BMW M3 1988 turbo project.

[BimmerToad]

The main purpose of dyno was to get the car street legal in Finland, rpm limit was lowered 5600 (7500 rpm max possible).

305hp at 5600rpm? Those cams probably barely woke up at that speed. Does Finland have a maximum engine output cap in order to be street legal? Or is this for cheaper insurance premiums? :D

[Rocla]

305hp at 5600rpm? Those cams probably barely woke up at that speed. Does Finland have a maximum engine output cap in order to be street legal?

Yes. And boost was limited to 0,3bar at dyno, car has been driven 1,2 bar and 7500rpm without problems, so I'd believe there is much more to come.

Finnish winter is long cold and icy, wait for next summer.

[SchnellerVert]

Now those are some beefy connecting rods. As Trevor mentioned it's funny seeing the old E3S folks wandering around.

I see your project has taken a new life better than original. What do the purist's on S14 say?

What bases are those Recaro's? Are they the old Modular LS/LX units? Wonder if the my LS seat with adjustable lumbar support with a base of one of those seats?

[Sean]

God. That are is gorgeous. I...love...it.

[Digitalwave]

Yes. And boost was limited to 0,3bar at dyno, car has been driven 1,2 bar and 7500rpm without problems, so I'd believe there is much more to come.

Finnish winter is long cold and icy, wait for next summer.

305hp with .3 bar and a lowered redline, that's insane. Can't wait to see how it'll do with it's full potential.

[Rocla]

Now those are some beefy connecting rods. As Trevor mentioned it's funny seeing the old E3S folks wandering around.

I see your project has taken a new life better than original. What do the purist's on S14 say?

What bases are those Recaro's? Are they the old Modular LS/LX units? Wonder if the my LS seat with adjustable lumbar support with a base of one of those seats?

As mentioned earlier, it's not my car.

I don't know about the seats, I'll ask owner when I meet him next time. Seats came wit adjust parts which bolted to original e30 sliderails, if that gives you any info.

305hp at 5600rpm? Those cams probably barely woke up at that speed.

305hp with .3 bar and a lowered redline, that's insane. Can't wait to see how it'll do with it's full potential.

Yes, think that engine is barely "on cam" at 5670 rpm, I strongly believe that +400hp isn't problem, but why quess, we'll see by the summer.

[dcr]

Excellent project. Mine is almost done now.

[Rocla]

Excellent project. Mine is almost done now.

Well you must take more pictures then :)

I didn't find any pictures or info about youe exhaust manifold, what are you using?

Seems like my friends car has a "hotspot" between expansion tank and charger, engine temp is normal, but expansion tank is boiling :), he has heatwrap around donwpipe and heat shield around chrager(both visible on pictures earlier).

We tried running the car without hood and with rear hood latches raised so they left hood like inch open on rear edge, suprisingly it helped.

He's planing to install somekind of revesed scoop so the hot air could escape.