the saga of my own personal hell shall continue

[whatt18yahoo]

For those of you that don’t know me I have an e34 with an m20 engine
The mission
Build an m20 as if it were a racing engine
Reduce parasitic drag as much as possible
Engineer and Fabricate as many parts as possible
See what an m20 can do
Have fun

What’s been done thus far?


Suspension

Aluminum lower control arms with HD rubber bushings
New upper control arms with urethane bushings
New tie rods
Urethane dust boots urethane sway bar bushings
UUC red Urethane transmission mounts
H&R springs
Koni yellow shocks and struts
New shock mounts
New strut mounts
New bump stops
Aluminum adjustable sway bar links
Billet aluminum stress bar


Aesthetic stuff

2 tone leather interior
Wood grain trim
PA system (amplified) 300 watts RMS
2 12” kicker comps in custom built box with 1000 watt RMS amp
Dual battery setup using 2 duralast gold 65-dlg batteries (1000 cranking amps 850 cold each)
Interior trunk remote battery terminal
Interior trunk rear battery kill switch
E39 5 series mirrors
E39 ambient lighting (on fader switch)
JVC head unit


Engine

I motor 2.7 stroker 7.0:1 compression using e crank e rods I pistons I head
Ported head with 3 angle valve job
E main bearings (they’re actually better than I because they have a 360 degree oil groove)
Walbro 255 inline fuel pump (kept stock pump as well)
Free flow catback exhaust
Spec Racing stage 1 friction disc
Locked fan clutch


Things that are in progress now (or sitting in my bedroom waiting to go on the car)

-6an aeromotive rrfpr
Multi throttle intake that I will refer to as MTI – made from Suzuki GSXR1000 throttle bodies and an old m20 intake manifold
T3t4 hybrid .70ar turbo
Stupid huge intercooler 27”x19”x3”
Oil filter relocation kit
Stupid huge oil cooler 10”x6”x2”
Megasquirt DIYPNP with 4 bar map daddy, and boost control solenoid
Spec Racing Stage 5 racing clutch
Innovate lc-1 wideband
Autometer kobalt boost gauge
Autometer kobalt oil pressure gauge
Misc other turbo parts
Line locks
Needle bearing-roller tipped rocker arms with elephant foot adjustment
36lb accel injectors
Tial waste gate
HKS sequential blow off valve
3 inch v-band exhaust with a 3 inch magnaflow cat
s54 coils

Future build
Beginning January of 2011

3.2 stroker
Complete racing head
Arp main and head studs
Aeromotive a-1000 fuel pump in a sump with -10 feed and return
E85
Race coated (DLC) bearings
Nuke performance fuel rail -10 an
EMP electronic water pump (will replace the mechanical pump)
7 stage Peterson fluid dry sump oil system
Electric motor to drive the power steering pump
Convert engine to chain drive or utilize a Kevlar timing belt from a Toyota supra
Custom timing cover
Water pump and oil pump block off plates
gs6-37bz transmission
Lightweight flywheel and clutch assembly
Twin borg warner .56 ar turbos twin 3 inch exhausts
Other misc upgrades to support the build etc

I know I’m crazy you don’t need to tell me.
I know that I could make way more power with an engine swap but I don’t care
I know this will be expensive thanks for letting me know.

I will post pics of new progress but I recommend that you look up my thread on r3vlimited or just look at the photos on photobucket.

Have fun and I look forward to hearing from you.

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i installed the walbro 255 and the aeromotive a-1000 fuel pressure regulator. This is a huge difference in throttle response and i'd like to say power, i'll have to put it on the dyno to confirm that statement though.

The MTI is complete, i'm just waiting to put it on the car until i sort out the throttle linkage setup.

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yesterday i spent some time running wires for my gauges, as i realized that there simply isn't a lot of room on the a-pillar to have multiple wire leads, i spent time re-running wires for multiple connections.

today i installed my wideband 02 sensor and in the process lost (misplaced) the terminator plug. therefore my (stock motronic) ecu is receiving a wideband signal as opposed to the necessary narrowband signal.

having installed the wideband i went for a drive and the gauge read rich 7.4 and flashing (super rich-like error rich i'd guess it was actually 3.5-4.5 afr) it was so rich in fact that when i burped the throttle 1/4 it actually poured a stream 4 feet behind the car of fuel.

after letting it run for about 15 minutes i went for a drive and it actually seamed to be ok-ish it read about 10.8-14.7 unless i went over 4500 at which point it'd go back to 7.4

tomorrow i'm going to radioshack and buying a terminator plug and will recalibrate the unit and attempt some datalogging just to see how she's doing.


i'm waiting on a few missing things from DIYautotune.com so i can get my ecu up and running. but assuming i get the few missing parts and correct the few issues my ecu will be on the car this week.

sorry i haven't posted pics as of yet so here's a few.



this is a pic of my dirty engine bay but you can see my adjustable fuel pressure regulator and the stainless line


multi-throttle intake MTI


another view of the MTI the small pipe sticking out of the side is for the blow off valve that is not yet installed

my natalie


back when the engine bay was clean


anything red is urethane anything silver is aluminum and it's all adjustable


my ECU


i did all the 2tone leather and the woodgrain



yes there are 2 batteries in this car wired in parallel a pair of duralast 65-dlg's that = 2000 cranking amps 1700 cold cranking amps

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my subs



hope to hear from some of you folks.

the next project will be getting the new ecu into the car then the MTI (hopefully- the only thing i need in order to get it on the car is to get the linkage relationship figured out and then it should be ready to go on the car)
after that i'll be getting the remote oil system onto the car including my oil pressure gauge - course when i start doing the next gauge i'll be wiring up and running all necessary lines for the other gauges.

