e30guydownunder: Project M42, probs definitely got more power than your S50

[e30guydownunder]

Some pics from EC

[e30guydownunder]

You will also note before EC I raised my bonnet at the rear. I just drilled a new hole in the mounting brackets about 15mm lower than the original slots raising the mounts the same amount. Not sure how big a difference it made but all the hot air coming out of the bonnet was fogging up the OUTSIDE of the windscreen so it definitely works.

Car is sitting in the driveway all ready to go for Wakefield this weekend. Last event for the year before the usual off-season "bit more than I could chew" work begins. I'm hoping it won't get tooo out of hand.

[Ian Bowers]

I love your car. It makes my car piddle itself in jealousy.

[e30guydownunder]

Haha thanks bloke, I'm keen to have a few laps in the dry now I have the boost control sorted!

[DTM190]

I tihnk we are on the wrong side of the earth mate, why we are having so many problems lol

[e30guydownunder]

farking aye bruvha

pricing up bottom end pieces, gonna do it once do it right (3rd time round)

[DTM190]

I made 4 days before disaster struck. Burn em, i swear.

[e30guydownunder]

what are you talking about? I can remember the fb status about stormy doing something didn't think it was heaps major though.

Could be worse mate......$3100 and look like I will have a bottom end that is NEW and built right. along with the necessary pieces to screw the head on tight and with the big cams :)

[DTM190]

Looks like head, major enough? Cant win whether its BMW or bastardise.

Nice, will be fun when yours is sorted, going to be stupid fast on the track

[e30guydownunder]

fark aye. Thats shit mate. Ported a bit too wildly? give 'er the chemiweld!

[e30guydownunder]

So in all the twisted conversation you people following at home may not have picked up that I took it to Wakey back in December and broke it....#2 and #3 spun, most mains damaged etc etc.

Alright so:

Replacement Crank (from first engine) ground 0.25mm (10 thou)
Manely Rods and ARP2000 Bolts
CP 87mm 8.5:1 Pistons
GTiR Oil Pump
S15 Timing Chain Kit
BC Racing Adjustable Cam Gears
ARP Head Studs
Cosworth 1.1mm Headgasket
Block Decked
Head Decked, serviced
fitting the HKS 264 / 272 cams (In / Ex)
HKS Valve Springs
Tomei Rocker Arm Stoppers
ARP Main studs
changing turbo to TD06SL2 with 8cm External Gate Housing
Cermaic Coating a bunch of shit
Changing injectors to Top Feed rail and ID1000s, will also fit my SARD Fuel Reg.

Then full rewire of engine stuff for the DTA S60 Pro Ecu, 3 quart Accusump and Electric Water Pump. Turns out the surging, cutting out, randomness I'd been getting was faulty TPS wiring! So going all new where I can and pissing off as much Nissan shit as possible.

Having gone this far into the SR20 now I am quite unhappy with the decisdion to change away from the BMW engine, but such is life. Not alot I can do now that I've bought all the engine pieces. I am calling this the final engine. After this, if it blows....I'm not really sure where I will go. Probably burn the thing as Glenn has suggested.

now some pics. Everyone loves pics!

Small Fortune:


Ready to tackle this thing head on:


ARP Mainstuds. The latest bout of trouble. Block needs to head back to machinist for Line Boring....SR20 block distorts too much with the extra clamping and the crank locks up :/


If only this was final assembly. Dummy assembly. Cams timed up and checking valve clearences. Also Bolted on the existing turbo and dump to mount the front pipe to the block.


Ready to fit the new turbo and begin dump pipe construction.

[e30guydownunder]

Alright I am slowly piecing this thing together bit by bit. It's been a long fight, but I'm hanging in there.

Long Block all but nipped up:



Spent Asutralia day throwing together a new turbo oil feed, oil drain (not shown) and doing some work on the coolant lines:



And we also started hanging wires on it for the new ECU:

[Massimo]

Looks Sweet. Well good that you confirmed that the M42 was the better engine. I was considering just doing a SR swap instead of rebuilt turbo M42.

[Ant_e30]

hm you bother me saying these things. i am close to pulling the trigger on an SR20 conversion into mine, in place of M40 Auto :P

looking at stock blacktop, will just do FMIC, EBC, exhaust and intake when installing it for a touch more power.

mine is a DD though so it best not pop straight away :(

[e30guydownunder]

7k for my built SR and everything you need to put it in your E30. All you'd need to do is wire up an ECU. You could just get an S13 loom and ecu if you want or full standalone....in fact I have most of the flying loom done!

I'm serious if your serious. Yer really.

Bolt it in, wire it up, tune and run it in.

A standard engine will work fine (as long as it's a good one). A built engine will work fine (as long as you don't want too much out of it). But I'm just over the whole thing at the moment. All I want to do is drive the thing around a track.