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Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack
Posted: 17 Nov 2015, 21:07
by Miuge
Thanks guys!
Lot's of foam and fiberglass stuff ahead... Made one little foam piece between the door and engine bay/wheel well, nice round edge for a better air flow, not to forget about the looks:
Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack
Posted: 23 Dec 2015, 10:44
by folkesonn
[quote="Miuge"]Drivetrain almost acquired, only need to find suitable output shafts and of course there's a little bit of fitting.
E60 M5 driveshaft compared to E30 320i driveshaft:
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How big is the length difference between those two?
They seem to be almost identical in length.
Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack
Posted: 23 Dec 2015, 14:05
by granen_
2005 e60 m5 smg 1526MM
2005 e60 m5 1557MM
1990 e30 320 sedan 1526MM
Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack
Posted: 01 Jan 2016, 23:44
by _TH_
Damn nice body work!!
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Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack
Posted: 07 Jan 2016, 16:06
by Miuge
I've been searching for a turbo lately and most likely I'll get the new
BorgWarner S369 SX-E, it has 69/91mm comp and 74/80mm turbine. Should I get the T4 divided 0.91A/R or 1.00A/R?
Engine is based on M30B35 which should be pushed near 8000rpm
Supercharger will be helping at the low rpm and probably there would be no major difference in turbo spool between the turbine housings..
Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack (turbocharger speculation)
Posted: 07 Feb 2016, 16:26
by Miuge
Recently I acquired 3D printer for rapid prototyping, one of the first test pieces was our designed BMW M10/M30 rocker arm. Got a few ideas how to utilize the printer with the E30
(click to view the video clip at facebook)
Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack (turbocharger speculation)
Posted: 13 Feb 2016, 11:47
by Miuge
Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack (turbocharger speculation)
Posted: 18 Feb 2016, 22:02
by Miuge
Earlier I inquired about S300 series turbochargers, but calculations proved there's no big enough turbine housings available, so... I had to look for something bigger. S467 would meet my requirements, but I wasn't sure if it would fit at all. Luckily I found one for testing, with 5" intake pipe:
This is a cast wheel unit with regular comp cover, I'll probably get the billet wheel unit with race cover:
Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack (turbocharger speculation)
Posted: 18 Feb 2016, 23:49
by TreLingon
Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack (turbocharger speculation)
Posted: 21 Feb 2016, 13:26
by Miuge
Yesterday I spent a couple of moments looking and turning the turbo in different positions, tried different steel bends and ended up doing two collectors. The manifold will be equal length 6-2 type, I still need to make a turbo flange and get few more bigger diameter bends. But here's a start:
Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack (turbocharger speculation)
Posted: 24 Feb 2016, 23:02
by Miuge
At some point I thought I will never manage to make an equal length manifold, but after few hours things were on the bright side.
Primaries are 42mm pipe which connect to a 3-1 collector, after that there's a short 51mm pipe/transition piece to the turbo flange, all pipes are equal length.
This is the sight at the end of the day:
Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack (turbocharger speculation)
Posted: 22 Mar 2016, 21:15
by Miuge
Back to bodywork stuff:
Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack (turbocharger speculation)
Posted: 22 Mar 2016, 22:21
by _TH_
WOW...
Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack (exhaust manifold and aero)
Posted: 25 Mar 2016, 11:20
by Miuge
Wondering if it's a good or bad WOW
Turbo manifold welded together, still need to get a wastegate and make it's piping:
Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack (exhaust manifold and aero)
Posted: 26 Mar 2016, 22:00
by _TH_
It is a gooood WOW... Im very impressed and inspired
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Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack (exhaust manifold and aero)
Posted: 05 Apr 2016, 21:42
by Miuge
Well that's goood
Wastegate arrived quickly, also got few stickers:
Then I started to make wastegate piping, need to make a mild steel flange though, I don't like to mix it to stainless steel:
Re: BMW E30 Street/TimeAttack (exhaust manifold and aero)
Posted: 07 Apr 2016, 21:37
by Miuge
Story continues:
Divided all the way to valve, with sophisticated testing (by blowing air into primaries) the flow seems to find its path well towards the wastegate: