Veh: 1984 BMW 318I.

Our goal with this project is to implement the now "true" 1.8 Litr E30, with the T04E Turbo charger, for engine management we will be using self tuned Mega Squirt2 micro controllers.

Difficulties we had faced regarding the E30, the very rare supply of after market parts for this vehicle, such as turbo headers and pullies. Recent access to CNC machines have really helped the project set sail. Reassuring that the finised product will be a one of a kind.

Currently we are waiting on the production of our headers, plans and design are complete except for minor changes which may be made in the near future. We hope our Symetrical Turbo Header design will not let us down, we are expecting to have that done within 2 weeks of this post. We are also expecting our Intake Manifold to be completed/purchased(undecided) soon (2-3 weeks). All forged parts; Pistons, Rods were custom made by JE.

Due to low but creeping budgets Buck (brain/owner) didnt just go out and buy anything he needed, insted he decided to at any means necessary but reasonable salvage anything he could from the original motor and put hours of labor into cleaning, bead blasting, and restoring parts.

We are taking this project one day at a time, we have been doing very good on progress, however we still have a lot of work to do, suspension, rims, tires are still to be decided. $$$ is whats holding us back.

The order of the photos in the Album below are not arranged in any specific order, however clear enough for you to see our steps in progress. ENJOY!
-Fatal Velocity

EDIT: Some of the Dates appearing on the photos below may not be correct. (Specifically the ones dated 2003)

http://photobucket.com/albums/v103/X23PO/E30/?start=0

 

New Photos, monifold pre-welding.

 

w00t for modesto

sweet e30

my buddy has an M5 motor ready to go in an e30m3 but we cant find one at a reasonable price

 

told ya we were good... Endulge! (sorry if I sound cocky but dont take it wrong, im very proud of the work and effort put into this project.)

http://buck.breality.com/modules/Gal...bum04/100_0841

http://buck.breality.com/modules/Gal...bum04/100_0842

http://buck.breality.com/modules/Gal...bum04/100_0843

 

Damn...nice manifold!

 

Helping you out here.

 

I tried, it confused me, good try though I appreaciate it.

 

i love to see somebody trying to put stupid amounts of power through an M10 and especially in an old bimmer. that has to be one of the most stout engines ever made by bmw. when i had my 320i, i'd rev it up to redline many, many times a day, and even with 333,000 on the clock, it ran beautifully.

also love the e30 you got for that project, great cars too

 

thats a big turbo.

how much whp are you planning on cranking out of this car when eveything is done?

 

Were are expecting 1 million whp....

No not really, we just dont know, time will tell my friend. I have seen relatively close setups pushing around 270whp, but nothing like this.

 

^^^I surely hope that you get more than 270 when all that's over.

 

Hey guy's, we have been really busy out here, sorry about the pic's being down, our server took a crap. The BMW is gonna be started by sunday. stay tuned.

 

Good luck man...I hope you're gonna treat us to tons of pictures! I'm really interested!

 

Def. will do. Glad to see someone is interested. I CANT WAIT!!!!

Oh yea, and for a bit of an update, this puppy is gonna sound mean! we got it 3"(Vrooom!!!!) all the way back and we got the txs RFL bov (PSSSSSHHHTTT!!!!)

Fuel rail, injectors(42pnds), throttle body, Intake Manifold is all complete.

For engine management we got the megasquirt running stable (for now we will fire up the car and break it in one step at a time starting with a base map)

I will keep you all updated, any questions let me know.
-John

 

sounds like you are going to have fun with this e30. im going to keep and eye on this. i loved my e30 but now i enjoy my e36m3 way more.