BMW E36 Turbo M42 Build

[Darky]

That is nuts, I like nuts!
How much boost, 3 inch exhaust, comet head gasket and stage 3 clutch tells me a lot of boost?
500 hp?
Cheers

[jrw21]

Joey, nice build I really like your fuel rail. I searched everywhere for one of these finally found a company in sweden and had one imported to me. Wish you had posted sooner I would have snagged one of yours!

[RuthlessPerformance]

Motor can handle over 500HP easy. I think that turbo is good for 400-450HP on race fuel. An Intercooler Upgrade and a Turbo Upgrade is all this build needs!!!!

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M3 Tranny and Stage 3 Clutch Install.

[Tgoode318]

Nice work, Is there any thing special needed to get that zf tranny bolted up? And you have to modify the drive shaft as well right?

[wazzu70]

The ZF bolts right up. In the E36 chassis its a direct swap with the E36 ZF shifter arm, linkage, and driveline.

In the E30 chassis the shifter arm and linkage need to be extended and you need a custom length driveshaft.

[RuthlessPerformance]

Nice work, Is there any thing special needed to get that zf tranny bolted up? And you have to modify the drive shaft as well right?

Thranny bolted right up. We needed to make a 3/4" spacer for rear-end yoke, as the M3 Rear End is slightly longer or it could be because the tranny came out of a 6 cylinder car could account for the difference, but it was an easy fix.

[RuthlessPerformance]

Although I did have to modify the shifter linkage, but that only included taking 1/2 inch from another linkage to extend the one that came with the tranny.

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Motor & Tranny Install:

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Intercooler Piping.


































Hope you guys are enjoying this build.

[keflaman]

I am.

[Darky]

I am too, but for the boost I think the inter cooler needs to be bigger!
Always wondered how you got the turbo in with the block pivoted 30 deg. Painfully!

[RuthlessPerformance]

I am too, but for the boost I think the inter cooler needs to be bigger!
Always wondered how you got the turbo in with the block pivoted 30 deg. Painfully!

Not of my choice. My opinion was Top Mount, KPA or COMP Turbo and a Spearco Intercooler about 3 times the size. Power will be limited by turbo and intercooler.

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Coils, rear-end and exhaust












































M3 X-Brace

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Here's the Fuel System and Suspension UpGrades!!!

Fuel System:













Suspension: Voghland Springs & Bilstein Shocks & Struts: