M3 E93 with G-Power SKII kit

[Robwe46m3]

To OP why not just get Gintani or ESS Kit?


To Eugene-Taiwan: You visited Gintani. Praised them. Then went with G-Power? Why sell so soon?

[Kev]

Originally Posted by FastE93

LOL gimme a break its not like drilling your engine block. Putting a supercharger on your car is a lil too invasive if thats the case!

Still, having a connection between the S/C oil circuit and the engine circuit sounds like a bad idea.

[Sales@Evolve]

Originally Posted by Kev

Still, having a connection between the S/C oil circuit and the engine circuit sounds like a bad idea.

Then maybe we should start telling OEM manufacturers they don't know what they are doing.

A big fuss about nothing.

[Ca$hOnly]

Originally Posted by Robwe46m3

To OP why not just get Gintani or ESS Kit?


To Eugene-Taiwan: You visited Gintani. Praised them. Then went with G-Power? Why sell so soon?

I'm pretty sure he bought G-Power, then visited Gintani and is now selling his G-power kit and Akra exhaust. My guess he's getting their stuff.

This is just a guess obv.

[Kev]

Originally Posted by Sal@Evolve

Then maybe we should start telling OEM manufacturers they don't know what they are doing.

A big fuss about nothing.

Hey, vendor, just that you are selling your kit here and paying vendor fees doesn't mean that you can open your loud mouth however which way you like it. Play nice in the kiddy sand box, please. You are entitled to your opinion just as much as I do.

1. OEM manufacturers can do whatever they do on their s/c kit design, as long as it works and delivers the power promised. Coming from a Evosport Stage 2 W211 E55 AMG, I'm fairly familiar how s/c works. There's a fair amount of R&D put in by AMG to slap that roots type blower onto the M113. If there's a design error that lead to failure, I can expect the engine to be rebuilt / replaced and still maintain factory warranty. Can you say that for an aftermarket s/c kit? I knew what happened with the cars in the US that were running the prototype G-Power kit, but what if something similar happened to all the G-Power s/c'ed cars? Will they simply replace every engine or will they simply fold their business and start over? I don't think I have a good answer for that one.

2. If you would pull your head out of the G-Power sand box, you can see that the "three-letter" kit (to not stir the pot more) has a separate cooling circuit and runs just as good. Also, it doesn't require cutting up your cars front end to fit the cooling circuit like the G-power kit. This makes your their setup fully reversible in a short period of time. How long does it take to reverse a G-Power kit?

If I were to design an aftermarket s/c kit, I would have separate cooling / oil circuit for the s/c and try not to modify any structural parts of the car to maintain full reversibility and to minimize the damage to the engine if it ultimately failed. That means, only a pulley and belt to the charger, and the intake from the s/c to the manifold. But, hey, what do I know? I'm not even that good with math to start with.

[SoreHead]

Originally Posted by Kev

Hey, vendor, just that you are selling your kit here and paying vendor fees doesn't mean that you can open your loud mouth however which way you like it. Play nice in the kiddy sand box, please. You are entitled to your opinion just as much as I do.
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Over react much? He made a simple statement. Nothing provocative or abusive/rude about it.
If this is how "friendly interns" react and speak to people I'd hate to meet the angry ones

[Kev]

Originally Posted by SoreHead

Over react much? He made a simple statement. Nothing provocative or abusive/rude about it.
If this is how "friendly interns" react and speak to people I'd hate to meet the angry ones

Just stating how I perceived it. With aftermarket parts, often less is more.

Also, people who've met me in person find me very easy to deal with. It's just that sometimes vendors on the forums will say anything to try to make a quick sale. That's what really bothers me.

[H Bomb]

wait you had one and when you were selling it praised how good it was now you say it is suicide?? i don't get it, what happened??

not that i would ever buy one but curious. please explain if it is something bad you could save this guy his money

i mean just there orig engines blowing up are enough for me to stay away. i know they fixed them and what not but a real good company would have never released something like that without doing proper R&D. if proper R&D was done then they would have realized the ECU tune was bad and could have saved a bunch of people the problems

Originally Posted by tightie

[SoreHead]

Originally Posted by Kev

Just stating how I perceived it. With aftermarket parts, often less is more.

Also, people who've met me in person find me very easy to deal with. It's just that sometimes vendors on the forums will say anything to try to make a quick sale. That's what really bothers me.

I'm sure you are. I was just pointing out the response was a little over the top and clearly abusive considering what he had said. I don't know what's gone on in the past between you both. Just giving the outside view of how it looked.

Have you had a bad G-Power experience?

[Sales@Evolve]

Originally Posted by Kev

Hey, vendor, just that you are selling your kit here and paying vendor fees doesn't mean that you can open your loud mouth however which way you like it. Play nice in the kiddy sand box, please. You are entitled to your opinion just as much as I do.

