91 318is Field Rat

[captain awesome]

Got some info from the seller:

Here is some info on the turbo kit for you:

*Mosselman Cast Iron low mount exhaust manifold and adapter fully ceramic coated
*Garrett T25 turbo (turbo has just been rebuild with heavy duty internals, 360 thrust bearing and step gap piston ring) Upgraded to GTX style billet compressor wheel, flows enough for over 300HP. Compressor side .48 (but the wheel has been upgraded and there is no way to calculate the exact A/R now) turbine .49. Very responsive turbo for this application, should spool almost instantly. This turbo can be upgraded even further, if you decide that you need more at a later time.Exhaust housing and bearing housing have been fully ceramic coated, the compressor housing has been powder coated "chrome"
* Internal wastegate set around 8 psi

A few facts about the original kit, it was a non intercooled kit (boost pressure below 10 psi does not require an intercooler and in a lot of instances can hinder flow and performance), charge pipe went from the turbo under the engine and up to the throttle body. It used a chip in the computer and a rising rate fuel pressure regulator. It even appeared that the stock injector size was used. When we got the parts, the rising rate fuel pressure regulator was broken and the computer chip was missing.

[Sirotto]

Call up Ray Korman, He still answers the phone. He was the last know dealer that i am aware of. If anyone has info on it it will be him.

Also TCD is who, more than less, copied there m20 and m30 logs from. They might have some info if you can get it out of them.

[captain awesome]

Mosselman wow, haven't heard that name in a long long time. Nice find, very rare these days.

Unfortunately I'm not finding much information or specs on the kit. Old build threads with dead pics, links, etc. and no installation instructions. I'll get it sorted out, but if anyone has any info that may be helpful I appreciate anything I can get.

[Sirotto]

Mosselman wow, haven't heard that name in a long long time. Nice find, very rare these days.

[captain awesome]

So it looks like this project just got a little boost. A Mosselman 318is kit is now going to be in my possession. I'm not 100% sure what I'll need to make it complete, but at this point I may as well get it installed sooner rather than later. Hopefully my wallet can recover quickly over the next few weeks and I can get started sorting out the little stuff I'll need to make it all work. Dgerry hooked me up with what I believe to be a great deal, and he has some good insight as to what I should need to make things work. Really excited to get going on this as I'm still green on the whole turbo thing.

[captain awesome]

I've just decided all my previous projects over the years are going to go into the great abyss. The time it would take to rebuild threads would be more than I care to invest. Luckily I can still download full albums that I have built up so if I ever feel froggy about updating it's all still there. The only upside Photobucket ever had was the linking interface for img tags. The rest(ads) almost made it impossible to navigate. I do find it odd that there is only one 3rd party hosting option. You would think they would just have limited bandwidth tiers and a price to reflect that. Oh well.

[delamaize]

Yup. Going to re-upload everything as I get time today to my Flickr account. They want $40 a month apparently for 3rd party hosting. That's just silly.

I'm going to start switching all mine over also. Photobucket is nothing but a spam filled scam bucket now. It's going to take me forever to get mine changed. 10+ years of forums to go though and move.

[captain awesome]

Yup. Going to re-upload everything as I get time today to my Flickr account. They want $40 a month apparently for 3rd party hosting. That's just silly.

[delamaize]

Another Photobucket Victim....

[Dj Buttchug]

loads of work here. props op. this gonna be good

[captain awesome]

PM sent.

[Dgerry]

Springdale.....the kit is a pretty nice low mount set up cast manifold, adapter, and T25 Garrett turbo that we upgraded to a billet compressor wheel, everything has been ceramic coated, it pretty nice. We were thinking about using it with megasquirt on a m10, but doing a M52 swap now..Anyway, I am sure we can work something out if you want the kit, PM me and we talk more about it.

[paynemw]

that's a cool spot. And you're putting the M42 back in the car?! Are you going to dump the single mass and turbo it?! disregard - i reread everything. You have a cool project man!

[captain awesome]

Here's a pic of me and a buddy's bike in that same spot years ago. I used to ride out that way and all through the ozarks. I've since sold off all my bike stuff and focused on car stuff

[captain awesome]

Nice work and progress from a local!! I have most of a E36 318IS Mosselman turbo kit that should work great on that thing when you get ready.

Where are you located? I'll have to look into the turbo kit, as I'm not familiar with them. I was planning on the Jakeb kit, but I'm open to other options as well.

Judging by your dig pic being the old Mayfield store you are probably Fayetteville?