Project 325i Sport m50b25 turbo

[Julle]

Ok so here are few pics taken today. We started preparing the chassis for painting. We did also the wheelarces bit wider to cope with the 8.5/10x17 inch wheels and incoming H&R Cup Kit.

Beginning.


Getting there...


Fitting the wheels.




Empty m50.


So what do you think, have i lost my mind?

[DanThe]

project
What turbo are you planning on using?
And how did you widen the arches

[Julle]

project
What turbo are you planning on using?
And how did you widen the arches

Thanks Dan. I´m using a Garrett GT40 with integrated wastegate.

There it is.

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[maxfield]

One big ass turbo. On amazing project

[DanThe]

@ turbo
Its a good job your left hand drive then

[Julle]

@ turbo
Its a good job your left hand drive then

Yep. Could be a pain in the arse to fit the downpipe and the steering shaft at the same side of the engine.

[AC-SCHNITZER]

awesome project

i'm also restauring a e30 but i have a M20 engine
turbo isn't needed i think... just another exhaust en intake
can you post some more pics of the bodywork?
anyway, succes with the turbo!!!

[Julle]

awesome project

i'm also restauring a e30 but i have a M20 engine
turbo isn't needed i think... just another exhaust en intake
can you post some more pics of the bodywork?
anyway, succes with the turbo!!!

Thanks mate!

Few more pics. Took these in the spring of 2005. I was bit busy at the time so the project went on pretty slow then...

Here´s the car when i started taking out the m20


The interior before taking it apart. Note that the car used to have automatic gearbox.


The clutch i´m gonna use with the new manual gearbox.


Also made these "Alpina" gauges just for fun...


Might also do the boost, oil pressure, etc. gauges with the same look.

[ed325i]

hi julle, Looking good what wheels are they you are fitting?

ED

[Julle]

hi julle, Looking good what wheels are they you are fitting?

ED

Hi ed!

They are Brock B1. 8.5x17 front and 10x17 back. Tires are 215/40/17 and 245/35/17.

[ed325i]

What colour are you going to spray it ?

ED

[Julle]

What colour are you going to spray it ?

ED

Original diamondblack or nachtblaumetallic, not sure yet...

[DieselMeister]

Nice work so far - best of luck

What sort of power and torque are you looking for? Bigger brakes?

[visionz]

! what wheels u got on that beast? them deepies i mean! shveet

[Julle]

Nice work so far - best of luck

What sort of power and torque are you looking for? Bigger brakes?

Somewhere between 300 and 400 horses. Don´t wanna raise the boost over 1 Bar (quess that´s around 14 psi or something..?) in the beginning.. I´ve been thinking about getting bigger brakes, but i wanna keep the 4x100 bolt pattern. Any hot tips for the brakes??

[Silverfang]

At that turbo.....


Someone's odviously insane! and good on ya!

Good luck with the project

[Demlotcrew]

We need more pics!

Andrew

[H35-IAN]

Thats one hell of a project nice to see it!! m50 turbo mmmmmmmmm i like.... them wheels set it off big time , i love that loook so much im going to buy a set of B1s soon for a spare set of wheels on my hartge.
good luck to you and i would say your looking at well over 300bhp!! nps
also as far as brakes go keeping the original bolt pattern theres a company over here called WILLWOOD! they make a nice 4 pot kit for the e30 and if u look into it hard enuff i belive you can get baby 2 pot calipers for the rears ive currently just put a full set of willwoods on my h35 hartge ive not used them yet lol but i do know theyre meant to be very good indeed!! http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/catalog/pr ... ts_id=3912
they actually do the full kit for e30!!
good luck as i said if you need any help or info on anywhere in the uk you can shout me anytime thanks ian.

[JazzMan]

turbo, quite a beast from the look of it! The guages turned out nice too

[Julle]

Hi again! Gonna get the car from paintshop this week so nice pics coming up.

Meanwhile here´s a useless pic of some parts.

ARP bolts, 3.5mm MLS (multi layer steel) gasget and a Nuke performance fuelrail.

[finny_325i]

are you using stanard internalls.Looks like its going to be fun

[yahbm325is]

Where did you get your turbo from? and how much did it cost?

[AC-SCHNITZER]

nice project,
more pics please

[Jonsku]

Frontbrakes you can get here www.300mm.de ;)

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[Tom944]

Nice project ! I'm going to watch this

[DanThe]

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Typing error?

[Julle]

Frontbrakes you can get here www.300mm.de ;)

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Joo laitoin huviksi tännekki vähä matskua...

Allready got those Zimmermann "sport" discs. I dont think theyԚ´re very different from standard ones so just gonna try and see if can they handle the ride..

Not much progress in the project (sorry..) due to my work in Sweden (I live in Finland..) but itԚ´s all about to change in few weeks.

The car should be painted by now and next weekend those ARP bolts and fat-ass gasget gonna go in to the m50. So stay tuned for pics of engine and shiny m-tech diamantschwarz with a layer of dark ******... Nothing radical. Just a littlebit of something to give some edge to the colour.

[Julle]

are you using stanard internalls.Looks like its going to be fun

IԚ´m using m50b25 crank and new standard m52b28 pistons and rods. Comp ratio should be bit over 8 with that rod-piston-gasget combination.

[Julle]

Where did you get your turbo from? and how much did it cost?

Bought it from Sweden. Payed 360€ for it.

[Julle]

So now itԚ´s been painted. Gonna get some better pics tomorrow with my Canon EOS 300D. Hope thereԚ´s sun because it brings out the best of it. It has a new layer of diamondblack and top of that is a layer of dark pearl violett.

[dan_emaps]

excellent looking forward to more pics, so i'm guessing its a darker techno violet?

[Julle]

excellent looking forward to more pics, so i'm guessing its a darker techno violet?

Well..not exactly.. In cloudy weather, like in that picture, it looks normal 181 diamondblack. But in bright light the pearly violet "jumps out" slightly. But when the violet comes out, it does look littlebit like techno violet. So nothing radical, just a little something to stand out from the usual diamondblack mass...

[dan_emaps]

Sweet! what are you doing for an exhaust manifold by the way?

[Julle]

Sweet! what are you doing for an exhaust manifold by the way?

Me and my mate gonna weld it together. As soon as i have the time to put the top end of the M50 together, weԚ´ll drop it in and start making the manifold. ItԚ´s gonna be a 3/3 pulse manifold, as my GT40 has a divided exhaust casing.

There.

[Pal318is]

Just seen this thread ..

Your project looks amazing bud, and that turbo how big...

Can't wait to see some more pic's...Well Done

Pal