The m10 Turbo thread!

[marshallnoise]

Nice! I was thinking about doing white too for my block. Any reason you did?

[Graebmw95]

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Nice! I was thinking about doing white too for my block. Any reason you did?

Do it man! I did it because I like white a lot. And my wheels are white soooo i thought it would look good haha.



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[Toodaloo]

Subscribed! Very cool build!

[Graebmw95]

Subscribed! Very cool build!

Thanks man! Much more to come!


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[funcrew]

Sweet build, congrats on doing everything right the first time. If you haven't torqued the head down yet, you may want to o-ring the block. The o-rings plus your ARP studs allow more boost with fewer worries.

[Graebmw95]

Sweet build, congrats on doing everything right the first time. If you haven't torqued the head down yet, you may want to o-ring the block. The o-rings plus your ARP studs allow more boost with fewer worries.

Thanks man! I figure I'd do this right now and not blow it up down the line and have to rebuild lol. The head is indeed torqued down but I'm not running insane amounts of boost anyway so I'm not too concerned.


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[Graebmw95]

Well! It's be quite awhile sense the last update so I figure its about time! Sense the update there have been ups and downs and in betweens. Family circumstances have delayed some parts of this build and thought I've been piecing together the build part by part I still have a lot to do, however sense the last update heres what has happened.

It took a while but I was finally able to get all of my double row timing pieces together. I got the parts in and realized the cam sprocket I received was too small. Teset fitting it and using a micrometer I took it to a shop and they took off 10thousands so that it would fit properly. https://vimeo.com/129835821


Once I got the timing set I was able to start focusing on actually taking out the block in my e30. It took us about 3 hours but we were able to successfully remove the tranny, engine, and exhaust from the chasis.

Once the engine was out I took of all the accessories from my old block, cleaned them and gave them all a fresh coat of paint! This sucked! I let the parts soak in hot dawn water and brushed 90% of the grime away, which isn't easy considering its 31 years worth. Then I put all the brackets and non electrical parts in the dish washer, don't tell me mom! Made them look brand new, and with a fresh coat of black paint a total transformation.

Heres the old block for reference with all the accessories off.

Now of course to the fun part! My turbo! Yes it came in along with my manifold, which GoodnTight here made. And he did an AMAZING job!

So originally I said i was getting a Garrett Gt2871 right? Well the shop I ordered it from made a mistake with my order and gave me the run around, I got my turbo a month later but no the gt2871. They upgraded me for free to a GTX2867R. A much better turbo for the same price!

So i decided to go Tial externally waste gated housing for sake of having a better housing. Also went V-band because why not!? Heres my housing

And here is the manifold GoodNTight made for me! So beautiful! Can't wait!

Now I have ordered a short shift kit with all new bushing and shat not for my tranny. I'm doing a dtm style selecting rod. Ordered them from Garagistic, those parts will be here soon and will post a picture when it all arives! I also need to order my clutch, haven't figured out which clutch I want yet.

But so far theres where I am, I have much more to come! Next purchase is my radiator kit. Mishimoto e36 M3 aluminum radiator with electric fan! 😁


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[e30s50dan]

Nice manifold

[stanhayward]

^What he said! That thing looks pretty as heck. Good progress, I applaud you for sticking with an M10, I once considered a blow-thru carbed and turbo'd M10 but it was way too much hassle. One day ;)

[Graebmw95]

^What he said! That thing looks pretty as heck. Good progress, I applaud you for sticking with an M10, I once considered a blow-thru carbed and turbo'd M10 but it was way too much hassle. One day ;)

Thank you sir! Lots of hard work has gone into this build! It'll be nice when its done! Lol


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[Graebmw95]

Question for anyone who can answer this?! Is it normal after torquing down the crankshaft pully to the crank that its hard to turn the engine by hand? Its easy with a rachet but by hand hard. Without it torqued down it can be done by hand no problem


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[F34R]

The pulley connects to the crank balancing wheel, both the crank and the wheel all turn as one...there should be zero difference by tightening the wheel to spec. It IS adding rotational weight and that could be what you're feeling. Same concept as spinning a brake rotor then installing the wheel and spinning it, you will need more effort to move due to the weight gain and size.

The only thing that will give resistance is installing a head, manifold and plugs, that will give you compression.

Make sure your crankshaft seal is seated and clearing properly, I know the flywheel has a spacer...don't quote me on this but I believe that the pulley acts as the spacer in the front. Again that should make zero difference since the crankshaft bolt gets like 400-420nm for spec.

[FireFight]

i always love seeing people keeping the m10s around, by far one of my favorite engines.

[Graebmw95]

The pulley connects to the crank balancing wheel, both the crank and the wheel all turn as one...there should be zero difference by tightening the wheel to spec. It IS adding rotational weight and that could be what you're feeling. Same concept as spinning a brake rotor then installing the wheel and spinning it, you will need more effort to move due to the weight gain and size.

The only thing that will give resistance is installing a head, manifold and plugs, that will give you compression.

Make sure your crankshaft seal is seated and clearing properly, I know the flywheel has a spacer...don't quote me on this but I believe that the pulley acts as the spacer in the front. Again that should make zero difference since the crankshaft bolt gets like 400-420nm for spec.

I don't think it's rotation weight, because with the crank pulley on without the nut I can rotate the engine without too much effort. With the nut impacted on I can't rotate it by hand, but with a ratchet it's easy. Its binding somewhere. I think the pulley is pressing against the timing cover or crank seal somehow. I'm lost because it's literally the same as the old engine, except that I have a double row timing chain now but that shouldn't affect it.


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[Graebmw95]

i always love seeing people keeping the m10s around, by far one of my favorite engines.

It's definitely an underrated engine. People too often swap em out and mark them up as worthless 1.8s. When really they have soo much potential. I'm glad I didn't swap out the engine. Granted I'm spending a lot more money than what a swap would be. But totally worth it.


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