Just picked up a Granit E30 sedan, time to build! (S52 Turbo Content)

[ian e30 318is]

Nice work so far! Love the burn out video with the winter tires lol. Can't wait to see the wheels and tires mounted with the flares.

[pandaboo911]

Sweet wheels.

[MattPro]

Sweet wheel choice, man. Can't wait to see them with the flares on too.

What kind of lip are you going to put on?

Thanks, it was a hard choice to wait a few weeks for the flares instead of running some stretch and mounting right away but I think it'll be worth it in the end.

Still haven't decided on the lip though...probably will end up with an is but i need to put some more thought into it.

one day i will get to tackle a project like this. Looks like its going to be fun. Good job

Thanks, it's been a blast so far. I would definitely do it again!

Nice work so far! Love the burn out video with the winter tires lol. Can't wait to see the wheels and tires mounted with the flares.

Sweet wheels.

Thanks!

[MattPro]

Time for some more updates...

After waiting 4+ weeks for the production of my flares I found out there's a huge delay...7 weeks was the next smallest number I heard anyone had been waiting. So I decided to just buy some cheap tires to stretch and fit for now to get these wheels on. Flares will come down the road when KA can get their production together...













I have an m50 ODB1 manifold going in today/tomorrow, then Saturday it's off to dyno at 12psi. Really interested to see what it'll put down, I was able to stay dead even with a supercharged e46 m3 on the highway at 8psi the other night. I'll post an update with the dyno sheet this weekend.

Also next on the list is sideskirts...The rockers are so gone on the driver's side that I've decided to just cut the rusted sections off and cover them up with factory is skirts. Since my lower fender on the bottom side has some rust starting I figure this is the best option to try and save everything and still make it look good without painting a bunch of panels and having my rockers replaced.

[silnc]

Car looks awesome, 4 door bump!
is that a sportrack? looks good i just ordered one

[MattPro]

Car looks awesome, 4 door bump!
is that a sportrack? looks good i just ordered one

Thank you!

And it's a Yakima but it's basically the same thing haha, good choice!


Also, some more updates. Installed an m50 manifold:



And got the car on a dyno:



Made 409whp, dyno was having issues picking up an RPM signal so I couldn't get a torque reading. But this is a little bit lower than I expected, as you can tell from the video the car was running extremely rich though, and this was about the 5th pull. Time to go back through the tuning and try to get that number up a little.

[pandaboo911]

+1 what roof rack is dat


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[MattPro]

+1 what roof rack is dat


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Pretty sure it's just a standard Yakima rack, but I cut pipe to a custom length as cross bars.

Finally got a lip on and tried some things with headlight film, I think it turned out pretty well.





Next up is side skirts then hopefully MS3. After that I'll be pretty happy with where the car is at and hopefully not have to do anything for a while...