My E30 Turbo Project

Post Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:28 pm

Hi Guys I am embarking on a turbo project so I thought Id start by posting a few pics of my 323i before I began the changes.

Since these pics were taken I changed the wheels and tyres and I invested a few Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£,s and some elbow grease and painted the kidneys black.

The alloys I went for were the 17inch BMW Motorsport Reps ( ones on the E36 M3 ). I was thinking of the alpinas however after viewing a few of the "meets" pics I noticed that there was no shortage of them. I would at some stage like to go for a set of Borbet B,s as well.

I must say thanks to Spadge (for parts), Ant and Blingsta (most valuable advice and all round help).

Will post the new pics soon as well as the pics of the conversion parts.

Cheers

Post Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:59 pm

Its a shame you are going to use a rare car, What engine are you going to turbo ?

Post Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:24 pm

Rivaaj, keep the pics coming mate... will make a nice little read up..

Post Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:56 pm

ed325i wrote:Its a shame you are going to use a rare car, What engine are you going to turbo ?

Im putting in a 325i.

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:24 pm

Hi Guys

As Promised a couple of pics of the black kidneys.

I think theyre right, "once you go black, you wont go back",..... to chrome in this case.

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:36 pm

lookin good mate... be good to see the progress come along with the turbo..
gonna start mine for the first time on weekend hopefully.. you will have fun building it!!

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:44 pm

rossle wrote:lookin good mate... be good to see the progress come along with the turbo..
gonna start mine for the first time on weekend hopefully.. you will have fun building it!!

Yeah I just havent had the time to take out the pics of the turbo gear I already have.
Also need to post the pics of the car with the 17's on.
Going to pick up the 325i head and maybe the block too tonight.

Getting much closer as I would then only need the manifold and the megasquirt to start the conversion as well as the other minor bits and TIME.

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:50 pm

i was shitttin myself doin it all on my own but with ant for advice i got there! all the things i thought were hard they wernt really i was just bein lazy!! but the bits an bobs you need all add up! if you need any advice im happy to help..

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:06 pm

rossle wrote:i was shitttin myself doin it all on my own but with ant for advice i got there! all the things i thought were hard they wernt really i was just bein lazy!! but the bits an bobs you need all add up! if you need any advice im happy to help..

Cheers mate

Ive also been dealing with Ant ( great Guy) and Blingsta ( another Great guy too ), but hey, you cant get enough of help so I should be picking your brain soon.

thanks for the offer.

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:09 pm

haha, anytime mate i know what its like with the amount of head scratching i did!
beers make things abit clearer too!!

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:12 pm

that grill looks soooo much better mate

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:54 pm

blingsta wrote:that grill looks soooo much better mate

yeah thanks. Took your advice.

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:05 pm

I have a bit of spare time so here are some pics of the car with the Motorsport Alloys.....

Now I need to drop it a bit.
Any ideas on the drop?

just a quick clean up of the engine bay, nothing too thorough.

Cheers

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:00 pm

nice wheels! id go for a 60/40 drop mate

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:11 pm

rossle wrote:nice wheels! id go for a 60/40 drop mate

Thank You

Would the 60/40 drop be OK bearing in mind that I dont like the tyres being hidden by the arches

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:17 pm

yeah should be mate, should sit just above all the way round, improves handlin too

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:18 pm

60-40 should be ok on yours Rivaaj, no bodykit so no catching your front splitter..

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:22 pm

blingsta wrote:60-40 should be ok on yours Rivaaj, no bodykit so no catching your front splitter..

Thanks Erel

Im gonna be on the lookout for springs then.
Sidetracked once again from the engine conversion which is PRIORITY.
Cant wait for the boost now.

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:27 pm

rossle wrote:lookin good mate... be good to see the progress come along with the turbo..
gonna start mine for the first time on weekend hopefully.. you will have fun building it!!

Rossle, any pics of your motor mate? I would love to see them.

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:36 pm

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ic&t=78425

might be what your looking for ?

Post Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:37 pm

il hae to sort some tomorrow mate as i was gonna take some the other night but dropped the grinder on my camara as i was cuttin the valance fitting the intercooler...........

Post Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:35 pm

rossle wrote:il hae to sort some tomorrow mate as i was gonna take some the other night but dropped the grinder on my camara as i was cuttin the valance fitting the intercooler...........

Ouch Sounds like an expensive accident.

Post Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:36 pm

blingsta wrote:http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ic&t=78425

might be what your looking for ?

yeah checked it out but looks like its a gonner.

Post Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:05 pm

I wouldnt go for a 60/40 drop I would go 80mm alround the arches are higher on the back on the early cars.
Look here to see what it would look like with 80mm drop >> http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

Post Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:56 pm

Looks good buddy but the Bunny Chow looks better

Kidding, just lissing for one now. Defo need a drop.
You sell SA food?

Post Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:03 am

koos wrote:Looks good buddy but the Bunny Chow looks better Kidding, just lissing for one now. Defo need a drop.
You sell SA food?

Koos Its proper S A Kos from Sunny Durbs. Hey a lekker bunny at the beach, mate.

Ja send me your e mail and I will send you a copy of the menu.
Had a group of Safas celebrating the win over Samoa the other day.

Our address is in the location bit under my Avatar.

Proper Indian Chow mate.

Post Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:08 am

ed325i wrote:I wouldnt go for a 60/40 drop I would go 80mm alround the arches are higher on the back on the early cars.
Look here to see what it would look like with 80mm drop >> http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

I see waht you mean. I always thought a 80mm drop would be much lower though.

Looks fantastic.

Post Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:36 pm

Right, had enough of timewasters so hopefully this weekend the head comes off and the re-seating begins.

Decided to go the 323 turbo way as I have most parts and can start the conversion sooner rather than later.

Hope all goes well.

Post Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:56 pm

Hi Guys, as promised some pics of my conversion parts:

The Actuator

The Intercooler:

The Coil Pack:

The Injectors:

The Turbo:

The other main items that i need are the manifold and the megasquirt.
I will be visiting Ant again very soon.

Post Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:17 am

Looks good. Good luck with it all.

Will have to make trip up to Croyden, just up the road from us. Will send my e-mail, wanna check the menu out.
Mitch

Post Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:31 pm

Well, its been a while as things at work are really hectic but I finally have a manifold ( picked it up today from the depot ) and the head bolts arrived on Monday ( Big Thanks to Mark who despite being sick had them sent over ) so hopefully I can start assembling this weekend, work schedule depending.

I will also try and upload some more pics.

Been waiting tooooooo long now

Post Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:12 pm

Right, Been at it for the last two days under Gods showers of blessings with my mate.

Head is on including the ARP studs and decomp plate.
Intake is on.
Intercooler is in place just needs to be fitted firmly and piped.
Manifold is on.

Fair bit of work to go before we get the car up and running.

Cheers

Post Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:45 pm

keep us posted fella

Post Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:28 pm

cool cool always good to see e30 turbos being built, the cossie cooler works out quite nice on them thats what i used on mine, and what blower is that a t-04e? or a t34

Post Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:52 pm

midnight wrote:cool cool always good to see e30 turbos being built, the cossie cooler works out quite nice on them thats what i used on mine, and what blower is that a t-04e? or a t34

thanks for that mate. Yeah the intercooler fits great, just need to mount it. Have you any pics of your mountings pls let me know and i will pm you my e mail addy.

The turbos a T34 but the part no says T-4oe.

Need to sort out the megasquirt soon but going to be very costly.

cheers