ARMA Supercharger N52 - Offical Dyno 291BHP 323i!

milly · 06-22-2011, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OlivaresAnthony

You sir are a brave man for doing this.

+1

lightning · 06-23-2011, 07:55 AM

The kit is arriving tomorrow morning!!

can't wait. Anyway, will be posting pictures of the whole process so stay tuned!

just an update:

Supercharger kit will arrive on Friday, 24th June 2011
We will start the installation by Monday, (workshop needs to clear some overdue cars)

The ARMA guys are sending their engineers over to my country to come assist us on the procedure on the 4th of July.

BTW i'm driving a E89 Z4 sdrive23i with a N52B25 motor.

Thanks for all your encouragement!

benzo23 · 06-23-2011, 08:53 AM

For the money that you prob spent, I hope ARMA is sending a few women too...lol

Hedges · 06-23-2011, 09:02 AM

sick

AKF12 · 06-23-2011, 09:14 AM

Middle East are third world countries?? of course under the instability situations and wars created by first world countries so they can control all the natural resources and oil to remain first world countries!!!

There's no such thing as "THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES" my friend. It's "the strong controlling the weak". And just to let you know: Taiwan is only a necessity for the WEST to blackmail and bug China. Otherwise, Taiwan or any other strategic country on earth will be less than third world country!!!

And about this ARMA SC that costs 10-12K installed

, what's the point of it? just spend your money on getting a 335 100% german made, designed and engineered. I think I can do other fun things in life with this much money and still drive a BMW

)

Anyway, Just my opinion

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Originally Posted by wuchao1

when saying third world countries what comes through my mind is those african countries and some of the country in middle east..and some countries in southern asia.(correct me if im wrong about the middle east tho..)
anyway.. I just thought its wrong hearing taiwan is a third world country.. since im taiwanese and yea thats just my opinion..

anyway, I agree with you guys that german cars will be better with german or euro aftermarket stuff.. and that 8k is a bit too much.

Raymond

benzo23 · 06-23-2011, 09:24 AM

Or find a mint cond. e46 M3 and love it every day of your life lol

spiike32 · 06-23-2011, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lightning

The kit is arriving tomorrow morning!!

can't wait. Anyway, will be posting pictures of the whole process so stay tuned!

just an update:

Supercharger kit will arrive on Friday, 24th June 2011
We will start the installation by Monday, (workshop needs to clear some overdue cars)

The ARMA guys are sending their engineers over to my country to come assist us on the procedure on the 4th of July.

BTW i'm driving a E89 Z4 sdrive23i with a N52B25 motor.

Thanks for all your encouragement!

Did I read that right? they're sending their engineers over to install it??? That's some nice customer service.

issabmw · 06-23-2011, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spiike32

Did I read that right? they're sending their engineers over to install it??? That's some nice customer service.

That is some great customer service, Taiwan isn't close to Singapore at all.

Please keep us updated.

issabmw · 06-23-2011, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chewy734

Gavin's working on a supercharger kit for our car.. hopefully he'll have something concrete to share with us by the end of the year.

You are correct.

There will be a little surprise in about a month

Perfect timing now that there is a member with an ARMA to compare with

Things will never be the same for the N52 community.

Stay tuned

OlivaresAnthony · 06-23-2011, 12:15 PM

^interesting...

Mr.E92 · 06-23-2011, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OlivaresAnthony

^interesting...

milly · 06-23-2011, 01:52 PM

so sweet, and wow that is nice of them to send some people over to help!

TSM330i · 06-23-2011, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lightning

hi guys.. just so you know, the supercharger is on the ship!

i'm gonna atempt this.. keep u guys posted. FYI, i'm from Singapore and it's not a third world country! haha.

Anyway, on a side note. i'm really impressed with the service and suppport from ARMA. professional and passionate in my opinion, which does not really go hand in hand. So ladies, forget powerbox. I'll keep you guys posted on the project

I'm curious: What engine are you running?
Just want to make sure it's the same engine we're running here.

just4kickz · 06-23-2011, 04:13 PM

take pics of the kit

lightning · 06-23-2011, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AW325xi

I'm curious: What engine are you running?
Just want to make sure it's the same engine we're running here.

hi bro i'm running on the N52B25. similar to the 323s and 325s in Europe and Asia

jpop8807 · 06-23-2011, 11:25 PM

Damn so does that mean we still need a ginuea pig for the 330i? Lol. How you liking singapore? I'm in korea right now. I hear all the rich people all over asia have places there. Someone said its like the Beverly Hills of southern asia lol.

1QuikWS6 · 06-24-2011, 01:07 AM

Looks like they left some power on the table with those severely flattened out IC in/out pipes and the fact they pull in hot underhood air instead of outside cool air...

lightning · 06-24-2011, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jpop8807

Damn so does that mean we still need a ginuea pig for the 330i? Lol. How you liking singapore? I'm in korea right now. I hear all the rich people all over asia have places there. Someone said its like the Beverly Hills of southern asia lol.

yeah singapore's a nice place.. quite expensive to live here though. Anyway if the N52B25 can be Supercharged, so can the N52B30. in fact you should be looking at staggering figures compared to the puny 2.5L.

On a side note, the intercooler is Front mounted. so it does feed cold air from the outside

1QuikWS6 · 06-24-2011, 07:54 AM

I can see the IC is front mounted, but the SC itself pulls it's air from an open filter underhood - so the feed air will be hot already before it is even compressed, making it even hotter. The IC would better/further cool down the intake charge if the actual air inlet for the SC pulled in only cool outside air...

AlpineSwift · 06-24-2011, 11:24 AM

Almost seems like it needs a feed hose from the bumper.

01Lowboy · 06-24-2011, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by 1QuikWS6

I can see the IC is front mounted, but the SC itself pulls it's air from an open filter underhood - so the feed air will be hot already before it is even compressed, making it even hotter. The IC would better/further cool down the intake charge if the actual air inlet for the SC pulled in only cool outside air...

Not exactly. There are several setups on the market using a similar filter placement (GTO, Mustang, G8) and it's been proven that the air from that location is barely higher than ambient while at motion. And since you're not making boost from a dead stop, when the engine bay is very hot, you'll be just fine.

BMCoupe_782 · 06-24-2011, 12:55 PM

Subscribed. Can't wait to see how this turns out .....

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