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    Posted: 01 Nov 2014 at 9:13pm
I have been asked by Andre, the ever helpful parts manager at Sandal BMW Huddersfield if anyone in the club has any experience of fitting a supercharger to a 635Csi. He has a customer who has successfully converted it from Auto to manual, and the next stage is to fit a turbo charger. If you have any experience and woul like to assist, please let me know by PM and I will put you in touch.
One club member some 10 tears back, who was a regular at the Croft and other track days, did it, but I cannot remember his name. He had a Dolphin Grey M635 and slick tyres, but my aged memory will just not recall his name. Does anyone else know?
Nick has just said he was called Ron, was a steel erector from Rickmansworth and worked on roller coasters? Still cannot bring him to mind

Ron something, cant remember his last name

Would make a great article for the magazine if it comes off.Smile


Edited by Howard - 01 Nov 2014 at 9:17pm
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Sorry Howard but do you mean a supercharger or a turbocharger as they are different things?

If it's a turbocharger, then BMW turbo'd the six cylinder for their 745i model in SA.

I don't know if anyone has ever supercharged one though.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Cabrio Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 Nov 2014 at 9:52pm
There are supercharger kits from USA some people have fitted to E46 M3 but not really a fan
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Howard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 Nov 2014 at 10:02pm
Its an old E24 from the 1980s, so I doubt that the newer kit would fit the older engine, which is why I called it a Supercharger.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1968_AMX_blown_and_tubbed_e.jpg
for a sample.
Turbo chargers are as described on this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbocharger
Sorry if the links are not live, but one of my plug ins seems to have crashed.
Should work in a browser though.


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Guess worth asking the guys on E24 register or Kos as he works with the modified register and owns an E24
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Old or new engine super charger and turbo charges are the same

Turbos run of the exhaust

Superchargers are belt driven

Marcel with the turbo charged e28 is the man to help should he want to get involved.

Not wanting to put a downer on this but converting from auto to manual is a walk in the park compared to forced induction. The costs spiral out of control and there are many things to consider. Personally I'd look at putting an s38 or s62 in the car.
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