Boosted E30 325i Thread

[JayDrft]

Hey Rhett.....

Does it really need brakes for a dyno....:fencelook:

LOL, Yeah, as long as the motor is purring, pay attention to the detail....

I hope its done soon though....so crack the whip bud...Crack it!!!!!:thumbs:

Will be eagerly awaiting confirmation when this monster sees the rollers!!!

Keep us updated!

 

[Nikhil]

its taken you this long! no harm in another weeks wait to fix it properly :thumbs:

 

[rhett325]

Thanks gents.

I feel like when the car has an issue it disappoints like 50 people because so many people have supported this build with passion!

Thank you guys, you are gentleman and sirs...

except u Nikhil, you are a chop!:roflol:

:fencelook:
Nikhil has offered to build a custom sound instal for my car with my current components! Thank youB:ty:

 

[Theo333]

For now..

the only sound we wanna hear is that fiery exhaust notes
and the Dumpers..Pshhhh :rollsmile:

 

[Nikhil]

Thanks gents.

I feel like when the car has an issue it disappoints like 50 people because so many people have supported this build with passion!

Thank you guys, you are gentleman and sirs...

except u Nikhil, you are a chop!:roflol:

:fencelook:
Nikhil has offered to build a custom sound instal for my car with my current components! Thank youB:ty:

Anytime dude :thumbs:

 

[rhett325]

First little drive around the block!

We are doing dyno next week Tuesday!!

 

[Nikhil]

:joy:

 

[JayDrft]

Nice one!!!!!:thumbs:

 

[UpNcOmiNg!]

The absolute EPICness of that little vid! :thumbs:

Awesome stuff Rhett!

 

[rhett325]

DYNO!! Tomorrow at 9am.

I will update this thread with pictures and hopefully with the help of SDP a video or two.

Hold thumbs that she safely cracks the 300whp mark!!:inlove:

 

[rhett325]

Well dyno didn't go well. A coil died so the car had a bad misfire and then the big shit hit. The turbo oil feed that was tested and pumping oil got obstructed. No one knows how or why but even with the fitting taken off the block no oil comes out. Extremely strange.

So she didn't get dyno'd in the end and was towed home. The car didn't run very long without oil so we are hoping she isn't in too bad a way. We are going to blank the tapped block and just use the usual T piece in the oil switch.

Freak occurrence but hey, this car has given us some freak problems!!!:nonono:

 

[Crash_Nemesis]

:argh: I couldn't believe it. The car sounded so good this morning. Very strange Rhett. Sorry man.

 

[Peter@AEW]

Sorry to hear Rhett however as with all mods sometimes inexplicable things happen which defy both logic and reason.

Hope no damage and running soon.

 

[S50B32turbo]

I'm sure guys will hit that 300 whp mark, these 6's love boost:rollsmile:

 

[Andy1GP]

That sucks balls man. Such a terrible feeling after so much work. Also hoping the damage is minor and that you can get her running with minimal troubles.

 

[rhett325]

Update!

She is home for the holiday's. Picked her up from Shaun last weekend and drove her home and she didn't miss a beat. She sounds truly demonic, splutters bangs whistles and the. The familiar tssssss.

I have plenty work to do on the car itself, she is a tired old lady, windows don't work, she needs a good polish, interior must be done etc etc. All in good time.

A huge thanks must go out first to Shaun at LEVEL7. I dropped off a rubbish e30, told him I had a shoestring budget and then supplied mostly 2nd hand parts and he still managed to build me a gorgeous e30 turbo.

Then to SDP, Ivan2terrible, Lano325, weener69, jits and many more forumites that have offered me advice, tech support and dealt with my 1 million questions (SDP in particular), THANK YOU!

Merry Christmas all and thank you for following my build in 2013!

 

[rhett325]

Update:

Things are going well with the ol e30, done about 250kms with it thus far of run in mileage.

Had a few scares with her, throttle jammed wide open while driving found it to be a tiny burr inside the TB near the butterfly. Crazy how small a buff can jam the throttle, tiny tolerances.

Car also sprung an oil leak about a week after I got her back and then the oil light came on. As Jeremy Clarkson would say "poo came out":roflol:.

Turned out to be a out the box failure of the oil pressure switch, it was leaking oil out the inside of the switch and the oil had caused the switch to earth and put the oil light on- I almost cried with joy when I replaced it and the light went off!

She sounds like a total and complete demon! When the waste gate opens down the screamer pipe people on the roadside actually cower away, pretty funny.

She battles to start when hot and lately at all but that is purely a tune issue, she should see dyno late this month!

PS- have done 248kms and ran out of fuel this afternoon, I out R900 fuel in. Let that sink in a little! And this is run in rpm- under 4000rpm.

 

[Kimeran]

Hahaha all part of owning an E30 bru :roflol:
We look forward to seeing that power figure once the running in is over :thumbs:

 

[JayDrft]

Hey Rhett,

Great to hear that its breathing fire again.....

The fuel.....well, its probably overfuelling a bit...but it will be worth the fuel you pump thru her!!!! For sure!!!!!

Keep us updated!!!

 

[Nikhil]

I went for a spin in this car a weekend ago! It feels insane, never had so much fun in an E30 before! Can’t wait till she’s tuned. :thumbs:raise::rollsmile: