Absorbantnut's '87 325is

[AbsorbantNut]

Bummer it wasn't just the hose!

I know, that would've been much easier

Dood, get a better means of tuning. It will help so much.

:-P

[squidmaster]

I thought you were on MS?

[TheTacoMan]

I believe he still has the flapper if you know what I mean. ;D

[squidmaster]

I had to go back a few pages to check it. Motronic is just fine for lower boost targets with appropriate fmu.

Good luck with the hg swap :)

[AbsorbantNut]

I believe he still has the flapper if you know what I mean. ;D

Correct

I had to go back a few pages to check it. Motronic is just fine for lower boost targets with appropriate fmu.

Good luck with the hg swap :)

Thanks, hopefully it'll be running by the end of this week

I still need to swing by ForcedFirebird's place for a re-tune

[AbsorbantNut]

I have some good updates coming ;)

[TheTacoMan]

Ms?

[squidmaster]

Stop knockin' on the 'tronic! lol (but yeah is it MS?)

[AbsorbantNut]

No it isnt megasquirt lol. The car's running. But I have been offered someone's old MS2 because they are upgrading to MS3 and I'm tempted to get it....

[AbsorbantNut]

A few updates. I pressed in my new ball joints, replaced the 15mm spacers with 20mm ones in the front, and had forced firebird (john@wottech) redo the tune. Also had the blow off valve welded on a few weeks ago :)

Here's some pics over the last few months :p

It started with the popped radiator hose



Then after changing that and starting the car up, I found that it didn't want to stay running and was pouring white smoke out of the exhaust. So it was time for a compression test. After doing the test I found that my hg was blown. :/




















DIY exhaust gaskets didnt last long lol


So I ordered a top end gasket set along with a few other misc things like oil thermostat rebuild kit from WOT-Tech



Had the head machined/hot tanked







New injector O-rings


Oil thermostat resealed




New turbo mani gaskets


New everything gaskets:roll:


Coming together






Bought this volvo->t3 transition flange to help everything seal properly.


New Gotez headgasket on the block after cleaning the block


Head in the car




Just about finished!


Had the BOV flange welded onto the charge pipe







Got the new Condor shift knob. Love this thing:pimp:


MLS wastegate delete gasket along with a 1/2" plate. Much better than my 1/4" homemade plate with a DIY exhaust gasket. It's a 38mm delete, so I had to hog the holes out a lil bit





Took a bath


Took a trip

[AbsorbantNut]

Replaced the front 15mm spacers with 20's







Also, I think I said it before, but I had John & Gerson @WOT-Tech retune the car. 8psi on 93, so lower but better

[Nitro Nick]

How much did you pay for a resurface and hot tanked?

[MF DOOM]

I love your car

[AbsorbantNut]

How much did you pay for a resurface and hot tanked?

$150, they charged a little more because they had to spend a decent amount of time trying to remove the rocker tubes.

I love your car

:pimp:

[squidmaster]

That's a pretty good deal people around here were trying to charge me 400-700 to do that