turbo on the 318ti

[ChItalian1027]

is it possible to put a turbo on the 318? what should i do with the radiator? turn it into the intercooler?

[DustenT]

Originally Posted by kickass95318ti

is it possible to put a turbo on the 318? what should i do with the radiator? turn it into the intercooler?

Errr....no.

Do a search for turbo on this site, you'll find some results. You will still need a radiator with a turbo, in fact you'll probably need a larger radiator to handle the additional heat.

Superchargers seem to work best on BMW motors, the few turbo kits out there are good starting points, but require additional work to get them tuned properly.

[jonchino]

exhaust header

http://www.neukin.com/bmwmanifolds.html

[GDB]

You're going to need to add an intercooler unless you like predetonation

and haven't you already asked this atleast once

[jonchino]

Originally Posted by GDB

You're going to need to add an intercooler unless you like predetonation

and haven't you already asked this atleast once

intake insulation is good for the heat!! heat shields
http://www.federal-mogul.com/vgn/ima...WebVersion.PDF
retard control timing, the msd dis-4 has it.... ebay has a few....
Also has a seperate retard for nitrous, thats right when you switch on the nitrous it retards the ignition..


I got this from MSD

"After viewing the wiring diagrams for your car the only MSD box that would work with your application is the msd DIS-4 the wiring diagrams can be found here-

http://www.msdignition.com/pdf/62112_62152_frm25956.pdf "

[AlaskaBlue]

when I was inquiring about that is the same box I was referred to. It looks super nice.

[GDB]

Originally Posted by jonchino

intake insulation is good for the heat!! heat shields
http://www.federal-mogul.com/vgn/ima...WebVersion.PDF
retard control timing, the msd dis-4 has it.... ebay has a few....
Also has a seperate retard for nitrous, thats right when you switch on the nitrous it retards the ignition..


I got this from MSD

"After viewing the wiring diagrams for your car the only MSD box that would work with your application is the msd DIS-4 the wiring diagrams can be found here-

http://www.msdignition.com/pdf/62112_62152_frm25956.pdf "

Heat insulation doesn't do jack when it's the turbo that's heating up the air. And you can only retard the timing so much. It's alot easier and smarter to just run an intercooler.

[jonchino]

whos running a turbo, i got a S/C
S/C loses power due to under the hood heat!!


go get some exhaust insulated wrap!
you retard much as you need

Why wouldn't run a intercooler with a turbo? thats just stupid!

who said dont use a intercooler?

[KetteringTi]

Who said don't use grammar rules, punctuation, and capitalization?

I really don't want to start a flame war, but please, for the sake of readers, a lil' more effort would be swell.

Thanks!

[316i compact]

Originally Posted by jonchino

exhaust header

http://www.neukin.com/bmwmanifolds.html

I don't like at all this manifold. The length of each cylinder pipe is very different and this no good

[ChItalian1027]

Originally Posted by DustenT

Errr....no.

Do a search for turbo on this site, you'll find some results. You will still need a radiator with a turbo, in fact you'll probably need a larger radiator to handle the additional heat.

Superchargers seem to work best on BMW motors, the few turbo kits out there are good starting points, but require additional work to get them tuned properly.

i should go with a supercharger? how much would a supercharger run me?

[jonchino]

Originally Posted by KetteringTi

Who said don't use grammar rules, punctuation, and capitalization?

I really don't want to start a flame war, but please, for the sake of readers, a lil' more effort would be swell.

Thanks!

You Crazy! Excuse me for not having good gramma. We people up here are wicked smat. All it mattas is we have 318ti cahs.
I think this is the first forum someone has said anything about grammar rules. It make me laugh. ha ha ha ha...

[pdxmotorhead]

The manifold on a Merkur xr4ti Is a log style and easily supports 500HP.

Tube length is not very important if all are less than a foot.
Especially driving a turbo which does not allow for much in the
way of scavenging due to gas speed.

As a matter of fact a log manifold would make fitting easier
I suspect... There aint much room in there....

Dave

[bullmand]

This has been done before. There was a kit available (Mosselman or something) and somebody on the Yahoo group tried this with a manifold from one of the turbo diesel models.

[davendeb]

whow babe - MERKUR!!!! -that's a blast from the past

Merkur - I prepped a few german ford capri V6 units when I was a about 20 years younger - rough runners, but gave corvettes a hell of time, and standard too - always wanted to do a Scorpio, but TOOO much $$$$$$$$$$$

D&D