Top tip on spark plugs to close off the lines. If you don't already have some, those thread in plastic brake line/fitting plugs, similar to what you might see with new calipers, also work well, as do non-cut dispenser tips for RTV tubes.
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Man, you take some b-e-a-u-tiful pictures!
What a build thread!My previous build (currently E30-less)
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=170390
A 2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD 4x4 Offroad in Inferno is my newest obsession
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Originally posted by MR E30 325is View PostMan, you take some b-e-a-u-tiful pictures!
What a build thread!
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Here's a quick update on the fuel pump replacement. Over the past few days I've put about ~200 miles on the car, which included a mix of highway and backroads to some cool hiking spots with the family. Here are some things I've observed:
- 3rd gear pulls don't fall flat above 5500 rpm. It just keeps pulling. Within the last year with the old fuel pump, there wasn't any power left above 5500 rpm.
- There's a healthy amount of black soot on the tailpipe. Within the last year with the old fuel pump, the inside of the tail pipe was oddly clean all the time.
- When I coast to a light the rpms don't dip down like they did before.
- The car doesn't seem to jerk forward as much when I take my foot off the throttle.
- The car seems to have more "pep" when getting on the throttle.
So, based on a few of these things I'm thinking the old fuel pump was pretty tired.Last edited by mike.bmw; 08-31-2020, 07:14 AM.
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I did a thing... TURBOFANS.
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Fans look great ! Are these Oem? If so what are they going for these days??FEEDBACK:
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"The Best E30's were built with two camshafts four cylinders and sixteen valves!".
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Originally posted by getouth View PostFans look great ! Are these Oem? If so what are they going for these days??
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Thanks for the reply! Please share the vendor if you don’t mind. PM if necessary. Thanks again and keep posting great updates. 👍🏽FEEDBACK:
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Thanks for the reply! Please share the vendor if you don’t mind. PM if necessary. Thanks again and keep posting great updates.FEEDBACK:
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IG @yagayo38
"The Best E30's were built with two camshafts four cylinders and sixteen valves!".
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Originally posted by getouth View PostThanks for the reply! Please share the vendor if you don’t mind. PM if necessary. Thanks again and keep posting great updates.
Originally posted by roguetoaster View PostHilarious wheel choice, but also great. We need more info.
These are installed on my BBS RS001s and are replicas of the turbofans BBS made specific to BBS RS001s/RS003s. They are utterly ridiculous, totally retro, and I absolutely love them.
Here's a high-level read about the history of the turbofan: https://petrolicious.com/articles/th...-to-the-street
To quote the article:
Dubbed, in totally consistent ’70s lingo, “turbofans,” these wheel attachments were the ultimate embodiment of form following function. Often painted up in garish but gorgeous contrasting colors, made of exotic magnesiums and kevlars, and sporting downright evil-looking knife-like air ducting, you knew that any car donning a set of ’fans meant business.
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Turbofans are arguably just plain old awesome as material objects, but the real value comes from using their origins and current popularity to understand the relationship between race engineering and street car customization. BBS, the undisputed king of the turbofan, even went so far as to offer non-racing customers bolt-on covers for their RSes (as seen in the red-white colorway in the included advertisement).
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I think we should look back on this trend with the most rose-tinted glasses we can find; through turbofans we can see the endless pursuit of gaining an edge on competition (they represent an idea taken to the edge) as well as the dynamic relationship between function and form, between physics and style. Anyone who thinks they look like hubcaps just doesn’t get it.
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So to install them, you remove the center hex nut (which unscrews from the wheel), remove the center "waffle" and put the turbofan in its place, then reinstall the center hex nut. Here's an example that I took from the article linked above:
this-is-how-turbofan-wheels-evolved-from-racing-to-the-street-1476934313699 by mike.bevels, on Flickr
And one more photo for good measure:
DSC_0825 by mike.bevels, on FlickrLast edited by mike.bmw; 10-04-2020, 11:09 AM.
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Love the post about the origins of the Turbofan, was actually going to ask about how they attached and you beat me to it! Very cool, glad someone as detail oriented as yourself got ahold of them and posted all about it!'86 325e Zinnoberrot /// '02 325ci Schwarz II /// '18 M4 Azurite Black Metallic ///
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