Russell's build thread. (tons of pics!) Dyno day.

[MikeDE]

I also gave her a good cleanin and plopped on my new shift knob.

Nice.

[hella 325]

Heh thanks I thought it was pretty awesome when I saw it

[Ray Smoodiver]

That's some serious power! Nice work.

[hella 325]

Thanks man, Here is the vid in 720p w/o music for those who requested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4F-eLXfU7g

[Dirty e30]

nice! sick video
how bad was the heater core install? i haven't read up on it yet but the random drops of coolant on my shoe tell me that i need to

[hella 325]

Thanks. There are 3 types, non-A/C, the type with outlets right next to each other and the type with a gap between the outlets. The type I have was easy maybe 45 min or so. I used a big vac hose and connected it to the metal pipe on the firewall to blow out the coolant from the core before i disconnected so it wouldn't make a mess on my carpet. There is a great stick on here about this style heater core.

[hella 325]

I was PM'd some questions but for the sake of sharing knowledge I'll post up the answers. Some have been covered already.

I was reading your thread and want to go in a very similar direction with my car. In fact I am now considering copying your setup, Sorry.

Couple of question for you. It says m20b25 in your thread, did you have the engine rebuilt if not how many miles on it? Also are you running the stock internals?

It's a stock engine, rebuilt head about 5-6 years ago, OEM gasket with copper coating, metric blue bolts, probably about 250-300k or so on it.

Also what kind of boost were you running on the 327whp pull?

15.1

Lastly are you running just fuel control on your DIYPNP or are you running anything else like spark control, fan control or electronic boost control?

I'm running full fuel and spark control right now. the DIYPNP uses ms2/extra code. I have everything I need to wire up a wasted spark setup, which is next in the works. I also plan on adding megasquirt EBC, hooking up my ICV (as soon as i find a bung), and adding fan control. Once that is done I've been toying with the idea of launch control and flat shift.
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[hella 325]

Another question for the sake of knowledge.

Hey,

I just stumbled on your turbo build thread and read the whole thing. Good work man... you have done a great job on that car.

I was wondering if you could give me some insight on locating vac/boost leaks on my Dinan turbo. Figured I would take a crack at it before i took it in to a shop. Basically, I am wondering how you went about it with your car. And I saw the picture you posted of what you made for the job, but honestly have no idea what it is except for what appears to be a compressor fitting. Any insight would be great man. TIA.

It is a PVC pipe cap that i found a lowes or home depot, just measured my turbo inlet and matched it up. Drilled a hole with a step bit, and wrapped a compressor fitting in teflon tape and screwed it in. made sure all the clamps were tight (CRITICAL) even the ones on the front side of the turbo, otherwise you will blow off the cap, which is really scary and can damage things. Make sure there is 0psi in the hose, and connect it, slowly turn up the regulator listening for leaks. Note: you will hear air leaking by the valves just try to listen for ones in the charge system. Start with a few psi, increase. I ran mine up to about 20psi, and found a ton of leaks. Got em all taken care of though.


The ones I had were at the bov, the IAT sensor, the TPS sensor, and the compressor housing gasket, all were remedied with RTV.

[hella 325]

Well it's been a while since I have updated, nothign new has been going on with the e30 I have been spending more time on my house. But i figured out the issue I was having with my front passenger shock. Turns out the strut collar nut had backed all the way out!! hah easy fix though.

Also, she passed emissions today!!!!!!!!! Final emission test.... she is now a Antique! wewt!