turboing an is engine

[tomtomtom]

is there some easy bodgy way of turboing an is on hardly any money? using rs turbo turbo or something? i've been watching videos of turbo'd e30's with a hard on!! i've got a spare engine it'd be cool to experiment on. what would it involve?
cheers

[bazza93]

have a word with ant ( thats his username )

[Gunni]

an M42 isn´t going to be easy to turbo compared to most.

[appletree]

Theres been alot of people talking about this for ages but no one realy seams to do anything. The main problem with the IS is the reasonable high CR 10.1 having said that i'am running 8-10 psi on standard internals with noprobs.

some people in the states on the M42club.com have done abit more work and have got good results but those builds have been more no expense spared but a supose you could use theres a model and then substitute the bits you can get hold of that are close to there spec.

the other issue is the manifold, 666fab do one but i think its for a LHD.

[tomtomtom]

cheers for that, what specs yours? i bet thats a pisser with 205 brake!

[appletree]

just standard IS engine with a supercharger off a Mini Cooper S

[bubba]

how much will it cost to supercharge my 318is and what does yours drive like after the conversion ? cheers

[steven1505]

seen ur charged iS at santapod i duno if u rember talkin to me it done a realy good time level with a e30 m3 rite ?

[appletree]

Thats rite i was at the pod, i went up agianst a e36 318 compact.

havent seen any of the M3 times to see how mine compares!


My set up has cost me around £1500 the biggest part was the emerald ECU.

to pay some one to do a conversion would be alot more as all the machineing and welding was done by me so there was no labour to anyone else apart from when dave walker set it up!