325i Turbo Day #2 - Progress Report

[TCD]

We worked on the car today and it is nearing completion. One more day and it'll be ready to go. I forgot to order a few items that stopped us from finishing this weekend so it looks like we'll be finishing next week.

That's a m30 AFM we are using.

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Todd

http://www.turbochargingdynamics.com

[Jand3rson]

DEAD

SEXY.

[randomtask37]

looks sooooo clean and well put toghether, i cant wait to see it in action.


edit: im not seeing an intercooler, u not putting one it?

[Rob]

is that the final connection to the throttle body?

[TCD]

We offer both non intercooled and intercooled kits. We always start by building the non intercooled kit. Our intercooled kit will feature a water/air intercooler on the cold side of the engine in the engine compartment.
Todd

[TCD]

The 2"x2.75" silicone transition slipped my mind when I ordered parts this week and thus why we stopped early today!
Todd

[LikeCDoos]

looks sooooo clean and well put toghether, i cant wait to see it in action.

[325is_e30]

beautiful setup man

[Digitalwave]

Looks incredible Todd, keep up the good work.

[Jordan]

OK, now that the mess is moped up, lets try this again.

I have been really looking forward to updates on this project since I saw the manifold you had made. It looks like a quality part, even though it is not equal length which would be nice.

Now that I have seen the pictures of most of the kit installed I must say that I am not quite as impressed. Your price on the kit is quite a bit more then alot of people are going to be willing to pay for what they are getting IMO.

Some of the things I see that would bother me (if I were in the market for a turbo kit) this setup lacks a intercooler, functional or not.. lets face it... there is nothing quite as aggressive as a big grill of aluminum behind the bumper :twisted:

The piping throughout the kit looks fairly well laid out, perhaps it could benefit from a large diameter and more radioused corners. Now I understand that you chose the diameter because it aids in velocity, that makes sense, and it is factual, however it looks wimpy.

I think it would be a good idea if you bent the intake piping on an angle, and shoved it into a cool air box like a car built by Dinan that was at last years Picnic.

Here is a couple pictures of it:





Again, I respect what you are doing, and you should know me well enough to know I don't say such things often at all These are just things that I myself find to be "lacking" I guess.

[bwanac]

That is simply amazing!!!

So clean. Damn! What is that putting out? :shock:

[rwh11385]

Jordan, cleaning up mess = nice work.

Todd, good work at bringing about a real E30 turbo kit. Real nice setup.

Pipe size = if has his engineering reasons, so be it. They do look small, but form follows functions. Same with intercooler.

I think the price has to be grand because of the R&D effort. Guys here research and get advice and spend a lot of time looking for parts. For all the junk you need, and a bolt on kit, that is worth something more than simply the parts itself. And there are a whole lot of parts. You can't simply look at the turbo, manifold, etc. there are also injectors, bigger afm...and those small things add up.

Keep us posted.

[Digitalwave]

Jordan, was that kit mostly custom built?

[nando]

that car was badass, but remember jordan, it was owned by a rich old dude who could just pay other people to do the work for him. Not exactly something many here are capable of.

I wanted to hear that thing run. maybe at this year's picnic. :)

[TCD]

Hey Jordan,
We can make your setup any way you want! 3" charged air pipe and huge air/air intercooler, no problem. Ship your car to us and we'll build it.
Todd