supercharger questions

[supercharged]

The supercharger seems very interesting. at the price of 6 grands. The power gain seems so great, does anyone know how many second(s) this system will push the 0-60 forward?

Also, the stock transmission will take on the 100hp gain without a problem? Am I more likely to break something if I floor the gas with it? I am wondering because 330 is a 330, it is not a M3. I imagine its trans is probably designed to handle the stock engine. Or maybe I am just not correct?

By the way, I am writing from Thailand, the 330 offered here only has one trans option, 5 speed EH automatic transmission with Shift/Interlock and steptronic. Is this the same as what BMW offers in NorthAmerica?

Please help on the above, and I think my first mod will be the ESS. However, importing that thing into my country and installing it is going to give me a headache.

Thanks
Chin
PS. by the way, a M3 costs $175000 here because of all the import and luxuary tax.

[MarvelPhx]

Wow, $175000?!?!?! DAMN!

You gotta remember that torque is what makes power. The tranny should handle the 75-80lb/ft of torque increase. It might not handle like 200 more, but you should be fine.

[UTenigma]

ESS's quoting 0-60 times of 5.0 seconds for the 330 manual and 5.6 for the auto with their 7psi V2SQ kit. Check out their new webpage - much better than before.
http://www.esstuning.com

[jvrkic]

You americans are so lucky.

That is a bout how much they cost in Australia.

My ESS supercharger is going on a 2002 320ci.

The 320ci cost $50000 second hand.

A 330ci costs $116 000 here.

These are australian dollars prices which is currently 0.75 US.

[ohrid]

yeh, ur right, jvrkic! its bloody expensive here in australia, compared to the USA. they can pick up a fully loaded 330Ci for under $60,000 AUD.

[YankeeDoodle]

I installed the Active Autowerkes SC in my 2001 300i. It was a little tricky and took a lot more time than the 12=13 hours they estimate.
However, the power gains are quite impressive. I believe AA estimates 0-60 somewhere around 5.2 secs. My car is a 5 speed auot-steptronic and I have had no problem at all. I just drove 2500 miles from NJ to Arizona and it was quite a kick on the open road.
One thing I learned doing the install...make sure your DME sw is at the latest level from BMW BEFORE doing the install. I have an occasional bouncing idle and stalling problem. AA NOW tells me I need to go the BMW dealer and get my DME modded to the latest version for my car. Why they didn't tell me this before hand is a mystery. This is a pain, since I then have to send the DME back to AA again after BMW re-flashes it. If you do the install yourself, let me know as there are other things I learned which are not covered in the documentation.