E30 newbie
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Hi and good day to all,
My story begins……So after a lot of time spend to revive my BMW e30, the car is finally up and running (Special thanks to the club members). My e30 model is a 316 registered in 1984; the standard engine was an M10 four cylinder engine with a capacity of 1.8L and uses carburetor fuel system. However somewhere back in 1995 the engine was changed with an M40B18, four cylinders SOHC engine that uses bosch motronic 1.3 fuel injector.On paper, the engine should produce around 112 horsepower and 134 Nm of torque; this is ample amount of power to pull the lightweight e30 316 body (2300lbs) with ease and fun. However, being the man that I am and almost all of us are, ample simply translate to “not enough”. After a lot of reading, and searching and reading… and some more reading… here are my options:1- Fabricate a turbocharger kit, use turbine from Japan engine, and fabricate a log manifold, custom piping, and intercooler.2- Install a supercharger, maybe a custom kit?3- Upgrade to a better engine, the most common conversion that I found people do (online) is convert to m50 engine either 2.0L or 2.5L version. If I am going to do this I would go for the 2.0L because of the cheaper road tax. Huhu…Problem is, a turbocharger kit would cost no less then Rm3000 (rough guess). I mean, A used turbo unit would cost rm500, the custom exhaust manifold around 1k, and add the cost of all piping, injectors, intercooler, mounts, BOV, piggybank ecu, etc2, the cost would be almost the same as an engine transplant, to me that is to much money for something that’s ‘just for fun’.Supercharging is a different story, I read that the Toyota SC12 supercharger, from 4age engine has been used to increase the power output of many engine, with little or no modification to the engine itself. I have read that an M20 engine boosted to about 8psi using the standard ecu, engine internal, etc2, and the owner said the car have been reliable.Well, I have this person who wants to sell his SC12 supercharger complete with crank pulley, intercooler and all the hose for RM400, I am thinking about buying it and fit it to my M40, now that would be a fun project don’t u think? Wonder if it will work.Here’s the plan, measure and custom made the mount for the supercharger, make sure the Supercharger align correctly with crank pulley. Then re route the air from the supercharger to the throttle body, maybe install a boost meter. I am thinking about low boost like 5psi max. Well, what does u think? Will it work? What will the power output be like? All the BMW expert out there please advice. Does anyone know…..?1- How is the correct air flow for the Supercharger? is ( air filter – supercharger – intercooler – AFM – throttle body – Intake manifold )… correct?2- What is the original standard fuel pump capacity in lb/hour?3- What is the standard injector volume in cc?4- Where and how to fit the boost meter?5- What else will the setup need?Thanks in advance.
My story begins……So after a lot of time spend to revive my BMW e30, the car is finally up and running (Special thanks to the club members). My e30 model is a 316 registered in 1984; the standard engine was an M10 four cylinder engine with a capacity of 1.8L and uses carburetor fuel system. However somewhere back in 1995 the engine was changed with an M40B18, four cylinders SOHC engine that uses bosch motronic 1.3 fuel injector.On paper, the engine should produce around 112 horsepower and 134 Nm of torque; this is ample amount of power to pull the lightweight e30 316 body (2300lbs) with ease and fun. However, being the man that I am and almost all of us are, ample simply translate to “not enough”. After a lot of reading, and searching and reading… and some more reading… here are my options:1- Fabricate a turbocharger kit, use turbine from Japan engine, and fabricate a log manifold, custom piping, and intercooler.2- Install a supercharger, maybe a custom kit?3- Upgrade to a better engine, the most common conversion that I found people do (online) is convert to m50 engine either 2.0L or 2.5L version. If I am going to do this I would go for the 2.0L because of the cheaper road tax. Huhu…Problem is, a turbocharger kit would cost no less then Rm3000 (rough guess). I mean, A used turbo unit would cost rm500, the custom exhaust manifold around 1k, and add the cost of all piping, injectors, intercooler, mounts, BOV, piggybank ecu, etc2, the cost would be almost the same as an engine transplant, to me that is to much money for something that’s ‘just for fun’.Supercharging is a different story, I read that the Toyota SC12 supercharger, from 4age engine has been used to increase the power output of many engine, with little or no modification to the engine itself. I have read that an M20 engine boosted to about 8psi using the standard ecu, engine internal, etc2, and the owner said the car have been reliable.Well, I have this person who wants to sell his SC12 supercharger complete with crank pulley, intercooler and all the hose for RM400, I am thinking about buying it and fit it to my M40, now that would be a fun project don’t u think? Wonder if it will work.Here’s the plan, measure and custom made the mount for the supercharger, make sure the Supercharger align correctly with crank pulley. Then re route the air from the supercharger to the throttle body, maybe install a boost meter. I am thinking about low boost like 5psi max. Well, what does u think? Will it work? What will the power output be like? All the BMW expert out there please advice. Does anyone know…..?1- How is the correct air flow for the Supercharger? is ( air filter – supercharger – intercooler – AFM – throttle body – Intake manifold )… correct?2- What is the original standard fuel pump capacity in lb/hour?3- What is the standard injector volume in cc?4- Where and how to fit the boost meter?5- What else will the setup need?Thanks in advance.
