Super Charging a BMW E34 or E39 Engine?

[ringle]

Wondering if anyone has had some real world experience (good or bad) with adding a super charger to a BMW E34 540i or an E39 540i? Any and all comments on performance and/or problems are appreciated.

[Egg Nog]

Originally Posted by ringle

Wondering if anyone has had some real world experience (good or bad) with adding a super charger to a BMW E34 540i or an E39 540i? Any and all comments on performance and/or problems are appreciated.

Unfortuntaely I don't think you're likely to find such specific model-specific mechanical help on such a general forum. I do think that the best serious option would be to ask around at a local performance shop, but as far as asking around online goes the folks at Bimmer Forums would probably be your best bet.

BimmerForums' 5-Series/M5 Sub-Forum

[fpv_gtho]

Its not really what you want, but theres a South Australian company that have a Vortech kit CAPA : Supercharger Kits

Scroll down to find it

[Sauc3]

Originally Posted by Egg Nog

Unfortuntaely I don't think you're likely to find such specific model-specific mechanical help on such a general forum. I do think that the best serious option would be to ask around at a local performance shop, but as far as asking around online goes the folks at Bimmer Forums would probably be your best bet.

BimmerForums' 5-Series/M5 Sub-Forum

Agree wholeheartedly with this, as an E34 owner myself (manual 535i), they've come in very useful. Plenty of supercharged E34s I've read about, generally it's ~$4000AU for a conversion. Depends on the car, supercharger, budget etc.

[M_M]

Try "www.jimmy540i.com": this guy has a supercharged E39 540i (once had 450hp, now 485hp) and it seems like he's quite satisfied...

[MidNiteRide89]

Happened upon this website a while ago...

da-motorsport

[ringle]

Thanks for your help and links!

[MRR]

DINANBMW.COM

Arguably a more expensive supercharger but these guys are probably the best BMW tuners in the US in terms of performance without sacrificing reliability.