My VF engineering supercharged E46 M3

[kds keltec]

Hi Guys ,

I bought the supercharger kit myself from the states through Vivid racing's UK Agent (Darren Moseley pistonhead member)

http://www.vividracing.com/blog/vivid-racing-uk/

product comes from this company

http://www.vf-engineering.com/

Its the stage 2 charged cooled ,

I have been toying for a very long time with supoercharging my M3 , done a hell of alot of research around supercharging the straight 6 M3 engine , and ended up with one if not the most expensive kits around , but i can really see huge amount of R&D has gone into the total kit .

I am over halfway on the fitting front and everything has fitted extremely well and is made to a very high standard .

I will post some pics of the total kit and how far i have got with fitting the kit .

I will have to take a break from working on my own car as the workshop is fully booked for next week , but of course asap i will be to finish it . I Have had the kit for well over a month or 2 just been too busy to install it .

I am planning to take many photos and videos , and once all is running and working correctly after a few hundred miles a book in for rolling road test will be on the cards .

I promise to keep the post coming as i move forward with advents anyway pics





































As said i will keep updating as and when


Kelly

Edited by kds keltec on Wednesday 3rd February 09:36

[R60EST]

Looks like a good kit . What predicted BHP will it achieve ?

[Rags]

What are you planning to upgrade the intervals with?

Looks like a great kit!

[Mroad]

I'm liking the charger cooler built into the plenum, nice design. Looks to be a quality kit.

[AngryApples]

Wow!

looks top quality, I'll be very interested to see how this foes long term

[AngryApples]

R60EST said:

Looks like a good kit . What predicted BHP will it achieve ?

Website quotes 570hp and 380nm for the stage 2!

[kds keltec]

AngryApples said:

R60EST said:

Looks like a good kit . What predicted BHP will it achieve ?

Website quotes 570hp and 380nm for the stage 2!

Thanks

And with higher octane fuel they quote 600bhp and 400nm .

we will see what actual results i get , but VF a very sure of the figures

here is a csl with stage 2 kit fitted to CSL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0hYqtP2r-Y

clip for difference between stage 1 and 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3NGNust8kc&fea...

drag strip run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot0UuN3wInQ&fea...

advert for E46 kit , the stage 2 has changed since this advert more boost different injectors , maf , wiring for maf and fuel pressure regulator , oh and also stronger tensioner for supercharger belt and different supercharger which does not use the engines oil feed now , has is own oil .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii16X1UqJDs

Kelly

[thehos]

AngryApples said:

R60EST said:

Looks like a good kit . What predicted BHP will it achieve ?

Website quotes 570hp and 380nm for the stage 2!

That will do!

[DjSki]

Very nice. PS what top mounts are those? They look very cool.

[mat205125]

kds keltec said:

here is a csl with stage 2 kit fitted to CSL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0hYqtP2r-Y

really looking forward to updates to this conversion, however WRT that video .... What an awesome machine. Seems to be a few clearance issues between the tyres and the bodywork, however, and the drivers one handed driving style wouldn't fill me with confidence if I were his passenger.

[M3John]

Now that looks very good indeed. Keep us posted on the progress please.

I see that they do them for the e36 M3. Now i've been thinking about one of these for a good while now but never found anywhere that stocks them. hummmmmm ........

[rassi]

AngryApples said:

R60EST said:

Looks like a good kit . What predicted BHP will it achieve ?

Website quotes 570hp and 380nm for the stage 2!

380 nm?? That doesn't make sense, standard it's 360 nm or so??

[kds keltec]

rassi said:

AngryApples said:

R60EST said:

Looks like a good kit . What predicted BHP will it achieve ?

Website quotes 570hp and 380nm for the stage 2!

380 nm?? That doesn't make sense, standard it's 360 nm or so??

your right its 380lbft not 380nm

I hope to get back on my car this weekend if everything goes to plan through the workshop

Kelly

Edited by kds keltec on Wednesday 3rd February 09:34

[aeropilot]

kds keltec said:

your right its 380lbft not 380Nm

515Nm

[Mroad]

M3John said:

Now that looks very good indeed. Keep us posted on the progress please.

I see that they do them for the e36 M3. Now i've been thinking about one of these for a good while now but never found anywhere that stocks them. hummmmmm ........

They do conversions on the US M3 engine (S52) not the Euro M3 engine (S50). Completely different beastie unfortunately.

[M3John]

Mroad said:

M3John said:

Now that looks very good indeed. Keep us posted on the progress please.

I see that they do them for the e36 M3. Now i've been thinking about one of these for a good while now but never found anywhere that stocks them. hummmmmm ........

They do conversions on the US M3 engine (S52) not the Euro M3 engine (S50). Completely different beastie unfortunately.

[kds keltec]

One of the reasons i went for this company over others (which i contacted or trawled the forums) it seems most kits have some problems with euro cars compared to USA cars .

The stage 2 kit when fitted to a car in the states has to have the euro less restricted headers etc .

The outcome of the stage 2 kit is the car is mapped with some parts changed before hand to a euro spec car , the only thing needed to be changed to an already euro car is the cats , and also recommend the exhaust system .

so when i kept asking the question over and over "will it work on a euro car as others never work straight out of the box" is yes the USA cars are running euro spec .

The stage 2 kit will not work with USA headers or standard cats


Note this is all above for s52 engine

Kelly

Edited by kds keltec on Wednesday 3rd February 13:02

[Mroad]

kds keltec said:

One of the reasons i went for this company over others (which i contacted or trawled the forums) it seems most kits have some problems with euro cars compared to USA cars .

The stage 2 kit when fitted to a car in the states has to have the euro less restricted headers etc .

The outcome of the stage 2 kit is the car is mapped with some parts changed before hand to a euro spec car , the only thing needed to be changed to an already euro car is the cats , and also recommend the exhaust system .

so when i kept asking the question over and over "will it work on a euro car as others never work straight out of the box" is yes the USA cars are running euro spec .

The stage 2 kit will not work with USA headers or standard cats


Note this is all above for s52 engine

Kelly

Edited by kds keltec on Wednesday 3rd February 13:02

Did you mean the E46 S54?
The US S54 just differs from the Euro S54 by an extra Cat and different plenum/headers so it makes sense.

The US E36 S52 is, I believe, just a modified M52 and runs with a single throttle body unlike the Euro E36 S50's which are completely different engine on six throttle bodies etc.

If they did a kit for the Euro E36 S50B32 I would be tempted.

[kds keltec]

Mroad said:

kds keltec said:

One of the reasons i went for this company over others (which i contacted or trawled the forums) it seems most kits have some problems with euro cars compared to USA cars .

The stage 2 kit when fitted to a car in the states has to have the euro less restricted headers etc .

The outcome of the stage 2 kit is the car is mapped with some parts changed before hand to a euro spec car , the only thing needed to be changed to an already euro car is the cats , and also recommend the exhaust system .

so when i kept asking the question over and over "will it work on a euro car as others never work straight out of the box" is yes the USA cars are running euro spec .

The stage 2 kit will not work with USA headers or standard cats


Note this is all above for s52 engine

Kelly

Edited by kds keltec on Wednesday 3rd February 13:02

Did you mean the E46 S54?
The US S54 just differs from the Euro S54 by an extra Cat and different plenum/headers so it makes sense.

The US E36 S52 is, I believe, just a modified M52 and runs with a single throttle body unlike the Euro E36 S50's which are completely different engine on six throttle bodies etc.

If they did a kit for the Euro E36 S50B32 I would be tempted.

Yes sorry E46 S54 only

been working to midnight everyday from last saturday and its starting to show i think .

[M3]

How much supplied and fitted?