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by gazatron
Thu May 07, 2009 11:57 pm
Forum: Group Buys and Discounts
Topic: Rear camber adjustment plates
Replies: 88
Views: 30125

Re: *New batch* rear camber adjustment plates *New batch*

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by gazatron
Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:41 pm
Forum: Group Buys and Discounts
Topic: Rear camber adjustment plates, complete, now posted
Replies: 66
Views: 5374

Re: Rear camber adjustment plates, *New Batch New Price*

any chance i can get hold of a set dan?
by gazatron
Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:28 pm
Forum: Group Buys and Discounts
Topic: Rear camber adjustment plates, complete, now posted
Replies: 66
Views: 5374

Re: Rear camber adjustment plates, *New Batch New Price*

cheers, let me know i can pay straight away.
by gazatron
Thu Feb 12, 2009 6:06 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

done some more work today going to fire it up tonight http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t211/babarabus/Image0008.jpg http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t211/babarabus/Image0009.jpg http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t211/babarabus/Image0010.jpg nicalauski what did you do about the knock sensors whe...
by gazatron
Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:17 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

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the gt30 is the first one we have used, maily just to get it up and running, then decide what turbo to go for when we are bored of that. the main goal was to do everything else first so it would be a simple case of just uprating the turbo and a few other things when we wanted more power but everythi...
by gazatron
Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:37 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

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yeh the turbo is temporary it is just one we had lying about. when its all running correctly and appropriate re inforcements have been done thats when turbo will be finalised. dont know what turbo will be the final one.
by gazatron
Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:26 am
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

Re:

my eyes are tired! so are you running are walbro in it now? you said you dont get it with a 325 have you took both pumps out and compared how they are sat in the cradles? perhaps even swaped the two over?
by gazatron
Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:08 am
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

Re:

what pump do you have? is it as low as possible? some people put foam in their tanks to help combat this
by gazatron
Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:00 am
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

Re:

dont really get starvation never run below 1/4 of a tank if it can be helped, got a walbro 255 as low in the tank as possible. When we go past the 550ish bhp with a bigger turbo going to get a swirl pot and a bigger pump maybe a inline one too. edited with spec i have remembered! yeh it will shift i...
by gazatron
Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:36 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

little upp date if any one is interested, ran the car as a turbo for a while on standard comp ratio, cracked a ring land in the end so went for the whole hog rebuild. spec- s50b30 je forged pistons 8.5.1 ratio slight oversize forged con rods crank polished and balanced nearly all internal parts rene...
by gazatron
Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:49 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

re opening an old thread, this is where im upto with the car at the moment. the car was on the road as an s50 see the first two pics. since then ive taken it off the road for a turbo conversion and had lots of the engine chromed and some coilovers :D , this is where im upto so far............. any i...
by gazatron
Sun May 20, 2007 3:02 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: s50 problems
Replies: 29
Views: 1419

thanks for the help ian, the original thoughts where all on what you said above i.e injectors, ecu which is what ive been checking, just with the missing vacume pipes i thought it may have something to do with it what pressure reg are you refering to about when we changed the pump? the only pipes i ...
by gazatron
Sun May 20, 2007 12:21 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: s50 problems
Replies: 29
Views: 1419

yeh i have connected all the right hoses to the intake, its suckin like mad thru the T joint in 8 where 11 goes, which may go to the carbon canister which i dont have? if i block it up it runs so bad, if i leave it to atmosphere ie open thats when it sucks and has a lumpy idle!! oh dear :cry:
by gazatron
Sat May 19, 2007 10:39 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: s50 problems
Replies: 29
Views: 1419

did you manage to have a look old skool?? or does any one else know what did you do with yours buster?
by gazatron
Sat May 19, 2007 7:19 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: s50 problems
Replies: 29
Views: 1419

pm sent
by gazatron
Sat May 19, 2007 7:15 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: s50 problems
Replies: 29
Views: 1419

well i can ask our friend if he can help you out if thats what u want mate? i will take pics of ours in the car see what u think it doesnt look the prittyest but its all bolted up now. it might mean you coming here for a day i duno
by gazatron
Sat May 19, 2007 6:55 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: s50 problems
Replies: 29
Views: 1419

a mate of ours just modified our original manifolds in a few hours over a couple of nights, then we just took the car to like an exhaust fabricators i.e. powerflow but much better he made the rest of the systems what part is it your struggling with the manifolds i take it?
by gazatron
Sat May 19, 2007 6:52 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: s50 problems
Replies: 29
Views: 1419

no sum confusion there i mean the other side of 11 i know it joins there it at the T joint, i mean the side it doesnt show where it goes, to the opposite end
by gazatron
Sat May 19, 2007 6:44 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: s50 problems
Replies: 29
Views: 1419

