E39 V8 Big Power SC / Turbo DeadPool Tracker

[geargrinder]

OK this should be fun. Tracking declarations on big M62 builds and results.

Despite n00bz thinking we are all curmudgeon haters, I fully want to track actual successes as well as the dead-ends.

I am not going back historically for every single d-bag that's dropped out of the woods and then eventually disappeared over time but some of the big talkers or threads I remember I tried to google some old threads for and get down. In future I'll just make a note here and lets see what we get. Should help answer the constant n00bz0rz questions a bit and help them google for history..

My abitrary self-imposed rules (my thread, my rules):

1. I'm not gonna track everybody here who vaguely mentions a build idea or maybe working on something on the DL. Just those who come in all ballar and declare their awesome skills and intent to absolutely definitely do a V8 twin turbo in an E39 making 1200whp by 3 weeks from now cuz, umm, ballarracecarskillz.
2. Commercial kit based builds [edit] like my own not gonna really bother with unless somebody really goes over the top. Idea here is to capture the really big big fabricator declarations and celebrate success or track the dead-pool.
3. Not gonna track non-E39 builds (where the engine bay has room for turbos etc.) like the proven successful M60 turbo builds out of Europe
4. Not really gonna go all forensic on every old build, mostly current / future tracking. However I have tossed some of the ones that come to mind, last few years and/or infamous...
5. I get to award whatever smilie emojiis I like.

Owner	Build	Approx HP Target	Approx Declaration Date	Last Status Date	Latest Status	Comments
Ttrim540/Dirt11	Big centrifugal SC build, M62TU	600	2007	2011	Near-completed several times but issues, then sold.	Expensive extended S-show. Cool parts / prep invested. Multiple sub-builds that failed. 'Shop jumper' moved around the east coast. Made near target on dyno once, but engine issues remained. Sold car to Ballard.
BlueCrabMafia	GM roots SC build, M62 & TU	400-450	7/2013	3/2016	Assumed abandoned or on-hold	Some progress, lost team members & interest. Partial progress from this project supposedly floating around in MD.
Ballard540	Ttrim540/Dirt11 Car going to 11 w TSSC	900	12/2013	8/2018	Car listed for sale	Obtained car from above project. Actual things happened on the pre-built car. then went silent. Big money internal build details were last posts on project. Eric had been doing work on teh sex0rz fancy main bearing caps and dry sumping then project obviously mothballed. Incomplete, disassembled, non-running car listed for sale in 2018 for $19k
m5James	Custom adaptation of the euro eBay special kit	?	2013	?	Radio silence Assumed dead	Dropped full bux on eBay junk. Was straight up and posted pix of horrible kit. Struggled for refund, said intent was to use parts from crap eBay kit to make something that worked well. Appears mothballed.
mechdb	Arnage TT adaptation	350?	3/2014	3/2014	Radio silence Assumed dead	OP was self-proclaimed mega-ballar. Quickly clear the Arnage kit was zero.zero bolt up. Was then going to make his own custom setup. Then disappeared. An arnage kit appeared for sale some time ago... related?
Wisewendell	Rearmount Turbo 540	400	10/2014	9/2016	Completed, on 2nd variant of build	Actual things happened. Went through 2 builds & turbo options, dyno'd 475wtq at some point. Lost Cyl 8 and needed rebuild. Dailying happily at this time.
REKIII	'The impossible thread' Twin Turbo S62	1000+	11/2015	6/2018	Assumed on-hold or dead	Some actual things happened but then... womp womp... Chopped front framerails to fit turbos in 2014. Lots of $$ thrown at other sweet $$ gear, but car became roller immobile project for several years. Indicated various life distractions putting on hold. Deleted all his pix and apparently tried to get the entire thread on M5B deleted (prob because boldly bragging about how you were going to do the impossible but then didn't come anywhere near to doing the impossible makes you look foolish...) but forum would not allow the delete. So all pix of the cut frame rails etc. are gone.
toolman	M62TU Eaton SC	450?	10/2014	8/2016	Kit running mid-2015	Actual things happened. Tidy CNC bracket fab. Has made some kits FS to others semi-privately. No dyno?
kenny	Toolman kit w/ some mods	400?	5/2015	8/2016	Completed but lost first motor	Toolman kit not using the RRFPR. Made 360hp on dyno, lost the motor, working on round 2
philly98540	Uber-VF build to 16psi	500	2015?	9/2016	Completed and daily	Dynoing 475-500. Custom homebrew belt system, big injectors, TTFS tuning, W/M, big fuel pump/FPR
mpowered02	M62TU w/ Eaton TVS2900	?	11/2015	8/2016	Radio silence Assumed dead	Blower acquired but project on hold for job/business & life reasons.
wagons ho	GM Caddy SC M62TU	? 600 ?	4/2016	10/2018	Maybe testbed exists? Working on tune to go with?	blah blah blah year after year, lots of talk, no pictures, no witnesses...
BenzoNI	M62 Twin Turbo into a TR8	500	1/2016	8/2016?	?	Kinda doesn't count cuz it's not an E39. But still. TR8's are cool.
tptrsn	E39 M62 Single turbo front / top mount	?	11/2016	09/2017	Finished, drove the kids to school with turbo M62 power, hit the track, did all kinda stuff, then sold on to new owner who is dailying and roadtrippin' it	100% success, daily driven and drift-event tested. Has run successfully on both OE DME and then MS2, on pump and E. http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/sh...nt-Turbo-Build Sold to new owner in 2018...
MisterM52	Budget M122H GT500 Supercharger for M6x	??	12/2017	1/2018	Talk talk talk
Reggieleemorton	M73 swapped into E38 740 and turbocharged running MS3	550 "very easy"	1/2018	1/2018	Talk talk talk	Hilariously will swap M73 into a 740 (vs buying a 750 ??!?), and turbo, because, that's 'just as easy as turbo'ing an E39 540i'.
dk500	Turbo 540	700! (ntrlly)	12/2018	12/2018	dkhead's gonna make it a school project at Uni.	- Using one 335-cast-off turbo?!? Or two turbos? Who knows. Lets see where it goes.

