eBay Turbo Kit for E30 325i

[KJF8S]

Hey guys and girls

Now I had a search of the forum and couldnt see anything on this but apologies in advance if this has been talked about.

So has anyone brought this kit or know of anyone who has?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400230303794? ... 1679wt_689

I'm not massively clued up on Turbo'd 325's so any help or information would be much appreciated.

Kev

[suedenim]

I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole personally and I know little about doing a turbo install. All of that kit brand new for £750 , none of it being branded leads me to think it was made in China. The photos say Toyosport:

www.toyosports.co.uk

The turbo - T3/T4 which I guess is supposed to be a Garrett costs £147, genuine would be £900+
S/S Manifold is £130

I'm sure if fitted it will make all the turbo noises, followed by oil and water pissing from every component, possibly a bang and the sound of the contents of a cuttlery drawer on a spin cycle.

[randomspeedfreak]

I'm sure if fitted it will make all the turbo noises, followed by oil and water pissing from every component, possibly a bang and the sound of the contents of a cuttlery drawer on a spin cycle.

hahahahaa

[e301988325i]

buy cheap buy twice, steer well clear!

[ross2009]

the only thing thats good for is throwing in a skip

buy proper gear and buy it once

[redcar]

It appears that 5 of them have sold.

[ross2009]

It appears that 5 of them have sold.

unlucky them 700 odd quid wasted money then

[KJF8S]

Thank god for an honest forum!! I've only have NA or Charged cars and with this being my first BM I'm finding myself doing a LOT of googling ex: engine codes, boxes, diffs and I'm not gonna lie it's a mine field!

Does anyone have a link or something to guide me towards the best way to turbo my 325......

Thanks again all really appreciate this btw.

[ross2009]

there's isn't really any guides but look tho the forced induction section and the m20 section there's a few on there been done including mine or look tho my photo bucket might give you an idea

[blingsta]

a PROPER turbo install on a 325i will cost in the region of £5k, for a good reliable set up.. mine cost roughly that much and it was well worth it too.... made me everytime i drove it..

[ross2009]

the most important thing is cost how much you willin to spend?
can you do most of it ya self or are you going to get some body to do it for you??

blings right it's gonna cost any where between 3- 5k depending on if you do it ya self or not
I completely rebuilt my engine that cost me about 3.5k that's with out plumbing ,ecu ,turbo ,manifolds ,exhaust etc etc
but I did all mine my self the only 3 things I never done was change the exhaust valve guides weld the head and have it skimmed so I saved alot of money there but I've still spent thousands more

then don't forget you've got your brakes etc to upgrade with that sort of horse power gain your gonna need to stop
coz I'm telling ya when a turbo BMW get going its shifts pretty bloody quickly
it goes on and on
if your going to do it , do it properly but be prepared to dig in to ya pockets

[ross_jsy]

Have a good read through all this, will give you some idea of what's involved:

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74816

[ross2009]

Good write up that

[polsta]

maybe you could buy this, rip all the engine etc out or swap them over, and sell or break the car

least its all runing and you could test drive it

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170768862048? ... 1555.l2649

(im nothing to do with the car or owner its posted in the for sale section on here )

[ross2009]

i saw that

running 34 psi really ?????

[polsta]

i saw that

running 34 psi really ?????

he means the tyres

[ross2009]

lmao yeah sounds about right

[b12rlw]

think he's running an absoulute pressure gauge!!! kinda like it tho