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DISCUSSION => Swaps, Turbos, Buildups => Topic started by: AcSchnitzer318is on August 21, 2009, 12:11:27 AM
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Well, thanks to Danny's misfortune (sorry man) I picked up most of his turbo "kit" and decided to go FI. I knew this would not be a true "budget" build as I planned on improving Danny's original kit as much as possible during the install process. This being mostly because I want it to be a rock solid install that is going on my daily. I am about a week and a half into this and must say the last couple of days driving this thing have been a blast @8psi. I'll like it better when I can clean it all up and put the hood back on, but I'll get to that later.
Big thanks to my local turbo/MS experts Matthew and Mike who have helped me quite a bit during this process. And also to my buddy Eloy who drove down from Houston for a couple of days just to give me a hand with the fans and intercooler work. Also BIG thanks to Todd Glazier from DTM who was kind enough to send a base map for his turbo car because somehow the maps that came with the MS had been corrupted.
GOALS:
1. Keep AC!!!! (texas heat requires it)
2. Keep Power Steering (it's a BMW, not a Jeep Wrangler)
3. Keep daily driver capable (I love driving this car and it would kill me to not daily it)
4. Put down 180rwhp on the dyno (because that would be awesome)
Day 1 (Wednesday 5th)
I was hoping to get the gauges in, wires in, and vacuum lines for the MS, wideband, and boost gauge. Also hoped to get the cams swapped out. I didn't quite make it to that part due to reorganizing a good bit of the garage on the same day. But here was the progress.
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Modified the boost gauge with amber lighting to semi match the rest of the car.
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Reworked the gauge pod. Could still use some work, but I will worry about that after everything is in and running. Will fiberglass the gauges on an angle facing the driver...
I also got all the wires/lines routed through the factory grommets into the engine bay in prep for MS and boost. I was fairly pleased with the progress considering all the distractions.
Day 2 (Saturday 9th)
We didn't know how far we were going to get, but Matthew said from the beginning we were getting the turbo mounted and the engine running on the MS. I liked his enthusiasm! LOL we could have gotten farther were it not for the rest of our "mishaps."
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Prep table
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Intercooler and piping came in Friday, but we didn't make it quite this far.
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First order of business: camshaft swap. Back to stock from the Delta regrinds! Oh noes. Oh well, getting back some low end torque will be nice. Plus the regrinds and chip are already sold.
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LOL this set us back a couple of hours at least as he dropped one of the cam cap nuts into the engine. Thanks Matthew :D . Had to go get a new magnetic pickup tool to remove it as my last one had been misplaced.
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Here we are finishing up the cam swap... LOL the EPIC cam swap. Turned out well though... hand cranked just fine with no interference. And passed the test start as well, with flying colors even.
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Mmmmmmmm beer/soda fridge.
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Yep that's right... those are labeled, you wanna fight about it. That was part of the reorganization done earlier in the week.
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Got the turbo manifold on there (this sucked btw). LOL Matthew and I tag teamed the studs/nuts til they were all on there. Though if you ask him he got the raw end of that deal :D As you can plainly see the fender needed a little "massaging" to clear the turbo. LOL looks like it came from the factory that way. NOT!
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Danny's manifold needed to be rewelded as it wasn't quite up to par for my reliability and/or aesthetic standards (sorry to whoever did it first).
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LOL look how excited he is. :wub:
Somewhere in here we also installed the 29lb injectors but neglected to take pictures of that process. Also rerouted necessary vacuum hoses and installed 1 way valve to prevent pressurizing through the cam cover. *NOTE* this was later changed as you should not rehook this line up to the TB even with a check valve. Vent it to air or if you are more ecofriendly catch can it with an oil breather on the output.
ROFL, also no pictured is that after the cams were swapped and injector/intake manifold work was done... we went to fill her with oil. In our haste Matthew and I had forgotten that the oil drain on the new pan had not been plugged or attached to anything. HEHE, the carpet soaked up a good 1/2 qt of synthetic. Would have been a WHOLE lot more, but luckily Mike was wearing the white hat on this operation and pointed out our stupidity before we managed to dump all 5.5 quarts into the engine. :smack:
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Woah that's a bright oil pan you have there. LOL it did it's job though, I was able to trace ALL the oil leaks, and there were 4 of them. That's what happens when you don't have a gasket scraper. Needless to say, I dropped the pan again after buying a proper gasket scraper. Now, I have no more oil leaks. :thumbsup:
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True to his word, the turbo was in, the MS was installed (not pictured), and the car was started. She started right up and idled... pretty well anyway.
