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

[e30guydownunder]

Yer it's pretty funny in some pictures you can see it in the background. "it's like I'm doing all this work on my car, but it's over there????" LOL

[DTM190]

A view from the front can see all the coolers air filter and other shit.

PMSL

Dude, where's your car?








j/k i get it, just made me pmsl (minus the wee)

[e30guydownunder]

I managed to drag my ass outta bed about 12....the wedding reception was perhaps a bit bigger than anticipated, but hey can't say no to free beer! All good as I got plenty done yesterday.

I threw a few of the other bits in to get a feel for how it is all coming together. Going well if you ask me!





Got the fans in and mounted, upper (standard 318 ) and lower (hacked up M20) radiator hoses finished, upper radiator and intercooler mounts done, all the intercooler pipes dummied up and threw the BOV in for an idea on required real estate. The accusump just out of shot, about where it will go.

A view from the front can see all the coolers air filter and other shit.



The intake pipe was a tight fit on the fan shroud



I modified it with a bit of heat and hammer :D The 10mm intake spacer coming will help add a bit of extra clearence also



Alternator in and spaced out. Going have to knock a bit off the spacers to get some more clearence on the chassis rail. Got plenty of clearence over the oil lines anyway.



The new fans and alternator position are occupying where I previously had the oil filter setup. So i have moved to to behind to headlight. making it nice and serviceable from below also. The hoses will work out ok too, with the turbo oil feed and stuff all pointing the right direction



And from under neath



While were down there, here is the lower radiator plumbing / electric water pump (i'm yet to make a mount, but it's in there!)



And a shot of the turbo pipes, fans and lower radiator hose all nice and tightly packaged in there



List of shit to do, throttle cable mount, plates for intake and water pump delete, EWP mount, relocate sway bar, finish sump, then just mounting little shit, plumbing it all up and a shit load of electrical work.

[e30guydownunder]

Work continues. A day off work is just the time to get some shit bowled over. My radiator showed up during the week. A Nissan S14 no less. $200 ebay special, twin core blah blah, looks pretty fantastic for $200 shipped! Going to get a set of AU fans to go on it, a very simple conversion according to Nissan Buddies.



So now that I got that I can get cracking on mounting the thing. Take some old broken swaybar links???



BAM, you got yourself some lower radiator mounts, had to make it go around the radiator drain too:







I pressed the rubber bushes out while welding and drilled the centres to suit the radiator. Pretty stoked with how it turned out.

I made some top mounts for the radiator as well (that incorporate the intercooler mounts), but no pictures. So thats everything sitting in there nice and pretty.



The standard top hose works perfectly! Clears the new intake pipe very nicely indeed.



The 135 silicone bend showed up. Clears the radiator nicely. Might have to rejig to position of the oil filter / hoses, but nothing major:



And that was today. Had a quick look at the lower radiator hose and will get cracking on the sway bar mounts.

[Reap3r]

ah shit! how you coping man? no problems I hope! Best Wishes to everyone up there and stay safe!

My new radiator rocked up today. Nissan S14. Fits perfectly! About as big as you would be able to fit without modifying the chassis rails. Top hose works perfectly also! Now to make some mounts and get the bottom hose / water pump happening.

Yeah where I live is fine along with work ect. So I still have good inflow of money and such. Can't be said for a lot of the others up here. There is a lot of water about!

[e30guydownunder]

ah shit! how you coping man? no problems I hope! Best Wishes to everyone up there and stay safe!

My new radiator rocked up today. Nissan S14. Fits perfectly! About as big as you would be able to fit without modifying the chassis rails. Top hose works perfectly also! Now to make some mounts and get the bottom hose / water pump happening.

[Reap3r]

Good to see your getting some work done. Your pistons will probably arrive to you sooner than my stuff which was shipped over a week ago. Damn flood waters up here, I'm now not expecting anything to arrive for at least 2 weeks.

[e30guydownunder]

Pistons are in the mail! Picking up the new clutch plate for my 240mm clutch kit today also.

[e30guydownunder]

MOAR double post, God damn

[e30guydownunder]

Well I still haven't bleed the brakes! But I have got all the parts on the inlet dummied up. Just waiting for the correct silicon joiner before welding it all together. Also made up a TPS mount for the new TPS on the M30 throttle.





I have also started to modify the fuel rail. Normally the fuel reg pipe goes down the inside (ghey) so I have removed the fuel reg and will be welding on fittings either end for the supply / returns and then running a different fuel reg (probably a Subaru one as I have heaps of them :crazy )



I got out my spare E30 alternator mount and looks like this is going to work better than the E36 one. Because of the way I made the take-off plate for the oil system I need to space it off the block, but this won't be a big deal :) So thats nutted out. And as I mentioned got an idea sorted for the swaybar. That leaves mounting the new radiator (when it comes), mounting and plumbing up the accusump and the electrics.

[e30guydownunder]

sounds like a good deal for you!

yeh, got the inlet pipe dummied up today, cut the flange off the e36 inlet at the right angle (45 and down) to point at the intercooler. Got the new flange dummied up for the M30 throttle body. just gotta put some holes in it and stick it all together (getting a professional to do this, alloy welding is not our forte)

[Reap3r]

The turbo is fine, whether its big enough or responsive enough is the key :D

I will need to change the flange on my mani and add an external gate, thats if the 2560 doesn't satisfy me and i dont find a 2871 cheap.

Yeah, when I got put onto the master power the same company also does custom manifolds with 3 years warrenty on the whole lot ect.. Also ends up being a bit cheaper than a 666 by the time you include shipping on a 666 & removes the worries of it possibly not fitting. The same company can also sort out full exhaust system, turbo, wastegate ect.. All in a package deal and bring down the price a bit :) And the workshop is only about 10 minutes from my house so things should work out okay. Good to see your getting some work done on yours! I'm hoping that my coilovers turn up next week so I can get to work next weekend :)

[e30guydownunder]

The turbo is fine, whether its big enough or responsive enough is the key :D

I will need to change the flange on my mani and add an external gate, thats if the 2560 doesn't satisfy me and i dont find a 2871 cheap.

[Reap3r]

I wouldn't risk an engine for a $300 turbo, but just saying thats whats out there. Master Power turbo's are a great option also. The T53? That's what I would be picking.

Yeah, thats the turbo I'm picking along with a 38mm tial gate. Its got a years warrenty so plenty of time to see if they are any good if not its easy enough to change to a Garret or HKS at a later date.

[e30guydownunder]

I wouldn't risk an engine for a $300 turbo, but just saying thats whats out there. Master Power turbo's are a great option also. The T53? That's what I would be picking.