The 15 Y/O Turbo M42 Build Thread (Now Holley EFI Terminator X Controlled)

[Balleristic31]

OMG.
I want my car to grow up turbo'd like urs <3

[IRUNEDM]

car looks sweet with those rims! keep up the good work

[ak-]

I like it a lot.
Aside from all the little annoyances, great job!

[325ix]

I would move your o2 sensor downstream a bit, at least if you want it to last very long.

you'll also probably want a lot more rubber if you want to actually put some power down. :p

I was gonna say it looks a little close to the turbo.

Also any reason you did 3in intercooler piping even though you only did a 2.5in intercooler? Don't you lose some boost pressure that way?

Good job on finishing it though!

[Supadave]

Whats the rwhp goal?

[nando]

maybe this is why I am getting an o2 sensor code. It is only temporary until tuesday when i can weld in my new bungs down lower.

Im pretty much shafted for tires then...anything bigger than a 205 and I rub. will see what happens when i get five luggers attached. may have to change a few things up in this area

imagine wheels/tires that sit exactly as far away from the fender lips as they do now, but also go further in by 2". that's what you need. Basically wide wheels with a non-gay offset. Then you can paint them pink :p

[Butler]

Looks awesome. Boost FTW.

[FredK]

Likes
engine build
stance
wheel color (nice saturated pink, like Walgreens brand Pepto-Bismol)
stockness (looks like a lowered 318is)

Dislikes
XXR wheels
Ground clearance of M42s in general

Does this car have to pass a smog check?

[dkbmxer002]

super super clean, not a fan of pink but other than that i love it.


where did you feed the oil from?

[Dj Buttchug]

I was gonna say it looks a little close to the turbo.

Also any reason you did 3in intercooler piping even though you only did a 2.5in intercooler? Don't you lose some boost pressure that way?

Good job on finishing it though!

I had to go down from a 3inch core to 2.5 cause it wouldnt fit behind the valence. I hope i dont have any issues.

Whats the rwhp goal?

In a perfect world I would love to see 300 whp. realistically though Im leaning towards accepting 300 crank hp @ about 15 psi.


No more smog. FUCK california. Car will be registered out of state in Utah. my family owns a vacation home there

[skuurt skuurt]

No more smog. FUCK california. Car will be registered out of state in Utah. my family owns a vacation home there

Lucky you

[Dj Buttchug]

someone buy my sport seats and motivate me to install these. I gotta make mounting brackets... just one more thing to do


Im seriously considering customizing my exhaust tip. OMFG JDM TYTE YO!!
Boszuku pipes bro

LULZ

[greekfreak]

amazing car love the rims what kind are they i would love to get myself a set

[gearheadE30]

Looks nice! glad to see you getting closer to a boosted M42 :). Now you, me, e30guydownunder, and schnitzer all will have running cars...if I wasn't on the wrong side of the country, I'd say a meet would be in order haha.

And I really wish I had low compression/more boost, and a GT-series turbo. I can only imagine what that would be like over my somewhat more home-brew build...

What diff are you running, by the way? I don't really trust the small case diff, and I'm having a hard time putting power down, so I'm in the market for a 3.73 LSD.

[e30rook]

That is a beautiful machine! Great job