The official turbo build thread.

[So Live]

Haha thanks Ben! Im all set with a ride though. I get to drive my dads KILLER suburban!!!!! I cant have a car on campus anyway so its all good. Congrats on the purchase :) Lemme know if you need help with that.

Im really playing with the satin black deal. Now is the time. Again...

[E30SPDFRK]

Holy shit! Glad to hear your ok. How bad did the fire mess up the body??

[e30325ic]

Sorry to see that mess. I hope everything works out. I say go for the satin look. It looks aggressive as hell when done right. Keep the spirits up. I have been through 2 m42,2 in 2 weeks. Now i will be putting the m50 in it in a couple of weeks.

[KangamangusDriver]

Satin black can be pulled off, however if done incorrectly I feel it really gives the car a Unfinished look.

Makes the car look blah..instead of WOW.!

However if done correctly it can look great!

What are you thinking for wheels? Body mods? Skirts? etc?

Think about the whole package with the satin black paint.
Does it look good in your head?

Imagine how it will look when finished as a whole package.

Either way it is your car, do what you like! You have to like it, others don't.

Good luck on the MegaSquirt and other repairs!!

Oh yea, where is the Freakin video!!! J/K

Glad to hear the car was not a total loss and you didn't get hurt!

[So Live]

Hahaha you guys are great! The Vid comments are sweet.

Im not sure what im going to do at this point.

I was tlaking to a friend of mine who suggested just sanding the parts that got fucked up and throwing some primer on em. Then picking up a clean stock shell to swap all my parts into. Ive always wanted a clean henna early car with euro bumpers. It would give me a chance to go through everything part by part too so that would be cool.

The Maaco paint job really sucks (not up to par with what i want) and picking up a car where the paint is clean enough to make look good will be fine with me.

Body work just sucks.....

The project would be fun too. :)

[RedHoodRidah]

Hahaha you guys are great! The Vid comments are sweet.

Im not sure what im going to do at this point.

I was tlaking to a friend of mine who suggested just sanding the parts that got fucked up and throwing some primer on em. Then picking up a clean stock shell to swap all my parts into. Ive always wanted a clean henna early car with euro bumpers. It would give me a chance to go through everything part by part too so that would be cool.

The Maaco paint job really sucks (not up to par with what i want) and picking up a car where the paint is clean enough to make look good will be fine with me.


Body work just sucks.....

The project would be fun too. :)

Well I call dibs on your IS lip, Your tech 1 spoiler and fogs thank you and have a nice day lol JK. Get that satin black going and call it a day, for now just put some M stripes where the burnt mark is and put the colors backwards to piss people off. lol well R3v for that matter.

[So Live]

hahahahaha werd sonnnnn

Idk ive always wanted a henna rot early car.... Well see. I gotta talk it over with pops and well see what happens. I know a guy in cali who sees a bunch of em. No rust either ;)

Well see. If i get an early car im keepin the wing foo. haha

[So Live]

So i just finished all the coil wiring and about 98% of the MS to BMW wiring harness adapter.

I have like 5 more wires that have to deal with the idle board and i have to cut the hole in the case for all the coil wires. I need to make the tach circuit too but thats no big deal.

MS is almost done.

I think im going to try to paint my car. Ill do some base clear so i can screw it up a few times :) i might need a new trunk lid as it looks pretty warped :( I do need most of the trunk interior parts and the trunk seal and the wiring harness from probably the rear seat back.

[Kwaaahhh]

Can't wait to see you get her up and running again! :thumbup:

[So Live]

K so i started taking shit apart today. First thing was to do a compression test. The numbers were great. 205-210 psi across all 6. So the motor seems healthy. Took the turbo off and apart. Everything looks cherry. All the fans are in great shape. No contact with the housings nothing.

While taking the plugs out, the last 4 plugs were covered in water. Like enough water in the plug holes to submerge the plugs. HMMMMMMMMMM WTF!!! apparently the spark could have been arcing to the head and not into the chambers aka my fouled spark plug sensation before the fire. The motor would obviously keep dumping fuel into the motor cause the injectors dont know any better. So the exhaust was full of fuel. The turbo was probably igniting it and melted my cat. The chunks of cat either got stuck in the muffler which i find hard to believe or they caught my rear valence on fire because i had no exhaust tips....

So i think i have a handle on what went down. I need to get the exhaust back together and check the coils (see if they spark all the plugs) And put the bitch back together and see if it runs right.

The cat.. is completely ruined its amazing lol. The trunk pannels are seriously fucked up. Its amazing.... The trunk lid got pretty warped so im gonna have to pick up a new one of those. Im really impressed the spoiler didnt get ruined. That made my day!

[PiercedE30]

Damn dude. I have had to get water out of my spark plug holes before. I left my hood in the unlatched, but not opened, position. Rained over night and blamo, had ignition problems. Did the car ever sit outside while the hood was off or open between changing plugs?

[So Live]

Not really. But it was friggin pooring here. We got like 2 inches of rain in a few hours. And i was driving in it of course :) I think the first thing im gonna do is put the head light backing things in :) Im gonna figure out how to run a engine cover too. My buddy dan might be making an aluminum one so well see how that works out.

I gotta get the exhaust back together with out the cat i guess. Time to order two more v band clamp kits :)

[So Live]

So a little update.

I paid for the wiring harness, the turnk seal, the tail light bulb holder, the tail light controller, and the brake line I need to get the car driving again. :)

Im also going to pick up a voltage clamp this weekend. When it sees 4.9 volts from the MAF, it keeps the voltage there so the ECU doesnt freak out. It should solve my little missing problem at 5500 rpm.

Also just bought a 12cm^2 turbine housing for the holset. It should make for a little more fun than my 21cm housing :) Right now im getting my max boost of 5psi at 4500 rpm in 3rd gear. Im excited to see how much different it gets with just the housing change.

[e30325ic]

Good luck, keep us posted.

[KangamangusDriver]

Housing change should make quite a difference!
Along with the MAF working properly