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[billgatese30]

how GREAT is this section gonna be

[Simon]

Nooooooo

BMW's and turbo's are wrong!

[Karan]

noooooooooo bmws are strong engines that can handle turbos.....

Karan

[Simon]

noooooooooo bmws are strong engines that don't need turbos.....

Karan

Well said Karan!!









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[Zayyan]

As I said BMW have done turbo in the past and they will in the future

And as Karan said the engines are more than capable anyway.

Surprised there's actually a section for it though, I thought only a handful of people were into turboing their E30s

What do people reckon to a turbo 316i?

[Karan]

What do people reckon to a turbo 316i?

better of with a stock m20....

although a turbo m10 lump would be the nuts and its been done by loadsa ppl....

[Lordschleife]

noooooooooo bmws are strong engines that can handle turbos.....

Karan

Oh they can, but BMW choose not to for reasons of drivability, etc etc & also prefering technical excellence, over just slapping a turbo on, to get the power
Same reasons Gordon Murray didnt want a turbo in the McLaren F1

But then on the other hand a turbo bimmer would be an awful lot of fun

[Simon13]

Me likes turbo too

[Ant]

I like them a lot, always missed the turbo rush even with the silky six pot howling

this new section is on trial, we'll bin it if she dont work out, I'm gonna dig out the tubo and blower threads and move them here, all our eggs in one basket

[jmc330i]

This section is a great idea.

Ive seen other forums with a section dedicated to turbo, blower and nitrous and it does seem to be getting more popular with BMW owners.

Ive been thinking about what to do with my old M20

[hoshy]

nice one. great idea to have this section.

let's not forget the superchargers though folks. they're a great way to mod a car and very British.

I've not been in many turbo cars and never even driven one but I reckon twin turbo is ok but all these "phat" high boost chav turbos are just gay.

[Turbo-Brown]

Well, forced induction certainly seems to arouse a lot of interest from people so a section dealing with people projects and experiences on the subject is a good idea IMO

Of course I'm biased!

I am however tired of people telling me that I need "turbo pistons" and a 2:1 compression ratio otherwise my engine will definately melt. So if this section can highlight what's possible and what's not ... well, good thing!

[Adam318i]

Ive only been in 1 Turbo car and that was a Mistubishi 3000GTO Twin Turbo that was quite quick

Is a Farrari 355 a turbo?

Adam

[billgatese30]

nope, jsut noramlly aspirated i think

[matt535]

Yep the ferrari 355 was n/a however a tuning company called koenig did turbo conversions of a few ferraris and the 355 got 2, better aero-dynamics etc and around 600bhp nice! I tried to find their site but it seems to have gone.

[Adam318i]

Well even if it didnt have a turbo is was seriously quick

[Sjoerd320i]

Yep the ferrari 355 was n/a however a tuning company called koenig did turbo conversions of a few ferraris and the 355 got 2, better aero-dynamics etc and around 600bhp nice! I tried to find their site but it seems to have gone.

have you ever seen a F50 koenig twin turbo?

[matt535]

Yeah but only in photos and on their website, which i cant find at the mo!