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Turbo Install Day 3 & 4 (Tues 12th & Wed 13th)
These days were together because I only slept for about an hour... :glare:
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Charge pipe from IC to intake mani. This was completely changed later due to the piping kit only coming with 2 silicon elbows and needing one for the other side.
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Intercooler mounted up and looking sexy.
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Brackets... Not the prettiest, but not the ugliest either. They work well and ado their job.
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Rethought the use of the stock intake boot as it didn't do a good job of clamping onto the charge pipe. Ended up using a silicon jobbie Danny sent with the kit.
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New electric fan for the A/C condenser. Guess my measurements were pretty good because it fit great behind the intercooler. Flipped the blades and set it up as a pusher.
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Charge piping done... poor girl looks like she's being raped.
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Eloy helped out a bunch. Came down from Houston as he was hoping we'd be able to see it running and drive it a bit. That was unfortunately not the case. It's not running properly at all... need Matthew to take a look at it with the megasquirt. I think it's just duping fuel in. Puffs of black smoke are coming out of the turbo while she's running and she will not hold an idle. Funny thing is she did idle yesterday and ran ok with a HUGE oil leak. LOL when I had Esam reweld the manifold together he added an extra gusset. Well that gusset ended up pushing the cam cover off and blowing the gasket out of the rear. This left a huge oil/vacuum leak... don't know why she would run like that and then not run properly after we fixed the leak. That wasn't fun btw. We had to pull the turbo and the manifold to fix the issue. That's 16 of the hardest bolts/nuts to reach on the planet.
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Completed, except for the blow off valve. We needed to go buy snap ring pliers to accomplish that. If anyone is interested Harbour Freight has an 11 pc set for only $13.
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Intercooler looks sexy behind the air dam. Took the insert for the oil cooler off the 325i to use on this car as it makes more airflow.
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Install Day 5 (Tues. 18th)
Picked up the car this morning from the exhaust shop... they did a pretty damn good job. The guy only asked for $175, but I gave him $210 anyway because of how much work it was. He did alot of welding so it would stay mandrel on all the bends, and also made some nice reducers for my intake too as the ones I had blew ass. It's 3" ALL the way back from the downpipe to the muffler. Muffler is a Magnaflow. On to the pictars. Will get sound clips when completed.
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Now all I have to do is tune it and get it 100% normal driving. I drove it home from the exhaust place and it felt REALLY good. I got so much torque back from the cams and having an exhaust back on the car. I was just nudging boost ~2lbs at 3000RPM. That's perfect for me and exactly where I was hoping it would kick in. I'll keep this updated as I tune/get it running perfect.
After everything is tuned, it all comes apart again and goes to Cradin for hot coating because this turbo adds some SERIOUS heat underhood. I don't even dare put the hood back on yet.
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Been driving it the last couple of days under full (8psi) boost. All I can say is, I'm addicted. I will try to turbo as many of the future cars I own as possible. It feels like a totally different vehicle above 3000rpm and even has more torque below that. Plus I am still getting 20mpg while thrashing on it.
Big thanks to Matthew for doing most of the tuning... I just got a very baseline to go off of and then he did 2 rounds of tuning to dial her in so to speak. It drives very well except for cold starts which was going to be a known issue due to the ICV being deleted. I am going to add it in later, but had to delete it to get it tuned and running. After the car warms up for 5 mins she is great.
Install Day 6 (Thurs 20th)
Got a custom AC line made up today at Alamo City Hydraulics. These are the same guys who did my custom oil line/t fitting to get the oil pressure sender and turbo feed on. I recommend them to anyone. Cost me $15 for the oil line w/ t fitting, and the CUSTOM ac line cost me 49.09. Can't beat those prices, I don't care who you are.
Here are the pictures with final placement of everything except the coils as those will be deleted in the near future in favor of COP conversion.
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Got the AC line installed and looking as stock as I possibly could get it... using a couple of stock brackets. Couldn't fully accomplish this task though as I had the hose portion made too long at 2.5ft. But as they say, better too long than too short.
Final step is to take pull a vacuum, and fill up the AC system (hopefully Mike is available tomorrow). Then I am going to bring her home and degrease/clean the SHITE out of the bay. Then I get to bring her back into the garage, jack her back up, and take everything apart again, with exception of the AC line of course. This is of course to take the turbo manifold, hot side of the turbo, downpipe, and cam cover to Cradin to be coated in whatever super duper heat coating they use.
