Holy lord what is happening here ?!
Pure awesomeness
Slowly climbing the ladder. But never reach the top.
Click Car 4 Build!
'86 325es-Turbo m30!
'94 325iA-Clean DD
'94 530i-6 Spd swp
'89 Cherokee 4x4-4.7L stroker
'97 Eclipse Spyder-4g64/63 stroker Turbo.
'89 535is-RIP 2020, engine now in e30!
'84 318is-RIP 2016.
'89 535iA-Parted 2012
94' 530iA-RIP 2004, engine in new 530i
'78 530ia-first car RIP 2005
We have been ticking away at this build.
We had a few large roadblocks that took a lot of finesse to make work correctly. We were most worried about the downpipe, wastegate, and cross-over pipe fitment. These are each a make or break on the whole build and each one effects the other. All of these revolve around the manifold and as we got further along we had to go back and modify the turbo manifold to make each fit.
The first big thing was obviously turbo fitment. Once we received the turbo we worked to complete the front side of the manifold. We had to keep in mind the fitment with the hood. This is a very large turbo.
Lost coloring when I compressed these images.
Once the turbo placement was finalized, we had to work in a wastegate placement. We need to be able to control boost very well as this is going to be on pump gas normally. With such a big turbo and wastegate, the wastegate placement is very limited. We are using a turbosmart comp 45. Some basic math proves this is large enough for us to run down to gate pressure of 7 psi.
With this completed we then focused on the downpipe. With a turbo build like this one we really wanted to run a 3.5" downpipe. The factory wiring harness and the factory air-conditioning were both limiting us on placement of the downpipe. We decided to extend the wiring harness and move the routing of the chassis power wires to allow a 3.5" downpipe along with a 2" crossover pipe. This was extremely time consuming but we wanted to do this properly and leave the car with zero fire concerns. This is an area with minimal airflow so we will add a heat shield as well just to be safe.
We are planning on making the downpipe 3 pieces. One segment that ties in with the Eisenmann exhaust and is mounted to the motor coming up just behind the valve cover and another smaller segment going from there to the turbo. These will both be vband connections that will allow easy servicing of the coil packs and spark plugs. We are planning a little custom vanity cover to dress up the build further.
We took some time to jig up the manifold so we'll be able to offer this to anyone who wishes to turbo their m6x. The inner fender was originally modified on this car during the supercharger build so anyone running this large of a turbo may have to follow suit.
The progress this week may seem small, but these sort of fine details are what make or break the overall build, they are the building blocks. Our goal here is to really make a finished build.
Last edited by vollosso; 10-14-2018 at 06:18 PM.
1989 535i - sold
1999 M3 Tiag/Dove - sold
1998 M3 Turbo Arctic/black - current
2004 Built motor TiAg/Black - Sold
2008 E61 19T Turbo-Wagon - current
2011 E82 135i - S85 Swap - current
1998 M3 Cosmos S54 swapped Sedan - current
1998 Turbo: PTE6870 | 1.15 ar | Hp Cover, Custom Divided T4 bottom-mount, 3.5" SS exhaust, Dual Turbosmart Compgates, Turbosmart Raceport BOV, 3.5" Treadstone Intercooler, 3.5" Vibrant resonator and muffler, Arp 2k Headstuds | Arp 2k Main studs | 87mm Je pistons | Eagle rods | 9.2:1 static compression, Ces 87mm cutring, Custom solid rear subframe bushings, Akg 85d diff bushings, 4 clutch 3.15 diff, , Poly engine mounts, UUC trans mounts W/ enforcers, 22RPD OBD2 Stock ECU id1700 E85 tune, 22RPD Big power Transmission swap w/ GS6-53
Thanks for update Zack, much appreciated.
22RPD Tuning '95 540i/6 custom turbo mit Borg Warner S400sxe/Rebello Racing 4.9L M62/JE pistons/Arrow rods/custom cams/S62 crankshaft/Darton sleeved/Focal custom stereo
Porsche 996 Turbo Evosport GT 700-[700hp]-my daily
Just placed a few orders. A little foreshadowing..
