91 e30 m52 turbo build

[Booostede30]

1st BMW ive had and its a pretty badass car thats gonna be even more sweet when its done so i thought id start a build thread for it, gonna be a long one but im stoked.
BACKGROUND: so i bought the car basically already a beast, a parts list includes the following
- fully rebuilt head with m3 cams
-precision 5252 turbo with aftermarket billet wheel
-blunttech top mount manifold
-tranny out of a z3
-akg short shift kit
-injector dynamics 1000cc injectors
-aeromotive fuel pump
-tial 44mm WG
-turbosmart BOV
-fuel pressure regulator
-mishimoto intercooler with 3inch piping and 3inch downpipe
-ground control coilovers
-everything is poly mounted
-complete vipec v88 standalone management with haltech igniters
-aem wideband and boost guages
Probably forgetting some things but the car gets down it put down 544whp on the dyno... i was able to pick this up for $4200 which was full asking price from owner

The problem is that the car wasnt suppose to be pushing 23lbs of boost, it was only suppose to be pushing about 12 which is safe on a stock block which the block is, but the overboost issue took care of that, the bottom end is toast haha. Therefore im doing full arp hardware, cp pistons, eagle rods, acl bearings, and the engine will be going to the machine shop and everything will be balanced and line honed all that good stuff.

[ahrensNW]

Nice job making two identical threads. My recommendation would be to clean up your grammar, get a Flickr, and get some pics up, I want to see your car.

[Booostede30]

Nice job making two identical threads. My recommendation would be to clean up your grammar, get a Flickr, and get some pics up, I want to see your car.

Yeah that was my bad, im trying to figure out how to delete the other one i accidently started:/ anyways on with the build!

[Booostede30]

Pictures of the car and progress so far

So far the engine is at the machine shop, it has been line honed and has all arp hardware, bored out to 84.5mm, entire rotating assembly balanced, and it will be back in about 2-3 weeks with the bottom end assembled with the cp 8:5:1 pistons eagle rods and acl bearings. So as of now im cleaning up the engine bay, im doing a shaved bay and a full repaint so thats where im at right now, i want to go with a dark tricoat red, probably will go with house of color because they have some sweet candy reds, but anyways here are some pics of parts and the car and the start of the engine bay
Cp pistons



The eagle rods

Pic of the engine out along with my old 1.8t jetta coupe in the back

[Booostede30]

Start of the engine bay cleanup and shave

Been working crazy hours for the past couple weeks so progress is slow, but this weekend ill start welding up holes and hopefully will get alot done, pics so far




the woograin and aem guages

[Booostede30]

Went and bought a bunch of nylon wrap and heat shrink to clean up the harness even though its gonna be hidden i still want everything to be as clean as possible visible or not. To stoked for this weekend to get some work done!!

[Booostede30]

Engine bay shave and wire tuck

Started doing some welding, filling up some holes and trying to get some panels for the trays at the bottom of the shock towers mached up,
had my buddy come and show me how its done haha he does rust repair on old porsches and ferraris

[AusScare]

Looking forward to seeing this engine fixed up and built the way it should have been done the first time!

[Booostede30]

I appreciate it!! I cant wait to drive this thing even when it had two dead holes it sounded mean so i cant imagine what itll sound like when its finished.

[Booostede30]

I got the panel at the bottom of the shock tower welded in. I have a couple of questions though it seems like most people weld it completely in then grind out the welds and then bondo over the welds at the seams, it sure looks good but my concern is having it crack overtime, id like this to be quality and last along time for shows for years to come, any input from people who have done this? Seam sealer would be nice but i want the bay to look like glass and completely smooth
A picture of the panel welded in, some of the welds were shitty i was on my own for this one,

[Booostede30]

Some progress lately

Got the other side panel welded in and started to try and remove some seam sealer on the left passenger side also got a couple holes welded in

[Dj Buttchug]

I'm watching

[Booostede30]

Welded in the small panel on the shocktower after work today

[bangn]

how are you going to stop it rusting behind that panel?

[Booostede30]

how are you going to stop it rusting behind that panel?

Im planning on spraying an undercoat on the inside of the inner fender wells/ wherever there's welds. Should make it look clean even though you won't see it but it will protect well against rust more importantly