1 Year Later--Turbo S38 Finally Done-Almost

[2002maniac]

Holy shit. Don't kill yourself...

[herragge]

Dear god! You went from an turbo S50 to a turbo S38??! Balla!
This is an insane project, i hope you survive! haha crazy!

[bimmer_E30]

holly shit thats fuckin crazy!

[Mot]

new sweden what what.

[Mike]

Yeah, I was totally fooled in thinking you were not stateside.

[e30polak]

Holy fucking wow!
I believe you are driving Satan's chariot, because that car is too sinful to be God's. I can't even imagine the traction issues you have. Just cut the fenders and put some fat tire on their so you can actually put that power to use.

Sick build, S38s are fucking sick! :twisted:

[TDE30]

It fits in there.... just.

Does anyone know the weight of one of these as compared to, say, an S50 or M20? I figure it's about the same weight as an M30.

Beautiful work though man.

[M635dude]

man that is the swap of my dreams! I can't imagine what that thing is going to sound like. Any mufflers or is it going to be straight?

any more pics of the car itself? I can't get over how awesome your car is haha. you better hold on

[fat325]

hey buddy. amazing car you have there! was wondering how you go with the individual throttle body's and turbo? i was told that you shouldn't use them on turbo engines. can you shed a litle light? thanks, ash

[ILoveMPower]

hey buddy. amazing car you have there! was wondering how you go with the individual throttle body's and turbo? i was told that you shouldn't use them on turbo engines. can you shed a litle light? thanks, ash

the S38 has a resonance flap that opens up at WOT at 4k rpm's, this is too improve torque down low

i'm assuming the powerband is probably quite similar with a turbo, nice and torquey down low and runs like a raped ape up top, i can only imagine

[bmwwdude]

so how much for ride tickets =]

[mentaleeill]

the S38 has a resonance flap that opens up at WOT at 4k rpm's, this is too improve torque down low

i'm assuming the powerband is probably quite similar with a turbo, nice and torquey down low and runs like a raped ape up top, i can only imagine

exactly... i drove it last night and with only .9 bar of boost it is an absolute animal. tires just rip loose on command at any speed in 3rd. and the sound of the itbs as boost comes in is f'ing amazing.

[Chachi]

exactly... i drove it last night and with only .9 bar of boost it is an absolute animal. tires just rip loose on command at any speed in 3rd. and the sound of the itbs as boost comes in is f'ing amazing.

an s38 alone sounds so amazing the amount of air it draws in. i can only imagine what it sounds like being pumped full of boostly-goodness.

[CleanAzzE30z]

Going the Scndinavian route eh? Man that is balls.


Mariano

[Bemdub]

I really only wanted to get a baseline and made no adjustments. Last night i tried to go to 16psi, but found i am out of injector at 14psi:mad. I also found out it's pointless to go over 6800-6900rpm. The car was ran @ 13psi and 12.5-13deg timing. I ended up with 477Hp and 437Tq. I'm happy with that for today.