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so...

i finally got the wideband working right-ish the car goes nuts over 4500 rpms and then goes lean or the wideband just starts flashing a code 8 error. it annoys me to no end that i can't figure out what the exact problem is. i think it's my stupid low compression.


in any case i went to plug the megasquirt into the car and the main relays start buzzing and going nuts. WITH KEY OUT OF THE CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!. i am so pissed off. i spent the last few days on ALLDATA crossreferencing the e30 and e34 ecu's to see if there are any differences, and i'm not finding any signifigant differences. anyone have any suggestions?

[MON5TAR]

this is pretty awesome!

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thanks to ben @ diyautotune the ecu is fixed properly


natalie took her first breaths today on her new megasquirt ecu. had a few kinks and i figured them out as soon as i got home. will do more tuning tomorrow. and make her light up tomorrow.

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natalie took her first running steps with her new brain.

meaning she got her megasquirt installed. and then i deleted the afm tomorrow i'm deleting the idle air control valve. and more than likely relocating the battery to the driver side of the car.

the most notable gain with the megasquirt is the throttle response. and it doesn't even have a throttle position sensor it still has the throttle position switch.

aside from the throttle response she now sees a full 7000 rpm - which is a truly majestic sound if you've never heard it before.

and lastly she starts up in just 2 or 3 crank rotations as opposed to the normaal 10-15.

like i said IT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!

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YouTube - bmw 527 megasquirt

check this video out

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finally got natalie dialed in she's running very smooth acrossed the board. i have had a few minor setbacks (miscalibrated map sensor, bad coolant temp, and badly located IAT sensor) but now i can say she's pretty well dialed in and running smoothly.

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so travis and i got together thursday night and put the line locks on the car. we finished them up friday morning and now i can do some seriously huge burnouts without killing rotors or clutch. the process was suprisingly simple albeit time consuming it was however easy. the heat here in indiana was unreal but at least now i have line locks. i did however realize i'm going to have to relocate the momentary pushbutton if i want to shift into second gear while burning out. but that'll be for another time, if i ever do it.

pics and video to come soon

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indiana weather sucks. i've been wanting to post pics/ vids of my engine bay/ linelocks / burnout but the weather here is not cooperating, (thunderstorms) as soon as i get a break in the weather i'll post something. sorry for the delay

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natalie lives on e85 now, changing the injectors was a simple matter of pulling the valve cover off and then wiggling the injectors out. she moves pretty quick and i'm averaging 23 city 27-28 highway, concidering this is a 7.0:1 compression engine i find that pretty awesome.

i also did a burnnout this past weekend with the linelocks sorry no vids or pics, the weather's been terrible or i don't have my camera with me when it's not. but i will get them up soon.

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honestly i am pissed. i am disappointed. i am tired, i am exhausted. this intake that i made works - sortof. i have a vaccume leak on cylinder 1 that is rediculous. tomorrow i will attempt to fix it but it's bad. very very bad. whats more is that i managed to not take into account the length of the cruise control throttle cable so until i relocate it i won't have cruise control. furthermore the throttle linkage bumps into the coolant lines and the wiring harness making my life even more complicated and, cylinder one is to close to the thermostat housing. and beyond all of this i had an issue with the crankcase oil return tube not engaging so i poured oil all over the engine and have smoke galore.

heres a link to my youtube account i have many new videos and you should watch them all

YouTube - whatt18yahoo's Channel

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so i figured i should deliver some pics as promised albeit late but here they are.


















oh and natalie turned a new leaf

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heres a close up of that

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the intake is not on the car anymore as i've already said but i felt the need to post pics of what it looks like. it is sexy. the thermostat housing requires modification and the throttle position sensor requires modification but it works.

the reason it's not on the car is the problem with the vaccume on cylinder 1 once i fix that all should be well

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so i've been busy with miscelanious stuff i call life, you know work, school, breaking stuff, etc...

so heres the deal, a few weeks ago i went to the track for street legal night i fried the coil and ignition rotor in one shot on my third run, so naturally i fixed the problem the best way i know how, OVERKILL

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yes i deleted the fan clutch
yes i relocated the battery to the trunk
yes the wiring is a giant mess
no i don't care for your negativity
and yes that is my intercooler mounted
the turbo will be on the car soon enough