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Looking for the e30 1984 -1985 318i alternator brackets - both Also still looking for for a set of IE 22mm sway bars

Perfect It's a much earlier ramp up than I would have thought I'll start here as you have suggested and adjust from there. I failed to mention that the cam will be a 276 duration with a little extra lift that's not far off the stock cam , so perhaps all the more reason for plenty of early advance Thanks

After a lot of reading here on the subject of ignition curves, Here is the message I'm getting Build a mechanical curve a lot like a Tii curve but a little more conservative that advances quickly up to about 35 to 38 degrees at 3,500 rpm and flat from there with a progressive retard of 0 to 13 degrees starting at 100 KPa and maxing at 156 KPa Under full boost the maximum advance should not exceed 25 degrees This is for a motor with 8.3 to 1 compression Can anyone confirm this plan ?

Okay I've decider to weld a bung on the front of the oil pan It seems like the best alternative Solved Re the ignition curve, I just need a baseline that I can adapt to an 8.3 to1 compression using California 91 octane with up to 10% ethanol The curve will be controlled by the Haltech to be a variable retard depending on the amount of boost A pretty common or even conservative mechanical advance cure can be tuned but where and when does the boost retard kick in ?

Hello to all, Why am I here in the Turbo discussion ? Well because I jumped in to the deep end of the pool and decided to build a turbo project with no experience in fuel injection, turbo chargers or electronic controllers The basic build will be around a BMW b130 M10 marine engine that is factory new . It was sourced from a boat project that stalled out in the late 1980's and has been sitting ever since Compression ratio is 8.3 to 1 with flat top pistons so it should be a good candidate for a turbo The plan is to use L Jetronic fuel injection and a small turbo with 8lbs. of boost all controlled by a Haltech ecu It will have a trigger wheel for ignition and some sort of simple signaling device in place of the distributor to act like a cam sensor so that fuel can be sequential rather that batch Somewhere I've seen the ignition curve for the turbo and which had a fairly normal advance curve with 10 degrees of retard under boost Does anyone have the curve to share ? It will help tune the Haltech The other thing I'm looking for is info on the turbo oil return line I know the original was returned to a tap in the front of the oil pan but I think I would prefer a tap in the front timing chair cover Somewhere in my search I saw a write up of where to place the tap but cant find it now, Anyone have info and or experience with a return to the front cover ? Thanks in advance for your help

Thanks to all As usual FAQ is unbelievable after many searches about this topic I just couldn’t find the specific details Now it’s there and should be able to be found in a search Lets kelp moving forward collectively

That's novel I've had the spring button option before and it worked fine

So I need to update a 320i sport steering wheel to install on a 69 2002 project Want to add the small spring loaded contact button to the wheel to make contact with the ground ring on the steering column can I just use the button from the bus wheel ?

At 30 minuets left on the auction the car was at about $ 17,000 so I stopped watching When it closed at $35 000 plus It was unbelievable Cleary an anomaly I doubt there was a chorus or people exclaiming that the car was "Well Bought" The seller had to be giddy, while the buyer well ---who knows trying to say something kind is difficult. As we often hear sometimes the selling price just depends on who is in the room If you go to BAT and look at all the recent 2002 sales you can clearly see this one sold for way above the norm especially for it's shortcomings. This sale is NOT setting a new benchmark for prices It's a case of the seller being lucky

That is Carl Didn't know he was into full length fur too

Check parts for sale pretty good looking set offered just now

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Yes the corner described by John76 is for a Square tail Megasquart I have one in my boxes of parts I think you must be trying to seal up the nose for better forced airflow thru something Yes ?

Plus one on all of Mike Self's suggestions I did them all on one car and in the end the gauge was faulty and unreliable. It's very uncomfortable to see that needle hitting Red all of a sudden even when you know the car is not overheating Try swapping out the gauge and see if it behaves the same way. For me the needle went down to 3:00 O'clock max Plop Plop Fizz Fizz What a relief it is

Skip I used Aardvark adapters and I'm 6'4'' They still sit lower than stock seats Give Dave a call he has everything you need including the bottom straps

Are you looking for the stock wheels for an e30 ?

It’ll buff out

Ha Ha Ha Well never did have to run the AC in Cardiff but drove it inland where temps exceeded 100 in places like Escondido and Ontario and it worked fine