So after over 7 years of having my well taken care of and modded E30 swapped to a S50 it is time to start the F.I. process. I have had the turbo manifold and the intercooler for more years than I want to admit and it appears that the time has come. The last Saturday at a local cars and coffee event I had a great time looking at all the boosted cars and swapping info with some very nice people, I left in good spirits and began my cruise home. Halfway home smoke started pouring out of the glovebox and I pulled over only to discover a wire had melted and severed in the harness from being overloaded. It turns out that my Oxy sensor had come into contact with my headers and arced out causing the feed line to the power circuit int he Oxo Setup to short and cook the wire from the relay to the connection at the DME.
So now on to my build.
My Current setup was assembled 7 years ago and includes
Fully Rebuilt S50 bottom end with new rod and main bearings, crankshaft spun, balanced and polished. Pistons checked and inspected rods weighted and matched.
The head was built from scratch due to the fact that my original head was cracked in 4 places. I used factory valves improved valve springs improved keepers, factory S50 camshafts and then I let my machine shop go to crazy town with the porting. Pardon the dirt this was after pulling it apart in haste.
Now that you have the history on the engine here goes the build part. I will do my best to update this as I build it out.
Plan includes Cut-ring head gasket and spacer and ARP Studs
Precision 6266 Ballbearing Turbo
RK Tuning for the Turbo
CX racing Intercooler (at least to start)
Custom 3 inch exhaust with Catalytic Converter
Stronger Clutch (not sure which one yet would love to get some suggestions
Precision Waste gate
TIAL BOV
Walbro 255 fuel pump
Got Started Right after the Cars and Coffee Event.
Pulled the intake and started relabeling the wiring harness as it came apart. original labels from 7 years ago were still on the harness but a bit hard to read.
I had to mock up the Intercooler to keep myself motivated.
I really could use some recommendations on the clutch for my Getrag 260 E36 M3 LTW Flywheel. Also still picking gauges so recommendations on how to monitor everything would be great. If you see an inferior part I am planning to install please let me know.
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