A full parts/expenditure list will be compiled tomorrow as well. ALMOST DONE!!!!!!!!!!
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Looks great!
BTW, I'm pretty sure the wire on the ITE sensor goes to the purple/brown wire on the AFM harness.
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badass
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Thanks Danny, I'll get that wired up tonight. I think I am currently putting down around 170rwhp @8psi. It feels great according to the butt dyno and actually puts you back into the seat around 3500rpm.
Thanks all for the comments/compliments. I will continue to update this until the bitter end... dyno results, videos, etc.
Power steering honestly, I could do without... but the wife wants it, so it stays. I drove it for a couple of weeks with the belt off to see and it was nice... I think simply swapping an e36 rack into it will be fine for me though.
Install Day 7 (Fri 21st)
Got the main efan wired up today. In conjunction with the little 10" one in front this thing moves some serious air across the motor. LOL I let go of a piece of terry towel about 2 feet from the grills and it got sucked straight onto them. Don't think I'll ever have a problem with over heating :)
I also got another fog installed as I had cracked one whilst cutting a bracket off the valence to make room for the IC. Final thing I did was degrease the engine top to bottom and I don't THINK I have any more oil leaks. Which is good... because I hate it when engines drip. Mine only has 44450 miles on it (rebuilt of course) and there would be no excuses for me to allow it to bleed.
Recharging the AC tomorrow... then will bring it back into the garage the next day to tear it back down to get everything coated and looking sexy. After that hood can go back on. I hate driving without a hood, makes me feel so ghetto. LOL although I do get alot of ppl asking about the car now. ;)
On to the pictars... I thought you guys would like some from under her skirt to see what was going on under there.
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Here is a link to the first start vid with the turbo and everything hooked up... look how pig rich she was. LOL fouled 2 sets of plugs before I got it tuned enough to not do that.
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That thing is awesome. I need to get me a bigger exhaust system now.
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Thanks... the 3" exhaust system all the way back was at the suggestion of a couple of local turbo guys. I was going to do 2.5" but they said, "go bigger in case you want to turn the boost up in the future." So I did.
It makes really good power, but now that I am trying to get it to run well with an IAT sensor, ICV, and the aircon it is seriously hard for me to tune it. Spent all day today working on it and made virtually no progress other than I got it to idle with all 3. As soon as I turned the AC off idle went up to like 2000rpms. Then if I corrected that, when I turned the AC on it would idle at 500rpms and try to die.
Tuning owns me... I much preferred the mechanical aspect of the build. Oh well, I'll get through this.
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tuning the engine managment seems to be the most time consuming part?
this comes from someone with curiosity of boost on the M42, but haven't payed too much attention up until now, as people seem to have decent luck strapping a turbo onto one?
how far boost wise can you go up when you stick with the stock ecu (tuned chip of course) and AFM, ICV, etc when you strap a turbo on?
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From what I hear the AFM can only hold about 7 or 8lbs of boost. And the motronic can only regulate up to about 30lb injectors. That makes for a very fun little m42 and still has almost the exact same running characteristics as stock. Check out awgy's build for more details on how to do that.
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From what I hear the AFM can only hold about 7 or 8lbs of boost. And the motronic can only regulate up to about 30lb injectors. That makes for a very fun little m42 and still has almost the exact same running characteristics as stock. Check out awgy's build for more details on how to do that.
Thanks, sounds like the AFM is really the limiting factor if you wanna get above 8lbs?
The 30lb injectors would probably satisfy more than 8lbs of boost?
Thanks again for the info!
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where did you get that ic piping?
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Thanks, sounds like the AFM is really the limiting factor if you wanna get above 8lbs?
The 30lb injectors would probably satisfy more than 8lbs of boost?
Thanks again for the info!
Yes, 30lbers will support 10psi and possibly more. I plan to run 10 on mine.
where did you get that ic piping?
It's an ebay special. Came with the intercooler, piping, couplers, tbolt clamps, and the bov for $180 shipped to my door. Can't beat that price.
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Update: Haven't upped to 10psi just yet. I am working on getting the ICV to control idle nicely. Making slow progress, hence the lack of updates. As of now I can get i to idle @ ~1050 +/- 100 with the AC on or off... but i can not just turn the AC on from a dead idle. I have to give it a bit of throttle and then let it settle back down. After that it is driveable with the AC on.
