ebay turbo kit

[leecjones]

http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.co.uk/ws/eBay ... escription

are things like this a big no no!?

[Nobby_N]

No they gain you a shed load of respect here on the zone, pm pacerpete as he loves this sort of modding matey

[leecjones]

???? lol....not sure who he is.... and I was honestly not trying to get ripped to pieces so I have my fingers and toes crossed that I don't

[Nobby_N]

Most of us wierdos on here like the standard look and the fact bmw got it right in first place! Loads of people turboing e30s so crack on mate!

[leecjones]

cool... well im still very much at the drawing board so until im sure whats right the e30 cab will stay standard

[ross_jsy]

Waste of time and money. The turbo will be cheap chinese scrap that will destroy itself in no time. The manifold will crack and need constant repair/bracing and I pretty much guarantee the prebent pipes won't be correct so you will have to spend extra ordering new ones. The rest of it will all be cheap and no doubt fail early.

Stay away from generic ebay turbo kits, complete waste of time.

Have a read through this if you are serious. Sums up the ebay kits near the top:

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread ... 43&t=74816

Wouldn't bother turboing a cab, power delivery doesn't suit the cruising nature and they are floppy turds as it is. Wouldn't mind an m30 in a cab though, lazy torquey power perfect for wafting around

[leecjones]

thanks for the summary .... looks like ive bought the wrong car.

never mind

[b12rlw]

Similar kit to how mine started out. Manifold is o.k. cooler is all well. My turbo blows at low revs and managed 25psi repeatedly and still works (p!ng p0ng knock off or not does whats needed). tubing is all standad, I was lucky I have an ac tig at hand. Dunno what the pic is all about though, shows an internally gated turbo and an external gate??? Get injectors and ecu and learn turbocharging with cheap parts, before spunking loads of dosh on expensive stuff!!!

[b12rlw]

Similar kit to how mine started out. Manifold is o.k. cooler is all well. My turbo blows at low revs and managed 25psi repeatedly and still works (p!ng p0ng knock off or not does whats needed). tubing is all standad, I was lucky I have an ac tig at hand. Dunno what the pic is all about though, shows an internally gated turbo and an external gate??? Get injectors and ecu and learn turbocharging with cheap parts, before spunking loads of dosh on expensive stuff!!!

[ross2009]

No they gain you a shed load of respect here on the zone, pm pacerpete as he loves this sort of modding matey

pete will love you

[Gunni]

Nothing wrong with those manifolds, good for 450+ and don´t crack from what I have seen.

[ross2009]

tbh I had an eBay manifold running 400 bhp mine never cracked

[Quaser]

im selling a turbo/manifold kit with injectors & decompression plate on ebay at the moment

[tomislav]

Turboing e30's CAN be a riot, friend of mine did it to his 325 and it was quite amusingly fast.

If you plan to go past about 290bhp then uprated everything is a must.

Beware tho, you will probably need deep pockets to do it properly.

[ross2009]

Turboing e30's CAN be a riot, friend of mine did it to his 325 and it was quite amusingly fast.

If you plan to go past about 290bhp then uprated everything is a must.

Beware tho, you will probably need deep pockets to do it properly.

deep pockets ain't the word depend to what level you do it too
I had 6 k just in my engine
mine was pushing over the 400bhp mark tho

[leecjones]

Thanks for the comments.... Quaser.... I believe I have bought your kit

[leecjones]

where can I get a downpipe from??

[ross2009]

where can I get a downpipe from??

you cant you have to make it your self or get an exhaust center to make you one
the only problem with turboing a car thats not as standard is that you cant really go and just buy bits of the shelf some of it is custom work everybodys set up is different so sombody downpipe for example wont or might not fit another with out modifying it again more custom work to make it fit

[leecjones]

ok, no worries, I know a couple of lads that own a garage so will ask if they know someone to get it done

[leecjones]

started the turbo conversion... some small issues to deal with..

one is the water bottle for the screen wash doesn't fit in the car next to the turbo.?

has anyone had the same issue

[ross2009]

yeah bin it lol

I just bought a little universal one

[leecjones]

Thought so ;)

[leecjones]

[stunt-nut]

hi leecjones is this trbo kit off ebay???? if so is it any good?? & is every think in the kit????

[leecjones]

Hi Stunt-Nut.. its not an ebay kit, I have found most parts separately on ebay though..you thinking of doing a turbo

[leecjones]

final completed the turbo and had it dyno'd and rolling road at 290 bhp

need to find a set of better spark plugs with smaller gaps to get more as the car wasn't getting full range

[TarmacAdam]

Just read this good to hear how it's got on should go ok at that

[leecjones]

its good - really strong at pulling through the power and the graph is mint..

[leecjones]

[leecjones]

not to every ones taste... but I just love it....