1. OEM manufacturers can do whatever they do on their s/c kit design, as long as it works and delivers the power promised. Coming from a Evosport Stage 2 W211 E55 AMG, I'm fairly familiar how s/c works. There's a fair amount of R&D put in by AMG to slap that roots type blower onto the M113. If there's a design error that lead to failure, I can expect the engine to be rebuilt / replaced and still maintain factory warranty. Can you say that for an aftermarket s/c kit? I knew what happened with the cars in the US that were running the prototype G-Power kit, but what if something similar happened to all the G-Power s/c'ed cars? Will they simply replace every engine or will they simply fold their business and start over? I don't think I have a good answer for that one.

2. If you would pull your head out of the G-Power sand box, you can see that the "three-letter" kit (to not stir the pot more) has a separate cooling circuit and runs just as good. Also, it doesn't require cutting up your cars front end to fit the cooling circuit like the G-power kit. This makes your their setup fully reversible in a short period of time. How long does it take to reverse a G-Power kit?

If I were to design an aftermarket s/c kit, I would have separate cooling / oil circuit for the s/c and try not to modify any structural parts of the car to maintain full reversibility and to minimize the damage to the engine if it ultimately failed. That means, only a pulley and belt to the charger, and the intake from the s/c to the manifold. But, hey, what do I know? I'm not even that good with math to start with.

I'm sorry if I offended but I really do think your over reacting a little. I'm not being rude and I certainly don't have a big mouth!
Being a vendor does not give us any special powers, I cannot see where this is coming from.

It is a bit of a fuss created about one simply hole in a cam cover. I am simply voicing my opinion on this and you have to admit, sometimes the smallest things get blown out of proportion.

We supply both G-Power and ESS kits. I just happen to think the G-Power is incredibly well engineered and built. You would probably think similarly if you were in our position. I've not seen an ESS kit yet so will not comment on it.

If you think the G-Power is not something you like because of the reasons you mention then there is nothing wrong with voicing it. We are all entitled to our own opinions.

Let's just not make such a fuss about insignificant things and play nice.

No hard feelings I hope, we are all adults.

[Kev]

Originally Posted by SoreHead

I'm sure you are. I was just pointing out the response was a little over the top and clearly abusive considering what he had said. I don't know what's gone on in the past between you both. Just giving the outside view of how it looked.

Have you had a bad G-Power experience?

I have no meat with Evolve, none-what-so-ever, so I don't understand how you gauge the "abusive" nature of said comments. Sal@Evolve is suggesting that we should tell OEM how to design their kit. Of course, OEM manufacturers can design their kit any way they see fit to their application. However, we are talking about an aftermarket tuner with a sample size that is fairly limited. I don't even know how much R&D they have put into the kit (as noticed by the two prototypes with the mishaps in California). How can one safely equate an aftermarket tuner to a car manufacturer is beyond me.

My only dealings with G-Power was directly with their mothership in Germany. A friend of mine owns a supercharger kit for the V10 engine and was having some troubles with with pulley and belt. Those were fixed eventually but getting a hold of someone on that side of the pond that speaks decent English was tough. I ended up asking my college roommate to call them up and get the belt / pulley expedited.

[Sales@Evolve]

Originally Posted by H Bomb

wait you had one and when you were selling it praised how good it was now you say it is suicide?? i don't get it, what happened??

not that i would ever buy one but curious. please explain if it is something bad you could save this guy his money

i mean just there orig engines blowing up are enough for me to stay away. i know they fixed them and what not but a real good company would have never released something like that without doing proper R&D. if proper R&D was done then they would have realized the ECU tune was bad and could have saved a bunch of people the problems

Too much was hidden about why these motors blew. This is a hard fact.

It's funny how the kits we did never had anything go wrong with them even on 91 gas and countless repeated dyno runs.

Anyway, that's dead and buried now and we saw that G-Power fixed the cars. This in turn actually attracted more people to go ahead as they knew if there was a problem G-Power would not turn their back on them. We have two customers wanting to go ahead and will only fit G-Power based on this one fact.

[Kev]

Originally Posted by Sal@Evolve

I'm sorry if I offended but I really do think your over reacting a little. I'm not being rude and I certainly don't have a big mouth!
Being a vendor does not give us any special powers, I cannot see where this is coming from.

It is a bit of a fuss created about one simply hole in a cam cover. I am simply voicing my opinion on this and you have to admit, sometimes the smallest things get blown out of proportion.

We supply both G-Power and ESS kits. I just happen to think the G-Power is incredibly well engineered and built. You would probably think similarly if you were in our position. I've not seen an ESS kit yet so will not comment on it.

