My Turbo project.

[Huff]

Are you going to french the headlights like your m3 was? Any other body ideas? What's up with those e46 M3 wheels?

[nando]

I ordered your stuff this morning - should be here by tuesday next week :)

[mikeedler]

here is where it as sitting as of today. going to wait till it is a little bit nicer out before I yank it out of the barn. I have no garage space for it at my house.









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.











so is my motor fairy enough? its a M20 so I figured I would put an ///M badge on it.

[mikeedler]

So, I posted some pics last year of the car that I said i was going to turbo. well, the ball has really started to roll. I have most 90% of the motor/turbo parts ordered, just waiting for a bunch of it to get here. I am planning this to be lowbudget<hahahhahaha.

the car is still sitting in my garage, it will be coming out and to my house in a week or so to start on that part too. Its going to get paint-- the old color of my M3 and the rest I will just let you all follow the thread to see.

so here are a few pics to start off the thread. I will be updating as the progress comes along.


its a 1987 plastic bumpered no sunroof 316i-- it has a 1.8M10 and if you wanted the 318i just this year you recieved the 1.8 M40. BMW was trying to get rid of the left over M10 motors i guess. I am pretty sure it is one of the newest M10s in existence, and am sure the junkyard will love it more than me!

I paid nothing for the car, my boss gave it to me.









lowered it and emptied EVERYTHING that I could out of it. put some smoked ellips in there too.


mounted these wheels, but found out yesterday that they do not make them anymore- zero balance(I only have 2- slicks were mounted on these for a buddy's E30)
time for different wheels.


welded up a bit-- oh noes, I know its now garbage J!


yes, it does have a small rust problem, but it was free.



here are 2 motors I collected up for it. 1 eta motor, and 1 non-cat 325i motor