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

[krisu]

Ok, thanks all for the suggestions! back to the topic:

Threw on some K1s with Toyo Proxies. Love this look.

Those koseis looks race

[getouth]

95 E36 M3 engine mounts work very well on M42 engines! very firm but without the vibration of poly. shop around, they are not that expensive either.

[Dj Buttchug]

Threw on some K1s with Toyo Proxies. Love this look.

[Dj Buttchug]

I use OEM mounts. I probably need new ones but I don't like the extra vibration of poly mounts. Theres enough clutch chatter with the setup I have as it is.

[Schnitzer318is]

What motor mounts do you have?

Started turboing my touring and now im wondering that should i use the oem mounts or go with the polys.. damn hard choices.. suggestions?

I'm using e28 M5 greens on my turbo M42. Feels just like stock but without the crappy hydraulic pucks.

[Shangsta]

I would go oem mounts. I had polys and personally felt it was terrible. With a straight 6 it is fine but on a m42 it vibrates everything

[krisu]

What motor mounts do you have?

Started turboing my touring and now im wondering that should i use the oem mounts or go with the polys.. damn hard choices.. suggestions?

[Dj Buttchug]

I remember you mentioning you may sell. Maybe you need something to motivate you. Throughout my build I've experience times of low interest where the car sits and I pay registration/ insurance and its just sitting there. Its difficult with a full time job too. You slowly have less and less free time. I can only imagine what its like with a new family.

[Schnitzer318is]

Thanks. I'll be doing that the next time I have to take the VC off. Not sure when that'll be though. Turbo car doesn't get driven much anymore (haven't gassed it up since November 2015) after the arrival of our first born 2.5 years ago. And now we have our second due in January I doubt that it's usage will change much. I keep flip flopping about selling it because it doesn't make sense to keep a car insured, registered, etc to use once every 3 months or so...

[Dj Buttchug]

M8x1.0 I believe. My studs are a little tall but yes totally agree. It is so much easier this way. Better clamping force on the VC as well because the OEM rubber grommets just don't hold up long.

[Schnitzer318is]

Looking good.

Side note, you remember the pitch/thread size on the studs you're using for the valve cover? That's how BMW should have done it. I had to Helicoil at least half of mine because the PO stripped the threading in the head from over tightening.

[Dj Buttchug]

New fuel system installed and working well. What a complete bitch it was to mount the Nuke rail. I fabricated 3 different brackets from scratch before finally coming up with a box shape style that worked right.

[Dj Buttchug]

possibly so but this one I have is not working correctly so that's why I opted to a higher rated one.

[Jaker]

I've used the Motorola 2.5BAR sensor before and it accurately read to 23psi.

[Dj Buttchug]

I might have missed it. How much boost are you running? That 2.5bar sensor is good for 22-23lbs of boost.

running 22.

The 2.5 bar actually isn't. Map sensors only operate at about 80% or so of total rated BAR so it would only accurately measure 16-18 psi.