M30 Turbo conversion

[Gunni]

Looking forward to results

[zaust]

Nice, When you comming round to do mine

[staley_turbo]

First few probs since start up - Water leak on thermo housing and broken altenator. Also the bodies need balencing but thats no biggy!

[staley_turbo]

Started it up at home today after lots of messing around with fueling and the neighbors coming out to see who was firing the gun!
Saving up now the get it on the rollers to be mapped. Its all done apart from the mapping.
Im thinking about a uprated fuel pump before the rollers as well. I can see the original one struggling a little.

[Rav335uk]

Will this be ready for the Leicester meet?

[leeparkes]

That is a nice M30

[chu346]

Nice build

What size is that down pipe?

[gareth]

Very nice

[staley_turbo]

Unfortunately I don't think it will be ready for the meet. The car has only ran for a matter of hours and I'd like to get it 100% reliable before I go anywhere.
The down pipe is 2.5 inch and looks tiny compeard to the size of the turbo.

[Gunni]

Hope you plan on a larger downpipe then "2.5 , it´ll be restricting flow, spool and power at whatever boost you run it at.

[staley_turbo]

Im not happy with the hole manifold / exhaust system but it will do for now on standard internals and its better than a few i have seen.
But the down pipe is very free flowing for a 2.5" so lets see how it goes.

[ImysE30]

Very very nice

[staley_turbo]

I have finally scraped the money together to map the beast! It went Friday morning and hoping to get it back this Friday. Ill let you all know how it goes.

[ImysE30]

Look forward to the results

Just a quick question, have you used a standard clutch on this?

[staley_turbo]

Yes, a new good quality LUK. Should hold out fine.

[Bristol_Jer]

Only just noticed this thread for some reason I'd better get reading!

[ImysE30]

Yes, a new good quality LUK. Should hold out fine.

Get it from ECP/GSF? Looking at getting one for mine as well, ECP got a SACHS one at just under £300.

[staley_turbo]

Yes i think i did, sachs or valeo are good. Expensive aren't they!

[ImysE30]

E34 one's are cheaper but I got the E28 combo so more expensive. Clutch price is 1/5 of what I paid for the whole lot

Guess it's got to be done though

What kind of price you paying for the mapping if you don't mind me asking?

[staley_turbo]

You might as well put a new one in when you have the chance.

I got quite a lot of discount, but im paying about 500.

[ImysE30]

Yeah true say.

Cool, good luck with it

[leeparkes]

Imy why dont you get the fly and clutch refaced and get a good/new 240mm pressure plate

It would greive me to pay £300 for a clutch

Anyway OT, Nice work Matt what power are you aiming for ?

[tomislav]

Gonna be watching this with interest, my matesaout to buy an m30 lump!

I was wondering what you might get out of mild(ish) turbo one.

Howmuch has this set you beck so far? Honestly?

Be good to know so can plan for the future

[tomislav]

So have you got the results?

[staley_turbo]

Not yet, the car has come back to have the rear brakes fixed. I has been standing for over a year! No probs but just puts it back a week or two.

[leeparkes]

We can wait

[tomislav]

Fair do's mate. You got us hanging on your every word at the moment lol

[realboss7669]

Any news on this? Just been reading the thread and was hoping the update would be at the end...its like winning the lottery but waiting to see the cheque...my eyes are feverish, I am wiping my brow, and I need to see what happens next.

[staley_turbo]

After another mapping session i have another list of bits i need. Clutch is slipping badly and cant hold the boost. And the injectors are maxed so looking for some 700cc. Im keeping the figures to myself for now until its finished.
Good things are no overheating, its all holding together really well. Its looking very promising!

[chu346]

How much boost? And when does it kick in?

[staley_turbo]

Its at 12psi witch is a little more than i wanted and it kicks in around 3.5k.

[chu346]

12 psi is good, I'm sure you'll be happy with that. My M40 kicked in about 3.5k, which was nice. Think you might make alittle more power though

Are you driving around in it at the minute? Would love to check it out.

[lyricalnut02]

any updates matt?

[staley_turbo]

None yet, just saving up some pennies for a clutch. Send me a pm with your address and ill send you the badge.

[staley_turbo]

Finally! The new clutch. Helix 5 paddle. Should hold a little more power



Also a slightly lighter single mass e28 fly.