My 89 325is head first dive (NEW BUILD PG.13)

[saturnv7890]

LOL, moving is a pain, as soon as the e30 is how i want, im leaving so my managers may get a little mad about me leaving so soon.

Now that im goign to have all this money to drop into the car im debating on just building the turbo kit and everything before the motor is in, so first start it will boosted compared to me driving it NA for a bit then boost in about 2 months

Ah but that's the beauty is that an e30 is never exactly how you want it!!

It'll probably be easier to do outside the car, but breaking in a boosted engine is annoying and potentially bad, that and if you’re doing megasquirt, breaking in an untuned engine could cost you some cash if done wrong.

You could always just weld in a bung on the oil pan for the drain and call it a day for now, or get almost everything set up, and run a “turbo delete pipe” if you’re handy with a welder. That way you can get the car running nice and then all you gotta do is just bolt in the turbo when the engine is broken in and you’ve got megasquirt. But I’ve never actually installed a turbo system, only broken one in/tuned. So others should chime in here too!!

Photo courtesy of Q5Quint:

[rmosca594]

Best thing to do on a completely fresh rebuild
EDIT: I guess it can and probably will be argued that this statement is not sarcastic

And man you change jobs more than I change my jeans!

LOL, moving is a pain, as soon as the e30 is how i want, im leaving so my managers may get a little mad about me leaving so soon.

Now that im goign to have all this money to drop into the car im debating on just building the turbo kit and everything before the motor is in, so first start it will boosted compared to me driving it NA for a bit then boost in about 2 months

[saturnv7890]

Build is back on track! Just picked up another job at staples unloading freight so ill be doing about 55 hours a week of work, god i cant wait to drive this thing, first thing im doing is lighting the damn tires up, ill get it on video too :D

Best thing to do on a completely fresh rebuild
EDIT: I guess it can and probably will be argued that this statement is not sarcastic

And man you change jobs more than I change my jeans!

[rmosca594]

Build is back on track! Just picked up another job at staples unloading freight so ill be doing about 55 hours a week of work, god i cant wait to drive this thing, first thing im doing is lighting the damn tires up, ill get it on video too :D

[rmosca594]

I love your dedication, I wish more people would have the drive (no pun intended) that you have, should be pretty sweet when your done! keep truckin!

Thannks alot buddy! I appreciate that, i just cannot wait to drive this thing already!

Got to sell these wheels and get to ordering parts!

[8380 Labs]

it looks like you're okay spending some dough and doing some good things with the motor work, please spend an extra $200 to get some e30-specific springs on there.

[slow325isedan]

I love your dedication, I wish more people would have the drive (no pun intended) that you have, should be pretty sweet when your done! keep truckin!

[rmosca594]

No progress guys ): wont have any real money until 2 more weeks, this new job pays good but i get no hours (NC Aquarium) coolest job though!

Those 3 piece gotti wheels im selling was originally 2k but i will let them go for 1100!!!!!!!

really want to drive my car soooo badly

[kalib0y]

Looking like a sweet build

[saturnv7890]

Well they sure are pretty!!

Any progress??

[rmosca594]

Oh and I used Duplicolor blue can spray, but for the hard placed i sprayed it into a little Tupperware thing, let it sit for a few minutes so it was like 1/4 dry and more thick and i got hard to reach places with a paint brush lol

[rmosca594]

Looking nice. What bedliner are you using? I used some brush on duplicolor on my chassis seems to hold up nicely. Also see above question about rods

Thanks a lot :D

I picked the cxracing rods because they were cheap and I didn't want to dump so much into one part seeing that people push a lot of boost on stock rods, these are forged H-Beam so they got to be better than stock lol

I paid like 250 or so!

Pistons are Cast MaxSil pistons from Bavarian, coated with Teflon

[saturnv7890]

Looking nice. What bedliner are you using? I used some brush on duplicolor on my chassis seems to hold up nicely. Also see above question about rods

[rmosca594]

Almost done.. The drivers side is going to be a pain in the ass and I still have to clean driver side :(

[saturnv7890]

Have another windshield ready if you go MS


My vote goes for MS though, my car runs super smooth and so much better than with motronic. It was headache getting it all working, but it is the greatest thing to happen to the m20... IMHO. Maybe my last car had other issues hurting its driveability.. but megasquirt is great. Driveable, really opens up all sorts of options

But I reiterate, be prepared to punch another windshield or two while you're figuring it all out.



And break it in on strock motronic, you don't need to be tuning a table while trying to seat your rings.


QUESTION: What made you go with the cx racing rods? Are they any good? seem like a hell of a deal for the price