german cars is pretty expensive. In terms of imports, the only guys who get cheap performance parts of the honda people because, well there are about a billion hondas on the road. Higher volume = cheaper prices.

[Speed_RaSiR]

Krautmobile parts are expensive, when I used to have a corrado i got killed on repair parts. Like $450 for a water pump. I can remember dropping at least $800 bones at least twice at Northland VW. Don't know about beemer stuff tho.