can i put a turbo on my car?

chandler · #1 (**permalink**) 04-15-2002, 05:14 PM

turbos ? ? ?

Tnucu · #2 (**permalink**) 04-15-2002, 05:30 PM

well what kind of car do you have? engine? none of here are mind readers~

lqdpmp · #3 (**permalink**) 04-15-2002, 06:16 PM

He has a 1990 325i....hope this helps anyone assist him

lqdpmp · #4 (**permalink**) 04-15-2002, 06:28 PM

Speaking of Turbos, I have a M42 and was wondering where I would find a good turbo for my engine as well.

-shaun

Tnucu · #5 (**permalink**) 04-15-2002, 06:36 PM

yes you can turbo your car, www.kormanfastbmw.com has turbo kits for m20b25's they run about $5,000 dont expect alot of reliability from your engine after, every turboed m20 I've ever read about has had nightmarish issues with the poor overstressed headgasket...

Lowen · #6 (**permalink**) 04-15-2002, 06:42 PM

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Originally posted by lqdpmp
Speaking of Turbos, I have a M42 and was wondering where I would find a good turbo for my engine as well.

-shaun

currently there are no forced induction kits offered for the 318is but you can possibly supercharge it via the Downing Atlanta kit for the E36 cars...but it takes a large amount of work to retrofit this system.

elmercc · #7 (**permalink**) 04-15-2002, 08:00 PM

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Originally posted by Tnucu
yes you can turbo your car, www.kormanfastbmw.com has turbo kits for m20b25's they run about $5,000 dont expect alot of reliability from your engine after, every turboed m20 I've ever read about has had nightmarish issues with the poor overstressed headgasket...

Is the headgasket the only major issue with a turboed m20? Couldn't you get some sort of 'high performance' headgasket or something?

Kyle K. · #8 (**permalink**) 04-15-2002, 08:02 PM

bad idea to be turboing an engine that is 11+ years old and has 1XX,XXX miles on it.... a better performance mod would be a m50 swap... less than half the price and you get a new frickin motor

lqdpmp · #9 (**permalink**) 04-15-2002, 08:54 PM

So how much could you get from an M50 once completed?

chandler · #10 (**permalink**) 04-16-2002, 03:15 PM

where can i get an m50 how much and how much work? reliable horses?

lqdpmp · #11 (**permalink**) 04-16-2002, 03:21 PM

You can get a M50 at Aurora Autowrecking. They quoted me around 1100 for the engine and about 750 or so for the tranny. You would get about 180hp stock and it would add 80lbs.

-Shaun

E30racer · #12 (**permalink**) 04-16-2002, 10:00 PM

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Originally posted by lqdpmp
You can get a M50 at Aurora Autowrecking. They quoted me around 1100 for the engine and about 750 or so for the tranny. You would get about 180hp stock and it would add 80lbs.

-Shaun

So i would get 12hp at the cost of 80lbs
I here a lot about the m50 what does it have that my m20 doesnt because from ive been tolded u cant any thing worth while to an m20 so ive been thinkn about gettn a m50 but it would b great if i could get of list of the things that would make me want to do the swap thanks a lot

Kevin · #13 (**permalink**) 04-17-2002, 12:32 PM

http://www.bsmotor.com/

Digitalwave · #14 (**permalink**) 04-17-2002, 02:06 PM

Sure you only get a low ammount of HP gain from a stock M50 but they respond to mods like chips, intakes, exhausts, cams, etc. a lot better than M20s and turbo/supercharging kits are available in abundance for those engines.

E30racer · #15 (**permalink**) 04-17-2002, 02:49 PM

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Originally posted by lqdpmp
You can get a M50 at Aurora Autowrecking. They quoted me around 1100 for the engine and about 750 or so for the tranny. You would get about 180hp stock and it would add 80lbs.

-Shaun

Hey are these engines that aurora autowrecking brand new or used and what is there website