325ic Calypso Euro Conversion - Houndstooth & dbilas now, MT1 & MM 3.2 stroker coming

[e30m3s54turbo]

I did see the s14 motor pic!!!!!

[e30m3s54turbo]

Nice 2002!! The Alpina wheels looke great....

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Jealous of your wheels. I want 16 inch alpinas

[bradnic]

you have pm.

check out the German KBA doc for the 16x7 Alpina (attached)
full Alpina info on e30.de (via google translate)

[chicagolande30]

The car is looking great . We should gtg on the weekend since I don't live to far from you . I would love to see your beautiful Euro version of my Vert . I can bring the windscreen travel bag 👌 Pm me .

[bradnic]

one of the PO's 02s - S14 equipped of course ala Blunt's old orange one

[bradnic]

this is the Alpina fitment as I understand it


so I think pretty much Direzzas is it in the reasonable price range..

[digger]

What tyres you gonna run? Can't get much in the way of street tyres for 225/45/16 that's why I opted for non staggered

[bradnic]

Alpinas look tasty!!

Euroweaves should stay local...
To a BMWCCA member........
Who has 4 kids........
And an e30 that he and his wife love....




No pressure!

lol. come on over and check em out. full set of five. i think there's a little ding on one wheel. i have all the original BMW boxes too..

nice alpinas. staggered widths?

yes sir. if you notice the tires on the 2 wheels in front of are stretched a bit. owner had these on a flared 2002.. probably why there's curb rash on one of them.

[kronus]

nice alpinas. staggered widths?

[doorman]

Alpinas look tasty!!

Euroweaves should stay local...
To a BMWCCA member........
Who has 4 kids........
And an e30 that he and his wife love....




No pressure!

[bradnic]

Oh mannnnnn

i blame you and e30rapidic - you guys started it!

and they're not perfect btw. some road rash on one and a few nicks.. plus one of the caps is rashed up.

[audiquattrot]

Oh mannnnnn

[bradnic]

oh yes I did - ow ^2

been looking for a long time. getting new tires. will need a 5th for a spare.




absolutely love my set of 5 nogaro euroweaves but I may need to put them up for sale now. #firstworldproblems

[bradnic]

so much for waiting until June...
business end corrosion on center itbs, probably heat related? will need to sandblast and refinish at some point
EDIT: turns out it's just a coat of paint on the housings. gonna wire brush it off.

so much cleaner now


I ended up mounting the manifold adapters first, then the 3 pairs of ITBs. I did have to pull an end cap off the front ITB to get it to clear the thermostat housing. Will grind off a corner of it and install later.


cooling system is all set. I had a spare m20 heater hose 64211380527 from my other car which I used the center of to extend the current upper heater core hose. It wrapped around the #6 plenum runner nicely. Also had to bend the heater core pipe carefully up and towards the center of the car, but it cleared fine without cutting.

here's the heater hose installed - will need to make sure I didn't damage my heater core bending the pipe..


there is some minor interference with the thermostat housing connector. I can cut the corner of it off but I don't like messing with my harness so if I can get it to seal properly with teflon tape I'll just turn the sensor a bit. Yes I'm that anal.

after trying multiple approaches to get the plenum on the best option was this:
1) replace the heater hose with the longer one and install
2) place all the rubber couplings on the plenum
3) align the #6 runner between the upper and lower rad hoses, then line up the rest

I spent several hours modifying the m20 airbox to take the m30 AFM. came out very well. but unfortunately the dbilas plenum sticks way outboard and above the AFM when mounting using the stock brackets. So I may end up with a cone filter directly on the AFM after all...

force fit everything. need to take better pics from top and side to see the issue.


you can see the height difference of the plenum duct and the AFM here, also the 19# mustang injectors.


next up are all the 5 vacuum connections underneath and replacing my fuel supply and return hoses with longer ones. Alot of room under the plenum.. and it's not that bad near the brake booster either.


nice glamour shots here - starting to come together.



check out all the room for a supercharger... :-)