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BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 6:16 pm
by finlay
hi all

just joined up, great site

i m new to the BMW scene

my question is can anyone pass on some recomended BMW tuners in the UK

cheers

Finlay

Re: BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 6:16 pm
by E30BeemerLad
Got anything specific in mind? i.e turbo

What car?

Re: BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 6:18 pm
by maxfield
A-Tech, Custom cars - Both are on here.

Bexley Motorwerks, ETA, Geoff Steel racing, just off the top of my head.

Re: BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 6:26 pm
by fuzzy
roughly were are you located?

Re: BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 6:53 pm
by finlay
hi all, i m up in Aberdeen, NE Scotland

i m thinking of 3.2 EVO into E30, then hi comp, headwork/cams etc might go down turbo route if i can fit one in

so i need a tuner who can supply all parts along with advice etc

any links to the websites of the tuners would be great

cheers

Re: BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 7:26 pm
by pacerpete
finlay wrote:hi all, i m up in Aberdeen, NE Scotland

i m thinking of 3.2 EVO into E30, then hi comp, headwork/cams etc might go down turbo route if i can fit one in

so i need a tuner who can supply all parts along with advice etc

any links to the websites of the tuners would be great

cheers

Sounds like you will need a friendly bank manager as well ! 8O

Re: BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 8:44 pm
by Jhonno
finlay wrote:hi all, i m up in Aberdeen, NE Scotland

i m thinking of 3.2 EVO into E30, then hi comp, headwork/cams etc might go down turbo route if i can fit one in

so i need a tuner who can supply all parts along with advice etc

any links to the websites of the tuners would be great

cheers
Feeling flush?!

Just getting the engine in is 6k DIY.. Then turbo kits are 5k..

Do you actually know much about the S50 lump or just throwing tuning words about?

Re: BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 8:56 pm
by Andyboy
finlay wrote:hi all, i m up in Aberdeen, NE Scotland

i m thinking of 3.2 EVO into E30, then hi comp, headwork/cams etc might go down turbo route if i can fit one in

so i need a tuner who can supply all parts along with advice etc

any links to the websites of the tuners would be great

cheers
Bloom Meister Mark 2! :D

Re: BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 6:23 am
by finlay
Jhonno wrote:
finlay wrote:hi all, i m up in Aberdeen, NE Scotland

i m thinking of 3.2 EVO into E30, then hi comp, headwork/cams etc might go down turbo route if i can fit one in

so i need a tuner who can supply all parts along with advice etc

any links to the websites of the tuners would be great

cheers
Feeling flush?!

Just getting the engine in is 6k DIY.. Then turbo kits are 5k..

Do you actually know much about the S50 lump or just throwing tuning words about?
Jesus !!, 6K for DIY converssion, i didnt realise it was that kind of cost

like i said before i m new to the BMW world but have always wanted to do this converssion as i love the E30

could you breakdown the costing for me ?,

i though it would just be a case of get a 3.2 donor for around 3or4K and swapping everything over, obviously there will be mods that i will have to do on the running ger and drive train and most prob some chassis alterations

any more info would be much appriciated

cheers

Re: BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 6:33 am
by buzz6353
Catch up with some of the guys around your area there is a few in and around aberdeen they will help you with advise if they can

Re: BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:00 am
by Jhonno
It is difficult to breakdown the costing.. But it been done a fair few times on here now, and it always come out around the 6k mark, and that is DIY..

You would be looking at about £8-10k for someone to do it for you and supply

Re: BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:05 am
by fuzzy
bigpimpin , also from aberdeen, could be worth getting in touch with as he did this conversion. but the £6G price tag id say is a conservative estimate......

Re: BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 3:46 pm
by finlay
yea, i ve been thinking about the 6K and its prob about right when you consider all the little extas, i ve just finished building a hayabusa powered kitcar and came in 3K over the original budget 8O 8O lol

thanks for the in put guys, some food for thought

cheers

Re: BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 3:48 pm
by fuzzy
although if your doing it yourself thats a big chunk of labour charges saved. the labour only charge for mine was £2600 8O

Re: BMW Tuners in the UK

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 5:08 pm
by BadDave
As Fuzzy has already said
Why not drop Sandy(bigpimpin) a PM
He's done the conversion already and could advise accordingly