How much £ to turbo a 3.25i

[Chase007]

Hello i have been seeing people that have been putting a turbo lump in there rides and i wud like to know how much £ money it will cost to do i have some engineering know how and my mate who is my mechanic is an official BMW mechanic so i wud like to know the £ on people who have done it themselves and a the £ on people that have taken it to a performance garage. Cheers Zonners!!

[maxfield]

Depends how much power you want.

I would look at brakes and suspension before a turbo though.

[Jhonno]

how long is a piece of string?

[Colonel Sanders]

how long is a piece of string?

exactly,
think i have spent so far with turbo conversion, brakes, bushes ect, around the 8-9k mark, but i have gone overboard with everything. still need to do the bodywork.
it could be done for around a grand depending on how handy you are. you could get around 250hp.
this is what i was meant to do, but the bug bit me....

[fowler]

8-9K jesus far too much for a reasonable set-up i would say the average is about 3K yet again as Mr Jhonno(Dan) says how long is piece of string.
it all comes down to budget

[Colonel Sanders]

i went well overboard with mine,thats a full engine rebuild too with new rods and pistons. bought nearly everything new, and all the expensive stuff.
but there are lots of things if i had done my homework better i could have saved a shed load of money..

[Chase007]

i went well overboard with mine,thats a full engine rebuild too with new rods and pistons. bought nearly everything new, and all the expensive stuff.
but there are lots of things if i had done my homework better i could have saved a shed load of money..

Hey saving money i like the sound of that can u give me a few tips i just want more Bhp turbo or not but if i did look at fitting a turbo i wud be looking at £1k at the most and thats pushing it i'm a family man you see and she will not let me go wild i have everything else done on this car now its time to work on the engine.

[Ant]

Sorry fella, but a 1K turbo setup is a joke.

I spent £1500 on my 1st one, ECU and turbo bought new, everything else made from scratch, all spannered by me.

Expect to pay in excess of 3K for a fitted RELIABLE setup, using BRANDED turbo not XS-Power Ebay shite

in short, with the available £Â£Ã‚£ its a pipe dream....

Harsh, maybe, but true....

[Chase007]

Sorry fella, but a 1K turbo setup is a joke.

I spent £1500 on my 1st one, ECU and turbo bought new, everything else made from scratch, all spannered by me.

Expect to pay in excess of 3K for a fitted RELIABLE setup, using BRANDED turbo not XS-Power Ebay shite

in short, with the available £Â£Ã‚£ its a pipe dream....

Harsh, maybe, but true....

Cool what path shall i take to get more BHP then stuff that will make a big difference?

[fuzzy]

can a m30 3.5 swap be done for under a grand? 218bhp from the box.

[stonesie]

If you are very lucky and handy on the spanners/wireing you could possibly do an M50/52 swap for that too, but the car would also be faster A-B if you spent that £1K on suspension, brakes, bushes and makeing sure that the engine you have is healthy...

[dom-1984-320i]

can a m30 3.5 swap be done for under a grand? 218bhp from the box.

I want that one!

[Chase007]

Sounds good!

[fowler]

do the m50 swap its a better swap IMHO car has not got a boat anchor in the front