Calypso Project Part 2(now with V8 inside)...UPDATE-02/02/10

[feens]

Its Going to be Class, I really should have resprayed my engine bay now!!

[Rav335uk]

Its Going to be Class, I really should have resprayed my engine bay now!!

You lazy fooker, you should still get on and do it

[Dantistas]

Your car looks amazing,yesterday i saw it near my job ;))

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

wheres that then?

[Dantistas]

Greencore factory i'm working there at night

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

lol,thats who i work for,lol

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

Well finally got her up and running this week,now engine bay is sort of finished,needs cleaning up and a few trims putting back together.

i need to get a new top plastic cover,along with the clips that hold it in place,also the plastic clips which sit inside the rocker cover covers.

also need the sound deadning stuff which sits on the bulk head aswell.

what you guys think now?

[BIGJO]

Saw this today and damn was it nice! Sounds awesome and number plate is gully! Will look even better when you get it resprayed...make sure you post some pics and thanks again for today cuz.

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

anytime mate

[Dantistas]

When we will take a ride ? )))))))))))) i wanna feel that power, because in my country only one person have E30 with 4,4 engine V8,but i never had a chance to take a ride

[Blitz]

mmm... Very nice.

[inlovewithRWD]

That is fooking awesome. Love it!

[w17led]

Heard this on the weekend, and the sound is unreal.

[CUTZ]

looking good shaz keep up the hard work

[bss325i]

Looking good.

[ImysE30]

Looks awesome Shaz

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

thanks to all for your postitive comments

[/// KAMI]

Shahz Lookin Pukka Mate

[Kos]

good progress shaz

i did have fun with this engine when it was in colins car. what diff ratio are you running and what's the score with the brakes , still non servo ? i actually thought the non servo brakes were fine, gave lots of feel and feed back

re these quotes

Saw this today and damn was it nice! Sounds awesome and number plate is gully! Will look even better when you get it resprayed...make sure you post some pics and thanks again for today cuz.

and

Heard this on the weekend, and the sound is unreal.

well what can i say, if its still with the exhaust that came with the engine then its my creation.

[si-]

looks wicked dude, how difficult is this conversion??? its on the VERY possible list for my touring skidcar for next winter

and as your only in east london would there be anychance of having a looky sometime??

[Kos]

the 3 issues you have to over come are

1, finding a manual bog
2, brakes, either non serov or remote servo
3, manifold clearance

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

yeh kos still has that exhaust,didnt know you made it

anyway still a non servo driver,to be honest i personally think its ok,but going to get a servo put in or a pedal box.

[Kos]

yeh kos still has that exhaust,didnt know you made it

anyway still a non servo driver,to be honest i personally think its ok,but going to get a servo put in or a pedal box.

i didnt make it, a design combinaton between colin, me and i helped build it. it gave the car an extra 13bhp, not bad at all.

re brakes, i found them just fine, takes bit of extra effort, but the feed back is good.

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

as for LSD,im running a 2.93

have had 140 in 4th and had to stop there

[Kos]

as for LSD,im running a 2.93

have had 140 in 4th and had to stop there

sounds about right

i'd say its too tall personaly, with a 3.64 you will top out at 145-150 in 5th, but you'll get there a LOT quicker. IIRC col had i 3.15.

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

alot quicker hey

like the sound of that

i dont know,gona stick with it at the mo but might change later

got me thinking now

[Kos]

lets be honest, when if ever are you going to pull more than 140mph ?

i've geared my 2.8 compact a bit shorted than what it should be, its supposed to have a 2.97, but i run a 3.25 LSD........ and still pull to 140mph quickly , no point aiming to 155 when it needs a LOOOOONG old run up to get there ! besided, 2nd 3rd and 4th are where its at on the road

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

true

gona get it remapped pretty soon,see what figures i get

any good place to get it mapped?

[Kos]

Jason @ B&W chiptune in hounslow. he's got a 4.4 X5 he's spent ages mapping and getting the best out of it, so he'll be on the ball with your V8

give him a bell, tell him I sent you his way and he'll look after you.

PM on its way

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

cheers kos.

[si-]

the 3 issues you have to over come are

1, finding a manual bog
2, brakes, either non serov or remote servo
3, manifold clearance

manual box tbh ill prob end up buying a whole car ill break the rest to recoupe a bit of cashola
remote servo - there are a couple of conversions that you have to do this iirc??
manifold - probably just end up getting one made i know a few people who can sort this.

Shaz - would there be a chance of coming and having a look when she's all up and running???

[Jonsku]

as for LSD,im running a 2.93

have had 140 in 4th and had to stop there

sounds about right

i'd say its too tall personaly, with a 3.64 you will top out at 145-150 in 5th, but you'll get there a LOT quicker. IIRC col had i 3.15.

I reckon you'd actually get there faster because all you'd do in the first two-three gears is making smoke with your backtires..

I've 3.07 with my 6-speed M5 box (longer 1. gear than in normal 540) and it doesn't suffer from "too long ratios" at all. Much nicer to cruise around too when the revs are quite low.. There's more than enough torque in low-revs u' know ;)

[Jonsku]

manual box tbh ill prob end up buying a whole car ill break the rest to recoupe a bit of cashola
remote servo - there are a couple of conversions that you have to do this iirc??
manifold - probably just end up getting one made i know a few people who can sort this.

Buying whole car is by far the best option, that way you're sure to get all the parts you need, and also the cheapest option.

Relocating the servo is a "must" if you want to retain it. Other option is just to use pedalbox (race cars only).

There're many good and different examples on www.e30.de ;)

[Kos]

with gearing its about trying them ouy and see what suits you best.

when i had time in colins car, it was runing a 3.15 with the 5sp. 17" and 215/40 tyres. dry grip was fine, but felt it was a bit too log for me. admitiadly a 3.64 would possibly be too short and make 1st almost useless, the rest would be balistic

maybe a 3.38 or 3.25 whould be suitable improvement over what shaz already has.

[oze30]

Shaz, I still have the dyno printout somewhere, I'll see if I can scan it over to you.

Gearing wise, i felt it was fine. But could do with 6th to make the highway cruising easier. But in 5th, just plant it and it's just below the peak torque and all of about .5 seconds then it would howl!

3.6 was verging on useless, but still fun!

Need to find the vid of Aces... Eh Kos? ;)