The MR E30 Project Thread

[White325is]

Fuck that. Cut a big hole in the front of the valance and let that bitch stick through.
More fresh air the better. :)

Like this.



MUAHAHAHA So evil.

[cablehaze15]

new favorite thread. gosh you must be stoked

[MR E30 325is]

Thats a possibility White325is.

Its probably going to have to be cut, after looking at all thats going on down there. Which is fine by me.

I didnt do jack yesterday, Edward 40hands kept me busy the entire night. And I am definitely regretting it right now.

Today, progress will be made!

[MR E30 325is]

June 26th, 2010

I have one very short and simple thing to say.

Today will always be the day that the "I cant even put it into words how badass this car is" E30 started with its insanely wicked Supercharger installed.

Its official. The E30 starts up and drives.

However, not everything is perfect is forced inductionville. The car will not idle for shit! with the MAF plugged in, the car idles at 200 rpms, and sounds horrible. Unplug the MAF and it jumps to 800 (which is where I had the chip set), but the idle is bouncy, and throttle response down low is horrid. It is also blowing out white smoke like crazy. I guess they need to fine tune my AFR a little bit to get it to run better.

I have to call TRM on Monday, explain the situation, and have them send me an updated chip.

I will have a video posted shortly. The car sounds like pure sex, and even with me babying it like crazy, it still runs through the revs, and pulls the E30 along very very well.

Stay tuned gentlemen, this is history in the making.

[White325is]

How do you have your maf mounted? Post some photos and I will see if I can help.

[MR E30 325is]

As promised.

I barely throttled in this video. I am still not comfortable pushing the car. So the short run was at maybe half throttle, shifting at 4k. And I still flew up to 50 mph!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04bkE4haHAc

Pics of MAF setup, as requested.

[MR E30 325is]

I was so excited to start the video that I forgot to keep you up to date on how the end of the install went.

This is the E30 of close close tolerances! There are so many things that are too close for comfort, but thats the way it has to be.

The TRM tune that cost an arm and a leg!



This hose is really close, but thankfully there is a bracket that keeps it from hitting the supercharger.



The lower intercooler piping, and the blowoff valve setup.



The intercoolers final resting location. Mounted it up using the E36 mounts, drilled into the radiator support. Worked out just fine.



The valance will fit with a few minor modifications, but I am contemplating cutting a big piece out of it to let the intercooler poke its face out into the open. Tomorrow I will make the decision for that, after I get some input from people.

[bimmer_E30]

Cool thread and nice progress!

[MR E30 325is]

I dont want anyone here to forget that sometimes, smart capable people become utter idiots.

I am retarded. The damn MAF was backwards. Flipped it around and now she runs very very well.

More videos to come.

[MR E30 325is]

The oil cooler is leaking at the attachments for the inlet and outlet hoses, but it wont get tight.

So some quickweld is applied, and a few more coats will be applied to ensure it doesnt leak anymore.

While that dries the valance is getting installed. I think its only going to be cut a little bit in the middle, but I still have to look at it.

[White325is]

I figured as much. Haha.. hurry up and get new videos..

[MR E30 325is]

Well its all back together.

I had to modify lots of little things to get it all to fit, but I was unable to cut the valance cause I ran out of cutting discs for my Dremel, but I am going to buy more and cut it out next weekend, to let the intercooler poke its face out into the open air.

Videos are going to be frequent, and awesome.

[MR E30 325is]

No driving today. The car isnt running well at all.

It has a lot of sputtering, and it runs like shit with the MAF plugged in, but if i unplug it, and then plug it back in it works better, but still not perfect. After a semi decent pull the idle will drop to about 200 before it stumbles back to 800, then it just dips to 600 and continues doing that, over and over again.

I have to call TRM tomorrow and get another reworked chip sent my way, which will hopefully fix this problem.

BTW, blue smoke is oil right?

[White325is]

You try unhooking the battery and computer for a while?

[MR E30 325is]

You try unhooking the battery and computer for a while?

Hm, good idea. I did it when i had the MAF backwards, let me try it again.