My Turbo project.

[backtrail69]

I would have put that 3.25 in the turbo project... I know I want to get one shortly. My 3.73 is way too steep. What are you going to do about WG placement?

[4ce30]

Nice progress! God i love that Orange thing!
-Brandon

[mikeedler]

and today was pretty good. pulled the rest of the stuff out of the engine bay(no this car is not going to be a show car), so I didnt go to crazy. welded in the intercooler brackets, and cut out all the other unnecessary other brackets.

then proceeded to paint the engine compartment.-- in a carport and the outside temp was about 40 and it was raining pretty good, so I am surprised the results came out this good. the color looks really nice in there i think.








I also recieved my exhaust manifold finally, so I put the head on the block so I can start working out the oil lines and such. going to start to put the motor together completely tomorrow.






and my intercooler mounted.

[mikeedler]

had a short day yesterday, and went swimming with my daughter, so I only got a little done.--- rob from peter---give to paul as my father used to always say.
went out to the barn, and took the 3,46LSD from my M3, and put the original 3,25LSD back in it. now euro 3 needs to get moving and take the way to steep(for a euro dogleg trans) 3,91LSD out of his M3 and trade me for the 3,64.
soo, all this= 3,91LSD big housing for the turbo project!

[4ce30]

gonna be a blast, i miss my boosted E30's:(
-Brandon

[backtrail69]

You will need to trim the corners so they sit flush with non-m fenders too. Glad to see my old turbo and parts made it there alright. Amazing how quickly they can transport things...

[Erick]

Might work well if you can get the intercooler to sit there nicely.

[mikeedler]

so here is a gem that I have had laying around- it came on my M3 when I bought it. maybe going to use it on this thing, but probably not.

it is a m3 bumper with extensive fast and furious modifications involved!






whats the thought here?

[Erick]

Shell cleaner than I thought.

Looks great man! I wish I could be there giving you a hand, I love building these things.

[mikeedler]

so, here are a few updates.
yesterday, I went to the barn/garage, and pulled the car out. Drove it home with the M10- and it actually ran really nice. woke up this morning and realized the M10 must go away.

so here are a few parts that are laying around- need to be put on one day.





not going to need this since i decided to go MS.

an extra manifold. I am going to try the ebay manifold first, but have this as a back up. notice the nice blanket so the turbo doesnt get cold at night. gotta love M113a3 military track vehicles. no the turbo on that manifold wont be used.



so here is a bit of what I did today by myself.

as it looked this morning.- after church of course.

pulled the front apart- planned on mounting the intercooler today, but decided it would be more fun to yank the motor.

pulled the fender since it was junk too.

up up and away.

started to run the battery cable to se the battery in the trunk.


you can see the axles hanging, i even pulled the non LSD out-- I am going to slap in a 3,64 LSD that I have around.

the interior as of now. it wont be receiving to much either.

[jw 325ic]

its gonna be tight!!! lol

[e30325ic]

I spy megasquirt.

[nando]

.TEASER!



:p

[e30325ic]

That thing is going to be a ball to drive. I cant get enough of your M3. that orange is soooooooooo hot. Keep us updated.

[mikeedler]

yeah, an engine stand costs about 400-600 dollars here. I know my homemade one is kinda ghetto, but it is 600 dollars I can spend elswhere. there isnt a big market here for that kind of stuff-- heck I work at a BMW dealership, and we dont even have a motorstand there!!!

I realized that about the leverage point-- after i welded it! its alright, I will only have to turn it upside down a few times at max, and if it takes 2 people, then thats ok too.

yeah, i liked the green too, but in that color, it was still known as the old owners car- even after 8 years.