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      07-12-2010, 02:49 PM   #89
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Maybe I missed the post about it, but where does the intercooler mount? I'd assume it goes in the nose in front of the radiator behind the bottom grill.
Nope, you didn't miss it. The VT-1 does not have an intercooler. The VT-2 does and I'm sure we will see pics soon.
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      07-12-2010, 04:58 PM   #90
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just drove 80 miles to drop my car off for installation! i hopefuly pick the car up later in the week!!!! very excited.
awesome! very excited for you. Make sure you post a review.
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      07-13-2010, 08:25 AM   #91
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see...this thread is my auto porn right now...lol i'm so jealous, but stoked for you guys. hopefully one day in the future we can all get together on a meet or something (MFest, Z Edition anyone?? I do love Vegas...so much so wife and I are going in a couple weeks. lol not driving though...
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      07-13-2010, 09:42 AM   #92
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Right just got off the phone with my tuner........... The complete charger and all its bits are on the car!!! wikid news but............ simpson motorsport are awaiting software from ESS, so i need to get onto ess now to make sure they get the relevant software over to simpson!!! but the complete supercharger and all its related components are now installed, its just an ecu flash away from being mine, unless ess get the software to simpson by today i may have to re-shedule pickup which would be a disaster as all the pickup plans are in place.

come on ESS!! i need you guys!!! lol
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      07-13-2010, 02:11 PM   #93
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When you slam into the throttle, the smile on your face will be golden congrats Beedub
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      07-14-2010, 10:20 AM   #94
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ok here we go!!!

well after alot of pain the car is finally back here with me fully done and wow. The car drives just like stock, but my god full revs are eye opening, the way back i encountered a stock e92 m3 and left it standing, you can imagine the grin on my face, my mpg is exactly the same as before, oil temps are exactly the same as before as the charger has its own oil supply so it not heating up the engine oil. Under the hood looks awesome, so neat, pure pornography, in the wet the car was breaking traction very easily, infact it was scary, in traffic conditions the car behaves perfectly. Their is little to no noise from the charger at low revs i can hear a slight whistle, at high revs all i can hear is huge induction raw sucking, it sounds freaking awesome, i can also hear the blow off valve with a gentle whhhhhooooooossshhhh!! 5th and 6th gear are much improved now, with a real hard pull. i cant give to much of a review as ive only done 100 miles, but let me tell you, the car now in a different league in terms of performance, only 1 big problem, the brakes will definatly need uprating, the ease in which the car now gets in 3 figures is stupid and the brakes just wont sustain this new performance, the car dyno'd at 455bhp!!!!!!!! ha ha ha ha lol!! :fuelfire: :fuelfire: :fuelfire:























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      07-14-2010, 03:31 PM   #95
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congrats! so thats stage 1 right? how much power at the WHEELS?
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      07-14-2010, 06:41 PM   #96
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That's F'n awesome beedub!! I can't stand the suspense anymore. Congrats and enjoy the new machine. Does it pull straight to redline?
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      07-14-2010, 11:24 PM   #97
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Boost should increase with rpm, so it should always be building more boost and pulling to red line.
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wwwwwwwwwwwoooooooooooooooosssssssssssssssssssshhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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      07-15-2010, 06:08 AM   #99
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exactly
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      07-15-2010, 01:40 PM   #100
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grats BDub!!!!!!
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really disaponted because it is impossible to find good videos with the supercharger
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      07-20-2010, 09:20 AM   #102
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im disspointed no-one makes proper boost gauge solutions for the z4m, 135i,335i,m3 all have lovely vent kits, z4m nothing, the ash tray mount kits look wak imo.
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      07-22-2010, 07:45 PM   #103
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im disspointed no-one makes proper boost gauge solutions for the z4m, 135i,335i,m3 all have lovely vent kits, z4m nothing, the ash tray mount kits look wak imo.
I was thinking about trying to fab one. Do you have any thought or suggestions on location?

Work is crazy right now, but when it slows down I want to put something together.
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      07-23-2010, 04:38 PM   #104
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i know exactly what im going to do.............. mod this to fit, by far the best solution. this is the HPF for the e46 m3 micky mouse gauge set, the key on the side swaps between different fuel maps ;-) im certain with little modding this can work, and imo looks much better than all the other option and even more so its cheaper. Bang.

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      07-23-2010, 06:50 PM   #105
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      07-23-2010, 10:00 PM   #106
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Well, I just got my Z4M Roadster back from the shop with the VT1-445 installed and I'm loving it. BeeDub was right, it drives like stock until you boot it at high rpms, then its scary. Besides performance, the only think that I notice is the whistling sound from the supercharger at the lower rpms, with the pitch increasing with rpms of course. It is quite audible with the roof down, but not annoying. I'll try to do a dyno run in a few weeks when I return from my travels.
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VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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      07-29-2010, 03:48 AM   #108
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someone should develop z4m specific vent mount boost gauges as were getting alittle z4m f/i community now!!
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unfortunaly compared to other bmw we dont have a lot
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      08-26-2010, 03:46 PM   #110
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Someone please post vids I need to see more of these things in action!
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