The 15 Y/O Turbo M42 Build Thread (Now Holley EFI Terminator X Controlled)

[phreshkid]

You started out 5 years ago as a bro with pink wheels and seemingly superficial mechanical knowledge, whose posts were humorous but hard to read. I see that you've steadily progressed into a college-educated, literate enthusiast, doing some advanced tuning and fabricating. That gives me hope for the future of car enthusiasts.

I hope one day someone can write this about me. This was very pleasant to read, and made me feel good inside.

[Nader393]

I'm new here, (probably older than most of you) and have been actively educating myself on these cars by reading build threads like yours. I've read this thread from beginning to end.

I'm impressed with your progress. You started out 5 years ago as a bro with pink wheels and seemingly superficial mechanical knowledge, whose posts were humorous but hard to read. I see that you've steadily progressed into a college-educated, literate enthusiast, doing some advanced tuning and fabricating. That gives me hope for the future of car enthusiasts.

My only bit of advice is to ceramic-coat the hot parts instead of that fiberglass wrap. It's a much cleaner look, and won't corrode. Then again, you may not have the moisture issues we have here in the PNW, which reek havoc with those wraps (BTDT).

It's been a fun read, and I'm rooting for you. Keep the updates coming.

[MF DOOM]

V-band is the way to go, I'm getting tired of taking the 5 bolt flange on and off every time I need to pull my engine out. Do you have a tig welder buttchug? and better pictures of intake plzzzz

lol I took mine off twice and thats all it took. It made a good excuse to upgrade turbos ;D

Looks good as usual. When I went home for thanksgiving break I pulled the cover off my car, sat in it for a few minutes, shed a few tears then covered her back up.. :( Hope to see you ripping around in this thing soon.

[car_gal_jenni]

Just read through the whole thread. Talk about motivating me to actually start the turbo build on my own M42!! Fantastic :D Hopefully mine turns out half as nice as yours one day.

[Dj Buttchug]

V-band is the way to go, I'm getting tired of taking the 5 bolt flange on and off every time I need to pull my engine out. Do you have a tig welder buttchug? and better pictures of intake plzzzz

Im making some slight mods to the intake. more pics of that when finished. Ive been using a buddys tig to get my work done.

Here are some pics of the finished new down pipe. Im happy with it.





Previous exhaust and intake were so restrictive. Hoping for much better numbers now even tho it was a blast to drive. Slow pace is due to serious 60+ work weeks. Literally dont have time to do anything.

[ccsdo5]

V-band is the way to go, I'm getting tired of taking the 5 bolt flange on and off every time I need to pull my engine out. Do you have a tig welder buttchug? and better pictures of intake plzzzz

[Czur1991]

Noice!!!

[Dj Buttchug]

Now that the intake side is done I managed to correct some issues with my previous downpipe setup.

Bought some U bends and put together a much better design with a V band clamp using some of my old exhaust. Also added a flex pipe just in case. Tacked it all up with my shitty HF welder. Here are some pics.

[econti]

Where have you put the oil feed and drain for the turbo?

[varg]

I was never selling it.

Must have you confused with someone else, damn that generic username of yours :stupidsign:

[Dj Buttchug]

So you're not selling it now? I like your valve cover, I want to make mine somewhat nice but removing it involves removing the turbo so it's a pain.

I was never selling it.

[varg]

So you're not selling it now? I like your valve cover, I want to make mine somewhat nice but removing it involves removing the turbo so it's a pain.

[Dj Buttchug]

still here guys. 2/10 lame pic for now. more details to come. also new goals. 350 wheel on water meth/ 91 pump. 20 psi

[gearheadE30]

I haven't been on r3v in something like 3 years and I come back and this damn thread is still going...

[wazzu70]

Just buy the casting from Dbilas. In Oz you could get from RHD. Personally I would go through RHD even in the US.

Chuggz, you might want to look into Jenvey turbo plenums: http://www.jenvey.co.uk/products/turbo-plenum