m30 supercharged?

[alan335i]

just started the 3.5 transplant on my 325i sport and was wondering has anybody ever run the m30 with a supercharger?can this be done and if so what mods would it need, also i seen a 635i in a mag that was bored out to 3.6 ,any one know where you would source pistons for this.

[Andy335Touring]

I've not heard of one being done but a Jag V8 S/C would make nice power i guess ?

For pistons you will probobly have to look in the 'states ?

http://www.metricmechanic.com/index.html

Not going to be cheap though

[Ant]

no reason why it couldn't work, a Turbocharged M30 is quite a weapon

not sure how much space would be avail up front to add a 10 rib drive belt though , nothing taking a hammer and massaging the bulhead wouldn't cure

As for the 3.6, never looked into a cap increase on the big 6 myself, certainly given the stretch an M20 will take, its entirely feasable, just need to find the right combo of parts

Sounds like a nice project dude,

[gareth]

spadge told me he had a supercharged 535i once

in the (very) long term, i'd like to fit a jag or merc blower to mine and run it on LPG, just to be awkward!

[SPADGE]

Indeed i did Gareth
Proper 'sleeper' that was complete with plush brown velour seats and a lovely golden shine
Only a small blower but iirc it had a rolling road print-out with 270 ish hp

[DieselMeister]

How much £ for a T on the M30 then Ant? And what figures?

[gareth]

back in the day when you had fleets of fords, not fleets of bmw's!!!

[alan335i]

was that 270bhp running with a standard motor or any tuning on it spadge,seen a few chargers off merc kompressers on ebay anyone know if one of these would do or would you need one of a car with the same engine cc.

[oze30]

I think CA have started doing ess chargers or sthing similar