Legend:

- known abandoned, failed or dead, or not enough credibility to expect further progress at this time

- unknown status but credible enough to possibly be active or 'slow progress'

- some kind of active progress currently happening

- some kind of reasonable level of build completion occurred resulting in some kind of driveable result

[wagons ho]

WOO HOO!!! I made the list! Would love 600hp. Don't know if I'll get there.

[geargrinder]

yeah but better get off yer azz son, or I'll "thumbdown" you!

[RSBBlackM3]

BAHAHAH hilarious.

I talked to and made friends with Wendell, he is local-ish to me.

He told me he is still looking for a good block and we were talking about how to get his timing tuned. There is a new to Austin tunershop (eurocharged) that says they can help but its high dollar. I think Wen is saving up...not sure, i will message him and tell him to get in here wiht an update. His videos are so encouraging and give me mondoboostlust

[geargrinder]

cool, let us know! yeah I got his email just haven't been in touch in ages, agreed good dude. anybody who gets a car actually smoking tires and able to drive it for more than 2 days gets full thumbs up. was one of the key guys I wanted to be sure I got on the list for that reason.

[wagons ho]

When I joined b.f. in April, and mentioned my intentions, I was a little put off by G.G.'s response. Reviewing old threads, seeing posts , now I get it. G. G. I don't know how you hold yourself back.

[geargrinder]

BTW I also thought about a "Gonna definitely buy a VF / Dinan / ESS SC Kit for my car!" & "gonna definitely S62 / LSX swap!" deadpool list - the first for sure would be way way way longer... but too tedious, already sank an hour into this one...

