[Raimund]

My friend and I put a Twin screw style supercharger on my 325 last week. It is also intercooled. Everything is hand made, nothing was bolt on aside from the few n54 parts.







First start-up/rev

More revving

Rolling burnout

Everything works good so far, but my AEM boost gauge isn't picking up a boost reading from the intake manifold, not sure why. Obviously no vacuum reading because of valvetronic. Gauge tested good on vacuum tester and air compressor.

Next steps
-Make Boost gauge work
-Tune from bob at sfp
-Install N54 Oil cooler

[ky0u]

This is great! have you had a chance to dyno yet?

[Raimund]

Originally Posted by ky0u

This is great! have you had a chance to dyno yet?

No, but I will be putting it on a dyno and doing a 1/4 mile run when the tuning is done

[ornicar]

Originally Posted by 303bmw

My friend and I put a Twin screw style supercharger on my 325 last week. It is also intercooled. Everything is hand made, nothing was bolt on aside from the few n54 parts.







First start-up/rev

More revving

Rolling burnout

Everything works good so far, but my AEM boost gauge isn't picking up a boost reading from the intake manifold, not sure why. Obviously no vacuum reading because of valvetronic. Gauge tested good on vacuum tester and air compressor.

Next steps
-Make Boost gauge work
-Tune from bob at sfp
-Install N54 Oil cooler

what brand and model is the twin screw SC?

[Raimund]

Originally Posted by ornicar

what brand and model is the twin screw SC?

I'm not sure, my friend just had it sitting in his garage for years. It's from an old Ford. M90 variant I believe

[Noir]

That is so sick omg
Edit: didn't take my all caps >

That's what I wish this ESS kit sounded like 😩
I know it's not the same and all that shit.... but damn. A straight six just screaming bloody murder all the time? I'm green with envy.

[tlow98]

Yep, love it. Would like to know/see how you mounted that beast of metal in there...

[Biginboca]

A lot of work there, nice job pulling it off!

Can’t wait to see how it does on the dyno and 1/4 mile.

[NoGuru]

Wow, great work. In for results as well.

[E92_William]

Where is the supercharger attached to the block? Is it mounted where the driver side motor mount bracket connects to the engine? Would be great to see which exact supercharger this is and if it can be sourced for a good price used it might beat out existing options that cost the same as a whole used e90

[gT-BMW]

Originally Posted by 303bmw

No, but I will be putting it on a dyno and doing a 1/4 mile run when the tuning is done

Nice work!! what did the nitrous setup run in the quarter mile?

[Kiddvegas]

That is sickkkkk.

[whyzee125]

Wow, this car is an animal! I love it

[E9011]

That sounds incredible! Nice work.

[desertman123]

That is amazing!!!

[nsjames]

Originally Posted by E92_William

Where is the supercharger attached to the block? Is it mounted where the driver side motor mount bracket connects to the engine? Would be great to see which exact supercharger this is and if it can be sourced for a good price used it might beat out existing options that cost the same as a whole used e90

it looks like a thunderbird super coupe unit.
GM also used them on a bunch of v6 junk in the late 90's early 2000s w bodies.
they are cheap, but there are far better options if you don't just have one laying about like the OP.

[bluewater328]

Nice work. Scared of that oil cooler but I guess that's similar to where the others have been placed. This build looks very interesting...I do think its funny you just "slapped one in there" but its more than I could do. Keep us posted

[Kiddvegas]

Which injectors are you running? Do you have a rough idea on how much boost the pulley is making?

[CRE]

Originally Posted by Noir

That is so sick omg
Edit: didn't take my all caps >

That's what I wish this ESS kit sounded like ��
I know it's not the same and all that shit.... but damn. A straight six just screaming bloody murder all the time? I'm green with envy.

Try an 82mm pulley and muffler delete. Mine SCREAMS.... Way louder than I want actually.

303, I'm still watching the roads for your car like a sicko with a van in a school zone. I really hope to see this in person eventually. Where did you connect the line for your boost signal? I drilled and tapped the upper intake plenum next to the MAP sensor.

[Raimund]

Originally Posted by Noir

That is so sick omg
Edit: didn't take my all caps >

That's what I wish this ESS kit sounded like 😩
I know it's not the same and all that shit.... but damn. A straight six just screaming bloody murder all the time? I'm green with envy.

Originally Posted by tlow98

Yep, love it. Would like to know/see how you mounted that beast of metal in there...

Fabbed a bracket over alternator and use two holes under intake manifold on engine block

Originally Posted by Biginboca

A lot of work there, nice job pulling it off!

Can’t wait to see how it does on the dyno and 1/4 mile.

Thanks man me too!

Originally Posted by NoGuru

Wow, great work. In for results as well.