Here are some pics of the IAT sensor installed/mounted. And also some pics of my MS with her skirt up.
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Pay no attention to the MS paint yellow lines. I put those there when I was trying to trace down a problem with my tach not getting a signal. Fixed that problem... no back on to the idle. Been working on this for 2 days now :(
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Got a semi warm start for you guys to check out. Shows how everything is routed and running as well. I need to get some sort of in car mount for driving vids. Let me know what you think. I have since tuned the PWM idle control a bit so I have a much better start and idle, but I thought you guys would want to check out the vid just the same.
YOUTUBE VID (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb61wb9awUI)
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seems like its getting better, still a ways to go tho, but def improvement!
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Hi congratulations nice work. Can you tell me what spark plugs and injectors do you use?? thanks
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seems like its getting better, still a ways to go tho, but def improvement!
Made HUGE leaps forward after taking the vid... will hopefully have driving vids soon. Need to make a camera mount.
Hi congratulations nice work. Can you tell me what spark plugs and injectors do you use?? thanks
I am using volvo 29.5lb/hr injectors and some crappy autolite plugs gapped to .032. I think I need to gap them closer though... anyone know for sure?
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I am using volvo 29.5lb/hr injectors and some crappy autolite plugs gapped to .032. I think I need to gap them closer though... anyone know for sure?
I had mine gapped at .028 IIRC.
I also had NGKs that were one step colder than stock.
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I have a PM in to Todd... but no response as of yet. Want to get a set of those plugs now that it is pretty close to tuned and I won't have to worry about fouling anymore.
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Nice build. I bet that its a blast to drive. Where in TX are you?
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It's getting more fun to drive with every tune... I'm in San Antonio. But I go to Houston and Dallas a few times a year as well for different reasons, sometimes car shows, friends, etc.
EDIT: Did some aesthetic mods... I think it looks alot better. When the turbo and other parts come off for coating, I am going to do the cam cover in black crinkle coat. Should looks quite nice I think.
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Took the hot side of turbo, the turbo manifold, and the downpipe to get hot coated yesterday. Can't wait to get them back so I can put my hood on. It got so hot under there I didn't want to put the hood on even though Danny said he had no issues.
Did LOTS of work in prep for the car show this Sunday. The wife was kind enough to detail the engine bay for me, and I touched up the paint in areas that were too worn. Made a couple of fiberglass gauge holders. The top one I wanted angled more towards the driver for easier reading, and the bottom one I wanted something that looked less ricer than the pillar pod that I had before. Also rewired my Efan and rear flashing LEDs to the two rocker switches on the bottom panel. Now I can turn on my efan even when the car is off... big help with the turbo.
On to the pictars... I wish I had another fabric to cover the fiberglass panels in, but for now speaker box carpet will have to do. It looks pretty good actually, but will be replaced later with something a bit more OEM looking if possible.
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And lastly the new fuse box cover label I picked up here in the group buy section. Looks great, and couldn't be happier with it.
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DONE!!! Just have to put the hood back on and work another solution for the wastegate actuator. The guy had it ghetto rigged on there and it broke finally. Going to have some mounts welded on to mount it properly.
Heat coating color is a little iffy... but hey I can definitely live with it if it reduces underhood heat. Everything went back together fairly well, though the turbo manifold bolts are a PITA to reach and torque down.
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I even managed to reuse the stock under engine tray/shield/splashguard. Very happy with it, now I can concentrate on getting the tune dialed in. Dyno time will be forthcoming... probably in Houston though as I'm not sure I trust anyone here with the megasquirt. We'll see, I might just not know the right guys.
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Lookin Good!
I've been wanting to paint everything too. I'm working on a 2.5 exhaust right now.
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Lookin Good!
I've been wanting to paint everything too. I'm working on a 2.5 exhaust right now.
Do 3", you won't be disappointed. :D
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Well... she is DONE!!! And the totals are in... GRAND total = $2147.23. :eek: Like I said, "semi budget." I knew I was going to spend extra money like the hot coatings and stuff like that to make it a clean and "kit" looking install. I hope I accomplished that.
Though I did get a great deal on the BIG dollar main components, it's the little things that add up very quickly. I still think that dollar/hp ratio is pretty good and if I get 200rwhp out of it I will be 10000000% satisfied. If you were to buy a complete turbo kit with manifold, engine management, turbo, tune, every line/fitting/gauge, etc... it would easily run $4000+ so I think I still made out pretty well. Also sold my reground cams and chip for $200 so that helped offset costs a little.
