e30 316 rebuild from Finland

[White325is]

Looking at this thread makes me miss my sepang coupe so much. I went through the exact some process as you did over a two year period. Some of your photos are a spitting image of when mine was painted.
Here is a photo of mine when It was completed..




Looking forward to seeing more photos of yours..

[Laef]

Great car, great job.

Really liked the way you shot the car

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[Pazi88]

Yes that is. I never had problems with those. The trick is to not tighten the bolts too tight. Otherwise it will crack

[e34///M]

Please tellme that with an epic build like this ... that is not a plastic Thermostat housing....

[Zic]

Very very very nice job there. Love the video.

[Pazi88]

Let's start with the easy stuff. For wheel bolts I managed to find yellow passivated versions.


Looking nice.


For instrument cluster I got the coding plug, so the tachometer will show correct readings with 6 cylinder engine. I also ordered custom instrument cluster form germany, but I will get it later.


Also cutted the plastic covers to fit with inter cooler pipes.


At turbo side, I made bigger hole to get air for the filter.


Then to the trickier stuff. To get the engine started, I needed to get rest of the fuel system working. In trunk I placed Carter pump to transfer fuel to surge tank.


Then underneath of the car is the fuel filter and Aeroflow pump to trasfer the fuel to engine.


For fuel I'm using re85 (e85 ethanol fuel which is made from organic waste here in Finland)


And click here for the first start attempt.

It started but it was running crazy rich because I messed up some settings in megasquirt. It even splattered unburn fuel all over the engine bay After all I managed to get the settings right.

Then I made the downpipe.


Bolted all in the exhaust side in place.


And started tuning the megasquirt. After while I started the autotune and got the mixture right for lower rpm. I don't have the insurance yet to drive public roads, so I had to test it in gravel But however here is the result.
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I still have lots of tuning to do, but it's good start.

[Pazi88]

Got the turbo manifold ready, so I sandblasted it and sprayed some ceramic coating.






Painted also the turbo.


And cured the paint in oven.


Everything starts to be in place.


I had to modify the cheap wastegate, because it wasn't sealing properly. Also changed the spring to one with lower spring rate.


When everything started to be ready in engine compartment, I started doing the fuel system. i'm using the stock fuel pickup from carburetor-engine. So I added second pipe for fuel return. I soldered it in place, just like the stock one.


All works out perfectly.


And finished product.


Averything in place. Just like from factory


I didn't have time to finish up the rest of the fuel system, so I just hooked up the ECU and tried that one. Everything seems to work fine Here is little video of that.

[Pazi88]

Thanks!

I got the Plug and Play megasquirt, so maybe this weekend I can try starting the thing for the first time.


I just joined instagram, so you can follow me there: http://instagram.com/sipasema

[E30Cavey]

Awesome build man, great attention to detail!

[Miroteknik]

amazing work man

[Hellalime]

You sir built a dream car, keep up the good work

[Earl]

Very well done=)

[Pazi88]

Summers highlight, Bimmerparty was again here in Finland. I was there ofcourse, so it took away some time from this build. If you are interested, you can find some pictures I took here!

Also some video from 1/4 mile.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw0N3sI7ohc"]Bimmerparty 2014 varttimaili - YouTube[/ame]

E30 continued by finishing the exhaust. This tubing for wastegate took way too long to make. I was very limited by space, so that's best I could fit there.


Fortunately the downpipe was easy to make. The tube for wastegate is missing flex-piece.


Welds are very poor looking because I didn't realize to clean up the areas before welding. But hopefully those will do the job.

I also finished the rest of the exhaust.


Some heat wrap.


I will change the plastic zip-ties for metal ones when I find some.

[MrJack]

Love everything!

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[Pazi88]

Thanks for the comments!

I made some room for the exhaust manifold, so it wont hit anything when engine moves.


Then some work with engine wiring harness. Starting point is the harness which came with the engine. its from right hand drive e36 328 automatic. In this pic I have already removed the wiring for transmission.


Edited the loom for coils so that all wires are hidden.


Swapped the e36 connector to e30 one.


I only needed to add wire for fuel pump in the chassis side. (because the thing had carburetor originally.)


Ready!


All the stuff that I got rid of.


I got most of the stuff done for the engine. I only need to do the exhaust side.