Supercharged M3's?

[tony]

Anyone know much about them? I'm talking the E46 body style. Trying to get a feel for what I want to do next and there was a Supercharged BMW M3 that caught my attention. I checked Dinans website and their kit is like $20k :eek: And puts out around 423hp, not sure if thats crank or to the wheels either.

I know stock M3's dyno around 280 so I'm sure 423 would be pretty nice if its to the wheels.

[yudalicious]

they're expensive

[1000cckiller]

Anyone know much about them? I'm talking the E46 body style. Trying to get a feel for what I want to do next and there was a Supercharged BMW M3 that caught my attention. I checked Dinans website and their kit is like $20k :eek: And puts out around 423hp, not sure if thats crank or to the wheels either.

I know stock M3's dyno around 280 so I'm sure 423 would be pretty nice if its to the wheels.crank hp

[GTScoob]

I've heard of them blowing up a lot at high rpms.

A boosted M3 with supporting suspension mods would be a fun drive but all the parts would be very expensive.

[tony]

I've done some research and there are cheaper kits, didnt know the M3 rods are forged.. with the high compression they're running around 5psi and putting down over 400whp. Strange thing is you dont see many Supercharged M3's running in the 11's regardless of horsepower.

[fight club]

i would reccommend goin back to the G :) lol. ive heard nice things and bad things. i have heard that the car will blow in high revss,and such. rode in a sc one it pulled nicely, i dont think the dinan kit is worht 20k tho. lol. tony, hold out for gtr HAHA

[tony]

i would reccommend goin back to the G :) lol. ive heard nice things and bad things. i have heard that the car will blow in high revss,and such. rode in a sc one it pulled nicely, i dont think the dinan kit is worht 20k tho. lol. tony, hold out for gtr HAHA


Yeah I probably will.. I've given up on the GT-R because of the direction they're going in with that car. Love the new G but I know it'll be a couple of years before there is any forced induction offered for it.. dunno I'll figure it out soon I'm sure.

[fight club]

hasha, well the engine is the same as older one isnt it? if so, kits shouldnt be too far off... what u mean by direction on gtr?

**sorry for the thread-jack**

[tony]

Its no problem.. supposedly the new coupe will have a 3.7L engine and higher compression ratio so that changes a lot, which means APS and JWT will have to go back to the drawing board.

As far as the GT-R, I'll say this while trying to not seem snobbish... after having dealt with both Infiniti and Nissan I'll be damned if I pay $60k-$70k for a car and have to go to deal with Nissan's service, not when I can own a G35 and get great service. I'm partial to G35's anyway.

[fight club]

hahahah no thats not snobbish, its smart LOL

[LeGeNdaRyLeGeNd]

9k will get you a good supercharger for the m3 and will produce close to 400hp check the dtmpower website/forum they will tell you all you need to know they have a ton of them on there. i had an e36

[BATMOBL]

you need bimmerforums.com FI and e46 sections

[Julio]

All that money for some weak ass #'s .. what a joke.

[fight club]

^^ couldnt agree more.

[DinanM3atl]

buy an e36 m3...
techniauqe tuning turbo kit... like 7 grand
some tuning
600hp EASY...

and that supposedly "weak ass" numbers.... funny how those mere 423hp puts down 1/4 mile times that are equal with 600hp DSM's

[tony]

And what 1/4 mile time would that be? As I said I havent seen many Supercharged E46 M3's run in the 11's if any.

[DinanM3atl]

And what 1/4 mile time would that be? As I said I havent seen many Supercharged E46 M3's run in the 11's if any.

i have... ur ont he wrong forum...

forget the e46 m3... it doesnt like boost...

get an e36 m3 with a turbo...

[Julio]

buy an e36 m3...
techniauqe tuning turbo kit... like 7 grand
some tuning
600hp EASY...

and that supposedly "weak ass" numbers.... funny how those mere 423hp puts down 1/4 mile times that are equal with 600hp DSM's



Money Spend to power produced, Yes they are weak ass numbers. Sorry.

[tony]

Money Spend to power produced, Yes they are weak ass numbers. Sorry.


My point exactly

[ct9a gsr]

Tony... get the Supra. =]

[sina518]

http://www.aatuning.com/supercharger/main.php.

there is a shop in smyrna called F1 collision and auto repair. its owned by my cousin. they do strickly BMW heres the phone number 770-431-0303

[ECMgarrett]

ecm carl on here has a SCd M coupe, had an AA kit, now upgrading to another AA kit, but twinscrew this time. blast to ride in

[Siverprobegt]

I love bmws,but performance parts cost 2 much,Better not have that m3 ,that about 4k extra...If u have the skills 2 put together a kit urself,then it will not cost much... :D

[Blitanicle99]

I dunno if I posted this before or not but... My buddy has a e36 m3 with the 3.2 m power swap (eurospec motor) and he has problems getting traction on his BGF G forces just with headers, exhaust, intake and tuned engine. AND the vanos is wayyyy off and it runs like hell. So I would definatly go turbo because that car has plenty of pickup with just simple mods. Even with what he has hell race damn near anyone within reason. And the way his valve timing is currently hell still run from the blue lights... I know Ive been with him when hes done it....:eye:

[tony]

I dunno if I posted this before or not but... My buddy has a e36 m3 with the 3.2 m power swap (eurospec motor) and he has problems getting traction on his BGF G forces just with headers, exhaust, intake and tuned engine. AND the vanos is wayyyy off and it runs like hell. So I would definatly go turbo because that car has plenty of pickup with just simple mods. Even with what he has hell race damn near anyone within reason. And the way his valve timing is currently hell still run from the blue lights... I know Ive been with him when hes done it....:eye:


Don't like the e36.. I didnt say it before but when you're daily driver was putting down 417whp.. 423whp is quite slow when you want something more.

And I ran a couple of those e36 M3's with the eurospec motors.. they are fast but once I finally caught traction in third it was all over..

[1000cckiller]

Tony... get the Supra. =]dont talk tony into no damn popra, I would get a e36 turbo. Used to be a jamacian with one a silver one, man that shit was sick it was putting down close to 600whp.

[BIMMM3R]

Dinan is not known for their huge amount of horse power gains. They are known for their extreme reliability and warranty. They will fix anything on your car that is broken as long as it was their supercharger's fault. It also is so expensive because Dinan is known as the BMW dealer of performance parts and you are buying a name.
Personally I would go with an e36 with an Active Autowerke Twin Screw Supercharger. I believe you will then be pushing 418 hp at the crank. This will burn any e46. Check out their website.