1987 BMW 3-Series

Hartge H26 4-door sedan

Hartge H26 2.6 liter 190HP

5 speed manual

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This 1987 BMW 325i was sent to Harge immediately after being purchased for a full 2.6 driveline conversion, belting 190 horsepower at 5900 rpm. The Hartge driveline includes the engine, ECU, headers and exhaust.It is not a full 2.6 conversion since it lacks the bodykit, but is all the better for it, a real Q car with the stylish M-Tech1 body kit.It is a four-door E30, making it lighter and more rigid than the coupe, since it has a B-pillar. The original M-Tech 1 body kit from BMW is my favorite, since it integrates elegant, chrome Euro bumpers with plastic moldings, giving it a more accented and less bulky look than the later M-Tech 2 body kit. The Hartge 2.6 driveline brings the horsepower to 190 at 5900 rpm by boring out the engine, flowing the heads, and adding Hartge manifold, cams and engine management. The effect is shockingly greater than the meager bump in displacement would suggest. When the engine comes on cam at 4000 rpm it is hard to keep the wheels from spinning in lower gears. The car also has an H&R Sports Cup suspension, which is firm but not harsh. It is a complete kit with matched springs and shocks. The springs are progressive, so the they are initially softer than stock and then get as much as 50 percent stiffer when fully compressed. Turner Motorsports sells them for $742.85 and says that, "If you want a very precise and firm suspension, and ride quality is secondary, the Sport Cup Kit is superior to the Touring or any other shock/spring package we offer." Add the hours of installation and alignment and you have a two thousand dollar upgrade. The suspension, 15 inch Euroweaves and manual steering make the car feel like a four door, 3.2 Carrera with sports suspension. It has Anthracite cloth sport seats that only suffer from a driver's bolster that was replaced with a slightly different weave. Rare 15 inch Euroweaves shod it's feet. The manual steering rack is the best I have ever felt on an E30 BMW. You can tell good steering in the first 10 feet. And by the time I drove a block I wanted to convert all my E30s to manual steering. Even slower than a E30 hydraulic, at four-turns lock to lock, it makes up for its languorous pace with an incredibly direct and sensual feel for the road. As heavy as a 3.2 Carrera and equally as good. Driving an Alpina is like cruising a Riva on Lake Como, but driving the Hartge is like running from a Pamplonan bull. Tomato, Tomato.Sold with German title, Customs and EPA paperwork. There is no catalyst on the car, so smog is the responsibility of the buyer. But it shouldn't be difficult to put on a stock 325i US exhaust system for smog test.