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Re: Supercharging the 840... (archive)
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Posted by Laszlo on March 19, 2001 at 11:33:18:

In Reply to: Re: Supercharging the 850... posted by Fly2LoW on March 18, 2001 at 09:49:08:

The R50 is based on the 4.4l V8 engine and supercharged after boring it to 5.0l. Mnay company did 4.6l and 4.8l conversions before, I had never seen a 5.0l. The M5's engine also 5.0l and based on the 4.4l V8 so it can be done of course.
I've also heard about the twin-turbo'd 850i made by Dinan. Everything about 850 has to be twin since the dual electronics, 2 throttle body, etc.
so a supercharger has to be dual also.

where would they put the charger that's my question ! On the pass. side you could remove the washer tanks and gain some space, but the driver side is full ! Is there a place for the superchargers ?
Turbos were placed underneath the engine and they were very difficult to install. Dinan initially wanted some 60k USD for the twin-turbo mods.

That is some crazy money for an extra power but people have paid a lot more for 600HP cars !



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