DIY Turbo install in progress

[White Nightmare]

For engine cooling reasons it makes more sense to have cold/cooler are released into the engine bay rather than hot.

-Chris

[matt]

For engine cooling reasons it makes more sense to have cold/cooler are released into the engine bay rather than hot.

-Chris

Not really.

[Mr Deagle]

For engine cooling reasons it makes more sense to have cold/cooler are released into the engine bay rather than hot.

-Chris

especially when there is a near red hot or red hot exhaust heating things up


/sarcasm

it wouldn't help at all, the radiator handles cooling duties

[Marvin]

Updates........

Received more parts for the turbo














Finally got a chance to remove oilpan



Here's after cleaning it up


Guages installed


Update pics of the turbo install





More pics to come......

[mops]

Heya. I'm preparing for my build aswell. do you still have front vallance out ? I need the exact measurments of the interncooler area. I see you used IC with 2.5" ends, is that because 3" wont fit ? I'm aplnning on mounting the IC the same way you do. However I'm concerned about the airflow there (or rather lack of it - it's behind the bumper and vallance and in my case rego plate, etc)... what are you doing with oil cooler ? relocating it somewhere or what ?

[JOE BMW]

Looks good man...Good luck

Keep us posted

[chivas]

Quick question as i just got my iX out of the dead.... is this possible with the iX? will the oil pan and other differences in the iX make your great write-up different? if so, what parts?

i also like to know what you are doing about fuel and engine management.


thanks!! great post and very inspirational. love how you priced out most of the things. gives building this project a good budgeting idea.

[ACHTUNG]

Great thread!

[skatebline]

keep up the good work!

[norwood e30]

What Sizes Are Your Oil Feed And Return Lines Man Because Im Getting Ready To Put My T3 In My Car This Summer. If You Can Give Me On Some Advise I Could Really Use It Right About Now.

[Marvin]

What Sizes Are Your Oil Feed And Return Lines Man Because Im Getting Ready To Put My T3 In My Car This Summer. If You Can Give Me On Some Advise I Could Really Use It Right About Now.

Hi there,

Im using -4an for the oil feed line and -10an for the drain line

[Eric]

what are you doing for electronics?

[bimmer8604]

I plan to weld a small bead around my charge pipes where I use couplers to help prevent any chance of blowing one off. Might be overkill...
-D

called a bead roller...

And i would put the BOV closer to the turbo, too. If you look at it, hot air is exiting the turbo, going into the intercooler. When you put that hot air into the cooler, it heats the cooler up OMG! rocket science i tell ya!

Very nice write up, can't wait to see more on how you run your lines and whatnot. I really enjoy the itemized parts lists you've been including, as that can be confusing some times. What will you be doing for engine management?

Kyle

[Mr Deagle]

Swap the shiny coupler in the first pic with the shiny coupler/bov in the second pic

And i would put the BOV closer to the turbo, too. If you look at it, hot air is exiting the turbo, going into the intercooler. When you put that hot air into the cooler, it heats the cooler up OMG! rocket science i tell ya!

Kyle

Thank you!

and did you work for loren?

[bimmer8604]

yea, i worked for him for a while. i dont think i was the best employee(dunno what he would say if somebody asked him, heh) but i lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvved it there.

kyle