2002

///02bmw325i/// · #1 (**permalink**) 08-20-2004, 06:18 PM

here on vacation and i've seen several 2002s and they were all great, one of them was a turbo. VERY fast. also very loud. also wondering if anyone knows of a company making a turbo kit for an 02. thanks. just curious about that because this guy said something about a kit he had that i could not pronounce, nor even try to spell

OldSkoolBmw · #2 (**permalink**) 08-21-2004, 12:21 AM

Couple of turbo kits were made... nothing in production today... callaway made one back in the 80's to work with the L-jet 320i engines.. it was crap.. stock turbo car was fast but crap reliability wise.. back before they had wastegates.. get yourself a standalone EFI.. a 318i intake.. some injectors... a high pressure fuel pump... a return line... some pipeing... and either a factory 2002 turbo manifold or www.bmw2002.com has a new TCD one for $450.. then you could get 225hp reliably out of one... couple people have done it now... and instead of standalone... you could go with the efi setup off a merkur xr4ti... cheaper but more work... look at 3-4k in parts alone to turbo one....

///02bmw325i/// · #3 (**permalink**) 08-21-2004, 09:39 PM

damn thanks

s_ribbens · #4 (**permalink**) 10-17-2004, 03:36 PM

Check out Top End Performance. They have turbo'd a number of 2002's. The biggest factor is price. You will have to run some sort of stand alone engine managment like TEC-3 as the 2002 doesn't have any sort of computer controlling the engine. If I remember correctly their website is www.racetep.com or www.race-tep.com (I can't remember, and didn't check). I had the oportunity to drive one of their 2002's (N/A) and it was spectacular! Talk to them and see what they can do for you.
Seth