M40 Turbo**on the road now : ) **

[Demlotcrew]

Im really excited for you Mal, its gonna be fooking pssssssstch psssssssssssssssstch at ace cafe not too long from now! This car is gonna waste mines now

Andrew

[Gwynleym10]

Malc are you doing this project at yours? or is it in kent? would be rude not to come and have a look if its in E london?!!

[Ant]

The chariot is in my unit @ Goudhurst dude. welcome to pop and see though, same to anyone else, just gimme a yell and I'll reveal my hiding place, its very secure

[Theo]

Didn't realise you had a unit in Goudhurst Ant, i'm just down the road in Hawkhurst, still interested in chipping my car, may pop over at some point!

Theo

[Ant]

NP Theo

Gimme a bell dude, 07787 114963

[tylerma]

Malc are you doing this project at yours? or is it in kent? would be rude not to come and have a look if its in E london?!!

as Ant said
its down his neck of the woods

but thats not to say you cant pop round when its back
might even get a passenger ride

[d6dph]

Coming together well gentlemen. Whats the expected power?

[hoshy]

wicked! c'mon the m40 boys

Ant, Malc - legends!

[tylerma]

Whats the expected power?

we havent really discussed power mate
but suffice to say
she will have enough to get her moving

[tylerma]

another update guy's
hot off the press

the manifold is done


where the turbo is gonna sit


picture quality is not perfect
as they are all taken on a mobile
pukker pics will be taken when its finished

[E30BeemerLad]

boost junkie

[Nelly]

OOoooooooOOOOo Yes,

[Toby_Unna]

bloody hell that manifold looks amazing!

by which i mean, bloody hell that manifold looks a lot better than mine

[tylerma]

bloody hell that manifold looks amazing!

by which i mean, bloody hell that manifold looks a lot better than mine

ha ha ha
it does look very good indeed

[tylerma]

and another of the down pipe

[e30_Turbo]

Better order some exhaust wrap now Malc, that pipes gonna start melting things real quick

Looks very tidy too

[jonbuoy]

That look's the nut's!! That manifold look's very professional lad's, nice work

[Ant]

Ahh finished for the day

Good mini updates Malc.

Manifold finished, ground back, leak tested and wrapped, now resplendant in the engine bay, you can even get the plugs out, bonus

Downpipe is finished up to the gearbox, needs a small 6 inch section added to mate with the section I made to replace the cat, also wrapped in Thermo tec as its quite close to the steering and firewall ( as always )

Oil feed and return pipes are next on the to-do list, then its wire the MS in, test and double check everyything and we're go for launch.

Been a very productive day, quite happy with progress tbh, especially after the flanges delayed me a week.

Total hours invested so far....... 21

[e30_Turbo]

also wrapped in Thermo tec as its quite close to the steering and firewall ( as always )

Great minds and all that

[hoshy]

nice work! that manifold looks outstanding!

malc you must be dying to get this cookin'

and only 21hours work so far - would have taken me about 6months judging by the maf project

[tylerma]

Hoshy you aint wrong dude
I am sooooooo looking forward to this

Mark I got the heat wrap 2 weeks ago
it was one of the first things I bought
damn that stuff is important

looking forward to launch day folks
will be getting a video of it when done

[tylerma]

and another pic

the manifold and downpipe all wrapped
in thermo tec lovliness

[fowler]

bloody fantastic you two i am on the saving spree at the mo so i can have some FI wrongness
so i will be with yopu soon ANT you mark my words

[ROC]

Excellent work lads, look forward to seeing the video of it

[RowdyBurns]

Up and running yet?

[d6dph]

Awesome, cant believe how quickly this is coming together. well done guys.

[e30_Turbo]

I wish we had made a vid diary of the first conversion on mine, it was a "out of body" experiance, Was like being locked in a time warp, drove in N/a Sat AM, drove home Sun PM turbo'd! Ant and I were one with the car, elements, cups of tea and the welder! Wonders were performed at each stage. Never onece did we doubt, although MS was a PITA to start with. And I won't mention the house PC on the road wired to the car at 11o'clock at night in the dark!

Malc witnessed this when he was with us for stage 2 and he knows what I mean, I think he described it as "no stress workaholics" or something. I loved every minute, even blowing it up

I'd do it all again for sure, what a good few weekends I've had sticking turbo's on e30's!

Malc, I wish I was there matey, you just wait, you'll love it!

[tylerma]

inspiring stuff there Mark

another picture
this time its the down pipe all tacked in place





cant wait to hear this baby go now

[Andy335Touring]

Nice one guys, this will be running soon at this work rate !

[Ant]

I've stopped for a cuppa

Downpipe is finished, centre is finished, manifolding is finished and bolted up.

Just clocked the turbo core and refitted the wastgate and compressor housing, its not coming apart again

Had to massage the inner wing slightly but thats hidden with some thermal barrier matting so no worries there, looks kinda bling actually.

Sump is coming off in a minute for the oil return fitting, the feed will be made up tomorrow by my local aeroquip guru

that will represent the mechanical parts completed

MS to wire in , and one charge pipe to be made up.

then the fun really starts for the low boost level we're running no intercooler as its counterproductive, and the autobox is a possible weakaness, suck it and see time methinks.

Charge temps @ 6.5 psi will be little above ambient and the MS has IAT and CLT related trims embedded in the code to cover any heat soak issues

BTW, my back hurts


Cheers Dazzle !!

[dazleeds]

Ant

will this do ya??

http://www.yotatech.com/images/smilies/welder.gif

[gcorky]

give over your back hurts...lol,good work lads.

[e30_Turbo]

Like this!

[hoshy]

very cool stuff!

Ace cafe is this monday ? Looks like it may be all but finished by then??

[Jhonno]

Awesome work guys!! FI and M40 wrongness combined!! Had thought about FI my low mile M40 before.. but then came to my senses and bought 6 ITB pot rightness for it

Ace this Mon?!