E36 Coupe Or Sedan?

[Edirty6]

^^^what he said....4dr>2dr

[Jamil]

sedans have an extra pillar where the door hinges go in, meaning more rigid and less flexing in the chassis, sedan and coupes on paper weight exactly the same. and plus fo do's fo mo ho's :]

Dunno bout an e36, but for e30s the wheelbase is the same, a weight difference of only about 55lbs, and the kicker, the 4 doors are more rigid. I know that is the case with the e36 sedan as well.

the truth!! sedan>coupe unfortunately.

[TRiCC]

sedans have an extra pillar where the door hinges go in, meaning more rigid and less flexing in the chassis, sedan and coupes on paper weight exactly the same. and plus fo do's fo mo ho's :]

[VALMONT]

E46 sedans are more rigid as well.

truth. i have a coupe and drove my sisters sedan, and i liked the handling of the sedan better.

i only got the coupe for the factory colored mouldings and not having that damn B-pillar blocking my view.

[JSanders]

E46 sedans are more rigid as well.

[Stephen]

Dunno bout an e36, but for e30s the wheelbase is the same, a weight difference of only about 55lbs, and the kicker, the 4 doors are more rigid. I know that is the case with the e36 sedan as well.

[SeanDub]

Let me get my friend to help you out. He's a track guy, I'm sure he'll have some good input.

[Vegas_Sirk]

sedan.

Why?

[VALMONT]

sedan.

[SeanDub]

From what I understand they weigh close to the exact same

[Vegas_Sirk]

Im thinking of picking up a E36 for my next project and to build as a dedicated track car. I have decided to do the LS1 swap as for classing purposed in time attack its the best way to make the most power and not get bumped up a class.

My question is are there and benifits to buying a coupe over the sedan? I find a lot more used sedan for cheap in the paper then coupes. Is the shorter wheelbase a benifit on the coupe? or are the wheel bases close to the same? Also any major weight differences? How about after market? I know they offered the M in both the coupe and sedan so I know there is aero for both.

I would love to hear some feedback on this.