Fitting a turbo - big job?

[e34.535i.sport]

I hope you didn't interpret my accusation of not understanding as me saying "you don't understand, why are you asking." What I meant was - if I took you out in my turbo 525 and then in a 535 chipped... there would be NO question in your mind which setup you want. My bad for coming off blunt - i merely meant that because you haven't been in a turbo car, you haven't the understand of how night and day the pondering between chip vs turbo is. Not to say chips are not worth it -- people who are content with a 540 would be oh so content with a 540 chipped. Likewise with a 535. Every person is different. I am not addicted to power or boost, but I like to see whats out there...


ok i lied im addicted to power and boost!


Sorry for coming off wrong.

I can see where your coming from there, very hard to understand what people mean when reading text rather than listening to them! Apologies if i was a bit quick off the mark there. Its late.

So i'm guessing you have turbocharged your car yourself? I just replied to you via my other thread - so i wont ask anymore questions as it might get a bit confusing! Actually, just out of interest, what 0-60mph time would your 525i turbo have? (Or 0-100km/ph in american terms?).

[Jon K]

I can see where your coming from there, very hard to understand what people mean when reading text rather than listening to them! Apologies if i was a bit quick off the mark there. Its late.

So i'm guessing you have turbocharged your car yourself? I just replied to you via my other thread - so i wont ask anymore questions as it might get a bit confusing! Actually, just out of interest, what 0-60mph time would your 525i turbo have? (Or 0-100km/ph in american terms?).

Not entirely sure what the 0-60 time is. Yeah its turbocharged. I use a very large turbo off of a 7L diesel engine for max peak (eventually) horsepower. I am not one for "off the line" performance. I am more of the "let me get into 3rd gear at 4500 rpm and blow your freaking doors off" type person. Basically, right now I am prob at 300 whp. At the end of summer when I swap my new engine in, I am hoping for 550+ whp figures.

[CharlesAFerg]

Not entirely sure what the 0-60 time is. Yeah its turbocharged. I use a very large turbo off of a 7L diesel engine for max peak (eventually) horsepower. I am not one for "off the line" performance. I am more of the "let me get into 3rd gear at 4500 rpm and blow your freaking doors off" type person. Basically, right now I am prob at 300 whp. At the end of summer when I swap my new engine in, I am hoping for 550+ whp figures.

Sorry to disrupt your civilized argument, but...

Jon, you're purchasing a new engine?

Do you have a link to a thread where you explain what your next project will be? ...or is this the first we've heard of this?
I'm interested.