My turbo 24v alpine coupe

[2mAn]

Im still watching!!! Congrats on graduating. Hope to see some car updates soon. They get frustrating when they are sidetracked, but once its done its so worth it. Keep at it!

[mitchlevy7]

Congrats on graduating and getting a new job! I checked out their website, looks like they make a lot of badass stuff. Have fun!

Thanks!

[CorvallisBMW]

wow. I havent updated in several months.

I graduated from UMD after a really long semester.

I am now head of the installation department and engineer at Custom Performance Engineering. Now that I pretty much have a shop to myself more updates are to follow soon. I need to spend alot of money on tools before I can put any more money into this but I will soon finish wiring the ms3.

Anyone still listening? sorry theres no picture updates. The car is sitting in my driveway on bottlecaps. The roof has been leaking and there has been a constant puddle behind the passengers seat. Its getting real rusty.

New plan:
get the car running on ms3 and tune it.
buy a new daily
transfer the engine to my current daily (89 coupe) which is alot cleaner and I can fix alot of the mistakes I had made before (hole in the engine bay, shitty bay paint job. messed up roll cage, no interior)

I want a fresh start. I was learning alot on this car and I feel like I can do it alot better. I will have much better tools and resources. I want to make it much more engineering based and design some parts for it.

Congrats on graduating and getting a new job! I checked out their website, looks like they make a lot of badass stuff. Have fun!

[mitchlevy7]

wow. I havent updated in several months.

I graduated from UMD after a really long semester.

I am now head of the installation department and engineer at Custom Performance Engineering. Now that I pretty much have a shop to myself more updates are to follow soon. I need to spend alot of money on tools before I can put any more money into this but I will soon finish wiring the ms3.

Anyone still listening? sorry theres no picture updates. The car is sitting in my driveway on bottlecaps. The roof has been leaking and there has been a constant puddle behind the passengers seat. Its getting real rusty.

New plan:
get the car running on ms3 and tune it.
buy a new daily
transfer the engine to my current daily (89 coupe) which is alot cleaner and I can fix alot of the mistakes I had made before (hole in the engine bay, shitty bay paint job. messed up roll cage, no interior)

I want a fresh start. I was learning alot on this car and I feel like I can do it alot better. I will have much better tools and resources. I want to make it much more engineering based and design some parts for it.

[mitchlevy7]

Haven't updated in a while....

I have made little to no progress since I got back from Japan.

I bought 3 steering wheels in Japan. 1 Nardi (similar to blackline), another nardi (classic wood), and an ILTR wood wheel. I also got a scroth harness for 25 bucks. I sold one of the nardi wheels and it paid for all the wheels i bought!

I am driving my daily to chicago so I have been focusing on making that reliable. Just did timing belt, water pump, thermostat, air filter, belts....ect.

I have made a plan to get the Ms3 to switch on from the key using a diode and transistor, info I got from some e30tech threads. I had to buy 100 diodes and 100 resistors. I have also been buying alot of tools to work on the car, as I do not really have access to as many tools as before.

I took my racing dynamics off this car and put them on my daily. I love the wheels so I might as well use them. Still looking for wheels for this car, but I do not really have a budget to do so.

I started my new job at CP-E. It has been an awesome experience so far, but the starting intern pay is horrible. At this point in my life, for such a good experience, I think it is worth a pay cut, even if its %40. Being able to draw things in Solidworks and then make them in the shop via CNC is awesome. I am on a team developing a twin turbo kit for the N54 platform, and when all the prototyping is done, ill be doing an install on a 1M. Our kit can fit up to 2 gtx40 in such a small space! (were actually going with 28's).

Right now, my plan is
Wire up megasquirt adapter. I have everything done in excel, just have to do the actual wiring.
Fix up the little things so the car is driveable (bleed clutch, install a harness, fix vanos line leak (have sealing rings))
Configure MS3 until I get a base tune down. I want to be able to drive the car to work (~8 miles) to put it on the dyno.
tune.
Make a pass side seat bracket. I want the VAC one, but I don't have the money. Maybe ill design my own and cut it from stock on the CNC.
fix roll cage
fix all the wiring.

figure out how to remove all the dynamat. This may be the deciding factor in the build. Rust is building up under the dynamat and its real shitty. May have to just transfer everything to a new shell.

Previously, I was just going to tune up to what the WG springs will put out, but i just bought a boost control solenoid from DIY autotune




some pics from Japan

This belongs to the owner of liberty walk


more liberty walk




more liberty walk...



dope e30 outside of liberty walk. Had a little "talk" with the owner (didnt speak any english, but we had a translator)

[mitchlevy7]

its hard doing wiring diagrams when my computer screen looks like this....


Japan is awesome though. A little disapointed with the program. Visiting the toyota factory today!

[mitchlevy7]

She runs!!!!
Well.... kinda. Yesterday was the last day I had to work on it vefore I had to get it out of the shop. It was also my last day at work.

I got the car together enough to run and my boss burned a chip for the stock ecu. It worked. The car sounds great. I had to open up the throttle plate a little and it started running lean. It also had no seats yet.

