Question about E36 320i

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hey everyone ,first post here and im interested to get into drifting so for this i need to get a proper car who is able to drift.

I have been looking around the forums for which car is the best one for starters and most suggested an e36 325/328 but looking at the market they are little hard to find and little too expensive for the money i intend to give in my early steps(except if i find something worth ) so i searched in my area and found a very good 320i in a very good price so here is my question.

Is the 320i worth to become a drift car and for a starter at drifting like me is it going to be easy to learn?

Im not going to use it as a daily but mostly as a car that i can toy with and learn many things by fixing it or adding things but the main focus will be to drift it.

If you can answer to my question i want a solid answer like ''yes you can drift it and you need this , this and this to do it'' and not answers like '' yes you can but the car not but if you call a wizzard you will fly'' .

I know this question has been made many times in forum threads but i have not seen yet a solid responce so please tell me your experience about the 320i so it will be really appreciated.

Also any opinions about the 323i cause it produces more hp so i guess its easier to initiate drift.

Ps: i have driven many cars in my life but all of them were unfortunately FWD(luck i guess) so i dont have experience with RWD cars but i have a really good feel of the car that i drive and i dont think i will have a problem adjusting to a RWD car.
 
its going to be fully drift focused so a new suspension is a must.

Is it easy to initiate drift on the dry and can it maintain drift or it will do a small slide ?

I really appreciate your responce.
 
Try find an auto diff from a 316 or a 318, weld that and you will have quick acceleration and potentially alot easier to drift
 
Had a 320i as my first car.
The suspension could do with stiffening up, descent seat to hold you in a bit better, remove as much weight from the car as you can.
Up the psi in the rears and the thing will fly around no problem.
 
I honestly appreciate everyone's responses and I'm really happy that I found such a great community.

J-Diddy said:
Try find an auto diff from a 316 or a 318, weld that and you will have quick acceleration and potentially alot easier to drift
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I saw somewhere that a 328i diff is good to use . Interesting I'll get one as a spare .
Thank you:)
pecs said:
Had a 320i as my first car.
The suspension could do with stiffening up, descent seat to hold you in a bit better, remove as much weight from the car as you can.
Up the psi in the rears and the thing will fly around no problem.
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Using spacers is a good idea?. If yes how many mm?

About the cooling system I'll make sure to check it out first.
Thank you:)


In about a week I'm going to purchase a 320i with 180k kms with less than 1000 euro so I think its a good start.
I can't wait until the day I'm going to make a thread about my build and you guys have already helped me a lot.
 
these cars are cheap in general and can get 328 for a grand or so.
So whats the point spending lets say £600 on 320 and then realising it's weak and have to spend another hundreds or more to make it drivable.
 
The 316,318,318is auto has a 4.44, my mates 328 tops out at 100 mph with a 4.44 diff, it pulls 4th gear in the dry with 17s and 5th with 15s and 16s, a lighter flywheel would make an even better job of it all together them 320s are not the most enthusiastic engine for response
 
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Michael7s said:
these cars are cheap in general and can get 328 for a grand or so.
So whats the point spending lets say £600 on 320 and then realising it's weak and have to spend another hundreds or more to make it drivable.
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I have been looking around in my area and I found a couple of 320s but still not a 325 or 328 yet. The ones i see on the internet have quite a lot of km and I don't think it's worth. I know their engines are reliable but still 300k kms and more is still too much in my opinion even if you don't care at all.
And another thing that sucks in my area is that you need TÜV certificate ( I'm located in Germany )that your car is safe for the streets and then you get plates.
 
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