Turbocharging the 2.8 E36?

[bulldog5046]

Hi guys,

I'm looking for sound sound advise and expereience in this area if anyone has any?

Browsing around the only turbo kits i have found are these low quality ones on ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/92-99-BMW-E36-325i-328i-...

at that price i guess your getting a box of pretty looking bits that will fall apart?

the last turbo i bought was for my Fiat Marea project and i remember the cost of the charger alone being around £600 for a rebuilt hybrid.

Does anyone know the best place to start on this sort of project and the cost involved?

i've heard the 6cyl engines are pretty bomb proof and they dont even need the compression lowering? sounded bonkers when i heard but hopwfully someone can comment.

It would be important to not this would be on my track car so it will be used infrequently but driven hard when it is. I'm not looking for massive power but 300-350hp at the fly would be a fantastic gain.

Thanks,
Ryan

[Crackie]

The E36Coupe forum should have all the info. you need.

http://www.bmwowner.com/forum/search.php?st=0&...

You may have to register with them first.

[TheEnd]

I'll bet there are far more ebay turbo kits sitting in sheds gathering dust than are fitted.

In a lot of cases, the turbo manifold won't fit a RHD car.

[SystemParanoia]

wont the manifold fit upside down... yeah you'll have to cut a hole in the bonnet.. but its all good

[WeirdNeville]

I believe supercharging is the way forwards with these. As said, manifold is beneath the engine and steering column etc are in the way, Supercharger is a more compact solution and complements the engine better - i.e. a plumped up torque curve across the board with low pressure boost.
Rotrax or something from a crashed cooper S - your choice!

[bulldog5046]

TheEnd - I imagined the same thing

I had considered a SC but I discarded the thought of using a mini one as it flows for a 1.6l engine. I just didn't think it would have enough puff?

I'm pretty open to suggestions. I've seen an LS1 V8 in an e36 which looked tempting!

[Oi_Oi_Savaloy]

I'm pretty sure www.e30zone.net has loads of information on turbo'ing the 2.8 e36 engine (it's a favoured swap into the e30).

There's alot of information on there - dedicated e36 turbo sub forum from memory.