The Dirty Bish: boosted with some bolt in core support fabrication

[euro2fast4u]

Quick History: I fell in love with the e30 since i was probally ten, dad drove the grey one for a long long time and then he handed her to me, This is my third e30.

First one was a 87 325i delpi grey with 330,000 miles, sadly she was wrecked. I had the engine rebuilt, i rebuilt the tranny and put it all back together.

Second one was one of my favorites becuase it was raw, ie two door e stripped down with aluminum door panels no carpet and two seats, if i remember right it was around 2,300 with me in it, It had the 325i motor with the bavauto chip, raw and fun.

Current one was rough on the out side but was in good running condition, so since i already did the mechanical rebuild for the grey, interior for the second i thought i would paint her and remove all the dents. Finally got some plastic bumpers and the out side is currently done except a good polishing.

Now the fun part, since the exterior is 95% taken care of we shall begin with the turbo.

Set up:
Garret T4 turbo inlet says a/r .50 (honestly i do not have a lot of specs from it just that it was possibly from a 7.2 diesel GMC)
Walbro 255
Megasquirt 3.0
2.7 e block
i head welded
MB bolts
stock head gasket
God speed intercooler
Dan Pinder exhuast manifold
evo 9 injectors 560 cc
ssqv hks bov
tial 38 mm wg
2.5" exhaust straight
2.75 intercooler piping
south bend clutch
custom wiring harness

planning on what ever it takes to shut up both my friends sti and evo 9 just so i can for once say i have the faster car, let alone NO CAR PAYMENT (the evo is left the sti wrecked, ill do what ever it takes to beat him by .01 seconds in the quater mile just so he has to go back and re think his plan and figure out a way to surpass me which when he does ill already be thinking of the next thing so i can surpass him again to drive him crazy, i mean hell its only a slow 'stock' evo)

Started by getting the body dent free and laying down some etcher primer



most of the dents were removed and sanded down, decided to practice with the etching primer and lay down some thin coats across the whole car.



then layed down some primer to build up and started blocking.



front right fender was pretty much ruined by the PO, tried to fix it the best we could but decided on another fender i had.



you can see the bondo on the new fender trying to fix the small dent on the fender.



overall blocking of the car



just trying to get it perfect!!!



again more perfection



taping the car for some white paint





finally looks good



first coat of white done



first coat of clear





first visible dribble







love this photo





needs some buffing now!!



out she comes



moving her out for the first time in probably a 2 months



and the grin



o happy days





This is the way it sat for proablly another 2 months











After finally getting the nice fitment of the rear bumper i drove it to work, with painted tails







And i wanted that sleeper look so i painted the bottle caps black.



e30 sandwich



photo in my driveway need a better one



My baby turbo
T4 Flange
a/r .50
from a 7.2 catepillar motor.











Cleaned valve cover



i know terrible picture but its a wrinkle finish.







started cleaning the block







Dan pinders manifold from the dude i bought it from on his motor.





My intercooler fitment i decided to flip it upside in the end



before i start pulling shit out :)



grill on with flash



with out flash



slighly used walboro 255 lphr pump ready to go in



started to pull all the unused shit and getting ready to pull the motor





tial 38mm new from a e30tech member



finally a good photo no more blurr



getting ready for the wire tuck



and the engine gettin prepped so i can just drop it in looks so mean



taping off the bay so i can paint it black





time to put in the new valve seats after the head has been welded and machined flat



all the parts ready to go in





my battery cable vs oem



then after finishing everything up and installing the motor



theres ash on the motor from our bon fire the night before



my wiring mess



this wiring will all go away when i get it up and running i have just been doing lots of testing to get it to spark... also notice the evidance of the fire i was going to push it into... the ash decided to leave a note on my motor



my swede dash with my mess of wire with a pile of baking powder to absorb the water



gauges tried to match them as best i could to the oem gauge cluster



mounted intercooler



old photo of my building the motor



then finally after hours getting the motor to mate to the trans





getting cold out side



did a compression test after running the motor just a little from 1 to 6 order got 162 149 170 163 162 150 dont think thats too bad

then i sold it :)



photos before the turbo install





blah some photos need to repaint the front clip and bumper









too much boost which btw it does blow at 10 psi lol



some video's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_HOqoIzLD4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHvYNpFO_og

checked the plugs

1-3



4-6



and heres what cruise week is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwS9g_1dDuc

and some very wimpy videos i wish it sounded more bad ass o well

http://vimeo.com/23015113

http://vimeo.com/23002742

heres a quick video of the new exhaust, it really quieted down, and all there is is a straight pipe into a 22 ebay special muffler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a901-6mwBLU

btw its carbon fiber dawg

this clutch is confusing some times it holds with out an issue and sometimes it wont hold. im not sure whats up with it. maybe this weekend ill throw in the good one.

also oil pressure question

2k i get a nice 12 psi for oil pressure
however when at idle im below the ten mark and it looks like its barely above the 0 mark.... between 0 and 10 there is no resolution. so im wondering should i increase the oil weight?

giggidy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJtpo...ature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TkEm...layer_embedded

Welp made it home, Decided to trailer the car down there since im still iffy about everything. well first things first i thought the trailer was lower so when we went to put the car on the trailer i dented and magically removed my exhaust. crushed it and dented it and im pretty sure it cracked a weld somewhere but thats a semi easy fix.

after we got it up on the trailer



Crusing down the road





Next on our way down we had a blow out/tread removal from one of the trailer tires.



