I have now decided that its getting turbo'd after the Audi gets "finished". HX52 on the Audi leaves me with the H1C for the 530i.

I knew it wouldn't be long before this, lol. You know the exhaust pluming would suck for just a single H1C, wouldn't it be so much easier to have twin H1Cs! :woowoo:
I ...

dang it, now you've made me want to do one of my car. Too bad I already know its going to look like crap when I'm finished...

Nice reflections and shading on yours

Looking good, definitely a lot more organized than our last motor pull, lol

oooo Nice!

Can't wait to see it done. Good Luck!!!

I'm just not sure if I will be able to keep A/C with the turbo, I definitely want to try though. I almost bout a manifold gauge set and a vacuum pump from Harbor Freight a little while ago for like ~150. I'm running out of big things to buy for the turbo, so I'm quite interested in A/C. I just need ...

Wow good find on the head studs. Mine just came today and I spent about twice that :x . But ARP doesn't make them for my car so only a couple places sell modified mini cooper studs that fit.

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Yeah well definitely have to coordinate something. I should be home just about every weekend working on it till its done.

Thats two things I want to do to my car also. All my brake lines look old and who knows when the last time the fluid was changed. And my car could definitely use a suspension ...

Not much is new, still just been saving money and collecting parts, just ordered head studs today, which leaves intercooler/piping, exhaust manifold parts and small stuff, a LOT of small stuff, left. Though I have been waiting for my online class to end (The final is next week) so I can finally get ...

Wooo, sounds exciting!

makes me feel like I should be buying more stuff

Good luck with the build

Awesome, sounds like a plan.

Where are you getting your custom cnc'd flange from? I'm probably gonna need some custom cnc action (laser or plasma) on my manifold adapter thing when I make it.

loxxrider wrote:when the shit hits the fan :-)

Would you say this is a HUGE FAN

Cool, looks like things are starting to come together now.

I can't wait for a ride in it once its done! <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/003.gif" alt=":D" title="cheezin'" /><!-- s:D -->

I'm still slowly but surely collecting parts for mine. I plan on taking a week or so off near the end of ...

What time do you think you're going to be up there at? I think I'm leaving around 10 to get there at noon.

Oh yeah I went to see blue man group for mother's day in orlando. It was awesome!

Good luck with the a/c. looks like you're going to beat me to being able to drive with the windows up. I have ...

After messing with it last time with you, I think the problem could be in the R12-to-R134a low side adapter. I believe there is like three types of adapters. Some you have to remove the original schrader valve. Maybe that's the kind you have and why it won't take a charge.

Haha damn, thats crazy about the starter. Glad you checked the thread. I was going to call or send you a message or something to tell you about it all. You definitely need to update the thread here for your dads car with a few pics and also the one on E30tech so I can see what you've been up to ...

<!-- s:o --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/107.gif" alt=":o" title="omg" /><!-- s:o --> Wow, that sucks about the timing belt. Yeah it definitely wasn't that bad we looked at it earlier. I don't blame you at all for wanting to tow it (especially with AAA). Last week when I tried to make that final trip ...

I think this would be a good way for the bearings to mount (though i don't think these are spherical)

Hey at least you won't be the only one without a/c at the apartment (if i can take my car. in the middle of switching the tank now, i have to take a torch to some of the header nuts, they're seized up real good and would rather assume the shape of a circle when the socket gets near them. at least i ...

Looks like today didn't go to well for you. Maybe through some logs up of it if you can.

I had bad day with car too :(. My fuel problems got a lot worse. It turns out my fuel return line inside the tank is plugged. tried unclogging it but no luck, so i need a new tank. I hooked up a fuel pressure ...

Good to see your plugs made a difference. sucks you still have some backfire though. maybe kevin will know.

I don't guess you're still heading to tampa tomorrow?

I'm not sure, about that and here is my experience which is very limited. This last spring one of my cylinders wasn't firing because of bent intake valves and was just dumping raw fuel/Air into the exhaust. The O2 was reading rich like 10:1. Unknowing of that condition we tried all we could do to ...

From what I understand, a misfire, backfire, or anything else that sends unburnt fuel and air through the exhaust can cause a false lean reading. The unburnt air causes a higher oxygen content in the exhaust which the O2 sensor picks up. Even though the air and fuel may still be in the perfect ratio ...

I hear what your saying. hopefully you can take that out in the tune. sounds like your timing is too retarded at that spot maybe. it will be awesome once you get your tom tune on it. you better do it before school starts. oh and i'm starting to look at suspension too :-D (mainly cause there is some ...

That's great to hear that you got VEMS figured out and working properly. Speaking of making an intake manifold, i'm really trying to look for a good reason why i shouldn't try to make one for my m20. sure, it will probably come out looking like crap and won't flow very well either, but it sounds ...

whos going to step up and get a mid - rear or / rear - rear
you dang front engine owners!!

Well we still have room for a forth roommate...

SWD - side wheel drive....just let that sink in for a moment....


Ah, my mistake. Almost every type. now that i think about it i have seen lots of go ...

WOW thats awesome! I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope that that fixes everything.

I just realized from your post that we will have every type of wheel drive in the apartment next year, fwd, awd, rwd. sweet.

that would be cool if you could get a rapid prototype of your brake adapter. this makes ...