3dr to and E30 M3??

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Sep 5, 2008 | 05:45 PM

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Sep 5, 2008 | 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Rainbird

Yes, but I haven't heard from him since July (I'll drop him a mail now to see how he is getting on

!). He still seems to want to go for the 2.7 litre crank to achieve 425bhp

, but is in a quandry on who to give the task to, as he is still concerned about the usual suspects being up to the job of producing a crank that will be exactly as he wishes (and it is a big investment, as he is having several made

Mike. FYI John owns www.s14power.com. He's on there a lot. His 2.7 Litre Build thread is at http://board.s14power.com/showthread.php?t=4477

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Originally Posted by Garage19

That conversion didn't cost alot at all. £1200 ish.

Caused a real stir on S14.net. They claimed it just couldn't be done.

But, that doesnt account for any labour. Betwen me and the chap that owned the car we have a fair set of in house skills so thats what kept it cheap.

You will need 3 inch exhaust, new management, intercooler, pipework, and exhaust manifold plus HG fitted.

To be fair to the guys there Martin, you were one of the first guys to do a "cheap" (not meant derogatively) Turbo conversion. And a lot of the users there are check-book modifiers. They wouldnt be able to manufacture parts like you can. Shame how the car ended up. As I said at the time. Glad you walked from that.

Speaking with a fairly strong bias.

Im not going to sit here and say they are fast. They arent. Especially if you are used to Whizz-bang. But I like them and to me at least it does teach you drive properly. I.e. To maintain corner speed. But bear in mind that even a SportEvo is now 17 years old. And technology is always evolving.

As a final thought. Go to the ring. How many M3's are there. Even a E92 isnt super fast, but they outnumber Cossies massively. Must be some reason for that

Last edited by Rich_w; Sep 6, 2008 at 05:01 PM.