Jon chills as i change the tire





Unloading it





The next morning after playing with some mustangs and hondas and everything else



party central



Finally today was able to race a newer hyundai genysis R-spec. I really just wanted to see where i was as in speed. From a roll i walked pretty hard on him which was pretty sweet. from a dig it was a little closer maybe 2 cars by 70. That was fun to finally see my hardwork being used!!! And i did drive it the 130 miles home from Ocean City. Also i got 25mpg on the way home thats awesome!!

When i find the videos ill post them up

not sure if i mentioned this or not but apon putting the car on the trailer i sorta removed the exhaust bc the trailer was so high

light modification of exhaust



and my new exhaust strap



love these rims but not sure how im gonna get them



how they look on ck's car





0-60 in about 5 i think

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAdBeu3Z-Vw

well its now put away for a couple months sucks but its happens. im at 15 psi and is running pretty well. im guessing around 330 whp which isnt bad. and my clutch is still holding dont know how but it is.

any way heres where it will sit for a while





and a burnout is it possible to do a burnout with out an lsd like this one???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROYdDdikZUk

also goal while im at school is getting a blue tooth for the ms and for the computer and be able to connect that way. THEN write an app to connect to my phone too so i can read some gauges off my phone !!!!!

so remember that comment on how i feel like i should be at more power. well this is just a little comparison to a map that frozensolid found and was running with some success and mine very very very very conservative map. which is a good thing but im glad i found it. Now i will be reading the map off the ms tomorrow asap to confirm this find but does any one else see anything strange?



hes running a 2.5 but im running a 2.7 heres what i pulled of ms

if you guys can read it



mine



frozen solid does any one see a large discrepancy besides mine only going to 200kpa and the top side is compressed alot?



Friday Night!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZqk3vc8hVg

reason i was only going to 5k was because i was trying a new tune. didnt wanna get happy and rev it to 6k or 7k and not be paying attention.

was unable to get any more road tuning done on saturday due to me not being able to get rear brake pads. o well however i did play with this









Its so loud i literally went def for 30 seconds. any way heres a video too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jltvx8XafLQ

this is what i have been doing at school as you can see only that middle section of inter cooler is being used effectively or is being over run but there is defiantly ways to improve its efficiency but most of it is in the end tanks design

now this was a quick sketch i did so the inter cooler isnt perfect



do you not see the flames? lol

so i wanted to add some history. one weekend at school sophomore year a group of us decided were gonna drive to blue hole and go swimming. never been there never heard of it but heard plenty of stories. after driving around for about 2 hours prior we finally find the road and decide to continue. If you have ever been to blue hole in wv you will know how terriable the road is to and from. Its about a 11% grade for about 2 miles on roads that many trucks have rolled off the edge and flipped off. people have died going to the bridge but i have never been and it was the e30 or a tibaron.

here is a topograph of the road to blue hole



as you can see its very steep

most of the edge of the road was 1 and 1/2 lanes so passing was very hard. very little guard rails and most of the edge was cliffs like this. there were spots that had about 1' wash out spots. i drove the e30 like the blazer placing the tires on the highest spots and on top of all the rocks but avoiding the sharp ones so i would puncture a tire. i think i bottomed out once in the dirt from a really deep washout. stock suspension and stock tires.



after about 30 minutes goin down this washed out dirt road. we finally made it to the bridge.



where we got stuck lol so i kicked the other 3 fat asses out however i was still catching on the exhaust so i told them to grab the bumper and lift up so i could make it over and we eventually got it!!! the end result was a cracked exhaust at the resonator.



the bridge is 80' high and i was geeking out driving over this thing since i didnt see any one drive over it. ignore the whales on the lower part of the screen.


after swimming for about 30 minutes and spelunking around we decided to leave on the other side of the bridge hoping for better roads. but nope. the little eta just crawled up the roads and with roughly 900lbs in the car there was very little spinning lol. what a trip i wasnt too woried but the other fellas were freaking out like school girls. no real carnage and after removing the exhaust the car finally sounded bad ass so it was a good trip


after trying to find some photos of the road i found this lmfao even in the gmc 3500 it was just as scary

CAUTION: You must have a high clearance vehicle (a pick up truck at a minimum) and 4 wheel drive is perferrable to go down this road. The last mile or so is a very UNIMPROVED narrow road with rocks and potholes and no room to pass an oncoming vehicle or to turn around. It has a steep, 80 foot drop-off on one side. Road is at a steep downhill pitch with loose rock surface. Be very careful.


next during the middle of my bumper swap i ran with the prime grey bumpers and some red valance from the late model. went autocrossing with a little drifting didnt want to do too much and get kicked out of the organization. what a blast i love you little e30 ill see you soon!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5FcYaTGNTE

so i have an exhaust leak and i think thats the sound i was hearing. but thats better then what i thought it was wrong.