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When I joined b.f. in April, and mentioned my intentions, I was a little put off by G.G.'s response. Reviewing old threads, seeing posts , now I get it. G. G. I don't know how you hold yourself back.

ha ha thanks for the understanding.

whats the best is when guys rip back at me and haven't even clicked my build to see what I drive. "oh you old haters are all grumpy losers, you BMWCCA cranks all just want everything to be stock!".

uh. check my build son. get back to me when you actually do something.

[wisewendell]

Oh, Hai guys!

[RSBBlackM3]

cool, let us know! yeah I got his email just haven't been in touch in ages, agreed good dude. anybody who gets a car actually smoking tires and able to drive it for more than 2 days gets full thumbs up. was one of the key guys I wanted to be sure I got on the list for that reason.

I linked him direct to this thread, hopefully he will pop in soon. Really seems like the only issue he needed to address was the tune, thats why he was killing blocks. If 1500 bucks more in tuning is all it needs, I hope he can swing it. From a cost and ease standpoint, IDK how anyone could boost a 540 cheaper. All the hard (impossible) fab and piping is a non-issue.

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Oh, Hai guys!

HEYYY, speak of the devil himself...

[philly98540]

LOL. Love it.

But, F! Really I no makie da listie? 500 whp reliable... Whats a guy gotta do? LOL.

[RSBBlackM3]

Whats a guy gotta do? LOL.

Abort the project/run out of money/interest apparently....hhaha, be glad you aren't on it

[wisewendell]

Been driving my car for over a year =D

[RSBBlackM3]

Where is Kenny on this list? Or does he fall under Toolman?

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Been driving my car for over a year =D

Oh? Thought you said it was down right now, my bad bro. Whats the latest, did Eurocharged get you any more info?

[dk500]

Love it

[wisewendell]

I guess the most recent thing I did is downsize my pre turbo exhaust from 3 down to 2.25. Adjusted my fueling, had to richen up quite a bit cause it builds boost 600 RPM sooner and is stronger up top. Made a very nice difference.

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Where is Kenny on this list? Or does he fall under Toolman?

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Oh? Thought you said it was down right now, my bad bro. Whats the latest, did Eurocharged get you any more info?

She's up and going. Was just tires that it needed. Would start it up and idle/Rev it a few times a week
Got new front tires tho and have been driving it everyday. There's some nice twisties behind my house that I frequent

[geargrinder]

OK OK threw a bone to the moderator.

[dk500]

OK OK threw a bone to the moderator.

Does this count as attacking people? Lmao

[wisewendell]

Also need to hook up a vacuum pump to my brake booster so I can brake boost and hold myself at speed. Since I sized down the exhaust I can build full boost in second at 40.
Even without brake boosting it builds full boost in second now where as before it'd only build minimal positive pressure.
Anyone know how much vacuum is too much for these brake boosters?

[Schitzo]

Whats a guy gotta do? LOL.

Put holes in your frame rails then take pictures of turbos next to said holes.

[geargrinder]

Where is Kenny on this list? Or does he fall under Toolman?

Yeah I was only really hitting projects that origd here at BF.c, although I did add the Impossible THread build from M5B, so guess I'm breaking my own rules left and right. And trying to avoid "bought a kit" as that gets messy...

But since Kenny is adapting Toolmans build a bit, I threw him on there.
Unfort that led me to remember I should add Alvin on there. Sorry Alvin, you made the list!

if anybody got other suggestions, throw them in here, but WITH A LINK to the OP's build so I don't have to chase it down if you would. Again I'm not going to add every off hand comment a dude makes about a blower or turbo, or 'buy a kit' intentions especially, but just focus on the guys who have "declared intentions" on a custom big-power project.

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Put holes in your frame rails then take pictures of turbos next to said holes.

LOL exactly.

[philly98540]

^^LOL. I'll get my plasma fired up and update with some carnage pics. Obs need more cred here to stay on the list.

[RVAE34]

Love this thread!

[dk500]

Can we head over to other boards too to collect failurz?

[wisewendell]

Love this thread!

And I love your wagon =D=D

[whiteghost1]

Us nitrous oxide guys get no mention or respect.......