World's First 2JZ with M4 DCT Swapped E30

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Trans cooler, has a fan now, exhaust work, and found some red carpet I cleaned up

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Nice Nardi wheel trans tunnel done, sealed, painted

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More carpet stuff, fit seat, paddle shifters on my Nardi

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Interior getting there. Starting to look like a car again. It drives at least. Will make a new video soon and post it up.

[It's Soda Not Pop]

This build is wild man.

Do you travel to any meets? Or rather big car events? Like IA, The Vintage, Radwood, or Grid Life? It would be cool to see this old girl in person.

[SLEEPYDUB]

This build is wild man.

Do you travel to any meets? Or rather big car events? Like IA, The Vintage, Radwood, or Grid Life? It would be cool to see this old girl in person.

I used to travel to some drift events but never really any meets to just show it off. Honestly I don't even know about most meets lol. Haven't heard of any of those besides grid life.

However, our goal this year once it's finished is to travel to as many events as possible with it, so I'm open to suggestions.

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[It's Soda Not Pop]

IA is Import Alliance in Atlanta. But the ones I listed are a good start. I use facebook to find events. Again awesome build man.

[AusScare]

Nice build, looks like a ton of work!

[Northern]

Looks great!

What treadstone intercooler is that? Looks like it fits really well for an "under the headlights" piping setup

[Panici]

Looking good! Love the troll BMW valve cover.
That transmission is massive, good job with the custom trans tunnel.
How is the pedalbox space?

I don't know anything about a DCT, what is up with the floor mount shifter in addition to the paddle shift?
My guess is that the floor shifter would be a mechanical connection to the trans and the paddles are air shift?

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Looks great!

What treadstone intercooler is that? Looks like it fits really well for an "under the headlights" piping setup

I can't remember the name of exact version, I think I mention it somewhere in one of the videos for the intercooler install.
I just measured as closely as I could and got it pretty spot on. It did however require a lot of trimming to get the bumper to fit around it. It is within a few mm of touching everywhere lol.

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Looking good! Love the troll BMW valve cover.
That transmission is massive, good job with the custom trans tunnel.
How is the pedalbox space?

I don't know anything about a DCT, what is up with the floor mount shifter in addition to the paddle shift?
My guess is that the floor shifter would be a mechanical connection to the trans and the paddles are air shift?

Pedal box space is fine, it still has stock pedals. The transmission tunnel comes over to the accelerator just a hair more. It has not impeded on functionality yet.

DCT is the Dual Clutch Transmission from the M4. It is essentially a 7 speed manual transmission that is electronically controlled. It is the fastest shifting transmission on the planet. The floor shifter is just an up and down function. You can long hold the up or down to get into different modes, but we will be using a Blink Marine CANBUS keypad to select a transmission mode. We will be able to select, Park, Reverse, Drive, Manual Mode, Etc with the keypad. The paddle shifters are just another shifter option so I dont have to take my hands off the wheel when drifting or racing.

The clutch pedal is still fully functional, however it is not using a master cylinder, rather a shock travel sensor that uses a 0-5v signal to the transmission controller to tell it when to release the clutch and re-engage it. This is for clutch kicking, and launches. This is so that I can still use a clutch IF I need it. I can put it in Drive and just let it shift, or I can manually shift it. There are all kinds of options. They hydro handbrake will have a pressure sensor on it, so that when it senses pressure, it disengages the clutch.

Pretty cool technology to cram into an E30. I'm hoping to bring modern tech into a classic chassis, and put my own personal styling touch on it. Should definitely be unique.

[Panici]

The floor shifter is just an up and down function. The paddle shifters are just another shifter option so I dont have to take my hands off the wheel when drifting or racing.

The clutch pedal is still fully functional, however it is not using a master cylinder, rather a shock travel sensor that uses a 0-5v signal to the transmission controller to tell it when to release the clutch and re-engage it. This is for clutch kicking, and launches. This is so that I can still use a clutch IF I need it.

Ah okay, so the paddle shifters and floor shifter are functionally the same. You can just use either depending on what you feel like.

I didn't realize there was a clutch pedal with the M4 DCT. Does it come that way in the M4 from factory?
Can you actually modulate/slip the clutch like you would with a regular manual box?

Not having a user-operated clutch is one thing that I hate about a regular auto/DCT box. IMO you give up so much car control without a clutch pedal.

Pretty cool technology to cram into an E30. I'm hoping to bring modern tech into a classic chassis, and put my own personal styling touch on it. Should definitely be unique.

Absolutely, there is something great about forging your own path.
And you'll end up with the best combination of classic & modern to enjoy.

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Ah okay, so the paddle shifters and floor shifter are functionally the same. You can just use either depending on what you feel like.

I didn't realize there was a clutch pedal with the M4 DCT. Does it come that way in the M4 from factory?
Can you actually modulate/slip the clutch like you would with a regular manual box?

Not having a user-operated clutch is one thing that I hate about a regular auto/DCT box. IMO you give up so much car control without a clutch pedal.


Absolutely, there is something great about forging your own path.
And you'll end up with the best combination of classic & modern to enjoy.

No, the factory cars that use this transmission are not equipped with a clutch. This is a feature that we code into the programming with the HTG Gearbox Control Unit.
Yes, you can modulate the clutch since you have a linear 0-5v travel sensor. You can also code it to gradually release or apply using just a regular momentary switch.
I agree, having a clutch pedal is a must for me. This was a requirement when choosing a transmission. I just so happen to have the best of both worlds this way.

[It's Soda Not Pop]

Pedal box space is fine, it still has stock pedals. The transmission tunnel comes over to the accelerator just a hair more. It has not impeded on functionality yet.

DCT is the Dual Clutch Transmission from the M4. It is essentially a 7 speed manual transmission that is electronically controlled. It is the fastest shifting transmission on the planet. The floor shifter is just an up and down function. You can long hold the up or down to get into different modes, but we will be using a Blink Marine CANBUS keypad to select a transmission mode. We will be able to select, Park, Reverse, Drive, Manual Mode, Etc with the keypad. The paddle shifters are just another shifter option so I dont have to take my hands off the wheel when drifting or racing.

The clutch pedal is still fully functional, however it is not using a master cylinder, rather a shock travel sensor that uses a 0-5v signal to the transmission controller to tell it when to release the clutch and re-engage it. This is for clutch kicking, and launches. This is so that I can still use a clutch IF I need it. I can put it in Drive and just let it shift, or I can manually shift it. There are all kinds of options. They hydro handbrake will have a pressure sensor on it, so that when it senses pressure, it disengages the clutch.

Pretty cool technology to cram into an E30. I'm hoping to bring modern tech into a classic chassis, and put my own personal styling touch on it. Should definitely be unique.

I never thought about a DCT being able to have a clutch. I know it's not a traditional clutch like most manual cars are. Does this work similar to the modern brakes on BMW's? As in it's basically a button you press with your foot and the computer (for lack of a name for the component) decides how much pressure to apply based on your input.