yeh its not joined to the underside of the plenum thats what im missing! a pic would be great if its not too much trouble, i dont remember seeing an outlet ont the plenum? does it just join with a piece of pipe?
by gazatron
Sat May 19, 2007 5:59 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: s50 problems
Replies: 29
Views: 1419

been having a play today i need you guys to access the archives in your heads if you havent slept too many times since! the rough running is definately pipe work ie vacumes, the two areas im un sure of are the electric valve on the the inlet side on the block that has two vacume hoses goin to it. an...
by gazatron
Sat May 19, 2007 12:10 am
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: s50 problems
Replies: 29
Views: 1419

i will take some pics over the weekend im in the northwest. i think some of the vacume pipes are piped up wrong going to try that!

buster, what accel cable have you used?
by gazatron
Fri May 18, 2007 7:29 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: s50 problems
Replies: 29
Views: 1419

yeh lambda sensor with yellow ring 1 goes to cyl 1/2/3 and yellow ring 2 to 4/5/6 we had those in the right way. we have put a walbro fuel pump in i think the 3.0l s50 runs on 3 bar pressure. the 3.2 evo engine is higher? talkin to the techs at my work today and they have the idea of the pressure re...
by gazatron
Fri May 18, 2007 2:50 am
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: s50 problems
Replies: 29
Views: 1419

s50 problems

hi people got the e30 back from the exhaust place, went to fire her up nice and quiet finally, turn the key.......it starts!!! but it is running soooo lumpy sounds like the s50 is running on three and it stinks of fuel out the back. have done some checks like the signal for the coils is there and ea...
by gazatron
Sun May 06, 2007 1:32 am
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

yeh they are nice blacks but they scratch so easy, i dont think i have seen one without swirl mark scratches in it! the manifolds are on now and bolted up, a lad we know modified our original one, only took him a few hours or so over a couple of nights. but its still very loud and the lamda probes a...
by gazatron
Sat May 05, 2007 7:50 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

alrite guys sorry for the lack of posts not been doing too much on the car recently, its pritty much finished except for last few bits mainly waiting for the exhausts to be made on the 15th of may othwise it would be done!! we have had it running in the car but with no exhaust, manifold back, its fa...
by gazatron
Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:27 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

i think i may have sussed them out now if any one can just tell me if this sounds right? the pic of the two wires with the relays, the red one is the live for the fuse box not needed of the e30 one is in place. and the black one an earth? the two red with the diagnostic plug fat n thin go to the bat...
by gazatron
Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:19 am
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

ok thats easy solved, any one else got any sugestions for the others?
by gazatron
Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:19 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

cheers mate, im going to have to play around with the linkage mine seems a bit more over than that, any sugestions any one? i have a few questions with pics if thats ok guys? lambda probes and reverse switch, right? http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t211/babarabus/IMG_0793.jpg relays, mass meter pl...
by gazatron
Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:17 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

yeh mate do a pic, it changes gear fine just 5th sits very close to the center console

doing some more tonight a few bits came today so ill put up some pics where im upto, going to finish the wiring to thanks to ian :cool:
by gazatron
Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:46 am
Forum: Group Buys and Discounts
Topic: M50 / M52 / S50 manifold group buy?
Replies: 374
Views: 23257

is there any way of getting in on the group buy for my s50 e30 what price are they?
by gazatron
Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:42 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

cheers ian i have pm`d you my email. Yeh im BMW through and through so yeh it is jap wrongness, but it goes like stink dyno`d at 304 bhp and in a egg carton also 4x4!! :D been down the unit tonight didnt really do to much except give the car a good coat of looking at. but i have got a few questions ...
by gazatron
Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:14 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

oops that wire chart came out a bit wrong the first numbers and colours are the e36 followed by the e30 pin and colours if its too confusin ill do it again ta mate
by gazatron
Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:12 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

Ian332, heres the wires i have on the e36 engine loom and e30 body loom e36 pin/colours e30 pin/colours 1. blank 1. blue 2. red/yellow 2. blue/black 3. blank 3. blank 4. black/blue 4. brown/purple 5. black/white 5. brown/black 6. purple/white 6. green/yellow 7. green 7. green 8. grey 8. yellow/white...
by gazatron
Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:43 pm
Forum: Engine Swaps / Forced Induction General Chat
Topic: another S50 swap! now TURBO
Replies: 88
Views: 5643

yeh i will keep my eye out, im helping a guy fully restore a e30 m3 evo 2 at the mo and he is well connected, thats sum project he has going there ordered all brake pipes and fuel tank today for him. he is renewing EVERYTHING except parts you cant get any more like grey carpet and parcel shelve etc,...