One of my friends has a 318 and it's supercharged. I was wondering if some came like that from the factory????? Also, what would they possibly run in the 1/4? It's auto, think I could take him? I'm auto too. It's a little roots type blower, really small looking stitting on top his 1.9L..........Anyone ....???

 

it's prolly not factory supercharged. it's most likely aftermarket...

 

Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought. I'm sure I couls still take him though....

 

my girlfriend has the 318ti 5 speed and it does not come with S/C factory. it adds 50% more hp to them. it still will not beat a max if its a autovs5 speed but close. also early 96 and below have 1.8s and late 96 and above 1.9

 

It is definitely aftermarket. It's probably a Downing Atlanta system. It pumps the horsepower up to 190-200hp, with a similar gain in torque.

 

I've heard of them getting similar times to a stock Maxima 5-spd, given equal drivers.

 

So 5spd vs 5spd(stock Maxi) it would be a close race? Hmmm That's kewl, how bout an auto modded Maxi vs auto 318 S/Ced?

 

I've never heard of an auto 318 supercharged... I'm going to say Maxima just because BMW usually uses very tall gears and this would hamper the auto 318 a lot more than the auto Maxima. It would be very close though, run him and find out.