Project - 320 TSi

messenjah · Post by **messenjah** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:09 pm

up to anything later dudes and dudette ?

Pho21_girl · Post by **Pho21_girl** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:17 pm

Lol dudette, I like it...Nothing planned so far as I'm aware, why, you coming round? Or have something interesting in mind?

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:54 pm

andrew come round mine tonight, we doing a suspension change on surfers car and i got a supercharger to play with now

oh yeah another quick update today
got £1300 odd supercharger from work,

should bolt on nicely. and it came for free

In the words of ben

"FFFRRREEEEEEE BBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSTTTT"

just ran my webbers through the parts washer here at work aswell so they nice n clean n sparkly ready for re fitting back to my engine for RTTS prior to project boost

Pho21_girl · Post by **Pho21_girl** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:10 pm

Wow, he's finally doing his suspension?! Tis about time, haven't seen his car in aaages!
Does that mean we can do mine too soon now?

Thijsse · Post by **Thijsse** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:25 pm

E21meister wrote:

this is the inside, does anyone know why there is this strengthing bar on just onside? bmw after thought maybe???

I'm hoping you're kidding about not knowing what that bar is - that contains the fuel pipe from the tanks to the filler cap.
Hope you haven't tried to cut it off.
Gulp...

not really true, still wondering what its for

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:38 pm

it contains the vent tubes i think although i havent cut one open to find out

will cut the one in the 323i im getting to make sure

E21meister · Post by **E21meister** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:46 pm

Thijsse wrote: not really true, still wondering what its for

OK not quite true, It contains the breather pipe to the tank. Still wouldn't cut through it though as you might find yourself on the roof of your house in pretty quick order.

Link to article:
http://www.e21bmw.net/tech/breather/index.php

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:25 pm

where the hell is the expansion tank????? i never seen one o those before?

--ALPINA-- · Post by **--ALPINA--** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:41 pm

the expansion tank is small and if it gets blocked it will throw petrol out of the filler cap whilst driving, its located in the driverside rear quarter, you can put your hand there and feel it if your that kind of person.

J

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:09 pm

oh well i do like putting ym hands up dark holes and searching for wonderous things

--ALPINA-- · Post by **--ALPINA--** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:28 pm

austin25uk wrote:oh well i do like putting ym hands up dark holes and searching for wonderous things

i had doubts but it says it all..... watch this space!

J

340i · Post by **340i** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:38 pm

i pulled that pipe out of my car, and as far as i can remember (its a few years back), it had a breather hose in it (im running a custom tank, so dont need it anymore). it looks like it adds structural value to the car, but it doesnt. its held in with a couple of tack welds and some glue stuff. if you cut it through the middle, you can break it out with your bare hands (although, im quite strong... haha)

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:26 am

got the supercharger home last night but havent started the rebuild yet. need to wait till the end of the month so i can buy an engine stand and get my new engine up on that and start stripping it apart to make room for the charger so can start making the mounting plates. will update with pics as i go but the engine project may have to slow down a little as i prepare for run to the sun

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:40 pm

got some piccy updates

ohhhhhh der merc turbocharger box

one nicely packaged warrenty return supercharger

4 x 2 litre pistons with the tops cleaned up and shaved down 2mm to lower the compression a little. idealy i want turbo pistons to run more boost but will do the job for now

as i have 2 m10 block i may build 2 eventually and have 1 block which i put lotssssss more effort into

where is cheapest place to buy reusable head bolts (high tensile) for the m10

340i · Post by **340i** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:37 am

how big is that 'turbocharger'? hard to tell without something to compare it to. do you know what the model number is? m70/m90 etc?