Need. More. Power.

[BoostMW]

Congrats on your new project, Can't wait to see it when its done ? My freind did this swap but ran it a problem of the old school distributor hitting the hood but it looks with standalone fuel and spark you won't have that problem.

Are you going to relocate thottle body to other side and add large front mount intercooler?

[Funkmasta]

We are definitely going to run an intercooler, and have plenty of room behind my airdam.
Not sure of the routing yet, though.

The distributor I think is only an issue on the early Euro motors, or possibly the 102s. On the late M30 and M106, the distributor cap is on the front of the motor like on the M20, and no issue with clearance.

[318isbmw]

Looks amazing as usual Joe. Still haven't ridden in the car after the many times i've seen it. Makes me keep kicking myself for going m50 instead of m30.

[SpecM]

omg that e30s going to be stupid fast

[golde30]

Looks amazing as usual Joe. Still haven't ridden in the car after the many times i've seen it. Makes me keep kicking myself for going m50 instead of m30.

did u not see that turbo m50 running 10's?

[Funkmasta]

did u not see that stressed turbo m50 running 10's?

fixed. :mrgreen:

[318isbmw]

did u not see that turbo m50 running 10's?

Yeah I've seen it... Your point?

[duodvlhntr]

Woohoo!! FI!!! How much power did that twin-turbo M30 put out? Enough to be a competitive Super Lap Battle car? Oh, the ambitions...

[JoeMadoo]

awww I want more power too...

[Alpina]

. What about a twin turbo M30? Can't wait to see what it's like.

I have one ......... oem ........... and is still a very fast car (( + 0.2 bar overboost ))

[BrewCity11]

Are you going to relocate thottle body to other side

I've been wondering about this. Too lazy to search, shoot me.

Is this done purely for plumbing pruposes? Or is there any other benefit to it? That one guy with the touring+M30 did this with a Mustang dual butterfly throttle body. Took up damn near the whole face of the plenum.

[Funkmasta]

I've been wondering about this. Too lazy to search, shoot me.

Is this done purely for plumbing pruposes? Or is there any other benefit to it? That one guy with the touring+M30 did this with a Mustang dual butterfly throttle body. Took up damn near the whole face of the plenum.

It is done so that you can easily use a standard front mount intercooler

[CorvallisBMW]

Joe, the bar has been set:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=123857

[Funkmasta]

Yanking out the M30 today.


goodbye, *tear*

[318isbmw]

I'm excited to see how this goes. Better days are coming, always sucks pulling motors though.

Btw joe, tomorrow I learn to tune w/ megasquirt, I'm freaking excited. JrHaile and I just finished getting the car together.