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Posted by azmcoupe on September 03, 2001 at 00:28:43:

In Reply to: M Coupe Turbo Kit posted by ubermensch on September 02, 2001 at 22:47:53:

I have already spent some time researching our options on the new M. The company you mention is Active Autowerks and their reply has been no to any turbo kit for the new M Coupe. They said software has been to hard to crack and that the new engine may not be able to handle the turbo boost for it has already been stretched to its limit. They have been working on one with the new e46 m3 but they have concerns over reliability and the number of bugs they have run into with the software. That is at least what I have been told by AA. Unless you have a lot of money to do the R&D for a turbo, I believe you may be out of luck. There is one company locally(in Phoenix, AZ) who have been looking into creating this kit, however it is at a minimum of 25k + they need your car. I have already looked into this.

As far as supercharging, I have already spoken with Dinan. They stated that it would be a minimum of 6 months before a production kit is developed. Right now they may go with a roots style blower rather the centrifugal.

My advice is to go supercharger. First, it seems like the only type of kit that will be produced for the M. It is also easier for street use, so unless you plan to make your m a pure track car, this wil be the easier driving of the two. Nothing sucks worse then to be in the apex of your turn just when you are hitting max boost on your turbo(say goodbye to the rear depending on your boost).

I would love to go turbo, however we are going to go sc personally.

Goodluck on your endeavors, and let us know if you personally find anything else we haven't researched yet.

azmcoupe
01 M Coupe
estoril/estoril
B&B Triflo'd

Does anyone know of anyone who makes a turbo kit for the 2001 M Coupe, or if anyone knows what turbo will fit on an M Coupe (Greddy, Garrett, Trust, etc.) The only shop i have found that will do a turbo kit is located in Florida and I need to find one out in So California. Does anyone out there have a turbocharged M Coupe? How does it handle, do I need to beef up the suspension in order to compensate, and also, what kind of boost pressure do you run? What can the engine handle?

Any help on any of these questions will be greatly appreciated.

Mark Armstrong




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