TehRaydarlover
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How durable is the coating? Think you could use it on the exhaust runner and combustion chamber? Should help with detonation in turbo application. Keeping the heat out of the m20 head should also help keep it from cracking.
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so what you are telling me is that your diff should hold up to 600+whp and lots of abuse? If so, I'm buying an IX!!!
He uses the car for drag racing so it get beat on pretty hard. At this level the front diff housing isn't strong enough and the pinion and crown gear are getting out of alignment and failing. He said the spider gears are no longer breaking but he has gone through two sets of pinion and crown gears. Honestly I wouldn't even be mad, just impressed it holds up at all drag racing at that power level haha.
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New life goal:
Guy's name is Matti, he's over in finland. He has a similar front diff as to the one that I'm building. The trans, transfer case, and rear diff (clutch type) are all stock. The front and rear driveshafts are upgraded and he has a 5 lug setup using rear E87 1-series hubs in the front. Guess I don't know too much about the engine but the figures are kind of epic. Makes me giggle
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Cool, I'll stop by after my test then!
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Nice! I have something similar for an AFR gauge that goes in one of the button slots in the dash. That would be pretty cool get something similar for the e30 cluster.
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Still haven't decided what to do about the head, but this came in the mail on Saturday. I freaking love it.
- DrLeadFoot and jc43089
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How late did this go last year? I have my FE exam until 2pm on Saturday. I'd be nice to catch the end of it.
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Thanks!
Measured the head height this morning. It's 4.898" so compared to stock it has had 0.027" shaved off.
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Oh yeah, I haven't been updating this thread like I should but I bought another 88' ix haha. It's quite the beater but its fun.
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Do they make a cutring gasket for m20's?
I am running a Cosmetic MLS on my M3 and have had no issues with it during the 2k miles it's been in there.
A cut ring gasket is what I originally wanted to go with, the only place I found was Pure Performance Factory, Hard to find any information about the gaskets. They don't list any gasket thicknesses so after I realized the head had been decked so much I kind of stopped looking. If you know of anyone else who makes them I'd like to know! http://server.pure-pf.com/webshop2/index.php?id_category=162&controller=category&id_lang=1
My concern with the thicker MLS gasket is that I would have a thicker cross section open to the cylinder, would think it would see a lot more stress than normal. idk maybe I'm worried about nothing.
What kind of CR do you think you would end up with if you go with a thicker oe gasket? Have you thought about embracing the higher compression and running a methanol injection setup? Otherwise i think the MLS will work fine.
Kind of an intro to a whole new topic but I my at the point where I have everything except pistons, I would like to use Metric Mechanic 3.1L turbo pistons. I've called and talked with Jim and with their pistons they also run a 21mm wrist pin and 134.5mm rods combo yields a 8.3:1 CR. I already have a set of 135mm carrillo rods that I would like to use, I can't remember exactly but I believe with the 135mm rod and 22mm wrist pin the CR would be in the mid 9's. Which is a little higher than I would like to have. I have thought about methanol injection, and would be fine, even If I can get the CR lowered it wouldn't be a bad idea to have it. Get one of those OEM extended gas tanks that fits in the trunk and have that be the meth tank, would be pretty slick. A higher CR would be nicer for off boost driving. Maybe you have some advice on piston manufactures.
Been kind of dragging my feet trying to decide what to do about this.
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Trying to decide if I should use the head I currently have for my turbo build. It has been ported and had new valve guides and seals installed but it has also been skimmed down to the dimples (can't see them anymore). I would like to use an OEM type gasket and o-ring the block, but with the stroke/rod/piston combination my compression ratio is going to already be on the high end of where I would like it to be. Trying to find a solution to bring my compression ratio down with out causing the head gasket to be the weak link in the engine. The stock head height is 4.925", I still need to measure mine to compare but I'm thinking its going to be significantly less. Using an OEM 2.05mm repair gasket I could get 0.012" back, but I'm not sure its going to be enough. Does anyone know if there is an OEM style gasket available that is thicker than the 2.05mm. My goal for the engine is around 500hp. I've looked at the MLS head gaskets available and you can get a very wide range of gasket thicknesses. Does anyone have any experience with a MLS head gasket in a high power m20? I still need to do more research but this is what I've come up with so far. Any advice would be appreciated!
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Buddy spotted a minty e28 yesterday.
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Missed my turn, went to do a u turn and was like, oh hey this looks familiar haha e30 picnic meet up spot! I forget who's place this is..
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I've been in Arkansas for work and today I get to see my car for the first time in a month, excited
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Yeah it's a pretty impressive crack. The cam and rocker arms that were in it are quite f'd too. I didn't get the lows yet because I have smileys. He said with the bulb placement(too far forward?) it creates a hot spot. LEDs work fine for regular ellipsoids. I might try to do a bi-xenon or just regular hit for the lows. We'll see. Guess I could/should have just tried it with a fog light bulb.
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might go a little fast with a starter motor hooked up haha.
pic of the drug addict:
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Head is cracked so nbd, also going to put in a full valvetrain. Defiantly putting light in the spark plug holes. Will make perfect lighting for the pistons and valves, and the wires will be hidden on the back side of the block, win win.
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Link to the kits please.
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=323966
Here are the brights, I just asked him for the fogs and he made it happen.
I dont even see a post showing any fogs
Fog must be too thick to see?
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The fogs are 1600LM per bulb, 5000k and the highs are 1800LM per bulb, 6000k. There is a guy on r3v that sells the kits. Picked them up during his black Friday sale.
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Put in my LED fog lights and high beams. Quite the improvement in visibility with the LEDs vs. halogens:
Before anyone says anything about the pitting, I already have some cerium oxide on the way haha
Just lows:
lows with fogs:
Just lows:
Lows with fogs:
And lows with LED brights:
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Received my ss gift yesterday! BMW flip phone, spice girls and jaswinder CDs and a M3 t-shirt. Be rocking out to spice girls next wibimmers meet haha! Thanks!
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Got it
Windy City VintageFest - SEP 13th!
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I've gone to this the last two years. Both were awesome, a lot of E30s and 2002s but only 1 ix
. It's at the ZF plant and they do a tour which is really neat. Turner Motorsport gives away a bunch of stuff too. Sadly I'll be in Michigan this year.