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Originally Posted by JEllis
A few months ago I purchased a full Stage 2/3 E31 840i OBD1. I was able to get what I believe was a tremendous deal for what has turned out to be an epic car.
The car drives amazing after fixing the brakes, removing the rear spacers and swapping out the MAF and dirty intake and parts. The car pulls hard! The SC has never been rebuilt and I have my doubts its making full boost but it pulls very well. I am in love with this car. More to come.
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Congrats on an excellent find first off. The 8 series is a special breed of car. Finding one in the condition you did and restoring it back to its former glory is impressive and awesome. Hopefully you will enjoy the car for many years as its always a treat when you run across one on the road or at a show.
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Originally Posted by Nitrousbird
Can't believe Dinan chose a freaking Powerdyne for their supercharger. There couldn't have been a worse choice than that. Charge top dollar for their stuff and use one of the cheapest superchargers available at the time.
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The Powerdyne supercharger experiment lasted about a year across the various supercharger platforms. When they worked, they worked great. The problem was consistency and reliability. No Powerdyne SC made the same power it seemed and they were notorious for breaking down. So much so that I would be surprised there are more than 50 of the Powerdyne SC's out in the field. Most were replaced by Vortech systems and ultimately the Powerdyne program shifted to a Vortech program. That said, when they worked, the Powerdyne SC was actually a more powerful SC than the Vortech.