Emma Watson and 2 E34's (Low Mount Turbo M50 Project)

[Blackout]

Good buy. Safer than almost all shiny tin cans being sold at the dealership in the background.
I like how the millennials are buying into the idea that apple car play is going to protect them. This leaves more cars for us on the lot. Real cars.

[LJ851]

[phreshkid]

I literally only come to R3v to see photos of Emma Watson.



So thank you both for keeping my dreams alive.

[2mAn]

I literally only come to R3v to see photos of Emma Watson.



So thank you both for keeping my dreams alive.

Her mini e was back at Hogwarts recently

[roguetoaster]

Her mini e was back at Hogwarts recently

You didn't follow the rules, time to ban yourself?



Also, this fing thread. R3V is weird as heck.

[Dj Buttchug]

Heres a résurrection of a thread as old as time. But my my what a winner. A lot changed here over the past 6-8 years. Things got a quiet. But here I am still building cars. Pic dump to come. Rules still apply

A crack cylinder head lead me this. This was a few months ago.(sorry photo will not position correctly. w/e



For anyone out there who cares a factory intercooler from a volvo XC 90 (2005) will slip right into the engine bay of the e34. No matter what you do there is no freaking way to get an intercooler into the lower bumper without hacking the car all to pieces. (not ideal)

In order for this to work you have to sack up and notch the chassis rails.


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After some light fabrication work some flappy wheel and a little paint we have the final result.

[Dj Buttchug]

We are going externally gated on this one. Mainly because with the bottom mount set up there is simply no room for an internal waste gate on the turbo.
Pie cuts



And we end up with this:

[Dj Buttchug]

Cold side housing clearing the steering arm was a bit of an issue to start. Sorted now with some slight mods LOL

[2mAn]

More Emma updates

[Dj Buttchug]

Moving foward with the build here is a photo dump of some things that have happened in the last few months. Car is now running on link G4X standalone. We are still on jackstands in the garage but as soon as the diff is built and finished we can go back together and start some more tuning.

[Dj Buttchug]

Running a bottom mount turbo in this engine bay ended up becoming more of a task than I had anticipated. With the turbo mounting so low I ended up with major oil drain back problems. This relay setup here runs the Turbowerks scavenge pump for 3 minutes after the car is shut off. Adding this to the factory relay box was a bit time consuming but it turned out clean in the end. The second photo here is a 95% finished engine bay.


Specs on engine as of now:

Journal bearing GT28 Oil and water cooled
OEM volvo intercooler (2008-2010) XC90
Turbowerkks EXA oil scavenge pump
Bosch Green Giant fuel inectors
OEM fuel rail with factory FPR block off plate
Turbo Smart FPR 6 adjustable FPR
ClutchMasters FX350 clutch with lightweight flywheel
ARP headstuds (Stock headgasket)
2.5 intercooler piping
SPAL slimmy fan with e36 M3 aluminum shroud modified to fit correctly
Knockoff BOV I had laying around
2.5 single exhaust downpipe into factory resonator and muffler (changes here possible later but I want the car quite)
Somewhat decent external wastegate (ebay) We will see how this plays out...
Mechanical boost control
Linkg4x ECU
AEM wideband
255lph fuel pump

More to come.

[Dj Buttchug]

A few nights ago I fabricated a transmission mount as the one I needed is now NLA... Lots of sitting and pondering the goals with this car. The daily driven comfort must stick around no matter what. All in all we are on way and hoping to be commuting to work and back in the next weeks.

[2mAn]

but Emma!...

[Dj Buttchug]

but emma!...

obey the rules!!!

[Northern]

I think your brake booster check valve is backwards?