E30 M30 Turbo Build Thread...

[nybimmers]

Still not much progress except snow melting lol. Once i get a break in weather i'm taking a week off from work to wrench on the car so this will happen fast. Received one of the final packages today, still waiting on my UUC Big Brake Kit, they seem to take forever to ship.


3" downpipe and exhaust. I'm sure i will need to modify it a little but better than starting from nothing :)

[nybimmers]

A little more update lol, still waiting for the weather to break, my dining room and kitchen has officially been over run with car parts lol. Starting to recieve the last final bits i ordered.

UUC Front BBK



Momo 350mm Steering Wheel




Also finally took off those god awful diamond racing steelies. Took the opportunity to test fit the 16x9 esm 002R's. These pictures are with a 15mm spacer bringing offset to et0. I think these will fill the rivet on flares i ordered perfectly.






And a final pic of as she sits right now.

[squidmaster]

Love that gauge setup!

[nybimmers]

Love that gauge setup!

Thanks!

[ttrousdell]

Pure awesome. Looking forward to updates and a test drive when i get home haha

[nybimmers]

Thanks!

Bro, you're so lucky you're not around right now, this winter is miserable lol.

[nybimmers]

Well, finally some good weather to start this project.

Started by doing some disassembly and mocking things up.




Had to jack the motor up to get the manifold on, i can see that i may have some issue with the exhaust and the strut tower clearance. Also for some reason the bolt holes on my holset didn't line up with the t4 flange. Can't really see in the pics.







Spent tonight moving the holes over and shined up the compressor housing with a wire wheel.



Thats pretty much it for tonight. Tomorrow i'll be pulling the head and installing the mls gasket and arp head studs.

[nybimmers]

I'm going to be switching to wasted spark and ditching the distributor. I want to run GM DIS but don't think i can because my ms2pnp only has one injector driver. It does have 4 logic level injector outs so i think i'm going to go with ls1 coil near plug coils because they have igniters built in and except the logic level signals. Only thing i'm trying to figure out is where do the coils get their power from and how does it get wired up?

[nybimmers]

Installed the arp head studs and mls gasket.

Things are moving right along.

[navytapaul]

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[nybimmers]

Well, been a while since i updated, project is almost ready for it's first start, probably by next week will be first start and tuning. Onto some pictures....



Got my 12" luke box i can't wait to install.



2.93 LSD, freshly sealed and painted, sold off the 3.73 LSD i had in the car.



Installed an aluminum radiator along with a new water pump and thermostat. If you look, ther distributor is missing, ordered this sweet blank off plate from a member here. I have LS1 coils i'm going to be mounting on the valve cover, wasted spark, here i come!



Bad picture, but this is the GAS e30, amp rack. Amazing piece, great quality, comes all wired up with led back lighting and 2 cooling fans and a relay, very happy with it.



And finally got around to welding up brackets to hold the intercooler, not bad for my first time welding. Also had to cut a notch out of the bumper to fit it on, going to drill some holes along the front of it to make more ait hit the intercooler. I have no idea how i am going to install the grills, bumper cover, or valence.



And how i left her sitting tonight, habe to pick up a 3" 45 degree coupling tomorrow and i can finish the intercooler piping.



All thats left is installing the coils, running the vacuum lines, exhaust, wiring up the LC-2 wideband, TPS and IAT, start her up and tune.

[Good & Tight]

It's coming along nicely. When that turbo lights up you better hold on...!!!!

[poopin04]

You kept the stock aux fan? Why not go with an electrical fan or an spal?

[nybimmers]

Because stock works fine.

[nybimmers]

And stock is an electric fan....