A friend of mine just had a M3 swapped 318TI (332TI now) turboed @ activeautowerkes in FL.
After waiting 4-6 weeks for his car to be completed, spending more than a couple of dollars (their kit is $10K+), & babying the car 1500miles back to NYC he decides to get a feel for some boost.
Would you believe the dam headgasket blew after literally a couple of low boost pulls on the street...
As part of his kit & install the h/g was replaced so he calls them up to let them know what happened & thier response was "you must have overboosted". They set all boost levels when they set the car up.
Mind you they got 430whp @ 16psi, & returned the car with broken diff/body & other mounts so you know they had fun road-tuning the car.
At this point they are ACTIVEAUTOWRECKERS in my book, as I would have expected a better response & customer service than what they have given my friend....
activeautowerkes or ACTIVEAUTOWRECKERS?
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activeautowerkes or ACTIVEAUTOWRECKERS?
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He boosted a Bimmer . . . . it happens. 
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Read this months grassroots motorsports for details on a 325Ti wagon having similar issues. Bimmers seem to do fine with supercharging but turbo charging is dicey. Don think there is engine managment development for them since doing a turbo'd Bimmer is a pretty rare project.
318's make great autocrossers!!
Hope it all works out for your friend.
318's make great autocrossers!!
Hope it all works out for your friend.
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The car is a 318TI (Hatch) with a full M-Coupe 3.2l I6 driveline, brakes, diff (from a complete wreck he purchased) installed by my friend in his garage.
To say he knew evey nut & bolt on the car is an understatment as he disassembled the M Coupe & assembled the TI by himself!
The reason he went to AAW is that they have sold & installed over 100 of these kits & one would think that after 100 turbo kits the bugs would have gotten worked out.
I honestly do not know what they did for EM, but I do not see an FMU or any other hacks.
I do know the compression was lowered for boost coming from a GT35R.
To say he knew evey nut & bolt on the car is an understatment as he disassembled the M Coupe & assembled the TI by himself!
The reason he went to AAW is that they have sold & installed over 100 of these kits & one would think that after 100 turbo kits the bugs would have gotten worked out.
I honestly do not know what they did for EM, but I do not see an FMU or any other hacks.
I do know the compression was lowered for boost coming from a GT35R.
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Yeah, it is still is a sick car that will be sicker when it is sorted.
I have no pics, but it is blacked out, with black M3 staggered rims, & custom int - sort of a small German GNX.
The HG repair began last night so I expect the car to be running soon.
I have no pics, but it is blacked out, with black M3 staggered rims, & custom int - sort of a small German GNX.
The HG repair began last night so I expect the car to be running soon.
94 Legacy SS
96 Impreza OBS
99 Impreza OBS-T
04 Sienna XLE Limited AWD
96 Impreza OBS
99 Impreza OBS-T
04 Sienna XLE Limited AWD