Update-325i Touring MegaSquirt/Turbo/NOS project

[mattG]

It has started



project code name Exxon Valdez (after lowering it the wednesday morning before Santa Pod, 4 miles up the road hit a speed bump, holed the sump bodged it up with liquid-metal not really working. The sump will be coming off soon for the turbo oil return so not that much of a pita )


Phaze 1 Mega Squirt Installed



Went to Ant at ATech to collect Exxon with the help of Fowler( big thanks Ben BK's on me at guilford ) and do several hours of mapping up and down and around kent with the Mega Squirt V3 he has installed.

Driving normally there doesn't seem much differance, but open her up it it screams and pulls strong, no flat spots right up to 6.5 k, it feels like 200+bhp! (400 with fowler driving).



Now one of the other bonus's is ment to be better fuel economy, but the induction sound she makes is awesome no maf now and a cone filter std. exhaust & manifold @ 3K upwards full pedal i dought i will find out.

Big thanks Ant.


Phaze 2 ?

[Ant]

needs some videos Matt that noise is rather

stage 2..... sooner than you may think

[mattG]

needs some videos Matt that noise is rather

stage 2..... sooner than you may think

nos is coming off the sport as we speek , but thats not what you mean is it.

[Andy335Touring]

Cool, you do gain a nice bit of induction noise with no AFM and a cone type filter

[cliffybabe]

nos is coming off the sport as we speek , but thats not what you mean is it.

NOS is coming off hmmm wonder where this is going

[chu346]

do you really need nos with a turbo?

[mattG]

do you really need nos with a turbo?

do you really need a turbo

[blingsta]

nos helps cool the combustion chamber, DAMN, i shouldnt have sold it Matt !!! good luck matey..

[Gunni]

NOZ can also help with getting early spool,

[blingsta]

All these good things about nos !! Matt, i want it back. !!

[cliffybabe]

Matt ive just been talking to folwer he was saying how wicke dth emotors were, which one u bringing to guildford mate???

[fowler]

the noise from the induction is evil it because i drive like i stole it !!!!
matt good show old chap love the BK idea all good matt
you still won't catch me fella !!!!!!

[fowler]

i will be like the wind

[cliffybabe]

the noise from the induction is evil it because i drive like i stole it !!!!
matt good show old chap love the BK idea all good matt
you still won't catch me fella !!!!!!

[fowler]

matt if you need a hand drop me a line

[mattG]

All these good things about nos !! Matt, i want it back. !!

Sorry mate

Cliffybabe the tourings coming to guilford tonite- see you there

[blingsta]

Ha Ha, good luck to you buddy...

[toby]

Ah I would really like to see this MS setup before the next stage - especially after Ant's recommendation
Any chance for a fellow member of the touring drivers - please - ?



Wish I could have made it to Guildford but too much work on.
Cheers
Toby

[mattG]

Ah I would really like to see this MS setup before the next stage - especially after Ant's recommendation
Any chance for a fellow member of the touring drivers - please - ?



Wish I could have made it to Guildford but too much work on.
Cheers
Toby

more than welcome, will be at the rolling road day 28th Oct, ant might be there as well doing some more mapping

[toby]

Ah I would really like to see this MS setup before the next stage - especially after Ant's recommendation
Any chance for a fellow member of the touring drivers - please - ?



Wish I could have made it to Guildford but too much work on.
Cheers
Toby

more than welcome, will be at the rolling road day 28th Oct, ant might be there as well doing some more mapping

Thanks dude - unfortunately it's my cousin's wedding that day.
Going to any meets? Where abouts are you based? Could meet you at Ant's cos I'm going there soon for some bits and pieces.

Cheers
Toby

[mattG]

based near guilford j9 & j10 m25, let me know when your'e going to ants have a few bits myself to pick up

[toby]

nice one mattG will do

[mattG]

NOS Install,

This is meant to be a 75 hp one shot wet system, but falls quite shy of 75bhp although torque is not bad , the system is activated only on full throttle by a mirco switch on the throttle body only if the arming switch is armed. It took less than 2 hours to install.

