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Forced Induction useful links, Pease add...
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:54 pm
by Jon_Bmw
Bmw 325 turbos:
http://www.jdturbocharging.com/4436.html
http://www.bimmerjim.com
...The above two sites are pretty much DIY guides on how to turbocharge the m20 engine effectively showing some of the mishaps along the way. Both sites are a very good read!
Other turbo sites to get the principals of turbocharging:
http://www.beesandgoats.com/boostfaq/g2icturbo.html
...The above site is VERY comprehensive about turbocharging a honda, a very interesting read.
http://www.homemadeturbo.com/
...Despite the lovely picture on the home page this is about turbocharging not girls sprawled on desks

Got a good forum, lots of knowledge on the board, but mainly jap crap turbocharging.
http://members.shaw.ca/turbofiero/fmu.htm
... A quick explanation about FMU(fuel management units) and RRFPR(rising rate fuel pressure regulators).
A Bmw turbo forum which i know some of you visit:
http://www.e30tech.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=35
Good info there...they are the daddies on Megasquirt.
ANY MORE USEFUL LINKS PLEASE POST THEM...
Whether is Bmw turbos, superchargers, non bmw turbos, any force fed link is welcome!
The more info/links we collate the more we'll learn about doing it properly!
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:02 pm
by Ant
Visit those sites @ your peril people, you'll have to go the FI route

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:16 pm
by E30Adam
I'm gonna sticky this thread, good call Jon
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:07 pm
by Karan
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:36 am
by CiLK_WuRM
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:57 pm
by Turbo-Brown
This site's handy as it's got all Eatons flow maps on it:
http://www.automotive.eaton.com/product ... argers.asp
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 1:54 pm
by 320Touring
Here's a company that can supply custom made Intercoolers....
may be useful if clearances are an issue?!
http://www.allardturbosport.co.uk/pages ... RCOOLERS-6
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 2:10 pm
by buster
a few controllers.
not tried any but look good
boost retard
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/catalogue ... DE=LUMEMS6
extra injector control
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/catalogue ... rom=search
Turbo engine management,allows to run 12 psi on standard comp ratio
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/catalogue ... rom=search
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:23 pm
by deano325t
I found this useful for finding which turbo goes on which car.
or which car has what turbo (is there a difference?)
http://www.turbomaster.info/eng/
you can search b part number or car
I used it to find out what the "E-BAY" turbo`s were off when buying mine
Dean
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:33 pm
by e30_Turbo
http://www.rceng.com/technical.htm#WORKSHEET
Handy chart for working out which injectors you need for the desired power level.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:09 pm
by Turbo-Brown
Ooh, here are some handy sites
http://not2fast.wryday.com/turbo/maps/
Some of the maps are hand drawn, but probably still usable.
This one is probably of more interest:
http://turbocalculator.com/sale-garrett.php
They have some flow maps available but more improtantly, check out the prices!
E.g. for a 0.63 AR T3 turbo, they charge $459 which works out at Ԛ£253 (XE convertor) which means that even with VAT, that's only Ԛ£297. Even if you had to add a ton for shipping, you're still looking at less than Ԛ£400!
Think you'd be hard pushed to get one reconditioned over here for that!
Also, check out the beast at the bottom of the Garrett GT Turbos page. Who else wants "up to 2000bhp" ?!
Think when mine fail, I'll go for a pair of GT28R jobbies which weigh in at about Ԛ£1k. Mmmmmmm ball bearing turbos
Enjoy!

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:15 am
by lentec
Wow cant belive i only just found this
http://www.fefcholden.org.au/techinfo/s ... index.html
loads of info on supercharging

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:36 am
by WillG
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:58 pm
by e30bb
useful retailer.uk.fittings etc.
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:47 pm
by gcorky
Re: useful retailer.uk.fittings etc.
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:20 pm
by Turbo-Brown
If anyone wants to make up their own M20 manifold, follow this link and click on BMW to download a free copy of a CAD file that can be used by a laser cutter to make cylinder head flanges.
There are terms and conditions (nothing onerous) but I do
NOT expect to see people using this to make them selves any money!
www.air-in.co.uk
Re: useful retailer.uk.fittings etc.
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:58 am
by mybmw6
Re: useful retailer.uk.fittings etc.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:30 am
by SpeedX
yep tried it twice myself.
shame as i was interested in this!
Re: useful retailer.uk.fittings etc.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 2:14 pm
by Jon_Bmw
I had a look at this a while ago and noticed that they were unfortunatly dead. I did have a very quick look for a direct replacements but I couldn't find it. So its not really the mods problem as it doesn't exist

Re: useful retailer.uk.fittings etc.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:15 am
by Jamese30
Good one for stainless steel hoseclips: -
Pisces Engineering
01786 870014
www.pisces-aqua.co.uk
It is an aquatics place but the hoseclips are completely stainless (including the worm) and very reasonably priced and staff are very helpful. I used them for my 2.7 rebuild.
Re: useful retailer.uk.fittings etc.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:59 pm
by Turbo-Brown
Awesome, cheers dude

Re: useful retailer.uk.fittings etc.
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:15 pm
by isTURBO
Any other DIY 325i M20 turbo conversion guides out there.
Cheers

Re: useful retailer.uk.fittings etc.
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:49 pm
by TheKoose
Excellent site
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:03 pm
by dirty30
This is a great UK site for Turbo BMWs
http://www.bimmerforums.co.uk
Re: Excellent site
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:04 am
by gareth
i stumbled across this the other day.
covers a lot of BMW's but is worth a rummage through for inspiration
http://www.boostjunky.com/index.html
Re: Excellent site
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:30 pm
by iXer_SE
Here's the link to the FAQ of which I'm responsible:
http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3237
The old e30tech link in the first post is dead, the last forum upgrade changed things around.
Re: Excellent site
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:12 pm
by Gunni
Oil pressure adapter for most bmw engines to work as a oil feed port.
M12x1.5mm male and female with a 1/8th female NPT port. - LMA052
M12x1.5mm male and female with a M10 female port. - LMA052/m
Spacing might be required to adjust the location of the port to work with a oil feed line when screwed into the oil filter housing or M20 block.
available on ebay and here -
http://www.lmaperformance.com/products-guages.html
M50 vanos oil feed: Get a double length Banjo bolt to replace the single length vanos oil feed, then buy your oil feed line with a M14 banjo fitting.