My 333i turbo

[e30m3s54turbo]

I hope you solved you problem.

How is the rest of the project coming out?

[scoobydo]

For those lucky enough to have an Alpina gearbox crossmember dont make the mistake I did, it is actually handed this is why I was having problems getting the gearbox to sit on the mounts.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

I just figured it was since its a alpine car. But that still a cool home brew manifold

[scoobydo]

not sure it is an Alpina manifold unless you have details confirming? Think it is more a homebrew of parts that have been flipped and a turbo flange welded on. Wasnt a tight fit with the Alpina mounts everything had plenty of clearance but the shift back 30mm had hurt the clearance. Would love a G&T manifold but would need t3 flange and without the external wastegate provision as mine is internal.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

I love the alpina turbo manifold they are awesome

[CorvallisBMW]

Holy hell that's a tight fit. I hope mine isn't that gnarly.

[scoobydo]

Spent a bit of time clearing kids toys from garage so I now have room to work on it in the garage, have put it in the air as well so can work underneath.

Test fit of cx racing intercooler will be moving it up about 15mm so most of it is behind the kidneys/grille just need to grind the right hand mount down a bit



Also made a bit more clearance on the downpipe.

[scoobydo]

not quite original:), was altered in the lates 80's early 90's but nothing that spoils it in my eyes. Not many left (1 other being restored in the UK and possibly another that was in good condition but hasnt been seen for a while)there are a few in SA and one being restored over there. Beyond that not many left think one was found in Japan recently.

Mine would be difficult to go back to factory standard but everything has been done sympathically.

[Galicianslash]

I never thought I would actually see an original 333i here in this forum. I still remember when I read about it on Wikipedia when I first bought my 325e and started to get into e30's 10 years ago. Truly an amazing car. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[FireFight]

[scoobydo]

Was going to wrap the downpipe but dont have the clearance as wrap is 1.5mm thick so 3mm at best with the half overlap. I just dont have the clearance to do this. Wrapping in the this area I think is ok as it will burn off moisture quickly. Got a company in the UK called Zircotec they coat it by "welding" the coating to the subject piece. Not a bad price either.

[CorvallisBMW]

I'm planning on having my manifold, exhaust turbine housing, and downpipes all coated so I'm curious as well.

[scoobydo]

Also, at the tightest point it is about 3mm from the triangle section on the turret. I am going to get the downpipe ceramic coated do you guys think that there is enough clearance otherwise I need to dent it before getting the coating done. From memory I dont think the engine moves around much on the mounts. Anyone else running with tight clearances? The coating is only .3mm

BTW CX racing who do the intercooler have 12% off at the moment but shipping seems expensive with them.

[scoobydo]

Ok I can see what the problem is with my intercooler. It is the same physical size as the above one but the inlet/outlet are too near the bottom of my one thus pushing it too high into the bonnet support. I think the one we need is IC0037 from cx racing. Notice how my one the middle of the pipe is around the 3rd row the black one is around the 6th row.

[scoobydo]

Looks like luck was in got clearance not much but it is clear.





Started to fit up my intercooler, but it is very tight in there. Much tighter than this one, thought what I had was identical to this one but it isn't and dont think I am going to get it to fit. Have eve got rid of some of the metal on the bumper support lip but still wont squeeze in there.