Here is EVERYTHING that was purchased including tools that I didn't have/couldn't find but needed:
Turbo (Mitsu Starion) w/ Internal Wastegate and Actuator
Manifold
AEM UEGO Wideband Controller
VDO Boost Gauge
Air Intake Temp Sensor
Plug n Play Megasquirt
Oil Feed Line
Oil Pan w/ Turbo Drain Tapped
Silicon Intake Elbow
Valve Cover Gasket
Oil Pan Gasket
Oil Filter
Hot Coating for hot side of turbo, manifold, and downpipe
10" Electric Fan to replace stock AUX fan for AC
Custom A/C low side line to fit around turbo
Custom oil line with T fitting
Refrigerant (frion)
Misc Bolts
Blow off Valve
Intercooler
Intercooler Piping Kit
Rewelding of Turbo Manifold
Custom exhaust (2.5" Downpipe to 3" from back of motor to muffler)
Serial Cable (for Megasquirt)
3 Circuit Harness (for wiring of 10" fan)
Rubber reducers (only 1)
Snap Ring Pliers Set
Downpipe Flange
Oil
Paint
Gasket Scraper
Breather for ICV
Rocker Switch for hardwiring main Efan
Vacuum T's, Splices, and Hosing
Spark Plugs & Gapper
Electric Oil Pressure Gauge
Motor Honey
Magnetic P/U Tool
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Congrats on the turbo build. I like this and it's got me thinking about just slapping on a turbo on a stock engine and modified chip. I guess it's the best bang for the buck out there if you have a good engine to start with.
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So you're saying that I could run 8lbs (psi?) of boost on the stock AFM/ECU with UP to 30lb injectors? Chipped or... ? I'd love to put together a turbo setup to give the 318iS DD a bit more pep in it's step. Thanks in advance!
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nice job. I'd love to see some new videos on it running. congrats!
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So you're saying that I could run 8lbs (psi?) of boost on the stock AFM/ECU with UP to 30lb injectors? Chipped or... ? I'd love to put together a turbo setup to give the 318iS DD a bit more pep in it's step. Thanks in advance!
You'd need an adjustable FPR but yes you could. The AFM might make it run pig rich at idle though? Not sure... Awgy would know for sure, he runs the stock ECU and AFM.
As for videos. I am waiting for the next track day or dyno day to take some, but I'll post them as soon as I get some.
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Awesome build, it looks great! I also like the stealth-MS install. I messed with MS a couple years ago & ended up not having time for it. Were you able to use one of the extra IO's to run the MPG needle in the cluster?
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Awesome build, it looks great! I also like the stealth-MS install. I messed with MS a couple years ago & ended up not having time for it. Were you able to use one of the extra IO's to run the MPG needle in the cluster?
I've read your threads and your site as well. My MS install pales in comparison to your effort... lol mine was plug and play basically. Tuning has proven challenging as well since switching to the 46lb injectors. With the 29lb'ers I had it running buttery smooth... but not so anymore. Once warm it still runs well, but cold... well let's just say I let her warm up for 10 minutes before driving anywhere :)
Oh and no I don't run the MPG needle, it just dances around every now and then due to feedback I guess. I am going to try to get a boost gauge in there instead of the econometer. A guy on r3v used to make them... see if I can get him to do another.
Oh and thanks for the compliments. The work has all been worth it... as this is a seriously fun car to drive now.
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Recently had my turbo suck up a piece of silicon (my fault, didn't put intake tube on properly) and bend all the turbine fins so disassembled the turbo. Everything looked fresh and clean confirming that the previous owner did indeed do a full rebuild on it. While I had it apart, I soaked it in paint stripper, then cleaner, and then paint. Below are the end results. It's back on the road now with a new wheel which is in better shape than the one that came off of it... so at least some good came out of sucking up the silicon.
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/acse30/318is%20Turbo%20Install/IMG_2078.jpg)
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/acse30/318is%20Turbo%20Install/IMG_2079.jpg)
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Looks amazing man. congrats on the build. Let me know when you're coming over to Houston. I would love to check out your ride.
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Here's a video for you guys. Recently had my exhaust redone and rewelded the manifold as it had cracked everywhere. Added a bunch of gussets so it won't ever happen again.
YouTube Vid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vW8l9SAfyE&feature=player_*****ded)