I only had time to make one seat bracket before I had to leave. I tried to drive the car and..... it was out of gas. My boss had to leave for the day so I packed all my parts and called a tow truck.

I leave for japan on monday until august.

When I get back....
Wire megasquirt adapter and tune....
Make seat bracket for pass side
Fix up fan wiring.
Fix leak at vanos line
Wire up all the lights and horn
Re-figure out brakes. (Massive street kit)
Install fender flares
Tune tune tune....

Destroy tires




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[2mAn]

1 step forward, 2 steps back.... I know the feeling. Hang in there, you're getting close

[mitchlevy7]

Got stock brakes back on with new rotors and pads. Bled them too.... went to bleed the clutch and pop! Brand new slave blew out. Time to drop the trans again and see whats wrong and retrieve the parts.

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[mitchlevy7]

Mid morning update....
Tuning the stock ecu chip for the 60lb injectors just to get the bitch running. Ms3x should arrive today and ill start making the adapter harness later today

Yesterday I went to bleed the brakes and the fluid shot right out of the face of the caliper. I grinded it down too much and the fluid passage got too thin.... just a little poke and....



I tried to weld it but cast aluminum.... not happening. I could get new calipers.... but I cant use these as cores. .. so there 100 bucks each. im just going to put stock brakes back on with new rotors and pads.

The rx7 kit will be for sale... just the hardware.... im going to go with the massive brakes kit when I get back from japan. I already have the corrado rotors so it wont put too big of a dent in my pocket. The wilwoods are so much lighter and the pads are actually cheaper.

Hope to have a start video sometime today...

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[mitchlevy7]

As of friday. Motor is back in. I switched the drivers side mount to the correct e36 arm instead of the e36 arm that was in there, and it helped push the motor back a little so now i can properly fit a puller fan and better secure the radiator. Makes me feel alot better.

I had to helicoil the bottom of the timing cover where the oil pan bolts in because it was stripped and I could not rethread it. I resealed the oil pan and i really hope the whole motor is now leak free.

I also spent some time messing with my shifter. I switched back to my modified e36 arm that is shorter and puts the thifter in the right place. I put in all new bushing and cups and shifter is sooo much better. This is temporary until I save up for a akg stage 2. Right now im using one of the z3 short shifters, not totally sure which one.

I currently have until friday to finish this car, or at least make it streetable, so there will be lots of updates.

Management update:
Decided on ms3x. I would assemble it myself but time is an issue and diyautotune has a 1-3 day lead time on a customized unit so I am going with that. ended up being about 1k after everything. I am going to use the gutted motronic box I have an get an new m50 harness. I am just going to adapt the ms3x harness into the motronic box because I am also going to make a chip tune to run the motor on the stock motronic, except wired for a map sensor. My boss feels like we wont be able to get good part throttle response with a maf or map on the motronic box because it wont have the resolution to go into boost.
Once I get it running, im going to go back to my plan of getting a bluetooth adapter and running shadow dash on my 10.1" tablet. Cant wait to have all my gauges on that screen.

I want to make it say DANGER TO MANIFOLD whenever i hit full boost.


No pics today, hopefully ill remember to take some this week. There will be lots of updates this week.

Oh yea.... i leave for japan next monday and when I come back ill be starting a new job at custom performance engineering. i'm super pumped!

[2mAn]

I got worried when I saw the engine back out, but its not catastrophic so no big deal...

[mitchlevy7]

Im taking it out to reseal the oil pan and take care of some other leaks. Im done with the dta p8. the software isnt great and I cant figure out the misfire. Could be in my wiring, who knows. im getting a new m50 harness, adapting to the c101 and change the maf to a map sensor. I can burn chips at work with my boss to tune it. Throwing on a new crank sensor, spark plug boots (there cracked) new brake master cylinder (had to steal it for the daily), oil pan gasket, and putting in an icv and knock sensors.

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[mitchlevy7]

See you in Michigan!

We are actually only going to lincoln. Very nice car though!

Also, I am leaving for Japan the same day everyone is leaving for competition so unfortunately I will not be able to attend this year. Even though I am graduating I am hoping to maybe take a break from work next year to go to competition. Technically, I only have to go to school for one semester of the year to be in the competition.

Finals are this week. I have one monday and one wednesday. Control system and heat transfer. Hopefully Ill have some time to work on the car again. I hope with a fresh mind ill be able to troubleshoot the ecu stuff and start to really make progress. I need to somehow finish the project and spend little to no money, so I can buy cool car parts in japan.

Meanwhile, the m20 in my daily is being shitty. The diff is also messed up (lots of grinding and clunking, havent been able to take a look yet). I plan on doing tb, waterpump, maybe ignition and replacing a bunch of gaskets. This may take some time from the turbo car but hey, I need a car to get me to work so I can even work on the car.

Waiting to hear back on an automotive engineering internship for a local company for after I get back from Japan/ next semester. I really hope I get it, and maybe I can get them into some e30 parts =]

[thatphysicsguy]

On friday I spent 24 hours straight working on finishing our unveiling of our fsae car for this year.

See you in Michigan!