eBay 745i trubo kit - did u win?

[bahnstormer]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=7962832181

did any of you guys bid on this?
i was drooling over it, until it went
over 900 where i said no, because
the seller told me it has 150,000
miles on it....

ended up going for 1,250..... =\

You are bidding on an inter-cooled turbo charger system from a 1984 euro spec BMW 745i. This item includes; exhaust manifold, turbo charger, inter-cooler, the sealed factory airbox, and all of the plumbing ,including the cooling ducts for the turbo. The pictures do not show the header pipe from the turbo but it is included as well. If you have questions about this item please contact me and I will do my best to answer them. The winning bidder will pay actual shipping cost. This item will be quite heavy, so keep this in mind when bidding. I will ship UPS as they are local and easy to deal with.

This package has just been upgraded to in- clude the fuel rail and injectors. This is now a very complete system. Good luck bidding...

[BigKriss]

there seems to be a few of these kits floating around e-bay

[Kalevera]

Yeah, I was watching that.

Still need an ECU.

[bahnstormer]

i'd run piggyback,
but u think that price is worth it?!?

[Kalevera]

Nope. But, it seems like the market for those parts has really uh...gone up...in recent weeks. I saw a turbo kit go for about the same.

Seems like a lot of money to dump into an M30...I'd rather swap in an M70 and could probably do it for 1000 bones.

best, whit

[BigKriss]

once a turbo kit if installed though, the potential to make more power is huge.

http://www.vsmotor.no/en_videos.html. It's a e34 M5 with plenty of power. 9.4 second quarter mile, umm can you ever have too much power?

[bahnstormer]

yeah u can easily have too much power...
esp in a turbo setup where it is non linear
and u're boosting stupidly high it just becomes
unusable after a time...

and the 535 doesn't belong on a track, so there
is no (legal) point in that much power on the street...

[BigKriss]

yeah u can easily have too much power...
esp in a turbo setup where it is non linear
and u're boosting stupidly high it just becomes
unusable after a time......

Mate, i totally agree with you. Driveability is very important in an engine. Surely this car does have too much power. It's spinning its rear wheels freely in any gear.

and the 535 doesn't belong on a track, so there
is no (legal) point in that much power on the street...

Once you get the suspension sorted on the 535i, track days are no problem. The cars heavy sure and it's no M5, they can still take corners well though.