E30 Turbo stance build (pic heavy)

[ZaCE30]

This is what i started with a1991 BMW E30 318i right now ive been working on it for two years ill give a list of things that ive done later on.

































































heres a video after everything was done and it was firs running

http://s778.photobucket.com/albums/yy68/zacse30/?action=view&current=Picture087.mp4

And thats were i was about a year and a half ago and of corse it didnt last long 2 weeks after i had it running i ran into some serious problems i will post more pics about it later hope you like it so far Thanks

[Sgt Savage]

I like where this is going, but hot damn you are terrible at taking pictures lol.

[TeckniX]

So you took the engine out to clean it and put the manifold on? Moar details on the build and parts used.... Good progress though.

[pejsa]

^^^^^^^^^^he went from the 4 cyl to an m20 motor

[FunfGang]

So you took the engine out to clean it and put the manifold on? Moar details on the build and parts used.... Good progress though.

Seriously?

[Heist]

Looks like he swapped out the M42(4cyl) for the M20(6cyl). plus looks like GC suspension and a whole lot of yummy turbo parts. Should be interesting to watch

[e30_vert]

I got excited until i saw you took the m42 out and put the m20 in....

[whitebeaste36]

Gay lights are gay. Through on some smilies and call it a day. Love the rest so far!

[yoffer]

Videos!!

[ZaCE30]

Originally i was going to turbo the M42 but i got the M20 for 100 bucks and started to tare it appart. its a 325e motor and at that point it was all stock except for the 19lb lightweight flywheel from ie a turbo i cam that was cut to fit the e head and 32lb fuel injectors.

The t3/t4 turbo is a cheep ebay turbo for now running 15 lbs i have 8mm spark plug wires and a IE FPR and im running the war chip the 50mm BOV and 38 mm wast gate are both from tial. Drilled rotors are from tuner motorsport it has hawk race pads and braided stainless lines all the bushings for the engine and trans and suspension are from IE And yes ground control coil sleeves with builstine shocks the sping purches on the front were welded an inch lower than stck si i could drop it 4 inches instead of 3. so far at that point thats all that was done

[ZaCE30]

Gay lights are gay. Through on some smilies and call it a day. Love the rest so far!

trust me if i could find some i would these lights look alot better than the clear plastic pos lights that were on it when i first got the car

[ZaCE30]

there's a video link under the last pic

[DannyE32]

i like the budget-DIY thing in the process

the head-lights are the only minus here IMO.

keep it up!

[ZaCE30]

so after 2 weeks of running the valves started to tick worse than normal. so i took it to the machine shop who did the work to the head for a valve adjustment. they call me about an hour later and tell me that my valves are sticking and theres no oil getting to the cylinder head and they told me they would charge me to take the head off. so i towed the car home and took it off myself and told them to figure out what they did wrong. about a day or two later they call up and say o we forgot to cut a grove in the cam for the oil passage. so a long story short i had to buy a new cam cause they wouldnt pay for it and they tried to charge me for the repairs.

[ZaCE30]

well heres some more pics after the car was running for a while.

mine is the one in the middle obviously we all know who is to the left




this is what the car looked like when i first bought it

then put some better wheels on it





some autox it was rainig really bad so it didnt last long


And this is what im working on now. the car has been on a lift at my shop for about 6 months now cause the macine shop that repaid the head after they ruined it the first time decided to reuse old parts without telling me so 5 of the vale guids fell out and fried the head so i decided to start tuckin wires and cut some weight out also bought an i head for the e block so now will have lower compression and bigger intake and exhaust ports.