BMW 318IS Turbo

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Post Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:29 am

intresting that, they dont seem to make much horse power with the turbo IS i would have though 200bhp would be easy :?

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Post Tue Dec 26, 2006 12:25 pm

i just dont see the point in spending £000's on turboing a small engine just to have less power than the basic 325.doesnt make sense to me :?
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Post Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:30 pm

I thort a 325 made 177bhp???? they claim 182....... and its only runnin 5.5psi, lots of room for improvment surely?!
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Post Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:33 pm

wernt it 172? (325)

but some engines take well to turbos others dont but its pretty impressive with 5.5psi
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Post Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:45 pm

its talking about e36's not e30's.
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Post Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:47 pm

fuzzy wrote:its talking about e36's not e30's.
I knew that and i thnk the e36 was 192
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Post Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:51 pm

maxfield wrote:
fuzzy wrote:its talking about e36's not e30's.
I knew that and i thnk the e36 was 192
why did you say "wernt it 172?(325)" if you knew it was about e36's then?
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Post Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:52 pm

i was one about e30s in that posyt
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Post Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:56 pm

why? theres nothing about e30's anywhere.your spelling and grammer is terrible considering you have just left school max,or have you been at the alchopops again? :D
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Post Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:58 pm

still at school got a few months to go i've had a bad day and a few beers none of that pussy shit for me :D
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Post Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:00 pm

maxfield wrote:still at school got a few months to go i've had a bad day and a few beers none of that pussy shit for me :D
straight on the hard stuff eh? thats what i like to hear :D
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Post Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:01 pm

Anyone know how much a kit like that would be?


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Post Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:03 pm

fuzzy wrote: straight on the hard stuff eh? thats what i like to hear :D
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probably cheaper then alcopops to get pissed anyway

plus it tastes nicer
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Post Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:12 am

there was some on who posted on a thread i started abit back (project m42 turbo) who got 300bhp from the M42 in a e30 but cost about 7k. 8O
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Post Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:21 pm

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That's a lot of paper!!!


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Post Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:18 am

they using a small turbo though.