Drove my 24V turbo for the first time today!

[shiboujin]

I've been working on this motor swap since about last july and FINALLY drove it around the block today. The motor swap itself was easy, the turbo/fabrication/megasquirt were not.

I still have tuning and shit tons of clean up left but I am very happy with the car. I was barely on the gas in the rain and spun my new 245/45/17s in the rear with me 2.93LSD.

Setup? M50B25 NV, 0.140" MLS hg, HX35 with an 8psi springed WG. A bunch of other stuff but whatever.




one of my first start vids:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2iBnUHlFiE&feature=related

[e30this]

Gasket maker?? Looks like you have some weldes thats need to be fixed..

[E30Idea]

Glad you are happy! Go have some fun!

[shiboujin]

yea thats an old video. I found a pin hole leak and the Vband wasn't sealing right. I fixed all the exhaust leaks before driving it.

[1mz]

can't wait to watch this video when i get home and youtube isn't blocked by a firewall :)

[mrhinton]

congrats on your car

[daniel]

approximate amount spent on all the turbo stuff?

[shiboujin]

$3-3.5k range I'd say. I paid $350 for the motor and tranny but it was missing things like the intake, valve cover, accessories that I had to make up. The turbo was free so I saved there.

If you meant JUST the turbo stuff, probably $1.5k but DIYAutotune.com sponsors me so my megasquirt and such was cheap.

[dirty30]

Nice! I would love to check your car out sometime as I will be going turbo on my 24v swap after I sell my e36 M3. Any drift events you will be attending soon?

[shiboujin]

I'm trying to make summit point on the 17th but its looking doubtful at this point. close but no cigar you know?

[gregslow318i]

lets see some header pics

[shiboujin]

you mean manifold? It's just an ebay manifold. If you want to see my adapter with the WG attachment... no. It's a POS and I am not proud of it. It's only on there until I can make something better.