Second hand Z4 's
Second hand Z4 's
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anonymous-user

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84 months

Thursday 28th March 2019
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Deep Thought

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227 months

Thursday 28th March 2019
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If your budget is around £10K why not look at the 23i's replacement, the turbo'd 2.0i?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Not asthmatic by any means, and is turbo'd so has decent low down grunt compared to the entry level 6 cylinder.

It responds well to remapping too so that could be an option for more power if you thought you needed it. How about +100BHP?

https://mychiptuningfiles.com/en/chiptuning-files/...

They've dialled some personality in to the standard car too, so its quite a pleasant car to drive. We ran one for 3 years.

I've a variant of the same engine in my Cooper S and its great.

Deep Thought

40,169 posts

227 months

Thursday 28th March 2019
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anonymous said:
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The 20i turbo or the 28i turbo could be the answer then.

We had a lot of fun with ours and I love the engine in my Cooper S. A tuning box should take ot to around 240 ish bhp of you don't want a remap

Mr Tidy

31,726 posts

157 months

Thursday 28th March 2019
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Based on what you've said you must be looking at the E89 model Z4.

The 23i and 30i use the same engines as the early E9* 3 Series 325i and 330i.

So having bought a 325i last year and found it a bit asthmatic, I picked up a 330i today to replace it as it just has so much more grunt.

So a 30i might be worth looking at if you like a straight 6 sound-track - plus there's no turbo to worry about!

It might be worth spending some time browsing on "z4forum" for more detailed information, or even joining! I'm sure there will be someone on there that can answer your questions! (Main reason I can't is that my Z4 is the earlier generation E86).