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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / e36 318is turbo/itbs pics

« on: December 10, 2010, 03:56:59 PM »

What turbo is that you are using? Also do you have any idea how much power its putting out?

I'd love to see a video of this thing running.

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / Turbo suggestions

« on: October 21, 2010, 04:15:56 PM »

Grab a T3/T4 hybrid off ebay and rebuild with garret seals ... Mine has lasted two years with no problem

I like that idea, after checking some prices. I assume it's not a garrett manufactured turbo, just a pattern part?

Can you tell me some more about your car? Stock motor, how much boost, management, etc...

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / Turbo suggestions

« on: October 17, 2010, 04:16:28 PM »

Previously I was running a GT2871R, on 20~22psi the car made 213kw at the wheels, quite a nice turbo that was, I would recommend it

I’m upgrading now to a GT3076R

I assume you have upgraded the internals?

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / Turbo suggestions

« on: October 17, 2010, 03:31:35 PM »

on a budget, a turbo from an M21 diesel (we only got those in the 5-series... may also be in the 3er over there?) is the same spec as a volvo one; T3 .42/.48AR i think? should be good for a wide powerband on an M42.

I was hoping to run somewhere around 10 - 12psi (0.7 - 0.8 bar). So this size of turbo is probably too small.

I think we did get the M21 engine though, in the E30 as well as the E28.

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / Turbo suggestions

« on: October 17, 2010, 02:45:29 PM »

gt28 or gt25 variants from the nissan sr20det engine.

Im running a gt2864

Thanks mate. How much boost are you running at?

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / Turbo suggestions

« on: October 17, 2010, 06:31:38 AM »

I've just about finished my M42 conversion into a 316 shell. It should be on the road in the next couple of weeks. Obviously I'll be quite bored with no spannering to do so I've started researching turbos.

I'm going to be keeping it low-budget, so I'm going to me using the chopped up M50 turbo ebay manifold and a second hand turbo. However I will be running MS and will be aiming for at least 250bhp on stock mechanicals.

Everyone who has turbo'd the M42 has used a different turbo so I'm not sure what the best route to take is? Turbo options I've considered so far are;

VW 1.8t
Mitsi Evo
Volvo?
Scooby

Those are the most popular turbo applications over here I suppose. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what would be about right for the M42?

Heres a quick photo of the car

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M42 Reference / e30 M42 production statistics

« on: May 30, 2010, 09:38:45 AM »

The only M42 powered E30 in Europe was the 318is.