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Cromanian
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Tue May 15, 2007 4:57 pm

Which would give my 325i sport a bit more poke
1) Power Boost Valve, 2) Supercharger
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Tue May 15, 2007 4:58 pm

not the electric jobbo off ebay

power boost valve will do f*ck all
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Tue May 15, 2007 5:00 pm

Turbo
Turbo
Turbo
Turbo
Turbo
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Tue May 15, 2007 5:01 pm

A few people have had problems with power boost valves, E30adam had a nasty engine fire due to one of those.

Do a search and you will find a fair bit on them
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Tue May 15, 2007 5:03 pm

tylerma wrote:Turbo
Turbo
Turbo
Turbo
Turbo
:roll: Here we go again!
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Tue May 15, 2007 5:08 pm

most random choice... some piece of bolt on shit, or a proper install job.. err
Got cable ties? Get diffin..

Arch roller for hire.

www.zeroexhausts.co.uk

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Tue May 15, 2007 5:11 pm

Yeah I think I'll stay away from the turbos, I'm looking for a nice easy job.

@maxfield - What supercharger would you recommended?
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Tue May 15, 2007 5:13 pm

Something like this:

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On a more serious note i know nothing about superchargers.

A supercharger and turbo will both be as complicated as each other
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Tue May 15, 2007 5:17 pm

A small bit of fabrication and who knows
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Tue May 15, 2007 5:18 pm

TBh I'd say a turbo installation is far easier than S/c as the space issues are not as bad.

With a turbo the main hurdles are: Manifold, Downpipe and intercooler

Supercharger: Mounting it, drive to the pulley, piping to either an intercooler use a laminova cooling system (I have learnt something from appletree's thread :lol:)


Turbo seems a much better way tbh
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Tue May 15, 2007 5:19 pm

Can anyone tell me if a pipercross viper will give more gains than a s50b32 swap please?
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Tue May 15, 2007 5:30 pm

Okay lads cheers, might consider it.
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Tue May 15, 2007 6:15 pm

Ziggy wrote:Can anyone tell me if a pipercross viper will give more gains than a s50b32 swap please?
Only if you oil it with 10w50.
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Tue May 15, 2007 6:37 pm

ya if it had'nt been for the lack of space and the fact that i did'nt want to pay the price for a one off manifold i think i would have gone turbo on my IS as for a 325 with less of a space worry i would depinatly go turbo although i see dips had a M90 superchargerd 325 in this months PBMW :D :twisted:
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Tue May 15, 2007 8:02 pm

Cromanian wrote:Which would give my 325i sport a bit more poke
1) Power Boost Valve, 2) Supercharger
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Sorry but........

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