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Its just a little fan blowing some air into the air intake, and to charge a hundred pounds for that is robbery.
80 BHP? that kind of power increase costs a good £1500 plus.
A proper turbo really whangs the air into the intake, and in large volumes too, it spins at 40 000 revs to achieve that as well.
A small electric fan compared with a real turbo is so petty by comparison at air moving, its not even in the same league.
I went this route ages ago, and all these BHP claims are false,
As far as I remember, one of the car TV programs tested one or two of these gadgets and, one actually impeded the airflow and power was lost because of it.
The only problem is that BMW V12 runs 3 ECU's, 1 for the left bank, 1 for the right bank and 1 to join the other to together, I only know as we'v worked on one.
The only problem is that BMW V12 runs 3 ECU's, 1 for the left bank, 1 for the right bank and 1 to join the other to together, I only know as we'v worked on one.
Gaffer tape all 3 ECU's together and it only has 1 to worry about!!
Any other ideas welcome. I am also looking on BMW forums so if I find anything I will report back
One of the first things I thought of when considering the Z3... the 1.9 is cheaper, the 2.8 is a good start and how easy would it be to take an installed Z300S kit off and put it on an M version of the Z3 later on. Now I know and there is a ready market for ready stripped donors!!!
Your 200 BHP ought to be enough to compete with the mums on the school run in their Chelsea tractors, but with nitrous, when you felt adventurous, you could just hit the fast button, and instantly you would have 300BHP!
( Assuming you fitted the 100 BHP jet to the system)
That should be enough to piss off most things on the road.
A lot cheaper than a proper turbo system.
If you cannot run to that, perhaps and engine re-map may work for you? Worth checking out if you are serious about more power....
Might keep this one tame and see if I can sneak another car past the wife with full street fighter spec.
If I paint it black too and make sure they are never seen parked together she might never know...
Just read slagenracings engine tuning posts and have decided to crawl away into a puddle of inadequacy. I was thinking of bolting on a hair dryer while he is machining the valve ports!!!
Might keep this one tame and see if I can sneak another car past the wife with full street fighter spec.
If I paint it black too and make sure they are never seen parked together she might never know...
Just read slagenracings engine tuning posts and have decided to crawl away into a puddle of inadequacy. I was thinking of bolting on a hair dryer while he is machining the valve ports!!!
Good plan Nick, but make it a SWB so you don't get the hairdressing jibes!
I have been searching everywhere for some extra ponys,
Best results from the 2.8 follow the same route as most other cars,
Air filter
Exhaust
Rolling road remap.
For the 2.8 however, you can have either the 2.5 inlent manifold and throttle body or the dual vanos can use the 3.0 inlet manifold, supposed to get about 200bhp at the rear wheels.
I cannot find anyone to do the conversion in the UK. I have tried contacting Bmwsparepart in peterborough but not had any luck as yet.
they advertise the swap at £350 including remap.
If anyone knows of any reliable garages that do this sort of conversion please post a link.
