M30 modification plan

[Teroy]

E30M30 swap

What driveshaft did you use and do you have pics of your turbo manifold.

[Good & Tight]

Thought you were running an M90 head? and thus the early style distributor?

M90 head is identical to B34 head with the distributor. I'm running a crank trigger setup and a coil pack with megasquirt.

[slammin.e28]

I fabricated everything, manifold, exhaust, intercooler piping, engine mounts..list goes on. Engine wise, stock bottom end B34, B34 head with Schrick cam, ARP's, Cometic gasket stock thickness.

And like yert315 said, tune tune and tune, it really is the most important aspect of turbo system.

Thought you were running an M90 head? and thus the early style distributor?

its an m30 for crying out loud.studs b34 bottom end metal headgasket. and boost it. right now i am realiable as hell at this power. and yes do all seals while the motors out. spec clutches are not too bad. these motors are bad ass. and if it ever goes pop its 300$ and a little elbow grease to get another one in. lol

This with a B35 head slapped on it /done.

M30 is IMO about the best engine BMW ever made. Simple, and can handle A LOT of abuse. I drove one around with a severely cracked head (between cyl 5/6 and 3/4) and blown HG. It simply didn't care, kept going.

[Lurker27]

Find my build thread. It's exactly what you're trying to do.

[kylelauffer]

its an m30 for crying out loud.studs b34 bottom end metal headgasket. and boost it. right now i am realiable as hell at this power. and yes do all seals while the motors out. spec clutches are not too bad. these motors are bad ass. and if it ever goes pop its 300$ and a little elbow grease to get another one in. lol

[e30nerdy]

Thanks for the info Tight and Yert, you guys are of much great help.

[Good & Tight]

Good & tight, your the man thanks for the inspiration. So what exactly did you really do part wise for your swap. Did you really not use that many parts?

I fabricated everything, manifold, exhaust, intercooler piping, engine mounts..list goes on. Engine wise, stock bottom end B34, B34 head with Schrick cam, ARP's, Cometic gasket stock thickness.

And like yert315 said, tune tune and tune, it really is the most important aspect of turbo system.

[yert315]

slap the engine in with a proper clutch and turbo. Then TUNE. tune tune tune. There are plenty of stock b35s running boost reliably. I can't stress enough the importance of a tune. This is where 90% of the reliability for a turbo system comes from.

I'm sure I'll get flack for this, but don't worry about cam, bearings, head studs, etc. The b35 is a bullet proof engine. You'll make plenty of power with the stock setup. I would only change the timing chain guide rail and tensioner rail.

[e30nerdy]

Good & tight, your the man thanks for the inspiration. So what exactly did you really do part wise for your swap. Did you really not use that many parts?

[Good & Tight]

Didn't see clutch on your list of things to buy. You will deff need a strong clutch to handle the torque.

[e30nerdy]

Schinken,thanks for the input right now I am still "trolling" using the search function using the word "budget" lol my main goal is to do it cheaply and reliably.

[Herr Faust Schinken]

Rods are very strong on m30s, pistons too, I wouldn't worry about a s38 crank. Do new main and rod bearings Arp head studs. Vac makes a turbo cam for m30s that's supposed to be good, do IE heavy duty rockers, make sure the valve springs and valve seals are good, make the motor reliable then boost the crap out it

[e30nerdy]

thanks man much appreciated

[Bimmer_man]

alright just take note that the engine you have was not built to take a turbo so just be warned. Lack of proper hardware and you will destroy that engine. My brother did that to his car and destroyed the engine.

I will say good luck though man. at least have the pistons,rods, and crank checked.

[e30nerdy]

Titan..sorry let me clarify I have the motor already.I dont really feel the necessity to rebuild if its not that bad. Just a port and polish maybe.