Matty104s E30 325

[Matty104 0]

Yea finally decided to stop the talk and just do it haha ,

[kerry 10]

you dont need the oil cooler mat, yes it will help but you dont NEED it

[SIR E30 68]

Yea finally decided to stop the talk and just do it haha ,

QFT.. thats how it should be!

[_BRS_ 199]

^ sorry il shut up

[Matty104 0]

you dont need the oil cooler mat, yes it will help but you dont NEED it

Would it make sense to say i should keep it because i have the sumpguard, meaning there is less airflow over the sump?

I would like to loose it

[kerry 10]

yea it makes sense to keep it but im sure if you run a quality oil you can lower operating temperatures without doing harm.

[Mattzy 0]

IMO I would endevour to keep it. Swap the line fittings for AN, get longer lines and mount it above the intercooler. Or do what most people do when installing aftermarket ones, make a few brackets and mount it behind one of the brake ducts.

Best way to do stuff like this is to make it out of cardboard and mock it up before commiting to anything.

But as mentioned before, personally I'd try and keep it.

[Matty104 0]

Ok so ill try keep the cooler, found a bit more room so may not even have to move it.

An important package came today

Dodgy wireing anyone?

Heres that room i found, will cut along the white lines tomorrow and open it right up

So while the E30 is chilling like this

I have to drive this.$400 worth of duel carb power

Also im unsere if i wired up the eletric fan right.

I tapped straight into the ac fan wires, and it runs when i push the ac switch, but will not run when the car gets hot ( let it get to 3/4 temp before switching it on manually)

From what i read around the net the ac fan will turn on if it gets too hot, is this correct?

Matt

Edited April 30, 2010 by Matty104

[e30ftw 395]

What sort of charger?

Are you mounting it where the A/C would be, With a V belt?

[_ethrty-Andy_ 2122]

looks like you have decided to keep it anyway, but removing the oil cooler is a piece of cake if you are still interested in doing that. you just need a lug out of the side of a non cooler M20 and screw that into the side of the block where the cooler housing thing attaches, and then attach a new filter to that. 10 minute job tops (excluding draining/refilling oil)

[Matty104 0]

it's just an sc14 off a previa, im only going to run about 6psi .

And yes mounting it where the ac was with a v-belt, going to be tricky with the headers blocking alot of the room off

I've given up on the idea of mounting it myself because ill never get it right without a hoist (and my home welder is screwed) so will be getting the mount made up and tacked and ill do all the welding at work to save a bit of money.

[mark247 38]

Better be finished on Sunday for when I get home

[antil33t 90]

Good stuff! +1 on keeping the cooler, especially now that you're going to be putting extra strain on the engine.

Lots of pictures please? would like to see one installed ;D

[Nobimmer 694]

Looks cool mate, post pics...heaps of pics.

[antony 0]

Sweet project, have done alot of research on it myself.

Do you think you could make templates of any brackets you make?

[oscar90 0]

Good idea ^^

Will be good to watch this, Bravo's thread was a good watch just as the swap

[Matty104 0]

Yeah i probly will make a copy of the mounting plate and make them to order possibly.

and if i get real into it i may make a kit up ( mounts and piping ) to suit e30's

[Matty104 0]

Heres some more pictures from yesterdays work.

Cut the front valance alot more than i originally anticipated,

Cut a hole for the intercooler piping on the passenger side, ( put a pipe in there for cold air fot the time being)

bent the corners of the radiator support in to accomidate piping

Now you can see how much more room i have

Had to put everything back togeather because i need the car next weekend, but the week after that she will be going in for a warrent and mounting.

All my intercooler piping will be tucked away as much as possible (aswell as intercooler) so it can't be seen.

But i will still be powerdercoating it this colour

Edited May 1, 2010 by Matty104

[Forrest 35]

Our front valances look similar , looking good Matt, love the purple.

[Matty104 0]

Finally have my car back after 5 weeks (spent all that time there and they hav only just organised spinning up a pully)

So this weekends job is do some work on the e30 and do some paperwork to finish off my apprentiship.

Here we have some components i have been collecting

Two of the 4 brackets to mount the intercooler

intake with Blow off valve,( only cable tied there at the moment as i havn't organised any joiners) have a outlet for icv in there and still need to do the brake booster valve.

Intercooler mounted

Clearence between fan and cooler is minimal (had to bend up some bits of ali to stop the cooler from moving and touching it.

Half of the piping, (just tacked togeather untill next week then ill take it to work and purge it so shes all smooth on the inside)

Not much clearence between the bonnet and BOV

managed to move the oil cooler down 25mm and massaged the lines so it all fits mint

Next came fitting the bumper again to measure how much i had to cut to get it back on. So I slid it on and "WALA" it fitted without any cutting, (i hadnt measured anything when mounting as i was just going to cut the kit to suit.) So with that putting me in a good mood i treated myself to a few pies

Next on the list is wire the fan.

Extend the afm plug wiring.

Mount the powersteering tank down lower.

Relocate the fuel relay box

Edited June 12, 2010 by Matty104

[e30ftw 395]

Good stuff man been curious to see where you were at with it.

Is the supercharger mounted to the engine now?

[Matty104 0]

Na man, im pissed off because it sat there for 5 weeks and they did nothing to it, told him i wanted it mounted by the 17th but thats not going to happen now, never mind though, ill just do all the other bits that need doing now rather that after.

[kerry 10]

man you work rather fast matt, looks good bro

[Matty104 0]

Cheers, Yeah it help when you Fabricate stuff all day at work, you can kinda see weather its going to work first time, so far i dont think ive made something for it that hasnt worked haha

[Matty104 0]