-10an drain fittings
-AFE 5.5" inlet Proseries Dry filter
-4" stainless exhaust tubing and mandrel bends
-4" Stainless marmon flange
-miscellaneous fuel line fittings
-3.5" charge piping
1989 535i - sold
1999 M3 Tiag/Dove - sold
1998 M3 Turbo Arctic/black - current
2004 Built motor TiAg/Black - Sold
2008 E61 19T Turbo-Wagon - current
2011 E82 135i - S85 Swap - current
1998 M3 Cosmos S54 swapped Sedan - current
1998 Turbo: PTE6870 | 1.15 ar | Hp Cover, Custom Divided T4 bottom-mount, 3.5" SS exhaust, Dual Turbosmart Compgates, Turbosmart Raceport BOV, 3.5" Treadstone Intercooler, 3.5" Vibrant resonator and muffler, Arp 2k Headstuds | Arp 2k Main studs | 87mm Je pistons | Eagle rods | 9.2:1 static compression, Ces 87mm cutring, Custom solid rear subframe bushings, Akg 85d diff bushings, 4 clutch 3.15 diff, , Poly engine mounts, UUC trans mounts W/ enforcers, 22RPD OBD2 Stock ECU id1700 E85 tune, 22RPD Big power Transmission swap w/ GS6-53
Just wondering if anyone here on BFC has used this or simular turbo before? I understand there are not too many turbo BMW 8s here (or anywhere).
22RPD Tuning '95 540i/6 custom turbo mit Borg Warner S400sxe/Rebello Racing 4.9L M62/JE pistons/Arrow rods/custom cams/S62 crankshaft/Darton sleeved/Focal custom stereo
Porsche 996 Turbo Evosport GT 700-[700hp]-my daily
BorgWarner makes very nice turbos. Its going to be nearly impossible to beat the quality for the price! The S300 series is a good fit for the I6s on a street setup. The S400 turbine and the 72mm compressor should provide a lot of airflow and good spool with your motors displacement.
The turbos are physically large, but the aero is quite good on the turbines and they perform well for the size if you are worried about it being too big.
Last edited by vollosso; 10-18-2018 at 01:27 AM.
1989 535i - sold
1999 M3 Tiag/Dove - sold
1998 M3 Turbo Arctic/black - current
2004 Built motor TiAg/Black - Sold
2008 E61 19T Turbo-Wagon - current
2011 E82 135i - S85 Swap - current
1998 M3 Cosmos S54 swapped Sedan - current
1998 Turbo: PTE6870 | 1.15 ar | Hp Cover, Custom Divided T4 bottom-mount, 3.5" SS exhaust, Dual Turbosmart Compgates, Turbosmart Raceport BOV, 3.5" Treadstone Intercooler, 3.5" Vibrant resonator and muffler, Arp 2k Headstuds | Arp 2k Main studs | 87mm Je pistons | Eagle rods | 9.2:1 static compression, Ces 87mm cutring, Custom solid rear subframe bushings, Akg 85d diff bushings, 4 clutch 3.15 diff, , Poly engine mounts, UUC trans mounts W/ enforcers, 22RPD OBD2 Stock ECU id1700 E85 tune, 22RPD Big power Transmission swap w/ GS6-53
Zack, as they,"you can never have enough," power, money and gummy bears".
22RPD Tuning '95 540i/6 custom turbo mit Borg Warner S400sxe/Rebello Racing 4.9L M62/JE pistons/Arrow rods/custom cams/S62 crankshaft/Darton sleeved/Focal custom stereo
Porsche 996 Turbo Evosport GT 700-[700hp]-my daily
This looks great so far!
I will be featured in Matt Farah's "Smoking Tire" on You Tube, but I apologize I don't know the date yet. I had some magazines interested when I had the s/c system, and now with the turbo hopefully it will still stand. Also looking for some sponsors to advertise with to help us both out. And I cannot say enough about Zack and 22RPD Tuning. Have to love engineers!![]()
22RPD Tuning '95 540i/6 custom turbo mit Borg Warner S400sxe/Rebello Racing 4.9L M62/JE pistons/Arrow rods/custom cams/S62 crankshaft/Darton sleeved/Focal custom stereo
Porsche 996 Turbo Evosport GT 700-[700hp]-my daily
Any updates?
Jason Grace
1989 535i - sold
1999 M3 Tiag/Dove - sold
1998 M3 Turbo Arctic/black - current
2004 Built motor TiAg/Black - Sold
2008 E61 19T Turbo-Wagon - current
2011 E82 135i - S85 Swap - current
1998 M3 Cosmos S54 swapped Sedan - current
1998 Turbo: PTE6870 | 1.15 ar | Hp Cover, Custom Divided T4 bottom-mount, 3.5" SS exhaust, Dual Turbosmart Compgates, Turbosmart Raceport BOV, 3.5" Treadstone Intercooler, 3.5" Vibrant resonator and muffler, Arp 2k Headstuds | Arp 2k Main studs | 87mm Je pistons | Eagle rods | 9.2:1 static compression, Ces 87mm cutring, Custom solid rear subframe bushings, Akg 85d diff bushings, 4 clutch 3.15 diff, , Poly engine mounts, UUC trans mounts W/ enforcers, 22RPD OBD2 Stock ECU id1700 E85 tune, 22RPD Big power Transmission swap w/ GS6-53
I saw you tuning a v10 Nissan at SEMA on YouTube!
1989 535i - sold
1999 M3 Tiag/Dove - sold
1998 M3 Turbo Arctic/black - current
2004 Built motor TiAg/Black - Sold
2008 E61 19T Turbo-Wagon - current
2011 E82 135i - S85 Swap - current
1998 M3 Cosmos S54 swapped Sedan - current
1998 Turbo: PTE6870 | 1.15 ar | Hp Cover, Custom Divided T4 bottom-mount, 3.5" SS exhaust, Dual Turbosmart Compgates, Turbosmart Raceport BOV, 3.5" Treadstone Intercooler, 3.5" Vibrant resonator and muffler, Arp 2k Headstuds | Arp 2k Main studs | 87mm Je pistons | Eagle rods | 9.2:1 static compression, Ces 87mm cutring, Custom solid rear subframe bushings, Akg 85d diff bushings, 4 clutch 3.15 diff, , Poly engine mounts, UUC trans mounts W/ enforcers, 22RPD OBD2 Stock ECU id1700 E85 tune, 22RPD Big power Transmission swap w/ GS6-53
Any DTAFast end users in the Bay Area or NorCal?
22RPD Tuning '95 540i/6 custom turbo mit Borg Warner S400sxe/Rebello Racing 4.9L M62/JE pistons/Arrow rods/custom cams/S62 crankshaft/Darton sleeved/Focal custom stereo
Porsche 996 Turbo Evosport GT 700-[700hp]-my daily
Wanganstyle uses a s100 in his S54 swap.
Any progress since SEMA?
Jason Grace
22RPD Tuning '95 540i/6 custom turbo mit Borg Warner S400sxe/Rebello Racing 4.9L M62/JE pistons/Arrow rods/custom cams/S62 crankshaft/Darton sleeved/Focal custom stereo
Porsche 996 Turbo Evosport GT 700-[700hp]-my daily
Jason Grace
Love to help you out Jason!
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Long delay on the posts here, apologize for that, We have been super busy. We were planning on getting this car in-and-out because we had so much lined up for the end of the year. Having the turbo back us into this window really is unfortunate. A little light on pictures this time but I hope you enjoy nonetheless.
We really appreciate Jim's patience in all of this, hope this helps your week man.
As of earlier this week we finished up most of the fabrication, we took all the parts out for ceramic and powder. The exhaust is going to be ceramic coated inside and out to help with engine bay temperatures, the turbine housing to match.
We modified the A/W Intercooler to run A/N lines, and welded bungs on to match. This was originally heater hose and we thought a build like this really deserved proper lines.
We have matching oil feed and drain lines, all AN.
We did the fuel system out of the same AN lines, this is running 3/4" diameter rails (you saw before) paired with a AN feed to each rail with an aeromotive regulator. We are running fuel pressure sensors off the back of the rails for the standalone. We knocked out the 2-1 collector for bank 2 and the cross over pipe out of 2" stainless, back purged, mandrel bent. The crossover pipe is a bit too big to picture reasonably.
The downpipe is a 4" stainless, backpurged, 2mm wall thickness, mandrel bent. We use a little bit heavier stainless here to help keep the heat in. Pairing this with ceramic should result in good engine bay temperatures.
While we are waiting on the paint we moved, extended, and mounted all the engine harness and its extremities out of the way to accommodate the large exhaust.
Additionally, we welded on the Vibrant Clam-shell clamps and removed the ASC throttle.
As soon as the parts back we are onto assembly and tuning.
Last edited by vollosso; 12-08-2018 at 12:19 PM.