If you think the G-Power is not something you like because of the reasons you mention then there is nothing wrong with voicing it. We are all entitled to our own opinions.

Let's just not make such a fuss about insignificant things and play nice.

No hard feelings I hope, we are all adults.

Certainly no hard feelings and I apologize if I sounded over the top. It's been a problem of mine lately on the forums.

I think the G-Power kit is a very well thought-out kit, especially with the way their intake / air filter is positioned compared to the ESS kit (I like it higher, and that CF airbox is definitely a nice visual touch). However, the execution of the kit is a little awkward and a little too invasive for something aftermarket. Drilling into the cam cover is ok with me since it's easily replaceable. However, I'm worried how the engine's oil system is linked to the supercharger's system. With no actual dipstick, it'd be a risk that I don't want to take. Also, it's weird that they decided to cut that metal piece up front. I'm sure that serves some purpose during a collision as structural reinforcement. Cutting it just makes me feel uneasy.

I have a friend who had the M6 Hurricane kit. To have both supercharger timed right to work in synchrony is no small feat. AFAIK, that kit does not require any cutting of the body part to fit the kit. Of course, it's a much bigger engine bay to work with as well. That car pulled like a m----effing freight train on I-90 and the exhaust note with the Evosport headers + pipes + Eisenmann exhaust is just intoxicating. To hear the sound bouncing off the Ted Williams tunnel / Big Dig gives me the chills.

[Sales@Evolve]

Forums can definately an effect. I recommend some herbal tea and a break before replying

There are always things people will and will not like about certain setups.

The ASA Superchargers are used by many companies in the same way (inc OEM) and the oil issue is not really one that is something to worry about. OEM are very anal about oil.

The front mount intercooler is incredibly efficient and the M3 engine just doesn't get very hot at all. On the first kit we did, the owner asked us to test the engine throughly to make sure everything was reliable. We tested it alright! Some very high speed runs and repeated dyno runs with the fan moved right back. Even after 30 dyno pulls one after the other, you put your hand one the inlet and outlet intercooler pipes and one side (inlet manifold intake) remained cold!

Charge temps are impressively low.

Given the efficiency of the whole system I think it was a good move to go FMIC.

That car is now taken care of by a BMW dealer who wish they could resell the kit!

When the front panel is cut, not as much matarial as you may think actually has to come away. The panel goes quite deep and it's by no way cut anywhere near all the way.

M6 Hurricaine is something we all want to experience. I may take a flight to Germany very soon!

[Eugene-TAIWAN]

Originally Posted by Robwe46m3

To OP why not just get Gintani or ESS Kit?


To Eugene-Taiwan: You visited Gintani. Praised them. Then went with G-Power? Why sell so soon?

Well I bought the kit before going to LA.

I was there just on a business trip and thought I'd drop by Gintani

I was impressed with Gintani of the software part of their kit.

Don't get me wrong I think the best looking is still GPwr but the Gintani get the overall best!

[808E90]

Originally Posted by Ca$hOnly

I'm pretty sure he bought G-Power, then visited Gintani and is now selling his G-power kit and Akra exhaust. My guess he's getting their stuff.

This is just a guess obv.

Originally Posted by Eugene-TAIWAN

Well I bought the kit before going to LA.

I was there just on a business trip and thought I'd drop by Gintani

I was impressed with Gintani of the software part of their kit.

Don't get me wrong I think the best looking is still GPwr but the Gintani get the overall best!

You still didn't answer the question


... Just messing with you mang!!

[Eugene-TAIWAN]

Originally Posted by 808E90

You still didn't answer the question


... Just messing with you mang!!

you why selling it?

Well Gintani Stage 3 seems very interesting.

[Robwe46m3]

If you were impressed with Gintani to the point you want their system why not hold off on the G-Power installation?

[TheKosherStogie]

sounds like an interrogation!

[e.n335]

this thread brings to my mind that we are in a very early stage of supercharging the S65 ... props to the cutting-edge forum members here

[E92MMMTHREE]

freedom of choice baby

[Robwe46m3]

No Shit! That's why people here like me who are debating which kit to get (Gintani or ESS) want to hear from others' experiences. I find it odd Eugene visited Gintani was impressed but still installed G-Power. This leads me to think G-Power is crap. It leads me to believe it was installed because it was aesthetically appealing but did not perform up to par. Tightie got rid of his and now Eugene. That's 2 G-Power owners who gave up on this kit. Neither of them bad-mouthed the kit because they were/ are trying to sell it. On this forum ! To date, nobody here has installed then removed Gintani or ESS SC Kit. Hmmmm I don't think Eugene needs the dough.

Originally Posted by e.n335

this thread brings to my mind that we are in a very early stage of supercharging the S65 ... props to the cutting-edge forum members here