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| Originally Posted by 318TIRD I'm new to the thread, I just got a 1996 318TI, and have been wondering who makes a supercharger kit for my car and what kind of gains I will be expecting?
Also what about a header or exhaust?
Thanks,
Cory J. |
The Downing Atlanta Supercharger kit is probably your best bet. It's easy to install, comes complete, and gives the ti the punch it needs. I researched options (supercharger, turbo, M3 motor swap) carefully before fitting the DASC to my ti - I went with the DASC because it seemed to me to be easier and more reliable than a turbo setup, and a lot easier than the M3 swap (especially by the time you get done playing with suspension, spindle, and drivetrain mods). I've run the DASC kit on my car for about 25-30k miles now without any problems...I highly recommend it.
Supersprint makes very nice headers, test pipes, and exhaust systems for the ti - the headers are very expensive though (like $800 or so). I believe Hammann also does full exhaust systems with headers - again, rediculously expensive (the header alone is over $1000)! You have several other more budget-friendly choices for performance exhaust though...look around (a lot of the time you can find them on classifieds listings on forums and in CCA mailers). I am running stock header and cat with a B&B Triflo stainless cat-back system......pretty happy with it so far, though one weld has begun to leak slightly after about 35k miles.
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