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just a rebuilt factory 323i beating V8 and JZ soarers and wrx's? am I missing something? ... you sure they were trying? Welcome BTW, good to see another chch member, hopefully there will be a meet soon, be good see new faces and new cars...

i want some glow in the dark rims now!!!!! Ballin'

Ashkan is actually Serious, quietly I kid I kid!

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I paid $1k for my E34 M50B25 125kms, loom, ecu, brand new E28 motormounts, and Smaller Brake Booster to let the M50 fit, and shipped to my door, from Auckland Dunno if thats the going rate or what, may give you an idea though

Kerry @ mosens has some aftermarket ones, PM "kerry"

Just Storeman at a Fruit and veg wholesaler place that supply certain things to foodstuffs and progressive enterpirses, at the moment, enjoy it, dont get up and wish i didnt have to go for work, so wont be moving for awhile haha If it wernt for BMW's i'd be in the property game by now I reckon haha

shocks or springs im pressuming?

So if I just left the motor uncracked ie NOT do head studs or head gasket, and got it a good professional tune from the likes of spec performance or NZEFi, it should run fine? or am I still gonna run high chances of wrecking something quickly? head gasket or something What Turbo would you suggest Crunchy, if i was a customer of yours? you seem to know ALOT from what your saying here and what you've said in other threads, so your opinion would begood. Just want good response and definitley don't want it to choke towards the red line, and i'm not chasing big power like Luke was with E30WPN haha my budgets not that big, just want something a little turbo powered fun haha

Holy sh*t Crunchy youll have to keep a thread in the project section updated! that sounds awesome, Gaz..thanks for naming those books! After the few replies in here it looks like it's gonna be a slower build than anticipated, need to do abit more than i thought and dont wanna be blowing every pay on parts haha, lowering the compression, with a metal headgasket or the likes, seems to be the safe way to go, so should really do the ARP head studs... Will just go t3t4 at this stage(mind will change many times no doubt like with many things on this project), can always change it once it's running, they seem like a ok priced turbo, even better priced if you buy a trademe special haha Local tuners down here seem to prefer Link, so will eventually buy a older Link i guess, Dont need all the flash latest Link, the older ones were the sh*t when they were released so will be fine, plus they all carry the same sounding angry link limiter...but thats not important haha Motors a Non Vanos so thats one less thing to worry about Thanks For all the helpful info so far boys!

OT Pic 1 OMFG epic rake! haha Best of luck with sale, tech I and fresh paint, deserves to be pampered!

Yeah trying to avoid aftermarket ECU , was hoping a piggyback thing would be a easy solution. ECU will be getting a remap at the very least, it will have something done... Dont wanna spend money then f**k it all. I Have a autosparky mate so may buy a older version Link and sort a cashie to get wired in... just means more $$ for tuning, but will get a better result at the end of the day , just wanted to know if factory untouched it would run it Sounding good on the fuel pump side of things then! also injectors Waterlines have just been mentioned by a friend thru a quick chat on the phone, one less thing to worry about/figure out if I dont need it. It's the sort of little things I was hoping you guys would mention about Basicly Aiming to not open the motor really, my mechanical skills are basic in comparison to what i'm hoping to achieve haha and I Don't wanna drop the compression heaps, that means more likely to want to run more boost, turns into a on going cycle and money pit from what i've seen, haha throwing myself in the deep end really. was planning sort of a "+T" job in mind except no RB's here lol, Don't wanna get carried away and outta control, Whats a safe sort of boost level to run on a stock compression M50 anyone? I'm thinking/guessing 8psi may be reaching the Limit Back to trawling and trademe browsing haha

So after getting a M50b25...then Linden taking me out in [E30WPN] it has come to one thing, Boosted M50 Am currently researching M50 E30 swaps, and have decided to take my time and turbo it. Aiming for 8psi Max, without a Link or megasquirt etc preferably. Hoping a air/fuel controller will work, not chasing huge power, just fun (semi reliable ) power and another learning experience. I want responsive power, so hitting boost by 3000RPM or whatever a factory 2.5 turbo begins to boost is the goal, don't want a VTEC sort of set up where you wait forever then get a brief bit of pick up lol, so will be going for something like RB25DET specs turbo wise I supose, next thing to look into!, I have made a huge list but will narrow it down to the basics that have me wondering ATM, i'm Begining to sift thru lots of internet sh*t, but know we have a few members who are onto it with forced induction. Manifold Turbo Oil lines and fittings, possibly water line Intercooler and piping B.O.V Wastegate (if turbo doesnt have internal wastegate) New clutch and flywheel Boost controller Now for some questions as I havent looked into fueling (along with much more) at the moment, Car is a '86 E30 325i, and I have a E34 M50b25 motor 1) Is the E34 M50 factory ECU gonna run Boost? 2) Will the E30 2.5 fuel pump be able to keep up the flow for upto 8-ish PSI? (doubting it, replacement options?) 3) Will factory M50b25 injectors cope? (suspect they won't) 3a) What injectors will plug in and work? 3b) Are M50 "high" or "low" impedence injectors? 4) Fuel pressure, I see abit about rising rate fuel pressure regulator, What's the Deal? really need to do my homework on fueling things 5) Will a SAFC or similar talk to BMW stuff and do it's job? 6) Oil Feed, where do you get it from, is it usually tapped into the M50's oil filter housing or something? 7) Oil Drain, is there any disadvantage/advantage to having it draining to the sump plug or should it be tapped into the very top of the sump pan or somewhere else? Ben has a kit For Sale atm which im looking at with oil drain set up to goto sump plug ( http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....showtopic=30359 ) Has anyone got some good detailed links to M50 turbo Builds? Also Theres a good book written by some guy about the basics of turbo's etc, what is it?! It's ment to be really good and a little help/understanding wouldnt go astray my way haha Cheers heaps Andrew

fully wired diesel glow plug timer, hahahahah epic! maybe someone was building a time machine?!

interested mate, could you text me when you update with pics (have limited internet currently), am doing m50 E30 swap soon and want to turbo .... unsure if manifold will fit in a E30 though... will be in touch with some questions re measurements of manifold hopefully! edit: 027 465 2223

... read of any probs or fault/improvements to be made Jase? the more you post about these things the more im sure the 540i needs one....

that Green M3 is Atta (crazy arabs) old one. It will be absolutely mint unless the new owners have let it slip

"Europa PAL" i get like 7 channels with great reception. Jochen told me to use it, and hes the guru with the units in E39 etcs

^^ Photos please...

Thread direction is more interesting then original post really haha

^^ exactly, Lindens old Mt2 was a auto 318, factory as far as i know They're pencil pushers not car buffs,

looks the biz

MT2 is factory bmw part as far as I see, not like a aftermarket modification...just say it was purchased with the kit on it... tell them to pay up...if the time ever came

Actually LOL'd, lined out all the turf accurately in one post

atleast it looks tidy, best of luck! E30's are love hate for sure, we all know how you feel at some stage or another