325IX restore and build continued(turbo, e34ix diff, DCT)

[Nisse Järnet]

Cool man :)

[nomansland92]

Exhaust is all tacked, welding starts tomorrow!

[nomansland92]

Ya I was wondering about using tread tape actually, I guess I'll have to use it, thanks for the heads up.

Just a teaser to show some progress, exhaust comes next week.

[downforce22]

Good to hear. Looks like it is really coming along! As for your valence comment, the early iX doesn't have much of a rear valence so I don't have to worry about it but I noticed the same thing with how far apart the outlets were.

Also, make sure you put lots of thread tape on your oil fittings to make sure they don't leak. The high pressure of the pump caused lots of leaks on mine and for some reason at first I didn't think I needed thead tape on them.

oh yeah, one more thing

[CorvallisBMW]

baahahahaha I love the hood stack!

[nomansland92]

Well I got the manifold done this weekend. I'm starting to get better at tig welding, I wish all the welds looked like the last few but I think they will hold just fine

And thanks to whodwho and downforce22 for helping me with the megasquirt! The car fired up first try, it was super rich and idled pretty bad but after I adjust the reg_fuel for the 2.8 and took some fuel out of the ve table I got it bouncing around mid 14s. The map seamed to have a lot of timing in it around idle compared to most other I seen so I took a few degrees out of it as that smoothed the idle out a lot.

A pic of the pretty turbo!


Also since my oil lines haven't came in yet I built a little temp exhaust so I could start it up and listen for any manifold leaks.
So don't be hating the hood stack haha


This week I'll start building the intake piping then the exhaust piping and it will almost be ready!

[nomansland92]

Interesting, but I can't really justify spending over $300 on a muffler like that. I am interested to see how it works.

It's a pit pricey but I've heard good things about the company. Ive used a magnaflow similiar to the one your looking at and the only thing I didn't like was the duals coming out of it were so far about I had to offset the pipes closer to fit in the valence, that was on a e46 but the valence opening is probably similar, just something to keep in mind.

[downforce22]

Ya that wound probably fit pretty nice, it might not give you much room to put tips on it. This is the muffler I got ultimate stealth when needed but loud at a touch of a button.
https://www.google.com/search?q=x+fo...6409041&spud=0

Interesting, but I can't really justify spending over $300 on a muffler like that. I am interested to see how it works.

[nomansland92]

Ya that wound probably fit pretty nice, it might not give you much room to put tips on it. This is the muffler I got ultimate stealth when needed but loud at a touch of a button.

https://www.google.com/search?q=x+force+varex+muffler&client=ms-android-verizon&espvd=1&sboxchip=Shopping&biw=360&bih=559&tbm=shop&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=DTyUVejCBsbFsAW20YygBg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#espvd=1&spd=3518480784386409041&spud=0

[downforce22]

I am looking at mufflers to replace my fart can and this one looks like it may fit the bill but it would be nice to get some nice tips.


3" inlet to dual 2.5" outlet magnaflolw

https://www.magnaflow.com/02product/shopexd.asp?zone=main&id=10374

[nomansland92]

yep im fabricating everything myself, well that's the plan atleast

[downforce22]

Are you going to fab your own downpipe/exhaust?

[nomansland92]

Did some practice welds on some scrap peices. I think they turned out pretty good. Im definitely going to back perge everything for good measure.

[downforce22]

Manifold looks great!

[nomansland92]

Got everything tacked together and fitted up, I'll start welding this week sometime. Then comes wastegates and the down pipe.