Hey guys, I have been a long time member on Bimmerforums.com, but there is a lack of enthusiasm for anything non-6 cylinder+ car mods.
Anyway, I have had my Ti since 2008 and have always loved the drive, but eventually the need for more power got to me. Unfortunately I cannot afford to buy a 3000$ supercharger kit, which although a great kit does not have an intercooler, and i have never been interested in turbos all that much.
So my long dream was to modify the M44 to accept the Mercedes Eaton M62 and make it intercooled. The biggest problem with this is the M44 Intake Manifold. The K2 kit uses the lower half of the M44 manifold, and personally i never liked that concept.
I ended up using the Late 80's Early 90's M42 Intake Manifold from an E30. With some wire relocation, vacuum relocation and modification to the firewall/cabin airfilter cover it fits just fine. You do have to use the E30 M42 Valve Cover for the PCV port to fit with the Manifold.
I decided if I was going to do all this work, I may as well rebuild the engine while im at it.
