My Turbo project.

[318isbmw]

YES! You are the f*cking man. As much as I love the orange I missed that baller green/blue.

Me too. Love the orange, but damn the green just was so understated. Glad to see its not totally lost.
That will be one hell of a setup, I'm stoked to see it all come together.

[Erick]

It will get repainted. in this color, with white 17" kosei's on it.

YES! You are the f*cking man. As much as I love the orange I missed that baller green/blue.

[s0urce]

mmm.. subscribed.

[rede30]

good luck with the ride, a plastic bumper m10 oem car still weirds me out.

[nando]

so here was my project for the day-(after skool) I didnt have a motor stand, so I figured i would build one from all of the old metal I had from my lowrider dayz. plus they are too expensive!!! money needs to be spent on go fast stuff.

seriously? they're like $50-99 here. looks pretty sturdy, but you're going to have a hard time turning the motor upside down with the load off center like that.

[elsabor67]

Damn that M3 is hot. I gotta get up there some day. Good luck.

[mikeedler]

It will get repainted. in this color, with white 17" kosei's on it.

[DarkWing6]

Are you going to do much cosmetically to the exterior? Or are you going to go with the somewhat clean rusted out look?


Fun project BTW. I look forward to reading more.

[oekundar]

sweet project!...nice M3 too!

[mikeedler]

I found an adapter here last week, did a welding job and there it was!!!!
yep, injectors and the LC1 are the last 2 things on my wish list right now. then all the money goes to all of the little crap to get it all together.

thanks alot for the maps!!!!! I am so anxious to get this thing together. The headbolts are in the mail, so i am kinda stuck right now. I want to start teh int. mounting guages and putting together all of the alluminum stuff(door cards/ dash pieces)

[Erick]

I want to do twin 2.5s for ground clearance once I can ball the cash for that. (Maybe never)

Anywho, glorious fun Mike! I cant wait to see that sucker go!

- Erick
PS: Damn that M3 is sooooooooooooooooooo gorgeous. I still remember how it sounded when you opened her up on the Autobahn. :D

[backtrail69]

Make sure to run full 3in exhaust, Matt K. had problems with backpressure with 2.5in. I had an adapter from 2.5in to 3in on that flange that I reused with my new turbo. I told chris I will hook him up with my old fuel and spark maps for the 42# injectors (if you get those) so your car should start right up and only need minor tweeking.

[mikeedler]

the things I have right now for it are:

KOSEI 17" wheels-- noone has those over here
M3 CABs
Bilstein struts w/ B&G springs- old setup from my touring
3.25 and a 3.64 LSD- not sure which to use yet.
motor stuff:
Garrett t3/t04e 57trim w/ .63 exhaust housing backtrail69's old turbo
MS/2 thanks Nando
ebay turbo exhaust mani. and also have a 324td as a back up.
inline fuel pump
38mm TIAL extern. wastegate
some knockoff Greddy BOV
2.5" intercooler pipes with bar intercooler
redid my head with new springs, seals and pressure checked it.
Vortech FMU-- that I dont need anymore I guess.
a bunch of big ass X5 exhaust piping to make my own exhaust.
and a bunch of other crap i cant remember right now


I am pretty sure that all the stuff can only mean fun! I hope anyway.

[backtrail69]

I think you will really like my old turbo. :D esp with lighter weight!

[mikeedler]

I plan on leaving this car absolutely spoilerless. but we will see what happens.

the headlights are just going to be smoked reg.
My M3 has turned into my "beauty queen" I feel like it is just wrong to beat the crap out of it the way I do after all the time in the cosmetics area. I am building this to have a car to beat on.

I want to just keep this car empty and as light as possible. no frills kinda thing.