E30 M30 Turbo Build Thread...

[E30-323ti]

You thought about mod'ing the manifold,Alpina B10 style:

[nybimmers]

E30 M30 Turbo Build Thread...

Update time. I am rerouting the charge piping behind the intake along the firewall so the hood should close.



Here i cut the grills around the intercooler bracing, i'm going to try to piece on whatever i can of the valence.



Welded up the bracket for the ls1 ignition coils, added a bracket on each side, and welded the ls1 bracket to the m30 afm bracket so it bolts to the valve cover.



And here is the finished product.

All thats left is wiring up the m30 auto tps, the innovate lc-2, run all the vacuum lines, weld the exhaust, and tune.

[nybimmers]

Finished the charge pipe, hood won't close lol, going to either cut the hood or shim it if possible.

[nybimmers]

My guess is that you'll need a bigger fan, but it won't hurt to try the stock one for a while.

I doubt it, was running stock fan and oem radiator before, engine would stay a little above 1/4. I will eventually run the fan off ms2 with hi/lo speeds.

[CorvallisBMW]

My guess is that you'll need a bigger fan, but it won't hurt to try the stock one for a while.

[poopin04]

Because stock works fine.

Got it! If it ain't broke don't fix it. Unless it's an eBay part, then you should sell it to Des.

[nybimmers]

And stock is an electric fan....

[nybimmers]

Because stock works fine.

[poopin04]

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

[Good & Tight]

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

[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.

[navytapaul]

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[nybimmers]

Installed the arp head studs and mls gasket.

Things are moving right along.

[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]

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.