turbo basics

[mucka88]

Hiya im looking to turbo my m10, but been asking couple of mates about setups and they not knowing, ive looked on here as a couple have done this with the m10s. But not finding out what I need to know.

My quetions am is hows it all set up, I know the turbo fits between tha exhaust system and manifold.... And that all I know lol so what happens with the throttle body side/air meter, and oil cooler.

Sorry with the basic questions, never been the one for turbos but think time to try something new

Thanks

[Rav335uk]

Best to ask Chu on the link below.
Shoot him a pm

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... hlight=m10

[chu346]

My turbo 318i was more fun than my 2.7 and 3.5 M30, so it is worth doing but consider a few things first;

What is your budget?

Can you fabricate yourself?

Have you tried to get a insurance for the car with a turbo?

How are you going to tune the engine/ecu? If not yourself have you factored it into your budget?

Read the link below, it has lots of info and most will apply to your engine.
http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3237

Read my build also
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ight=turbo

You ask about oil cooler, does your car even have one?

The usual air meter is normally removed and a aftermarket ecu is used which have its own air measuring device. The intercooler normally fits infront of the radiator and throttle will take a pipe directly from the intercooler.

Read the links, then ask anything your unsure about.

[mucka88]

Yes can fabricate, ive got at the moment about 1k, but with paydays can put more if needed. Will rebuild engine my self and ecu will get someone to look at. Also insurance not much difference thanks for links and input

[mucka88]

And sorry I meant intercooler, not oilcooler

[mucka88]

What kind of mapping would you suggest, wouldnt it run properly with standard ecu then?

[chu346]

You can do it for about a grand if you do almost all the work yourself.

Intercooler fits between the radiator and the kidney grills. I used a volvo/Saab intercooler and it slid up between the gap to the rear of the front valance with some supports nicely.

If your using the standard ecu youl'll be limited to around 7psi. Also you will need bigger injectors and a remap, that is if you can find someone to live remap the standard ecu.

You can see on my thread, I built a megasquirt ecu and tuned it myself.

[mucka88]

yes saw the work with the ecu looks very interesting im looking to source parts to start the build this week

[chu346]

Whats your plans with the ecu? It's not a 5 minute job, unless you buy one built. Its meant to be an 8 hour build i think, i did mine whilst watching tv over many evenings. So it would be a good idea get on that now. My ecu was built a couple months before I started my build, car started first time too

[mucka88]

not sure yet, i liked the work withe megasquirt you done, how much you looking todo, as quite handy with the soldering iron

[chu346]

Your best bet if you don't feel like building an ecu yourself is either go to http://www.extraefi.co.uk/# for megasquirt or Gunni at http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=214262 for vems.

[mucka88]

no i dont mind building my own, you done it your self didnt you? have you got more in depth guide on this?

[chu346]

Yes I built mine myself, I purchased a MS1 V3.00pcb kit
http://www.diyautotune.com/catalog/index.php

How to build
http://www.megamanual.com/ms2/V3assemble.htm

How to install into case
http://wiki.diyefi.co.uk/

[mucka88]

ok mate thankyou for the info and have couple old e30 ecu's so can use one going to look to order stuff today for ecu build.

[mucka88]

this looks the kit im ordering with all components-

http://www.diyautotune.com/catalog/mega ... ucts_id=46

[chu346]

It might be worth going for ms2 or 3 depending on what you want from your ecu. You'll have to look through the features yourself and decide.

I would say it is a good idea to purchase afew other items at the same time like wasted spark and boost control parts.

[mucka88]

quite new to all this mega squirt stuff, the kit with all components look good to me, and i like the sound of the tuning software and data loging...

[mucka88]

not looking for much boost, want it a reliable dailey driver aswell for work