Eta-to-M50: Build thread

[Jand3rson]

Yeah, for $40, it's excellent peace of mind. I would recommend it to everyone.

[trackjunkie21]

I think I'll pick one up, I replaced my rear main seal and just found a bit of sweat coming from it How stupid.

[red_e30]

wow man must be the longest thread for a swap just got done reading it lol
how is that bed liner holding up so far ?

[Jand3rson]

wow man must be the longest thread for a swap just got done reading it lol
how is that bed liner holding up so far ?

The swap has been done for a year.

Bedliner is holding up 100%. Not a single issue with it.

[red_e30]

nice any plans for turbo ;)

[Jand3rson]

nice any plans for turbo ;)

I plan to supercharge it eventually, but no definite timeline on when.

[red_e30]

cool nice build BTW

[Jand3rson]

cool nice build BTW

Thanks! It's getting better, too! We're improving a few things here and there that didn't get done the way I wanted them before, we were in such a rush to get it done for the picnic, and ended up not even being able to take it.

[Jand3rson]

Got the headers welded up today! Here's a little rundown of what we did:

Pulled the headers off, and hacked them off to just after where they swoop under the car, this should help to eliminate the problem of one of the pipes hanging too low:


Sanded all the old paint off the ends, and cleaned up the insides:


With the headers bolted up to the head, we test-fitted the Flowmaster Y to the header downpipes. The spacing was quite literally nearly dead on. The inlets of the Y slipped right over the header pipes, had to pull the innermost pipe over just a hair, and they both slipped right in:


Andrew then welded the Flowmaster Y to the headers:




And voila! One-piece headers.




Now to take them in for ceramic coating!

[red_e30]

nice what headers are those

[Jand3rson]

nice what headers are those

Just the ebay special Supersprint reps. They were painted (badly) when I got them, and then I painted over that, and it all went to shit. Having them ceramic coated will give them a gorgeous new finish, and cut down on the rasp due to the thin metal used to make them.

[red_e30]

ok cool

[tg318is]

I plan to supercharge.

Awwyeeaah! Very quickly becoming one of my favourite e30s.

[White325is]

Whats going to suck is that you welded that Y pipe on with out the engine being in the car. You going to send them off for coating and when you go to install them that y pipe is gonna be all out of wack.
Im calling it now. But I hope it doesnt end up like that. :/

[Jand3rson]

Whats going to suck is that you welded that Y pipe on with out the engine being in the car. You going to send them off for coating and when you go to install them that y pipe is gonna be all out of wack.
Im calling it now. But I hope it doesnt end up like that. :/

We accounted for that, trust me. We didn't just cut the end of the headers off and stick the Y where we thought it looked right.

We mounted the engine on the stand, and took measurements to be sure that the angle and position of the engine was correct in relation to the ground, and made sure that the headers and the position of the Y would be in the proper place when the engine gets installed. And the Y was welded to the headers while they were bolted to the head.

The only thing that's going to be "out of whack" is the single pipe on the Y will be too long, but we already anticipated that, it will have to be cut down to put on the sweep in toward the middle of the car that goes to the first muffler.