E30 Zone

i have to share this with you guys
over the last year ive been rebuilding my ol e30 all the chassis been done all new poly bushes stainless steel brake lines new bmw hard lines new brakes the works o and of corse a new engine

over the year some bits have been a right pain in the arse first block i started with i wernt happy with so binned it got another block
extreamly happy with this one hardly no wear on the bores very low milage block , then i go and snap a tap down the head bolt hole grrrr
yet another block started again this went ok its had a fresh regrind new mains and big end bearings every seal is new every gasket is new , new rings
welded head as its going to be a turbo engine new m20 turbo cat cam new rockers vernier pully the works spent ages getting everything nice and how i want it its still not on the rd yet as it still has to be swapped over to megasquirt

BUT after checking dialing in the cam checking again checking and more double checking today i felt was the day all i needed was a new rotor arm so i rushed to the nearest halfords picked one up cleaned the leads and my dizzy cap up checked all my sparks, all good checked my oil levels and primed, check,
fuel ,check , bearing in mind ive never dialed in a cam before its took me 3 weeks to be confident enough to feel that its right

now the moment of truth

i turned the key
it turned over and over and over then cough cough cough

THEN IT FIRED it started after just 5 turns ish and ran on its own no knocks no bangs just purred i couldnt believe it after a long year the ol girl lives again

so bloody chuffed







my album link http://s924.photobucket.com/albums/ad86/Rossco1980/

nice one i bet its a great feeling, all your hard work paid off just in time for the lovely weather enjoy her

yeah exactly still wanna do the body work first before shes out got coilovers and a nice shiney carbon fibre bonnet to go on yet too

that looks like it has some grunt !

heres hoping mate

Nice work !

I've been following your progress as research for my turbo project, keep up the good work, bet your can't wait to drive it

Well done!

thanks steve nice to know im helping others been a long slog but now i know she runs that a massive weight lifted steve if ya have any questions be glad to try and help
hopefully ants gonna have it and sort the tuning side of it out just gotta get fowler to give him a kick up the ass lol ;)

Cheers that will be a great help

Have you got your MS sorted yet? I was lucky enough to get hold of one the loom already done

i made my harness my self exactly how yours is pictured out of an old ecu box and the same coil pack looking at it froma v6 omega
yeah phil ringwood has had my ecu checked it all out and sorted it for wasted spark for me so all kushtey
that ecu looks like phil has already had it them plastic bolts on the top are holding the coil drivers right?
thats how phil does them

Mine was put together by Ant not sure if Phil had anything to do with it.

that means phil prob done it then lol

gave her a full run in tonight 20 mins at 2000 rpm no hicups stayed cool no major leaks had a little leak from the oil feed to the turbo but nothing to worry about i dont think

and a little video for ya

http://s924.photobucket.com/albums/ad86 ... G_0522.mp4

can i ask why do people weld the head and who does something like that ?

ross2009 wrote:and a little video for ya

http://s924.photobucket.com/albums/ad86 ... G_0522.mp4

Sounds very sweet, so how long before you take it for a spin?

dombrett1 wrote:can i ask why do people weld the head and who does something like that ?

Stops the head from cracking, common place to go on a turbo'd M20

sounds nice don't it that was straight out of the down pipe well I've gotta fit my new suspension and my new brakes yet before I take it round the farm looking forward to it

we weld them coz when the boost comes in the weakest point to blow is in-between the water gallery and the bore so with it being welded it halts the chance or eliminate the head gasket blowing
my mate welded it up for me and only charged me 50 quid plus the skim cheap as chips

Nice.. What figures you aiming for?

tbh not really aiming for anything in particular but between 300 -400 would be nice ;)

took her for a little drive up and down the village to day only gingerly but was nice to drive her again only problem was i fitted a short shifter that now hits the prop couldnt get it in 3rd or 4th so thats coming out tomoz

a few knocks and bangs but every thing has been off so i think it just needs to settle down a tad but im happy again