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As we bid farewell to Summer here in Germany, We decided to leave it on a crisp warm note and do another Featured Build of the month!

Blake Therrien from Maine, USA owns this beautiful Supercharged Silver BMW E36 Sedan with the luxury package aesthetics which are slowly becoming a rarity as most owners opt for the aggressive M Package.  Blake purchased a Harbinger Supercharger Kit from us last year and built it into his 2.8L powered 325i. He still considers his car to be a build in progress. Here is what he has to say,

“As of now the car is sitting in my garage until I dial in the harbinger kit. I converted to a supercharger because I wanted less maintenance, and I wanted more use-able boost for street driving and track use. “

“The plan is to make the car a daily track weapon. Originally it was a 325i but I have completely rebuilt and swapped in an m52b28 with stock internals. The challenge I’m having now is dealing with the belt snapping around 3000 RPM. Hopefully this is just a matter of the supercharger being misaligned. In the end I’m hoping to run 10-14 lbs of boost and hopefully make 300-400 hp. I am on an OBD 1 ECU and it is on a 22RPD Supercharger Tune.“

Blake will be one of the first to test out our Harbinger Black Edition kit arriving next month, The Black Edition was designed as a upgrade path, that converts the Speedmaster P2 Supercharger’s COG pulley driven system into a proper Serpentine Micro V Belt drive. Eliminating totally any belt slippage and increasing traction and durability. For years we here at Hyde Motor Works have improved and supported Superchargers from various manufacturers and this improvement to the P2 will extend its usability among all enthusiasts looking to use that on their next project!