Got a 318is, what will be cheaper Engine Swap or Supercharge

[WezReaney]

Hiya, I've just bought a H reg 318is with 150.000 miles which would be the best option an Engine Swap or a Supercharger and what kind of price am I looking to pay for parts and labour?

Thanks.
Wez

[jimmyspeed]

engine swap will be cheaper unless you are a metal fabricator/machinist

superchargers need to mounted very accurately, and costs for forced induction steadily rise no matter how thrifty you are - new ecu , dump valve, ducting, intercooling, sensors, gauges etc are required

though it can, and has been done by appletree on here and his was an 318is aswell

[ross_jsy]

Need to know what sort of power levels you are after?

[E30BeemerLad]

Not only that, but how receptive is a 150k mile M42 engine going to be to some boost?

Going forced induction will probably not be cheap - i.e £3-£5k

[redcar]

M42 has quite a high compression ratio to turbo nicely.
Would probably need differing pistons and rods to reduce the CR before boostings it.

[Duke137]

Buy that 2.8 in the for sale section off Nick, job done.

[cecotto_singh]

Buy my cossie conversion. Give u power that will blow away most cars on the road. At bargain price aswell!

[coze30]

Ive got a complet supercharger kit for £2000 bolt on if u superchargeing it will make it fast to tel:07938957642

[law99]

I've read that this company can do it for you. http://www.gkdsportscars.com/index.html

And it is rumoured to be around the £2000+ mark.

Believe this is my first post here.... be nice to hear what people think of this. There is a thread on it here: http://www.bimmerforums.co.uk/forum/f81 ... r-t115552/.

I'm thinking of looking for a an e30 318is next year. Possibly would go to GKD if it is worth it.

[jonesy318]

If you do a conversion and want to sell the m42 set up let me know....