Friday 8th February 2002

Super M Coupe

480 bhp for a few South African Rand

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[Roadrunner]

I asked a few leading uk supercharging specialists about this modification on a new M3. All said it could not be done due to the type of natural aspiration used.

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[GreenV8S]

quote:All said it could not be done due to the type of natural aspiration used.

Might not be easy, but I think just about anything is possible if you throw enough money at it. What is unusual about the M3 aspiration that makes it so hard?

Cheers,
Peter Humphries (and a green V8S)

[Roadrunner]

No idea ?! I couldn't see the problem either, although I'm not qualified to comment. All I know is they we not interested in a conversion. Maybe just too much hassle for them so replied negatively.

[Fatboy]

That's B*llocks it can't be supercharged - there's a firm in germany supercharge M3s to about 500bhp, they had to be fitted with new rear diffs off a 745i to cope with the extra torque

I'll try to dig up a link....

[Roadrunner]

Bloody hell - 500 ponies! Sounds verrrrrry interesting!

[Marshy]

Dig out the details of ESS Tuning in Norway/Sweeden (www.esstuning.com I think). They superchare all sorts of BMWs and seem quite well regarded. If the tiv had sold, I'd have been doing a frankenstein job on my 7 series...