Winter e30 s52 upgrades underway

windsor318is · 01-07-2013, 01:25 PM

Motor is out for an overhaul, finally found a reputable mechanic/bmw gearhead to tackle this in my areaACP performance

. Cant wait to have it running again!!Heres a few new goodies to make sure shes ready for RMS stage 2+

Parts aquired
1.VAC motrorsports stage 1 head
2. VAC motorsports high performance springs/camlocks/lifters
3. VAC motorsports supercharger cams
4. UUC clutch kit/lightweight flywheel
5. stewart warner waterpump
6. mls .098 gasket
7. arp 2000
8. walbro dual 255 fuewl pumps
9. aem boost/oil/wideband/aquamist gauages
10. used RMS stage 2+ with many upgrades, previous owner
put down 458 rwhp in his e36.

enjoy the pics more to follow.

windsor318is · 01-07-2013, 01:25 PM

headgasket was indeed the reason for no compression, it was torn between first 2 cyclinders.

old head and new head

cams installed

block cleaned up, arps/MLS on

dr vanos stage 2 installed

vincenthclam · 01-07-2013, 03:05 PM

Sweeeeeeeet!

BmW1819 · 01-07-2013, 08:03 PM

Vince sounds like u need one in your m3 ;-)

cormier · 01-10-2013, 08:25 PM

This should have a very happy ending. Can't wait

BmW1819 · 01-10-2013, 08:50 PM

What pistons did u end up doing??

windsor318is · 01-14-2013, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BmW1819

What pistons did u end up doing??

pistons are the only thing i didnt do, i lowered to 10:1 compression with the MLS instead.

cormier · 01-28-2013, 11:56 AM

How's this going? I just went back to some previous PMs on r3v and remembered what an inspiration your first build was to me -- this should be fantastic too

jeremy · 01-28-2013, 04:48 PM

Momma! Can't wait to see this!

matty.dc · 01-28-2013, 09:22 PM

Holy I bet all of that was cheap

windsor318is · 03-17-2013, 06:48 PM

sorry beem slacking...

UUC lightweight flywheel/kevlar disc

standing by

time to fix this

aaabs delete, making room for snail

time to go back in

time for startup

windsor318is · 03-17-2013, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by cormier

How's this going? I just went back to some previous PMs on r3v and remembered what an inspiration your first build was to me -- this should be fantastic too

its amazing to me how long ago that was!, and thank god i made that thread, ive forgotten half of it, lots of pics to refer back to.

build is going well, she fired up, horrible idle thanks to the cams lol, my mechanic is going to begin the supercharger install now, and ive got a TRM tuning base remote tune chip on its way. it will be going to a dyno in detroit area for data to properly tweek the tune, and then i should be good to go.

ive also aquired these not to long ago, finally found exactly what i was looking for 17x8.5, 17x9.5 ET 13,16, redrilled/rebuilt

there will be no streaching going on here...

e30_kid89 · 03-17-2013, 08:37 PM

How rough did it run? I'm thinking it shouldn't be too bad. IIRC the VAC supercharger cams consist of one stock s52 intake cam and one schrick 256* exhaust cam.

However, in for the dyno results/numbers!!

windsor318is · 03-17-2013, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by e30_kid89

How rough did it run? I'm thinking it shouldn't be too bad. IIRC the VAC supercharger cams consist of one stock s52 intake cam and one schrick 256* exhaust cam.

However, in for the dyno results/numbers!!

siiiii 252/256 degrees, the bastards have a stage 2 now, to late...
idle actually is pretty good, but it just shuts off after 10 minutes

windsor318is · 03-17-2013, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by matty.dc

Holy I bet all of that was cheap

you dont want to see the list