Extremely clean 89 E30 Turbo! 470hp! Maryland! Featured in Performance BMW!

[10yre30r]

I thought it was in September that he blew a headgasket replaced it drove a 100 miles and blew it again then I think he went and had it tuned by beefjurky's tuner friend and dyno'd at 466 at 26psi. I think he probably blew it again and just got tired I guess. Believe me the truck driver didnt joy ride in it I met this old man he could care less. I just look at the history with this cars issues and the high boost and paints a picture pretty clear.

[beefjurky69]

Just make sure to get the head check for warpage since you stated before that the temp gauge was going over into the red. Im sure it was there because of the combustion gases in the coolant system but better safe then sorry. Use a genuine head gasket not these aftermarket junkers. If I remember correctly that block has SS orings which im a big fan of...I haven't had any issues with mine "knock on wood".

Other then that just clean the block deck as best as possible for good gasket sealant torque those arp studs to 90ft lbs in the CORRECT SEQUENCE and i'm sure everything will be alright. Definitely turn down the boost to play it safe and keep an eye on the AFR gauge make sure your around 11/12:1 under boost and you should be good.

Any ?'s just ask or pm me and ill help you out as best as I can to my best knowledge. Good luck

Beefjurky, thanks ive followed your build thread for quire some time....Awesome car ! I'll get her running again. Monday we are pulling the head and see what we find. Firebird and squid I appreciate any help...im not familiar with megasquirt....he didnt tell me what version he had or anything. So im in the dark. Im gonna start by simply lowering the boost to about 10lbs or maybe 15lbs and be happy with that until I can get it to San Antonio to get it tuned properly. I do know he had it tuned where you tuned yours beefjurky so I believe the tune might be fine....maybe he just got a little over excited and set boost way to high just as you said. Will find out...

[10yre30r]

Thanks Beefjurky . I certainly will message you if I have any questions.

[Nats88M3]

Holy shit feel bad for you dude... but I recently got kinda shafted too but oh well. Good luck with it and you'll feel better when you get everything sorted out!

[DIIRTY-30]

have you read the thread?

Now I did after finding the thread above.

[LowR3V'in]

Where is the 470hp dyno?
Did he convert the actual numbers to crank like in the dyno
he posted?

[BMWManiac]

Did you look and see if the Diff has a tag on it? Usually, it will have the ration tag on it and say "S" for LSD

[10yre30r]

Thanks bmwmaniac gonna look for it. I asked him specifically if the car was 470hp to the wheel or crank he said it was to the wheel. I looked at original post when he is selling and he has a picture of the dyno but is says flywheel on the graph software...? So what is it ?

[semaj4712]

Based on ur luck thus far, is feel safe to assume its 470 at the crank

[MikeW]

Beefjurky, thanks ive followed your build thread for quire some time....Awesome car ! I'll get her running again. Monday we are pulling the head and see what we find. Firebird and squid I appreciate any help...im not familiar with megasquirt....he didnt tell me what version he had or anything. So im in the dark. Im gonna start by simply lowering the boost to about 10lbs or maybe 15lbs and be happy with that until I can get it to San Antonio to get it tuned properly. I do know he had it tuned where you tuned yours beefjurky so I believe the tune might be fine....maybe he just got a little over excited and set boost way to high just as you said. Will find out...

His post in this thread says he is using Megasquirt Version 2 as a stand alone. Should not be too difficult to find the box, and I suggest you do some googling about this version to understand its capabilities and how it works, etc. It's a good system. Did he give you the cables and software?

[10yre30r]

Nope no software. Ill check for any cables that might be attached to ecu today after work. Today we are taking the head off. I'll post some pics. Going to do research on ver 2 and start familiarizing myself with it..thanks mike.

[LowR3V'in]

Based on ur luck thus far, is feel safe to assume its 470 at the crank

But his last dyno is estimated at the crank but it's not even 470.

[Cha Ching]

10yr, has the seller responded since you started this response? Am I the only on who finds it disturbing that he hasn't made a peep here in his own thread to defend his actions?

[MikeW]

I suppose I would be surprised if he were a masochist.

[10yre30r]

Seller has not responded at all. This guy will go down as the flakiest guy who ever was a member of this forum in my opinion. I could use alot of other colorful words ...but i wont sink to this guys level.