Arming Button



Fuel & Nitrous Solenoids



Fogger, located under rubber intake elbow



Dyno with MegaSquirt std motor exhaust & Manifold 169k mls



Dyno with NOS



Dyno AFRs with & without NOS

[toby]

Matt, I like the crazy new install. Proper Batman gadjets.

So it gives good torque? Is it smooth or a sudden woosh of power?

I didn't get to see it yet...
I'm going to Ant's all day Thursday next week - be great if you were around and I could see this new techno wizardry...
If not I'll see you at a meet...

Cheers
Toby

[mattG]

the torque is good see graphs above, comes in in a real kick in the arse, won't be at ants but guilford on the 8th, see you there

[toby]

can't make guilford this time but maybe the next - the meets after through November seem pretty slim on the ground.
Keep posting how this car is to drive. Can the NOS be turned off just by flicking a switch (in case we get snow or something)?

[mattG]

It's running

After many months of delays due various reasons work, wife home DIY, motivation, money & the ffffffing down pipe i'm boosted.

I'm not a man of many words (except when it comes to spamming) here's some pic's along with a brife description.

I found the down pipe the hardest thing to do, lots tacking welding back & forth to my local pipe bender, it is 2.5" stainless joints were be tiged but gave up & all joints were migged in the end. A Y-peice was formed to mate to the standard exhaust system, this car is sooo quite



Ants old turbo t3/4 hybrid mated to the BBR log,
the next fiddliest bit would have to be the oil drain to sump, and when you put sump back on and it leaks



This is not the BOV i wanted to use but a cheapy that fitted the silicone t-piece. My PPF I got of WillG needed custom welded T-piece/charge pipe,
which will be done in stainless at a later date.



Boost Gauge by gear stick







Intercooler sits a bit low, hit a bump 10feet from my house on it's first boosted run and clonked the bottom of it ripped a piece of metal off it , any way it doesn't leak and it's a bit lighter



More work to do but it pasted it's MOT and pulls real well


.

[Jhonno]

Good to see she's bein put to good use! Goin to any shows with it? Ace?

[blingsta]

Hmmm, that T piece on your fuel line looks familiar so does the red switch under your stereo.. Well done mate...

[Emotechnik]

Nice manifold there mattG

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 447#765447

[mattG]

Good to see she's bein put to good use! Goin to any shows with it? Ace?

Thanks Dan should be at aces on monday how about you?



blingsta---------------------------------------------------------------
Hmmm, that T piece on your fuel line looks familiar so does the red switch under your stereo.. Well done mate...

Haven't tryed both together, only because the bottle is empty, the nos bottle not my courage that is




Emotechnik------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nice manifold there mattG

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 447#765447

I think they are very tidy looking, why are you selling yours?

[e30_Turbo]

Well done Matt!

Looking good, I too have a stray charge pipe sticking out from the under the front valence!

IS lip spoiler should cover it up fine

Mark.

[mattG]

Well done Matt!

Looking good, I too have a stray charge pipe sticking out from the under the front valence!

IS lip spoiler should cover it up fine

Mark.

Cheers Mark, i enjoyed doing the work mostly, still a few pingers to spend on it to get it maxed out though

ps. i think a cheeky bit of charge pipe poking out should be ok

[Dan318-is]

I have driven this car around weybridge high street, with NOS on and with full throttle its like getting your kneck snapped, silly fast this is! Pretty fooking quick without nos too!

[mattG]

Hi guys,

It's been a while since I've had anything worth mentioning (if ever) about Exxon but here's where she's at.

Anyway Exxon spent the last couple of days with Ant at the A-Tech workshop & Surrey Rolling Road,

Ant fitted a set of 42lb injectors & added a wasted spark setup to the Megasquirt ECU.
Then we took it for a 3 or 4 short blasts for a bit of logging, mapping & BOOOST adjusting.

I was quite amazed how much power the car now has pulling smooth & very hard, but the clutch was not happy giving up the ghost at any WOT at 3.5k upwards, any way drove it home safe & sound, exploring the point were the clutch slips.

The next day I gave the car a quick clean & made my way to meeting point with the usual suspects & onto Surrey Rolling Road for a bit of fine tuning by Ant,

& here we go:-

First Run





Last Run





Boost





AFR