I bought this car from another Dutchman in March 2002. He was the second owner and the full history of the car is known. The 320iS was imported from Italy, beside Portugal the only country this car was sold. I have always loved the spirit of the S14 M3 engine, but I find the M3's looks draw too much attention. This car doesn't draw any attention at all. Well, it's a clean example but I could just as well be a 316i. When I bought the car it was still on the regular 14" alloys but I soon decided to switch to the 15" BBS wheels. Further, I was planning on replacing the springs with Eibach examples but the M 'Sportfahrwerk' springs feel great and the car remains inconspicuous because of the ride height. I replaced the original Boge shocks by Bilsteins. Since only 1.074 4-door versions of the car were built I want to keep the car quite original. But... some real improvements were realised, ones that can easily be undone, like a sports intake filter, Até PowerDisc rotors and a front strut tower brace. A problem regularly occurring with Motorsport engines is a rattling timing chain. Even though the chains of this car were seldomly heard I decided to go for the tensioner upgrade, thus the tensioner of a E36 M3 3.2 was fitted. Some details: 192 BHP, Lachssilber metallic, grey cloth interior, production date May 1988 Standard equipment: dogleg 5-speed gearbox, 25% limited slip differential, oil temp indicator, power steering, central locking, rear spoiler, powered front windows, front foglights, 14" alloys Options: 'iS' deep front
spoiler, sports seats, ABS, leather steering wheel, shifter and handbrake
lever, metallic paint, small onboard computer, rear view mirror tweeters,
air conditioning, sunroof, 15" BMW-BBS crossspoke
Modifications: K&N sports intake filter, Até PowerDisc rotors, E36 M3 3.2 timing chain tensioner, front strut tower brace. Best regards,
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