my first turbo build, calypso edition

[ghalee30]

been on this forum for awhile and have yet to introduce myself.

heres my 1990 325i calypsorot
216,156
bone stock, shot suspension, previous owner lived down the street from me. bugged him for at least 2 months before he sold it to me.



in about a year and half ive done..

-86 eta bottom end ( micropolihed and balanced crank, bearings, rings, honed to tolerance, oil relief valve, and everything else)
-myster E head (hd rockers)
-rebuilt garret/innovative GT35r
-getrag 260; 11lb JBracing flywheel; spec 2 cluch;3.73 lsd
-groundcontrol on bilstein; kyb's
-megasquirt v3

-houndsooth interior w/ sport seats
rear ski pass w/ headrest

here are some pic through out the process..

the tear down


going in the solvent tank


me on the hone machine


double checking my measurements


myster E head w/ some adapters (was going to use the 524td mani) went with cx racing


gc suspension with aluminum top hats.


prior to the perches being removed


after i dropped the motor in, went all motor for about a month to break it in.
my brothers s13 fully rebuilt black top.. along some other goodies





my daily driven 327i on 11lbs

[efficient]

Damn your car looks nice.
Are you on coilovers?

[ghalee30]

Damn your car looks nice.
Are you on coilovers?

thanks man..
its been given alot of attention, still needs alot more too lol

and yeah, on gc 450/650. chopped spring perches. shocks are almost maxed out though

[stoja e30]

tight

[SSE30]

Cool car, great setup.

I'd like to see those shots in a larger resolution!

[jharrel]

nice work! pretty good amount of stuff done within a short period of time! looks fun to drive. any dyno numbers?

[Nick_S]

Damn that looks great!

[kalib0y]

I really dig it. Let me know if you ever put it up for sale ;)

[ghalee30]

I really dig it. Let me know if you ever put it up for sale ;)

you just missed it.. i had to a chance to grab a e30m3 but the owner took off on a 3 months vacation.

[ghalee30]

nice work! pretty good amount of stuff done within a short period of time! looks fun to drive. any dyno numbers?

thanks man! it feels alot longer lol
i love it.. its not a harsh bumpy ride everywhere.

and no real dyno numbers.. and since im trying to tune it myself im not getting any further progress. but i would say somewhere around 270? on a cold night lol

saving up for a real dyno tho. (someoneshouldbuymywheels)

[anabolice30]

Damn that really looks nice. I'm torn between Calypso and Diamantschwarz as my favorite colors..

[ghalee30]

Cool car, great setup.

I'd like to see those shots in a larger resolution!

there not coming out as nice as i thought.

going for a proper shoot soon.. there will be updates!

[el bimmer]

i Like it!!

[ghalee30]

Damn that really looks nice. I'm torn between Calypso and Diamantschwarz as my favorite colors..

I use to have two calypsos in the drive way.. kinda gets boring


but thanks for the positive feedback everybody!
I'll be attending dockwieler.. any one out in the inland empire ?

[freeride53]

did you paint the bmw on the mudflaps? looks cool, think i might have to do that now!