1989 535i - sold
1999 M3 Tiag/Dove - sold
1998 M3 Turbo Arctic/black - current
2004 Built motor TiAg/Black - Sold
2008 E61 19T Turbo-Wagon - current
2011 E82 135i - S85 Swap - current
1998 M3 Cosmos S54 swapped Sedan - current
1998 Turbo: PTE6870 | 1.15 ar | Hp Cover, Custom Divided T4 bottom-mount, 3.5" SS exhaust, Dual Turbosmart Compgates, Turbosmart Raceport BOV, 3.5" Treadstone Intercooler, 3.5" Vibrant resonator and muffler, Arp 2k Headstuds | Arp 2k Main studs | 87mm Je pistons | Eagle rods | 9.2:1 static compression, Ces 87mm cutring, Custom solid rear subframe bushings, Akg 85d diff bushings, 4 clutch 3.15 diff, , Poly engine mounts, UUC trans mounts W/ enforcers, 22RPD OBD2 Stock ECU id1700 E85 tune, 22RPD Big power Transmission swap w/ GS6-53
Make sure you put some 1/8" spacers in the middle of all the clamps during fab to put them in the neutral position of their travel.
Wow, I haven't been active on the 7 forums much since I've moved three times and my car sat without a trans for almost 7yrs until recently. I'd forgotten all about that mess you've had to deal with on that car! RK hasn't gotten any better...they asked for multiple pics, measurements, etc of the custom intake I had made for my X5M, we'd talked about making copies in CF vs mine originally beimg made of SS, then LONG story short they'd borrowed a friends X5M, made sure it all fit and then left him high and dry. Good to see you're still around after all those headaches! I damn near wanted to switch platforms (sell all 5 of our BMW's and goto Lexus or something) after the first engine swap in the GF's 535xiT (which is gonna need another due to a spun bearing) so seeing you sticking around still makes me see that it could be worse! I hope things work out better this time around and you can start enjoying all that work and money you've put into it!
650hp 10 X5///M5
PERFORMANCE:JB4 w/ meth, stage 2 tune, wrapped downpipes, custom intake
INTERIOR:AVIN 10.25" screen, Blackvue 550 dashcam, 7" tablet for JB4 logging
EXTERIOR:Niche staggered 20's or AC Forged staggered 22's, H&R 2" suspension, LED AE, CF front splitter
325hp 98 BMW 740iL6
PERFORMANCE:///M5 6spd swap, iron sleeves, L/W Teflon coated & silicone impregnated pistons, Sealed Power rings, 3 angle valvejob, P&P head, perf cams, electric fan, CF intake tube w/aluminium heatshield/wrapped MAF tubing, Magnaflow 14816'd, Eaton M112 in-work
INTERIOR:Android Dynavin, hardwired V1 above rearview, 12" RE Audio DVC sub, MTX 81000D monoblock, CF silver trim, 5% tint
EXTERIOR:///MPar staggered 19's, H&R Stage 2/Bilstein HD, custom notched bumper, Shadowline trim, 750iL brakes w/ Axxis pads
190hp 97 328ci
PERFORMANCE:Single mass flywheel, ///M3 clutch
EXTERIOR:Z4///M staggered 18's, rolled fenders, tinted markers
Who's sleeving the S62? I had to have my M62 in my 98 740iL rebuilt after the PO botched a head gasket job, fortunately at the time I had a warranty on the car and a shop called www.bavengine.com (almost 10yrs ago and they're under new ownership now so I've heard they outsource vs in-house) did the entire rebuild which they claim to have sleeved the block, ported the heads, reground cams, etc. LONG story short I bought an all but useless Jaguar XJR supercharger kit that was supposed to be modified to work on an M62, which it doesn't, so this thread is interesting in that I've always wanted to turbo this car anyways.
650hp 10 X5///M5
PERFORMANCE:JB4 w/ meth, stage 2 tune, wrapped downpipes, custom intake
INTERIOR:AVIN 10.25" screen, Blackvue 550 dashcam, 7" tablet for JB4 logging
EXTERIOR:Niche staggered 20's or AC Forged staggered 22's, H&R 2" suspension, LED AE, CF front splitter
325hp 98 BMW 740iL6
PERFORMANCE:///M5 6spd swap, iron sleeves, L/W Teflon coated & silicone impregnated pistons, Sealed Power rings, 3 angle valvejob, P&P head, perf cams, electric fan, CF intake tube w/aluminium heatshield/wrapped MAF tubing, Magnaflow 14816'd, Eaton M112 in-work
INTERIOR:Android Dynavin, hardwired V1 above rearview, 12" RE Audio DVC sub, MTX 81000D monoblock, CF silver trim, 5% tint
EXTERIOR:///MPar staggered 19's, H&R Stage 2/Bilstein HD, custom notched bumper, Shadowline trim, 750iL brakes w/ Axxis pads
190hp 97 328ci
PERFORMANCE:Single mass flywheel, ///M3 clutch
EXTERIOR:Z4///M staggered 18's, rolled fenders, tinted markers
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