My euro 320i/B6 3.5 Alpina Tribute ( Now with turbo power)

[ThatOneEuroE30]

I’ve done a thing.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Parts are arriving for the turbo build. Precision 6262 turbo, Vibrant intercooler, SSSquid custom built mega squirt, Podi alpina vent gauge, genuine alpina intake. I'm currently waiting for my Intercooler piping, injectors, V bands for the wastegate and exhaust system, and 3 inch 304 stainless tubing to make a new exhaust out of. Once all that is here I will have everything needed to do the turbo and can just start removing and hanging parts.

[e30m3s54turbo]

I like!!!

[rzerob]

So are you going to powder coat the Alpina intake manifold? And if you do are you going with the copper or something different? If something different, are you going to redo the valve cover? It is nice to see some updates of your build.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

So are you going to powder coat the Alpina intake manifold? And if you do are you going with the copper or something different? If something different, are you going to redo the valve cover? It is nice to see some updates of your build.

I am redoing the intake and valve cover I think I'm gonna keep it simple and just wrinkle black them. I too am over the copper an no longer like it. looks tacky.

[e30m3s54turbo]

What size turbo? What size intake piping?

[ThatOneEuroE30]

What size turbo? What size intake piping?

its a 62mm. doing 2.5 inch intake

[zwill23]

its a 62mm. doing 2.5 inch intake

2.5" intake piping will make your life much easier for fitment and the power limit for that diameter is something absurd. Nice choice.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Got the turbo mocked up. stupid exhuast manifold studs came out of the head instead of the fresh bolts so gotta get the nuts off an reinstall them. Hoping today I can get out there and get the oil pan off and get the front bumper off and mock up intercooler.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Got the intercooler mounted. Made some mounts for it and got them all tacked in. Will need to weld them out and paint them. Also got intake pulled. Will be blasting the alpina intake and paint it and reinstalling it before pulling the oil pan to keep the explosion of parts off the car at a minimum. Got a feeling Im gonna have to do some trimming on the metal valance wont need to trim the alpina though.

[e30m3s54turbo]

😍

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Alpina intake Is on just need to extend the TPS wires and the AFM wires to wire in the IAT sensor. Bought a RHD throttle cable to be able to runt he flipped TB. Started on the oil pan hoping to get it off and back on tomorrow night. then it will just be a matter of IC piping, running vacuum lines and building the exhaust.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Been working on the car some. Got the oil pan off an back on with the drain line fitting installed that was a nightmare wasted a fitting cause the cast was so dirty even though the pan looks spot less and i preheated it a bunch. Had to cut the first fitting out then spend 6 hours letting the pan warm up in the oven at 500 degrees for 3.5 hours then proceeded to spend the remaining time grinding to GCM and then brushing and scotch bright padding it and heating it up with a blow torch. Had to weld the new fitting to a sheet of aluminum and then weld the sheet to the pan. Those welds turned out great after much cleaning.



Got the intercooler piping done from the turbo to the intercooler



Turns out if you have a non AC car the punch out for the AC dryer is the perfect spot for IC piping its like it was made to be turbo'd I gotta tidy up the headlight wiring since the cover will likely no longer fit.



Had a slight brain fart and didn't even think to measure my throttle body so the 2.5 inch coupler wont work since its 3 inch. Waiting on a 2.5 to 3 inch 90 degree coupler to get her to do the intake side of it. I the mean time I got the IAT sensor pigtail wired and started to do the TPS wire extension only to find out the wires for the variable portion of it were broken at the connector so Im looking for a 6 pin pig tail to use.



I moved my ignition coil not and grounds to the valve cover not sure how well it will work with the vibration and weigh. Could possibly crack the cover not sure. Still need to pull valve cover to blast and paint to match intake that will be last. I started mocking up the Down pipe as well, need to find pics to see how others do it thinking a 45 into a 90 will do the trick. Also bolted up the turbo and manifold for good last time it was just on by a couple bolts to hold in place



Also if anyone has some insight with megasquirt. I Plugged mine and it has lights on it to show that its powered up the lights arent on even with the ignition on. I haven't touch any power wires except for the grounds and i moved them back to the original spot and still got nothing. It wont connect to my laptop either so I'm not sure where to go with that never used a MS system before.

[Blake B]

don't have MS experience but awesome build so far, keep it up!

[e30m3s54turbo]

Any up dates?