Boostjunkie Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 I posted in the LGT vs. E46 M3 thread about my cousin having a supercharged 323ci. We got to do a couple little freeway runs last night. My LGT is a 5MT, stock power-wise and I'm running 19" wheels with tires a little taller than stock, so I'm probably a touch slower than completely stock. My cousin's 323ci has a 7 psi supercharger kit with a front mount intercooler. He had the ECU custom tuned, and also has a cat-back exhaust. The car is an automatic, but even thought it is only rated at 170 hp stock (flywheel) it always felt a lot stronger than that when I drove it. He claims he dynoed at around 220 whp after the supercharger install. We made a couple runs from 60 to around 100. Just 4th gear and stand on it. On the first run he got on the gas first, pulled half a car on me and then we were steady from there. The second time I got the jump on him and it was exactly the same thing. The third time we got it just right and stayed door handle to door handle. We called it a draw, but of course he claims that he is experiencing a high rpm misfire I wanted to go a couple more times, but my fiancee wasn't too hip on it and his wife wasn't either (they were in our respective cars). Nice to see my $26K car hanging nicely with one that cost $10K more new with $7K in bolt-ons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agctr Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 Boost... thanks for the story, I have to say that WHY would u do what he had to a 323.... I have no idea but good to see that you hung in there totally stock. Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostjunkie Posted January 3, 2005 Author Share Posted January 3, 2005 The 323 is somewhat of a bastard stepchild, but it really is a nice car. From what I recall of the published test data from 1999-2000 it was only a touch slower than the 328's. The shop that did the install on my cousin's car said that stock it dynoed just 5 hp lower than they usually see from 328's. The post supercharger numbers were basically identical as well... all this on an automatic car. He might have a factory freak, and I can tell you that it always felt faster than the horsepower numbers even when he had cast 19" wheels that weighed over 30 lbs each! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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