M30 OEM Turbo project

[CorvallisBMW]

I could certainly leave the space empty, that's very true. My hope with this thing was to 1) give myself some kind of structure to which I can apply the mesh screen, and 2) help funnel air where I need it.

The 745i actually put the IC behind the valance, technically outside of the engine bay. So different setup.

[CorvallisBMW]

The weather was amazing this weekend so I figured it was a good time to throw some paint on my new reinforced subframe, oil catch can, and passenger side motor mount arm. After scrubbing thoroughly with degreaser and a scotchbrite pad, I hit everything with a medium coat of self-etching primer and then 2 coats of satin black.

[e30pro3]

This thread delivers.

[CorvallisBMW]

Finished subframe and motor mount




Finished catch can/breather. Paint got a bit heavy on the cap but I'm not complaining. My goal is to have most parts in the engine bay either OEM white (all the OEM metal, brackets, etc), wrinkle black (valve cover, manifold, charge pipes), or brushed silver (accents, raised lettering, roundels, custom brackets).

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Looking good did Otis make that custom mount?

[CorvallisBMW]

Yep. He was super helpful!

Which also means I have a spare passenger side mount arm if anyone needs it.

[lambo]

Anyone have any ideas? I'm kind of scratching my head at the moment.

Just say fuck it



Seriously though, I've always liked inlets built into headlights. Unfortunately that's not really possible in an e30...

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Remove one head light?

[CorvallisBMW]

Remove one head light?

That's what I'm leaning towards. Just take the highbeam out and leave it out.

Dunno, I'll probably pick up a spare bucket and start hacking away at it with the dremel, see what I can come up with. Why not?

[ThatOneEuroE30]

That's what I'm leaning towards. Just take the highbeam out and leave it out.

Dunno, I'll probably pick up a spare bucket and start hacking away at it with the dremel, see what I can come up with. Why not?

do that and run no high beam until your satisfied with your creation haha

[TheTacoMan]

Could eventually run some ducting from a brake duct from the front end to the air filter/ airbox. Something I'm considering doing in the near future, while maintaining all four headlights.

[CorvallisBMW]

My VDO gauges came today. Yes, they're in metric units, and for two good reasons.

1) everything else on the car is in metric, such as the thermostats and switches. I don't want to constantly be doing the math in my head.
2) As someone who deals with both measurement systems on a daily basis, I can say that imperial/standard/US is fucking terrible and far less intuitive. Metric FTW.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Amen to that dude. I hate the U.S. System especially when it comes to measurements

[slammin.e28]

YA SAE sucks.

Metric FTW.

[2mAn]

Where did you pick up the sensors for the oil temp and pressure? I plan on adding those on my car in the future.