well a funny option has just arrived in my lap. lets start here. downing atlanta, makes a supercharger kit for the bmw m42 1.8 and 1.9L m42 and m44 engines. well i was planning to purchase one of these, wonderfully made kits. the setup is solid, very reliable and looks and performs great.
it is rated at 8psi and should bring me just over 200hp to the crank.
i have been told that my engine can safely handle 13-15 psi without any problems because the internals are forged from the factory.
this kit was going to become dot approved as a oem type upgrade, unfortunately about 5 months back the company that modifies the Eaton roots supercharger decided to stop modifying them, so they would no longer work for the kit. the kit has a lot of money and time into its build with even a custom cast manifold etc.... no one else offers a kit for this car except custom or by another company that i will not even look at there website anymore they are so shady.
someone on the bimmer forums just announced they talked with the creator and that the company that made the housings for the charger had a few units left so he was able to get a couple more kits made to go out the door. this is very lucky!
these will more than likely be the last ever. so i called him and i am on the list and will e getting my kit sometime in January to Feb.
i am way excited about this and it will definitely bring the life out of my BMW without overdoing it or worrying about any failure or issues. the car is going into the shop this week to get all oil seals etc replaced to fix it's leaks to make it all good to go. do not worry this will not effect my progress o the mk1.5 build
here is the link to the supercharger faq's page, read it through it is amazing the passion and time and dedication put into designing this kit and it is the best of the best. i will update about it when i can and when the install happens
http://downingatlanta.com/downingatlant ... fo_new.htmvery good information about the kit on that site and how it works. prettyg cool kit i am excited