Karan's 327 SPORT-arty drift pic added

[Karan]

heres my motor, many of you have seen it at shows and meets... heres the spec and some pics:

engine:

M20 2.7: Les Stannard 2.7 conversion based on b25 block with ETA crank, rods and forged Mahle pistons. Griffin Motorsport ported and flowed cylinder head. 10:1 compression ratio. Scorpion stainless steel exhaust with twin outwardly rolled outlets, stainless Racing dynamics 6 branch manifold, Schrick 284/272 camshaft, bored throttle body, Adjustable fuel pressure regulator (fuel pressure raised), MAF (Mass Air Flow) conversion using e36 323i MAF, BMC Carbon Dynamic Airbox, Samco induction tubing. Factory fitted Close ratio gearbox and LSD. Power sapping viscous fan replaced with electric fan from Escort RS Turbo. Dastek Unichip. Last Rolling roaded @ 213bhp and 220 lb/ft @ Bexley Motor Works,

at the time however the car was running a different manifold, the car's noticeably quicker now with a nice shove in 3rd gear now present

Suspension:
H&R Cup kit (-60mm front springs, -40mm rear springs and uprated dampers), e30 M3 eccentric control arm bushes. Eibach front strutbrace. Polyurethane Bushes.

Brakes:
Front: EBC 'Turbogroove' discs and ferodo 3466 pads
Rear: ferodo ds2500.
SRF uprated Brake fluid. Braided brake hoses.

Wheels & Tyres:
15 x 7" ET24 BBS. . Toyo 205/50/15


Exterior:
Dolphin Grey. Standard factory spec UK 'Sport', incorporating factory fitted Mtech II Kit. Grey front indicators and side repeaters with silver bulbs. Head lamp wash/wipe removed. Front light surround rings painted in satin black. Grille kidney painted satin black. Hella smoked headlights, 'M' badges removed. 318 badge fitted.

Interior:
Full black factory fitted leather. Recaro Sport seats. Alpina old skool steering wheel. Mtech gearnob. Rear headrests. Rear sunblinds.

Performance using gtech:
0-60= 6secs
1/4 mile=14.6secs
top whack (with gps)=145mph (using a 3.73 rartio diff)

cleaned up at gaydon:





engine:





interior:



side:




currently working on a 318is which i am implanting a 3.6 m5 into, so i may sell this car this year some time if i get good money for it, although i dont think i could bring myself to sell it, if not then i'll just keep it

Karan

[nickp]

I love this car, enjoyed the drive as well. .
Looking good mate,
Cheers
Nick

[StuMc316is]

Very nice car, only 1 of the pictures worked for me though. My dad used to have a 24v 318 in the same color, but less the Sport bodywork.

Nicely setup motor you have, it seems that dual-pattern cam works well on the 2.7/2.8's, would you agree?

Is the 213/220 at the wheels or crankshaft? Any dyno plots?

Cheers,
Stu

[Splondike]

Nice motor that

[Toby_Unna]

that exhaust manifold!

[CiLK_WuRM]

My fave Delphin!

[Karan]

that power is at the crank

thanks for the nice comments..

nick i look forward to taking u out again, its a bit quicker now and much more sideways with that lsd on now, and Mark i think u have yet to have a ride, theres no escaping it!


cheers
Karan

[zaust]

sweet ride .

[billgatese30]

i've said it before and i'll say it again. that is one sweet car you have there mate.

[Splondike]

that power is at the crank

thanks for the nice comments..

nick i look forward to taking u out again, its a bit quicker now and much more sideways with that lsd on now, and Mark i think u have yet to have a ride, theres no escaping it!


cheers
Karan

Next meet for defo - don't know how I've missed out mate !

Make me have a 2.7 craving I expect

[placey]

liking that car a lot. didn't realise it was the 2.7 when i saw it karan. do the seats come up when fed/rejuvenated?

paul

[Karan]

the seats are in good nick for 160k paul
i suspect they would look like new if i refurbed them which i may do if i have the time, at the moment the car gets driven a lot and is used like it should be used (grin).

it was in 'banger mode' that day u saw it as it was very dirty, what did u think it was?? It cleans up well though as u can seee from the pics as it was sprayed by a benz bodyshop by the previous owner earlier this year and they did a pretty good job on it alhthough i have to say it is NOT a 100% job prob more like 95% quality.

i have a couple of little dents on the rear passenger 1/4 due to carrying goods in the boot along with spirited cornering so im getting that area redone soon, just to make it perfect again.

