M40 Turbo**on the road now : ) **

[StreetSpec]

oh yeah, i love this shit!

[charlE30]

Looking good lads, when will it be on the road?... bet you can't wait
All this F.I makes me wish I'd gone down this road

[Ant]

Mini update......

Sump is drilled and tapped for the oil return, it's just above the static oil level, with 2 litres in circulation there shoul be no issues, it has 700 mm fall from the turbo core.

All fabricated parts are now painted.

MSloom is wired in to the original Moronic( no typo )

Won't be @ Aces, could just scrape it in but I'd rather be 110% for the first outing

Malc has pix, I'm sure He'll post up later/monday

[Demlotcrew]

pics pics pics!

Andrew

[hoshy]

seconded!!! show is the pics

[tylerma]

pics as requested
nothing too special
but a lot clearer than previous ones.

we are getting there now
I cant wait now

opinions

[Demlotcrew]

I want to see more pictures!

[tylerma]

I want to see more pictures!

you'll see it in the flesh soon enough mate

[Demlotcrew]

Thats ages away, i want i want i want i want i want

[ed325i]

Not more pics of turbos I am going to have to get one and fit to mine soon Looks good there used to be a 318 touring turbo in cambridge.

ED

[tylerma]

Looks good there used to be a 318 touring turbo in cambridge.

ED

any details on this car mate

[Geeman]

Looks like a great project! Looks really neat.

Just worried about the ignition leads / spark plugs getting rather hot due to the close proximity of the turbo manifold / pipework.

What kinda power are you expecting from this? 170bhp maybe...?

Giles.

[ed325i]

Looks good there used to be a 318 touring turbo in cambridge.

ED

any details on this car mate

No I havent got any info on the car it was a red 318 touring. This was going back a few years 1991. It belonged to the man who owned a car audio shop in cambridge called safe and sound. wonder what happened to it.

ED

[Toby_Unna]

that looks brilliant

good choice of turbo btw

you're gonna have fun with this Malc

[trippy]

hey nice project you have going on there

[dark_sounds]

looking good!! how much this cost so far??

do you know whether it will be adaptable to a m42 engine?

[dips346]

looking good!! how much this cost so far??

do you know whether it will be adaptable to a m42 engine?

did you get the turbo bug???

[Jon_Bmw]

Malc, where did you/ant get the exhaust wrap from, could do with some for jamz's. Was it a lot of wonga too?

[Ant]

Wrap came form Burton Power Products Jon, Demon Theives sell it too

Best place to purchase........ Anywhere that deal in M/cycle tuning.

M40 is 99% done now, minor fab to finish on the charge pipes but otherwise oi/water tight and fully wired for MS

Malc has pix, maybe they'll appear later on, he has Connection issues @ the mo.

[Jon_Bmw]

Oh yeah, i know of burton power, think they do ford engine tuning iirc. Cheers Ant, good luck with the rest of it.

Oh and borrow a video camera and get some vids of yours and malcoms.

[Ant]

The M40 is alive and well !

Had minor blow from turbo to manifold but a deft weld soon sorted that out, started 1st turn of the key on its new ECU and settled to a steady fast idle @ 1500 rpms, need to tune her now but for today thats a good result.

runs, starts fine even when hot, sounds proper too even just idling.

Have another 1/2 day to go and then she's back, and baddass

total hours to date 41, not bad for a scratch built setup

[Jon_Bmw]

The M40 is alive and well !

Had minor blow from turbo to manifold but a deft weld soon sorted that out, started 1st turn of the key on its new ECU and settled to a steady fast idle @ 1500 rpms, need to tune her now but for today thats a good result.

runs, starts fine even when hot, sounds proper too even just idling.

Have another 1/2 day to go and then she's back, and baddass

total hours to date 41, not bad for a scratch built setup

uber

[StreetSpec]

Have another 1/2 day to go and then she's back, and baddass

total hours to date 41, not bad for a scratch built setup

Awesome work. Absolutely. So, there is hope for m40s, lol.

[lentec]

Good work mate

[Toby_Unna]

how long did it take me again?

well done Ant you make the rest of us look daft lol

[H35-IAN]

TOP Man!! been reading this thread ant sounds like u know soooooooooooo much its untrue about cars! good to hear you good for doin a m20 325i turbo LHD e30 ?? lol or maybe s50 supercharged unsure which yet but thats the winter project lol

[Jon_Bmw]

TOP Man!! been reading this thread ant sounds like u know soooooooooooo much its untrue about cars! good to hear you good for doin a m20 325i turbo LHD e30 ?? lol or maybe s50 supercharged unsure which yet but thats the winter project lol

A left hooker m20 would be a doddle for Ant.

[Ant]

Just been for the 1st drive.......... Impressive

only a short blat to get some base settings and referance points in the MS, idle is smooth as a baby's arse, had some fun with the inhibit switch but thats been bypassed for now, will tweak that later

Just off to drive the 20 ish miles to home from here ( Unit) gonna map all the way back, then Malcolm is coming down to mine for a full full load runs.

Will report back later on fellas .

[Jhonno]

awesome work

[WillG]

even map and drive at same time , did you get PM ant ?, know your busy

[Ant]

Yes Will, recieved, will do you a considered response on Monday fella, time to chill for me this weekend.

Mainfolds coming on well dude !

made the 21 mile trip without a hitch, sweet !

[smithy318i]

Forgive me for being stupid, but where does the air from the compressor go to ?

Air cooler?
directly to the TB ?

More pix or even beter ...... Video

[WillG]

If you mean compresor on turbo it goes past a manifold air pressure sensor into a intercooler and then past a dump valve/blow off valve which lets off pressure when TB is closed after boost and this lets turbo carry on spinning easier I think, if it didnt then the turbo would get a braking effect on it, after this it goes to the TB, mattias talk about a temperature sensor for air in intake aswell dunno of might of got wrong idea

[tylerma]

yep all sorted now
not had time to go for a thrash yet
just getting used to everything.

there will be some proper photo's and some video very soon guy's

anybody thats gonna be at the e30 day at the Ace cafe
will be able to have a closer look over things.

top marks to Ant though
the geezer has given me more power
and a much better idle

the bloke is a legend.

two curves in this project
a learning one
and a power one lol

[Gwynleym10]

This sounds superb!

Great day to test if the car is going to overheat as well!