The Full Banana
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Saab 9-3 (15.3 in stock form; a fair bit quicker after I cut a small slit in the wastegate vacuum line to increase the boost 🤠)
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/d/eagle-1999-saab-9-3/6935046323.html
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Supercharged Chevy Cavalier for $1199.
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/d/east-troy-supercharged-24-liter/6926092435.html
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Thanks, guys! New motor because I broke all 5 pistons in the original engine (which all had 240k on them).
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Is the car slowly becoming all silver?
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A year later, and I'm just about to button up installing a fresh engine built with Wiseco pistons and h-beam rods in a painstakingly refinished engine bay. This car has been a real test of my patience and perseverance.
- P_Roloff, KaiserRolls, Jdesign and 2 others
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This looks potentially interesting. My car has round headlamps but doesn't currently run or drive...
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It's great to see that M3's destiny finally panning out. Good work!
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Very reliable and cheap turbos. Should be a great choice on there. I’ve used quite a few of them over the years. There are several different turbine housing available. The one you have flows decently well. You can also easily upgrade the compressor to a larger wheel if you end up wanting a bit more. I ran a 20t (upgraded 16t, and a 16t is near identical to the 15g used on the 850 turbo). They continue making power into ~25psi and can run that pressure all day. I ran mine at 27psi for quite a while without any problems after swapping the wastegate actuator out for one from a T3 (looks like you’re already addressing the insufficiency of the original actuator).
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Oh snap! Congrats!
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No worries! That makes the decision for me then!
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I keep going back and forth in my head on whether or not I want to buy this from you to replace the e46 330xi shift lever in the Volvo...
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At first, I thought your stickers depicted two wives of varying sizes.
Engine bay is looking fantastic!
- Jdesign and patsbimmer1
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I should be picking up this car's replacement later this week, so this will be going up for sale shortly.
I'll post more about the replacement when I have it in hand, but it is a BMW.
- suspenceful, patsbimmer1 and wasnt m3
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No idea
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Posting this for my brother (and so it leaves my garage)
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BMW M30B35 Short block engine w/ head for sale. No manifolds.
Includes a head gasket kit.
I never ran the motor, but I was told it's good. Visually, you can see it needs a head gasket (visible permatex)
$150 or $200 with the engine stand it's currently on.https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/pts/d/jackson-bmw-engine-m30b35/6779249858.html
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Totally fine. Same style regulator was used on many factory turbocharged cars.
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12 hours ago, m42b32 said:
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I can't see because I'm not in the group (but that explains why the stereo sucks)
That car actually left my garage and was passed on to another WIBimmers member today...
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Zach powdercoated just about everything in this engine bay:
IMG_2107 by Tom Elmendorf, on Flickr
- rampelsauce, gilber33 and m42b32
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Tossed a different set of wheels on the 240 today...
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It's all back together, and I drove it. OATOA engine feels happy.
Only 15 miles in, but so far things are good. I'm running with engine break-in oil, keeping RPM varied <4k and throttle input <60%. Plan is to keep putting around in it like that, change the oil after 50 miles for another batch of break-in oil, and then change that batch of oil out at around 500 miles.