E30 M60 v8 swap with GT45 Turbo

[ZachBimmer540i]

Hey everyone The name is Zach Based In NJ. been around BMW for years now and I rarely get to see anyone m6x or s62 motor. So I decided before drifting season starts anew to build this swap for all those who wanted it done. Hate to see all europeans doing this swap successfully having all the fun. So I will be updating this with pictures from start to finish and maybe if you all are lucky diagrams and how to's. Also this build will be coming with turbocharging and megasquirt so bare with me guys.

Have a good one everyone. :redspot

[Farbin Kaiber]

Sounds good, but FYI, there are a good number of r3v members with m6x swaps. In fact, there is a guy already producing a very detailed walkthrough for sale here. Interested to see how you go about turbo fitting, after seeing the STS TT c6 setup, I'd think that's the way to go.

[ZachBimmer540i]

Oh yeah thanks. Basically just putting my shop name out doing the crazy stuff that no one else is showing on the forums.

[ForcedFirebird]

Here we go again.

[ForcedFirebird]

Oh yeah thanks. Basically just putting my shop name out doing the crazy stuff that no one else is showing on the forums.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=274697

[iamsam]

^^ Oh snap!

[Garageaholic]

Thanks guys.

Yeah, there's 1000 ways to do this swap, but I'm always interested to see new ways to do it!

Good luck and keep us all updated!

[ZachBimmer540i]

The thing is I'm not buying that. I have already my own build plans and books of diagrams write-ups and schematics. just adding the turbo to it.

[ZachBimmer540i]

Thanks Frank it was your e30 m60 swap that got me to do this build on youtube. except for the music lol

[ForcedFirebird]

The thing is I'm not buying that. I have already my own build plans and books of diagrams write-ups and schematics. just adding the turbo to it.

Do you have any pics of other work your shop has done?

[ZachBimmer540i]

Yes mostly evos and sti' some bmws but I would have to email them off my phone for me to post for everyone to view.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Well, e-mail away, if you are out to make a name for your shop, TXT messages to individual users isn't gonna be the way to get it done. We all like pictures here, especially pics of high quality builds!

[ZachBimmer540i]

alrighty I will now actually for you guys

[ForcedFirebird]

So you work on 4g63's? My shop just finished up a forged Ralliart 2.0 for a 2010 Genesis Coupe R-Spec with a gt28 turbo and Mishimoto cold pipe/IC setup. Fun car, even though it's only RWD.

http://s448.photobucket.com/albums/qq202/Forced_Firebird/GenCoupe%20rebuild/?start=all

Looking forward to pics of your shop/work!

[JGood]

I rarely get to see anyone m6x or s62 motor. Hate to see all europeans doing this swap successfully having all the fun.

There's a bunch of us who have m60 e30's, most of us with pretty detailed build threads and write-ups on this forum. There's also lots of information contributed from the members here in this subforum, with lots of good discussions about the various ways to get the job done. Just like 24v swaps, people are finding more efficient ways of doing things every day, and its the community discussions that make it happen. We all like easy and cheap solutions, so the more the merrier! Welcome.

I'm definitely interested in your forced induction build, as I've been tossing around the idea of either a rear mount turbo or a S/C in the A/C compressor location. I haven't seen a comprehensive build thread on either in an e30 chassis.

There's a guy running an m60b40 in a Volvo with a GT45 running E85 using MS, making 640whp. Seems like a bit of an overkill turbo for the power it's making, I'd think you could go with a smaller turbo and see less lag, but that's not my area of expertise. I don't know where that thing would fit in an m60 e30 engine bay either!