did a compression test and it was 159 all the way across it was much better and more consistant then before which was like 140 to like 165. i think the rings finally reseated them selfs and now i have a perfect motor the exhaust leak sounds like the manifold gasket.

well a little progress mounted the rear valance thanks again mat!!!!



then installed. i gotta remove the cover again and fix the bracket for the one bracket mount



then i started cleaning my shop... and thats what i wanted to really do.

then i found my drawing i purchased for a trailer still want to make it but well see



thennnnnn i started dissaembling the rear end i got from mike and here we go



that area were the clump of shit the bolts were loose so im in the middle cleaning the housings then maybe some paint and store it for a little while no motivation to swap those

went to my local pub talked to the bartender then discovered the stock pile of crown bags.

since mattb is blowing me off ill make my own shift boot from this!!



welllllll apperently dan pinders exhaust manifold cant handle spark retard





that was two touches to the metal and it blew through it

then i research on how this is a copy from proturbo by danpinder then ebay copys dan pinders manifold

then at my schools 3d printer i made a new emblem

[ROLLingKING]

the flames are cool
what turbo manifold are u running? im trying to look it up. any links?

I also like how u did all your own body work. looks like it took a good bit of time. But hey, do u have any other goals for the car. like is it going to be drag, auto x'd, tracked, or drifted. Since it has the motor and paint done get that chassis tightened up. Then youll really be keeping up with the subys and evo.lol
nice work tho

[F34R]

Hmm, that video was dumb. Got any of the car moving?

P.S. You have quite a few pictures with doubles in there.

[euro2fast4u]

the flames are cool
what turbo manifold are u running? im trying to look it up. any links?

I also like how u did all your own body work. looks like it took a good bit of time. But hey, do u have any other goals for the car. like is it going to be drag, auto x'd, tracked, or drifted. Since it has the motor and paint done get that chassis tightened up. Then youll really be keeping up with the subys and evo.lol
nice work tho

its a dan pinder manifold that i put a whole in from shooting those flames. the body work took all winter. goals is working on reliability so i can drive it anywhere. the next step is to finish the tune and engine work then figure out suspension and tire set ups.

Hmm, that video was dumb. Got any of the car moving?

P.S. You have quite a few pictures with doubles in there.

i know i do im in the middle of transfering photos and combining everything i have in one location bare with me as i have quite a lot of photos.

btw there is a reason i have this at the bottom of the post

"still trying to clean this up will be fixed soon mods"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAdBeu3Z-Vw

and most recent tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZqk3vc8hVg

over winter break ill be getting some dyno time to finish up tuning side.

[drutt23]

1. Lose the ricer muffler and tails.
2. I give you good credibility for grabbin the balls for body work on your own. With some more practice, you will get better and have less 'dry spots' in the paint( I.E. you didn't keep a good wet line in the paint so that it would stay consistent and smooth) Otherwise good job, on taking on that kind of work.
3. Don't let that turbo deal get to your head right off the bat like that. Get it totally tuned right before rappin the motor up the way you did in that vid. It could cause some serious damage with revs like that on a bad tune. (Hence your toasted manifold????)
4. Don't get pissed of. This is constructive criticism.
5. Profit.

[rares]

wow, lots of good work happening here.. keep it up. that is gonna be a sweet car when it is done..

[samiam3356]

lol Ryan, I see you ventured to the wild side.

[euro2fast4u]

yes i did sam lol.

as for my ricer muffler it was the cheapest one online bc i didnt know what i want so why spend more then 30 on a muffler right.

tails i like it like that becuase to me it looks cleaner.

criticism only works when you have a competing boosted e30 :)

ive been tuning the motor my self and i wanted to play like a little kid thats why i attempted and succeeded at shooting flames.

do i seemed pissed of? bc i can be lmao

heres a better picture of the rear side. those other ones are like 2 years old.

wow, lots of good work happening here.. keep it up. that is gonna be a sweet car when it is done..

thanks man after looking back at it i have done a lot of work

[Sputnik]

Startec that bish.

[MattAvino]

sweet valence

[drutt23]

yes i did sam lol.

as for my ricer muffler it was the cheapest one online bc i didnt know what i want so why spend more then 30 on a muffler right.

tails i like it like that becuase to me it looks cleaner.

criticism only works when you have a competing boosted e30 :)

ive been tuning the motor my self and i wanted to play like a little kid thats why i attempted and succeeded at shooting flames.

do i seemed pissed of? bc i can be lmao

Again dude, not hating on anything. Just my personal opinion and two cents in the matter. I have no need to bash and that's not what I'm doing.

And competing with a boosted E30 isn't happening from my end. I'm going a different route for now. I wanted a couple more cylinders ;)

[euro2fast4u]

v10 i hope right

[euro2fast4u]

updated first post finally

[pacmanE30]

looks good and great work, definitely spent time in this bish

[euro2fast4u]

yea pumped to get some dyno time to finish the tune!!!