M30 5spd

[Pinepig]

Go find a cat cheese dick so we can weld up an exhaust.

[Jean]

I am looking, that guy in San Jose might be coming down to Elk Grove and will bring cat with him. Checking to see if he can do that tomorrow.

[Pinepig]

I am looking, that guy in San Jose might be coming down to Elk Grove and will bring cat with him. Checking to see if he can do that tomorrow.

Sweet.

[Good & Tight]

Good to see you got it running. You should move the battery to the trunk.

[chadthestampede]

Nice. Wish i could have seen it running. Great job getting it moving so quick.

[JoeMadoo]

congrats man!

[Jean]

Yeah a couple things left to do. Battery needs to be moved to the trunk, overflow tank needs to be installed, and the head bolts,crank nut need to be torqued down to their final specs. Not sure if the ECU will get too hot w/o adding a small fan for it or something like the e-box fan in the e32/e34 cars...

[Jean]

Called BAR today to confirm if Magnaflow 36008 cat is approved by them for this engine and it is. Ordered it today from the company listed in this thread http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=144653

BAR guy told me that it must be a 2 in 2 out, but after the cat it can be a single to the muffler. The problem is, the magnaflow cat does not have an o2 bung on it, I called Magnaflow to confirm this. Looking at realoem diagram, o2 should be pre-cat http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...70&hg=18&fg=05 so what do I need to order now?

[416stroker]

just slap in a xpipe before the cat then youll be fine. They wont care about that. or an h pipe.

[Pinepig]

Called BAR today to confirm if Magnaflow 36008 cat is approved by them for this engine and it is. Ordered it today from the company listed in this thread http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=144653

BAR guy told me that it must be a 2 in 2 out, but after the cat it can be a single to the muffler. The problem is, the magnaflow cat does not have an o2 bung on it, I called Magnaflow to confirm this. Looking at realoem diagram, o2 should be pre-cat http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...70&hg=18&fg=05 so what do I need to order now?

Just get an 02 bung I can weld into the front side of the cat in the plenum area. That is the best solution.

[Jean]

Magnaflow 36008 is here, picked up an o2 bung today. Also got an e32/e34 b35 airbox.

Extra ECU with a Dinan chip to try later.

[Pinepig]

Well, are you going to update the thread or what?

[Jean]

Yeah a little later, uploading stuff... I am f-ing tired.. exhaust work FTL.

Here is a quick video of the engine running with no exhaust at all - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM_7kiHGUqY

And one more with a cat and stock e30 rear section - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chjpqMapJSk

[yert315]

Mine was smoking at the manifolds too. Mine was leaking oil from the valve cover. Could it also be the gasket material burning off?

Congrats on getting it running! Mine should be back up tomorrow

[Jean]

Oil / fingerprints on the manifolds burning off. Nothing leaking :)