Presley348

Dear forum:

What is the best supercharger that's made
for a 2004 530i?

Does the AFE power intake add hp like they say it does??


Thanks in advance!

Eddie aka Presley348

pjinca

None, at this point ANY supercharger kit and install will cost you about what your car is worth ($15+K). Makes no sense to me, because after that huge expense you'll be left with a car that is STILL short on power to a 550, much less an M. Take that $$$$ and go put it down on an LCI 550 or an M5

And yes, the AFE loses power as has been proven over and over on this forum. Definitely don;t purchase one, call up RPI, I think they have a junk pile of old ones customers dumped and would probably give you one

tuffluck

let me guess--installed the SB and wasn't impressed?

Presley348

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Yes, I am impressed with with my Sprint Booster v2, and online rep. Mr. Ken Brown at BavAuto where I purchased my SB v2, and The SB v2 does exactly what it supposed to do, but like we all know how it was NEVER intended to gain ANY hp, but makes my e60 feel more aggressive, And takes out the 1 second annoying e60 pause.

I need to purchase a new air filter, and just looking which has "the most bang for the buck" on today's market. My 2004 BMW 530i has only 32,000 miles, plus 7year - 100,000 miles extended warranty, and I am very happy with it, and of course I look at most all mods, and a member from another forum was telling me how he bought a (ESS?) Supercharger for his 2005 e60 530i for approx: $10,000,00 installed, but I ALWAYS do www: research, research, and more research, then I check members first here at the 5 series forum, before I make ANY big ticket item purchases. I have been buying mods for my 2004 BMW 530i since buying it new in 2004. This is THE BEST BMW online Forum that I have found, and glad I am a member here! Yes, this year (depending how well my stocks do this quarter), and if the DOW does as predicted, I am considering selling my low mileage in excellant condition 530i, and I am looking at purchasing a pre owned with low mileage 2008-09 M5.

Thanks forum!!

Eddie aka Presley348

info@trinityautosport

I do believe ESS does have a supercharger available for the M54 engine. Id say get the M5 though

pjinca

Good luck with the DOW and the M5 purchase, seems to me to be your best bet to get the performance you're looking for. I am contemplating the same thing soon as my car is paid off in June. Since the new F10 is already reporting HPFP issues, I think I'd rather have an E60 M5 than the F10 one, last thing I need is a car that spends more time in the shop than on the road.

TheRacerBoss

You might want to look at this thread

https://5series.net/forums/topic/104...s-it-worth-it/

I am looking into ESS tunning, since looks like thats the only thing that is avaliable for our cars

theXman

For air filter, just get the BMC or K&N drop in filter with the RPI scoop, if you want a little more hp.

Presley348

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Yea after seeing Now I can afford the gas, mpg 10/17 and the insurance and monthly payment on a real e60 M5, I am strongly consider selling my 2004 530i. I had built into a BMW OEM M5 2007 replicia, which has been garaged kept and never smoked in and depending if I get a serious buyer, I will probaly take whatever Kelley blue retail book says a excellant condition 2004 530i is worth. Now it comes with full service records and 33,000miles, 27/34 Mpg (with The Best fidelity BMW extended 7yr./100,000miles warranty), and I need to sale all exterior Parts that are BMW OEM M5 parts go at half BMW price on the car. I will be taking a beating, but hey that's the price of a mans BMW toys huh! (LOL)

mh17m3

Yea just get an M5...a REAL M5..and if you're going to sell your 530 (which is pretty nice) take off the M5 badge whats the point of making your 530 look like a M5 when you can't prove it on the road?