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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / Re: dynotech motorsports budget turbo build

« on: August 03, 2015, 11:13:15 PM »

I have just made a similar setup for my son, but we are having problems with the crank case breathing. The catch tank is filling up pretty fast when pushing hard on the track. Normal hard driving it works fine. How is this project handle the crank case breathing?

Its got stock pistons and not much boost so its not a problem.  you will likely need to add an extra breather port on the valve cover and make sure all breathers are vented to atmosphere and no boost pressure is being fed into crankcase.

This is our project (in Norwegian, but the pics tels a lot).
http://bimmers.no/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=223632&hilit=robins

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For Sale / super clean e30 m42 318ic convertible vert!!

« on: March 14, 2011, 10:32:20 PM »

yes, swapped pretty much all the pheripherals to make it work with the m42 engine management.  m44 is obd2 and most have ews so this is simpler than making that stuff work right in an e30.

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For Sale / super clean e30 m42 318ic convertible vert!!

« on: March 14, 2011, 05:45:24 PM »

super nice car, wish i could keep it.  so much work in this thing, just trying to get payed back what we got stuck with. customer bailed, had to lien the car.  have title, good to go. heres the Description i have in the local CL.

What we have here is a very nice hard to fine 1991 BMW 318ic. Car has 149k original miles with functional odometer. I've gone over every bit of this car mechanically and got it working awesome.  We just installed a 80k mi engine from a 98 bmw 318i which runs super smooth without a single tick or hickup.  This was not done because the old one was neglected or poorly maintained.  The previous owner hit a large dip going a little too fast and was not aware she had damaged the oil pan and lost all her oil and continued to drive until a rod knock developed and became obvious there was a problem.  Other than that the the car has been super well maintained. Along the way, any questionable hose, belt, sensor, or anything else that should or could use replacing was done. Suspension in smooth and quiet. Brakes are good with plenty of material left.  Tires were recently replaced with about 80% all the way around.  Top is in great shape and the rear window is clear and flexible so plenty of miles left without worrying about that.  This car doesn't leak a single drop of anything nor should it for quite some time with all the attention and recent maintenance These are getting hard to find in this condition, dont pass this one up if its on your wish list.  

list of new parts professionally installed:

used 80k m44 engine in great shape.  185psi in all four cyl.
new valve cover gasket
oil pan gasket/s
timing cover gaskets
water pump
thermostat/housing
belts
many hoses and coolant fittings/pipes etc.
fresh motul synthetic oil
motor mounts
trans mounts
spark plugs
intake manifold gaskets
exhaust manifold gaskets
drive shaft center support bearing
drive shaft guibo/flex disc coupler

The bad:

a few very minor door dings and two dents(still very minor)
rear seats are dried out and starting to come apart (very slightly) at the top/headrest area
peace sign insignia on rear deck lid.

asking $4197 obo


Car can be seen at DTM any day mon-fri 8-5 or possibly another time by appointment.
DTM
1352 N. Melrose Dr. ste. A
Vista, 92083
760-726-7111

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Photoshop, Media, & Artwork / Dirty Off-Road E30 Edit

« on: March 09, 2011, 12:48:43 PM »

http://vimeo.com/20817334

E30 M42, Off Road Machine. Oil pan is fine.


No E30s Were Harmed In filming This Video

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / dynotech motorsports budget turbo build

« on: February 21, 2011, 08:44:33 PM »

ya, so been off the forums for a while.  just finished moving the shop to a new/better building and am getting geared up to step things back up in terms of marketing, projects, etc. now that we can actually handle the extra workload.

The build is no more  srapped the the build and sold the car to some guy in Arizona who seemed willing to take good care of it and cary on the 4 cyl e30 legacy.  (still have most of the parts)

The log manifold hit its peak at aroun 10psi and then caused problems with exhaust gas reversion in #4 where the collector was about 1.5" from the port.  as a bottom mount, there the collector was within 1/8" of where it had to be in any direction, otherwise the turbo would hit the frame rail, firewall, engine, or subframe.  This brought me to the conclusion that project bottom mount m42 will not work well for big power unless i could come up with a way to design a trick compact cast manifold with internally formed (longer and curved) runners.  

