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[wazzu70]

I never noticed how bad the TB looked in that pic. In the car it does not stand out like that. Ill add it on the list of things to paint. Hopefully ITB will replace the crusty TB :)

[roguetoaster]

Shiny, so shiny...

Seriously, why is the TB not painted?



The only things that have visibly changed in two years have been the removal of the cosmoline on the AFM and intake and the addition of two years of dirt/grime.

[Vivek]

grainy picture

Oh..the things I would do for your engine..

[wazzu70]

[MF DOOM]

grainy picture

[5m1dy]

Heheh- looks familiar, but yours is much cleaner :)

There is something pleasing about one throttle/one coil per cylinder, isn't there?

Mmmmmmmmmhhhmmm :)

Interested also to hear how you approached tune w/ Motronic. I had to go all the way up to 24lb injectors + slight rail pressure bump before my wideband threw happy numbers @ WOT.

Have you done any internal work or ecu upgrades?

Stock Motronic with Ostrich 2.0 running a tune to work with the ITBs and 24lb injectors with an innovate LC1. PO decked my head, so my compression's a little higher than then the tune was for. Am yet to get it properly tuned for myself. The only internal work I've done is to rebuild the whole timing system, which was an amazing improvement. I had so much slack in my sprockets that I swear the cams must have retarded when you blipped the throttle. Next steps are a nice pair of cams, better exhaust set up then a proper dyno tune.

[Brilliantrot 318is]

Heheh- looks familiar, but yours is much cleaner :)

There is something pleasing about one throttle/one coil per cylinder, isn't there?

Interested also to hear how you approached tune w/ Motronic. I had to go all the way up to 24lb injectors + slight rail pressure bump before my wideband threw happy numbers @ WOT.

How is you mpg? Do you daily or weekends only your m42?

[decay]

Blurry, and stock ;)

Heheh- looks familiar, but yours is much cleaner :)

There is something pleasing about one throttle/one coil per cylinder, isn't there?

Interested also to hear how you approached tune w/ Motronic. I had to go all the way up to 24lb injectors + slight rail pressure bump before my wideband threw happy numbers @ WOT.

[Brilliantrot 318is]

^ beautiful

Thanks :)

Blurry, and stock ;)

Wow. Looking good my friend. I need those itb's! Have you done any internal work or ecu upgrades?

[5m1dy]

Blurry, and stock ;)

[Dj Buttchug]

^ beautiful

[Brilliantrot 318is]

[S13_E30]

even more stock...

makes me want to boost mine!

[M3Philipp]

Good to see it worked for you too.

[peytonracer4]

That looks impressive.
So what did you do?
What did you do on the left side of the valve cover, looks like new...

i cleaned it with those pads as you suggested. the next day actually. haha
then once it was clean i lightly sanded it with 400 grit and then cleaned it with acetone. it looked better but still pretty awful. i'll post pics of that soon.
then i painted it. it looks INCREDIBLE. it costed $4 for the high temp engine paint. it's matte aluminum. the left side just has light on it that's why it looks different. the hood is just blocking the light, the whole thing is the same color.