Originally Posted by E92_William

Where is the supercharger attached to the block? Is it mounted where the driver side motor mount bracket connects to the engine? Would be great to see which exact supercharger this is and if it can be sourced for a good price used it might beat out existing options that cost the same as a whole used e90

It is from a 91 thunderbird super coupe, an eaton m90. It slides onto a rod mounted onto alternator holes, and bolts onto a bracket attached to the block under intake mani. It 100% wouldn't be worth the price of fabrication if you or a friend can't make it yourself. We spent 3 days straight on it

Originally Posted by gT-BMW

Nice work!! what did the nitrous setup run in the quarter mile?

I never got a finished tune for it, only a base map with only 16.5* timing, bob said we could've gone to mid 20's. It did 13.5 @104MPH 2.17 60 ft, 5197ft Altitude, 11390 DA, 30* F on crap street tires.

Originally Posted by whyzee125

Wow, this car is an animal! I love it

Originally Posted by E9011

That sounds incredible! Nice work.

Thank you

Originally Posted by desertman123

That is amazing!!!

Originally Posted by nsjames

it looks like a thunderbird super coupe unit.
GM also used them on a bunch of v6 junk in the late 90's early 2000s w bodies.
they are cheap, but there are far better options if you don't just have one laying about like the OP.

Yes you are right that's what it was from. What models would you have suggested over the m90?

Originally Posted by bluewater328

Nice work. Scared of that oil cooler but I guess that's similar to where the others have been placed. This build looks very interesting...I do think its funny you just "slapped one in there" but its more than I could do. Keep us posted

The big trans oil cooler? It's mounted tight with plenty of space for wheel to turn no issues. It's a BMS one.

Originally Posted by Kiddvegas

Which injectors are you running? Do you have a rough idea on how much boost the pulley is making?

OEM M3 S65 injectors. Seems to be running around 10psi but I need to fix a few boost leaks still.

Originally Posted by CRE

Try an 82mm pulley and muffler delete. Mine SCREAMS.... Way louder than I want actually.
:O

303, I'm still watching the roads for your car like a sicko with a van in a school zone. I really hope to see this in person eventually. Where did you connect the line for your boost signal? I drilled and tapped the upper intake plenum next to the MAP sensor.

I'm usually around Denver haha. Hope you don't catch me before I'm tuned I tapped the intake manifold to the left of the throttle body.


UPDATE:
Thinking about going standalone or AEM FIC for ease of tuning, anyone have experience with these options? Would prefer to have it physically tuned on a dyno, and Bob is a busy guy. Unless the legend hassmaschine wants to have a go at tuning it, but I know he's busy too.

There is a 1/4 mile event coming up in 2 weeks, hoping to have it dialed in before then to get some numbers.

[CRE]

Originally Posted by 303bmw

I'm usually around Denver haha. Hope you don't catch me before I'm tuned I tapped the intake manifold to the left of the throttle body.


UPDATE:
Thinking about going standalone or AEM FIC for ease of tuning, anyone have experience with these options? Would prefer to have it physically tuned on a dyno, and Bob is a busy guy.

By the throttle body, did you use the evap port (or close to it)? I tried that and the boost/vac signal was slow and irregular.

Yeah, Bob's a bit hard to get a hold of. A friend is having issues with his tune and the updates to get it sorted out have been slow in coming from what I'm told. I'm waiting on my tuner for some big changes but he's in the middle of moving to Hawaii. I'm running extremely rich but I don't want to reduce my water meth in the meantime.

[CRE]

Originally Posted by Noir

That is so sick omg
Edit: didn't take my all caps >

That's what I wish this ESS kit sounded like ��
I know it's not the same and all that shit.... but damn. A straight six just screaming bloody murder all the time? I'm green with envy.

This is how mine sounds. Not WOT and the video is actually quite quiet so turn up the volume and throw on some headphones. Sorry, just have the one short clip out on the road.

NOIR, clean out you PMs. I can't reply if it's full.

In response to your PM:

Originally Posted by Noir

Hey bro,

Sorry to ping you so late.
I'm sure you have an accompanying tune for it, but with the 82mm, you are not experiencing anything rough at idle? Was speaking with Bob about the matter of upping boost and he mentioned the potential excessive boost needing a BOV and so on..

Thanks in advance, brother.

Hey,

My idle is fine. I do have some issues with boost creep when I'm engine braking at or above 3.5k rpm. Well, not boost creep per se but more of a stuck open throttle plate. I've just finished fabricating a charge pipe solution for a BOV and I'm working on getting an electronic BOV up and running. Also working on getting the MAF up and running again. Another Z4 owner with the same setup as mine (larger pulley as he's not at a high altitude like me, but he's making the same boost) doesn't have any idle issues either. He's got an automatic and I've got a 6spd manual. Bob is doing his tuning.