10 psi on an m42 will yeild about 200 rwhp for those interested in the output. quite quick for an e30.

as for the flywheel/clutch kits; we send them completely plug and play for about $550.  it can be hard to come up with cores at times so very subject to availability.

still building megasquirt pnp setups and have a dyno as well so feel free to inquire about these as well.  best way to get ahold of us is always to call the shop at 760-726-7111

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / dynotech motorsports budget turbo build

« on: January 09, 2010, 10:46:13 AM »

Question for Todd can the OBX headers be turned upside down and work in a top mount setup with a little modifaction of course cheers Billy

not really, the turbo flange hits the head.  you woulf have to slice the flange and rotate and angle it and weld it back together.  sucha nice manifold for the $$.  would highly recommend for any e36 user.

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / dynotech motorsports budget turbo build

« on: January 09, 2010, 10:44:34 AM »

hey todd, hows the build coming along so far?? i might turbo my M42 ti as soon as i get out of college or maybe get a job, but it looks like its coming along nicely.

still havnt touched it.  really miss my car though.  have been brainstorming on the manifold and have something figured out, just need to do it.  we are constantly in the middle of like 10 large projects so its hard to justify any extra time to work on my own car when there are paying customers in line.  getting close though. stay tuned guys.

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / dynotech motorsports budget turbo build

« on: October 11, 2009, 09:00:47 PM »

Thanks danny. hope all is well.  

still planning to get my car finished all legit. havnt touched it since january though.  its sad, i sold the rims i had on it and now am selling the rollers i have on it. I feel like its wasting away.

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / dynotech motorsports budget turbo build

« on: October 11, 2009, 07:27:45 PM »

i build a plug and play inside the origional ecu based on the factory electrical schematics.

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / dynotech motorsports budget turbo build

« on: October 08, 2009, 05:17:29 PM »

Hi great job. Do you control the ignitions coils with the MS??

yes i do.

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / dynotech motorsports budget turbo build

« on: June 27, 2009, 01:36:59 PM »

ya, sorry.  i fail.

i havnt touched the car since like feb or march.  im expanding the shop and things are crazy right now.  i will be pulling the motor to build a more efficient manifold as soon as i get a chance and project will go on.  i promise.

car just came up for smog too so after i pull the motor i will probably put in a stock one and get it through smog first too.

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / dynotech motorsports budget turbo build

« on: March 17, 2009, 12:37:27 PM »

it could be a combination of both. typically you dont want to go over 85% duty cycle on injectors.  42lbers should be fine to like 14-15 psi i would guess.  some 550cc injectors would be perfect. i'm using 72lbers on mine which are overkill and really hard to tune, but i have some more new ones i could sell you if interested.

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / dynotech motorsports budget turbo build

« on: March 17, 2009, 11:37:48 AM »

they are probably 30lbers. you have probably maxed them out.  maybe increase your fuel pressure a bit and see if it helps.  42 lbers would be just right on that setup.  run a datalog and see if you are running out of duty cycle on the injectors and/or hook up a fuel pressure guage and go for a pull and see if the fuel pressure drops.

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / dynotech motorsports budget turbo build

« on: March 16, 2009, 10:10:15 PM »

i use these on just about all the performance projects i do. have one in our supercharged s50, m20 stroker, m20 turbo, and my m42 turbo.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/255-LPH-FUEL-PUMP-BMW-M3-E30-E36-E46-320-325-i-318-330i_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a1171Q7c66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem280314783421QQitemZ280314783421QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

What are you using for a fuel pump in your car? im running out of fuel on 10.5psi in high rpms.

what size injectors you using?

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / Ultimate budget build.

« on: March 09, 2009, 10:43:39 AM »

nah, just that there are more people using it so there are more success stories.

its just like you with your haltech experience.  had that been MS the user would have blamed it on ms for being inferior and thus it didnt work out..or something along those lines.

plug and play mS? more details on this please. I have a haltech E8 that i wired in last summer but due to time problems trying to work out some glitches I had to swap all the stock stuff back in. I really dont want to go through the trouble to wire it all in again, so if i can get a pnp settup that would be sweet.
 
plus, ms seems to be getting better by the day...