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You're right, but my wallet doesn't. That TT "Volvette" is pretty inspring, though.

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TT LT1 then :y

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are you good at soldering? because we turbo'd a '87 jetta running a megasquirt system. I think older BMW's had they're computers made by the same company, i.e. the sensor resistance values should be similar, probably have to change them anyway.
Megasquirt FTW

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ya i belive they have motronic? engine managment like some vw's. ya megasquirt looks like one of the few options.

and whoevers friend that said the motors are fragile like hondas, i dont know, sounds like guy doesnt know what hes talking about. the 2.5l I6 is a thicker walled version of the 2.8, with strong factory pistons, so ive been told by a man that specializes in boosting german autos. (mostly vw), and the engines are known to go for a long time, he actually said the 2.5l (M52?) is a great motor for boost. ive also been told to avoid newer motors with VANOS, i think its some type of variable valve timing thing, i guess they sell kits to remove it.

i know what you mean about people spending 6k on turbo kits, thats mostly what my searches end in, or just as spendy super charger kits. its a differnt crowd mostly that owns bmws, if every other kid had one there would probly be way more boosted ones and cheap parts

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how

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http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

in the part that says Domain put in "homemadeturbo.com" its pretty simple ;)

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whats up with this

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might have to give one of these bad boys a test http://cgi.ebay.com/BMW-E36-323i-325...QQcmdZViewItem

they cant possibly have sold to many.. i wouldnt think


http://www.xs-power.co.uk/assets/active/3/241_small.jpg

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/92-99...spagenameZWD1V
looks like same ---- no ssauto badge

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http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/index.php

Start reading. The BMW scene is interesting, the amount of low buck gangsta set ups is growing but most people will still drop 6K on a kit. Pretty much everyone puts in a new HG and ARP studs. I don't think anyone has run a SSAC manifold long enough to know if it lasts but there out there. Depending on the stock exhaust manifold the car has, people have been making oem topmounts w/some sch40. And for managment, mega squirt is you best option unless you wanna spend the $$ on emanage/aem/ect.

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I agree. Nothin wrong with gansta setups...You dont need a ton of money to make it right. I am thinking of doing a gansta setup on my is300. I have not seen too many people doing that with this car or bmws but some are catching the feva.