1986 325iX 3.1L Stroker + Turbo

[tschultz]

Hey man loving the build so far looking awesome. I do however have a question. The chrome around the headlight grills, is that painted on or is that a trim piece from another bmw? It looks pretty cool.

He painted them, but they are euro grilles.

[Bimmer_man]

Hey man loving the build so far looking awesome. I do however have a question. The chrome around the headlight grills, is that painted on or is that a trim piece from another bmw? It looks pretty cool.

[downforce22]

No updates, I started removing the old turbo and exhaust manifold to install the good and tight manifold but I found out my wastegate will not work and I need to buy a 44 mm wastegate.

I plan to remove the old turbo and get the new manifold on this weekend.

[litu]

Any updates??

[downforce22]

This bad boy came, unfortunately I won't get it installed in time before 2015 D4C...

DSC_0229 by downforce22, on Flickr

[downforce22]

I just joined the forum and I think I am the person who has the early Euro 325iX in Colorado Springs. Its red, two doors, BBS trunk spoiler and the side marker lights are mounted on the bumpers, not the fenders and quarters, dark tinted windows and all stock, no mods.:coolphoto:

Hey, nice to meet you! I have heard of your car around and need to see it! I'd love to compare. My buddy Jon took this photo and said he gave you a drive 4 corners card about a year and a half ago. (www.drive4corners.com, you should come!) Also, Zach with the e23 told me he was planning to trade you for the iX but that was like 6 months ago! Seems like a runner that just needs a lil love. I'd love to see it though!



Anyway, here are some photos from the meet lately. I have tons of stuff to do before the meet when I leave next week.

I need to silicone the icv elbow in to the throttle, it keeps popping out.
I need to bleed the brakes
Rewire the gauges
wire the running lights
fix the seat lift, it wont fold forward on the drivers side
fix a loud valve with a valve adjustment
work on the tune some more
repaint front valence
wash and maybe wax it before the meet.

then after the meet
add the magnaflow and chrome tips
install good and tight exhaust manifold
replace front fenders



















That fart can

[brian8603]

1986 325iX in Colorado Springs

I just joined the forum and I think I am the person who has the early Euro 325iX in Colorado Springs. Its red, two doors, BBS trunk spoiler and the side marker lights are mounted on the bumpers, not the fenders and quarters, dark tinted windows and all stock, no mods.:coolphoto:

[jeenyus]

If anything, it just makes sense to get rid of the reverse rack they always have. That's my plan. Just to drop it to an even height on all 4 corners. The car is already so damn low being the size that it is.

[downforce22]

Nice!

Any plans for suspension mods?

Bilstein HD's on the front. I want to see how that rides. I like the current ride over the bumps and stuff but could use some more stiffness up front. There is no point in having a low iX especially when you can't clear snow, mud or bumps so I've got about the widest and tallest rubber i can fit on there to raise it up some more.

Maybe I'll go for this look:

[wannaBMthree]

Nice!

Any plans for suspension mods?

[downforce22]

Thanks for the feedback. I saw that Provent before but I don't think it warrants the price tag.

I ended up using one of those K&N filters and it worked great.

Here are some pictures from yesterday.


My buddy's 325e rally car that I helped him pick up for $500, the Road Warrior in front of me on the way there.


Somehow the gauges decided to work all day! The car didn't overheat either.


Clean before the event.







I fell into the mod AWD class which meant there were lots of subarus even though I had never done an autocross before.







I mentioned I got the e28 spoiler mounted up.







And the dust at the end of the day.


I did have a couple of problems through the course of the day. On the way to the course, I boosted and popped one of the silicon couplers off the AFM connection. It was upstream of the AFM so it still ran fine on the highway, just no boost. Then my wastegate signal line blew off but it was so hot to try to grab it, I just left it off so my turbo spool suffered. Also at some point in the day, the plug on my throttle body blew off. I didn't notice until I was driving home and it was at 12 AFR at cruise on the highway. I plugged that this morning.

Here is a quick video I made today. Enjoy!

[Northern]

I'm a fan of the Mann Provent setups to let you run your PCV pre-turbo to still pull vacuum on it like factory.

http://www.idparts.com/catalog/produ...oducts_id=2334

It's essentially a catch can with an oil separator and a filter on the line that goes to your intake so you don't end up with oil condensing on the inside of your charge piping.

The downside is that you'll need to make another return on your oil pan for it.

[downforce22]

Generally speaking JB doesn't require one, but if you have excessive crankcase pressure it'll sometimes cause what you're experiencing, which can be fixed by either a small restrictor or obviously fixing crankcase pressure.

Just something to consider in the grand scheme of things!

Hmm, well my valve cover vents to atmosphere right now, that should reduce crankcase pressure, right?

EDIT - I found a kind in my crank vent so I added a filter last night and shortened the hose. We shall see if that fixes it today at the rally cross!

[AWDBOB]

No restrictor but its a journal bearing so I didn't think i needed one?

Generally speaking JB doesn't require one, but if you have excessive crankcase pressure it'll sometimes cause what you're experiencing, which can be fixed by either a small restrictor or obviously fixing crankcase pressure.

Just something to consider in the grand scheme of things!

[downforce22]

Do you have a restrictor in your oil feed line?

No restrictor but its a journal bearing so I didn't think i needed one?