Just skip to post #22, even after then it's a bit of a shit show...
Hey all, finally time for me to start a build thread. I don't know how many of my cars will make it in here but we'll start it off with only my 1987 325is named Gina that my brother and I are building together. Right now, I'm in the process of installing a turbo system on it and thought I could post that up here. Still waiting on some stuff, but here are some photos and such.
By the way, the M20 was bought to be swapped into another one of my E30s so it will not be staying, we're just using this car as a mock-up for now. That car is my 1985 318i named Goodrin that I'm building for a friend. It will eventually be getting this turbo'd M20. The car in the background of all these photos is my 1990 325i touring rocking Kamotors super-wide flares and some serious lows. That car will get its own thread in time.
First things first, some photos of the car:
As you can see, the hood latch is broken, as is the hood cable. Will be fixed soon...ish...
Hood being helped by my bro ;)
Rear shots:
And the interior:
Some of the first mods I did were to replace the brake lines with ECS stainless ones:
Next came Motorsport Hardware 44mm wheel studs. These are great they make wheel changes so much easier:
Then some turbo action. I did not take nearly as many photos as I should, but in this post I'll describe the system and next time show some photos. The kit I got was the full CXRacing eBay kit and 3" exhaust. Enter haters now... Well, the guy I'm building this for is pinching pennies pretty hard so this is what happens. I will say, the CXRacing kit is pretty good. The turbo is balanced, the manifold and exhaust fit decently, and the components seem to be generally of good quality. That said, my confidence in the knock-off Tial wastegate and Greddy BOV was low, so $320 later I had a used Tial with 13lb spring and a genuine Greddy BOV. For the rest of the setup, I'll be putting a TRE 255 fuel pump in this car and when the motor gets swapped over to the other car, she'll get a 255 inline Walbro. Tuning will be via a Sssquid chip tuned for M30 AFM, 42# injectors and 91 octane. Injectors are rebuilt Ford Racing. I have ARP head-studs and new stock gaskets for the engine, as well as an F1 Racing stage-3 clutch. Every part I have mentioned has been ordered or is in my hand so this isn't any fantasy that won't ever happen, just an FYI.
So, some photos. Again, I was pretty lame on photo-taking today but I will definitely add more tomorrow since I have the day off.
The turbo:
Wheels, here you can also see how the turbo was balanced:
Here is the 4-bolt to v-band adapter thingy attached:
And now the manifold mocked up:
And turbo on top of that:
That's all I have for now, at the moment the rear portion of the exhaust is on the car and the manifold is off to sort out the oil feed. Hoping to complete the oil feed tomorrow and get the manifold, turbo and downpipe all bolted on. Stay tuned for more!
Hey all, finally time for me to start a build thread. I don't know how many of my cars will make it in here but we'll start it off with only my 1987 325is named Gina that my brother and I are building together. Right now, I'm in the process of installing a turbo system on it and thought I could post that up here. Still waiting on some stuff, but here are some photos and such.
By the way, the M20 was bought to be swapped into another one of my E30s so it will not be staying, we're just using this car as a mock-up for now. That car is my 1985 318i named Goodrin that I'm building for a friend. It will eventually be getting this turbo'd M20. The car in the background of all these photos is my 1990 325i touring rocking Kamotors super-wide flares and some serious lows. That car will get its own thread in time.
First things first, some photos of the car:
As you can see, the hood latch is broken, as is the hood cable. Will be fixed soon...ish...
Hood being helped by my bro ;)
Rear shots:
And the interior:
Some of the first mods I did were to replace the brake lines with ECS stainless ones:
Next came Motorsport Hardware 44mm wheel studs. These are great they make wheel changes so much easier:
Then some turbo action. I did not take nearly as many photos as I should, but in this post I'll describe the system and next time show some photos. The kit I got was the full CXRacing eBay kit and 3" exhaust. Enter haters now... Well, the guy I'm building this for is pinching pennies pretty hard so this is what happens. I will say, the CXRacing kit is pretty good. The turbo is balanced, the manifold and exhaust fit decently, and the components seem to be generally of good quality. That said, my confidence in the knock-off Tial wastegate and Greddy BOV was low, so $320 later I had a used Tial with 13lb spring and a genuine Greddy BOV. For the rest of the setup, I'll be putting a TRE 255 fuel pump in this car and when the motor gets swapped over to the other car, she'll get a 255 inline Walbro. Tuning will be via a Sssquid chip tuned for M30 AFM, 42# injectors and 91 octane. Injectors are rebuilt Ford Racing. I have ARP head-studs and new stock gaskets for the engine, as well as an F1 Racing stage-3 clutch. Every part I have mentioned has been ordered or is in my hand so this isn't any fantasy that won't ever happen, just an FYI.
So, some photos. Again, I was pretty lame on photo-taking today but I will definitely add more tomorrow since I have the day off.
The turbo:
Wheels, here you can also see how the turbo was balanced:
Here is the 4-bolt to v-band adapter thingy attached:
And now the manifold mocked up:
And turbo on top of that:
That's all I have for now, at the moment the rear portion of the exhaust is on the car and the manifold is off to sort out the oil feed. Hoping to complete the oil feed tomorrow and get the manifold, turbo and downpipe all bolted on. Stay tuned for more!
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