i have another sport box to go on also as my one is a bit tired, and ill change its t.belt this month too.

otherwise shes running very sweet indeed with the new manifold which definitley improved the power-enough to stay DEAD level with a boxster from 70 til 130 when he gave up.

also had a play with a new M3 from standstill to 110, and he only pulled out 3 car lengths on me- so i was well chuffed

i wish i had a camera for his face when he saw the 318 badge and i stopped alongside him and told him its just a 318 LOL LOL LOL

Karan

[placey]

karan

i genuinly laughed at that! how fast must he think a 2.0 is? sorry i didn't realise about your engine - i assumed in the absence of any other info it was a 2.5. there's me told. wish i'd spend more time studying it now. in my defence i can say that the cold must have slowed my mental capacity.

the reason i asked about the seats is that they look good enough to come up like new if fed.... yes they are good for 160k - amazingly good.

paul

[Karan]

following ure advice i think i will gliptone them and treat her to some nice mats!

ive actually had the carpet out in the summer and cleaned it thoroughly

Karan

[6potWil6pot]

The Karanmobile, makes Themeparks redundant

[johnono]

karen, how much was the out manifold (sebring ? )

ive seen this one here
http://schmiedmann.com/ProductPictures/ ... 08_big.jpg

it might not work
sebring "banana" manifold for 350 notes

[Simon13]

that looks nice!

[E30Adam]

I think I'm gonn have to get me a 318i badge

[Karan]

nah its a racing dynamics one, only one i know of for a e30, although i believe e34 ones are still available
taht sebring one looks good for the money but is difernt to mine

[M3Imy]

All I have to say is this car is a beast. Loving the sideways action

[Lizzie]

Car looks very sweet and so does the manifold. If only I had answered yes to Demlotcrew when he asked me if I wanted the manifold as he was taking it off the car in the scrappy near where I live. I bet Demlotcrew wished he had kept hold off it too! Oh well, another time.

[technoviolet]

beautiful car karan,that's the way to do it.all go and no show,classy.

[technoviolet]

beautiful car karan,that's the way to do it.all go and no show,classy.

[technoviolet]

beautiful car karan,that's the way to do it.all go and no show,classy.

[technoviolet]

beautiful car karan,that's the way to do it.all go and no show,classy.

[johnono]

dude!?!

[technoviolet]

sorry for repeating myself 4 times,dont know wat happened there .oh well lovely car again karan.

[mrLEE30]

Never mind the manifold where did you get those horns from!? not mentioned in your spec! nice ride

[Karan]

cheers guys!

am probably selling her this summer i think, as i have another project on the go! Even though i only bought her in May i Dunno if i could bring myself to let her go as she's an awesome car and ive had some wicked times in it, sorted in every department with a useable amount of power, good enough to show boxsters who's boss Its also soooo easy to drive and drift around once u get used to it!

the twin horns are from halfords, i just stuck em on as the horn wasnt working so it wouldnt have passed MOT.

oh its done 162k miles by they way, about 80k since engine was built.

Karan

[Simon]

Looking good mate..I'm sure that 2nd Gaydon pic is one that I took! I remeber having a nosey at it.

[Karan]

cheers for the BIG UP Sal!

shes definitely a bit quicker now with new manifold on, but i dont wanna mess with tuning the car as i cant really do anything to it hence the project. Just gonna poly bush the anti roll bars, fit new control arms, droplinks and track rods and drive it like its meant to be driven. i actually have also found a much better sport box to go on it which im also gonna put on.

as for power figures i have no idea but will dyno it in easter time, but it does 60 in 6 secs flat always and 1/4 in 14.5. top whack gps'd at 145mph, speedo was readong 155 and stopped moving but revs carried on rising to 6400rpm, i let go then!! or it would have been

U have first dibs IF i come to sell it once the project is done and drives as it should!!

cheers
Karan

[Karan]

arty drift pic from a side mirror

[bimmer_adam69]

hey mate, love the engine pics. quick question how did you set up you air intake. what brands are the peices. im looking to do something like that but cant seem to find anything were i live. thanx for time, bimmer adam

[Karan]

hi mate

the intake is as follows:

1. Big bore throttle body
2. Samco custom elbow
3. Mass air meter conversion
4. samco joint
5. BMC carbon dynamic airbox with outlet behind lights- full beam can be removed for track use etc and colder intake charge

sounds nice but the BMC is basically a glorified airfilter as opposed to a carbon airbox, and its abit pricey too.

Karan