B C Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Turbo is on the drivers side.First thought was maybe it was RHD and they did something drastic with the exhaust for the sake of steering rack clearance. But then noticed the brake booster is on the left side so its LHD. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 B C Posted April 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 After some more scrounging I found this (yes, a photo for ants) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 damnboy037 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Looks like a lot of unnecessary piping, which robs hp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 straight6pwr Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 future plans for twin turbo and decided to do the difficult side first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GunMetalGrey Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 B C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jdesign Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Via Super Street BRUH: "SFR's Tim Richards and Jon Cutico were in charge of the work. We decided on a top-mount system, but there were issues. Since the motor is tilted towards the exhaust side, it leaves little room to route headers upwards without hacking into the passenger-side strut tower. So we took the idea from our very own Project 951 and decided to mount the turbo on the intake side instead, something that even today-well over a year after completion-is seen on probably less than a dozen E36 M3s throughout the world. There are disadvantages to doing this, however. Firstly, there's much more piping going from the header to the turbo than on a more conventional turbo kit with a log manifold. Second, because any decent sized turbo will not fit between the driver side strut tower and the stock M3 intake manifold, a new manifold must be fabricated. Third, the relocated downpipe cannot be greater than three inches in diameter in order to clear the steering rod and transmission housing (but three inches will suffice for up to 600 wheel-hp and you could also step up to 3.5 inches after the transmission). Fourth, the power steering reservoir needs to be relocated. Fifth, the stock radiator hose will not fit because of the intake pipe. Lastly, a very hot turbo sits inches from intake manifold." http://www.superstreetonline.com/how-to/project-car/0612-bmw-m3-turbo-project/ B C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 straight6pwr Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 yeah its seen on less than a half dozen because its a bad idea and everyone knows it lol. why did they tilt the engine?! B C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HipMF Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 I like that the company that did the work provided 6 reasons why it was a bad idea. Looks like it required a lot more fabrication. Fabrication takes time, and time costs money. As long as you can get the customer to pay for it, it's a win for them... B C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Earl Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 1 hour ago, straight6pwr said: yeah its seen on less than a half dozen because its a bad idea and everyone knows it lol. why did they tilt the engine?! All of our inline BMW engines are tilted from the factory... patsbimmer1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 straight6pwr Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Earl said: All of our inline BMW engines are tilted from the factory... earl, come on now. it says the motor is tilted, i assumed in some degree more than how it comes from the factory, or why would they bother mentioning it? i guess i should make my assumption based on them being idiots. so, no, their engine is installed exactly level as designed and the thought of a creatively designed exhaust manifold was too much for their brains to comprehend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jdesign Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Better yet, someone tell me whats going on here?.... Is that a volvo swap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 B C Posted April 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Better yet, someone tell me whats going on here?.... Is that a volvo swap?On first glance it looked like a 3SGE BEAMS but I think you are right about the volvo in the first pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HipMF Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 BEAMs would have the exhaust on the drivers side. #JDM-MF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 B C Posted April 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 BEAMs would have the exhaust on the drivers side. #JDM-MFUnless they did a reacharound like in the original post ... [emoji848] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jc43089 Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 If you swap a Volvo engine into a BMW you are delusional... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 retoropak Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 First pic looks more like audi 5 cylinder. Volvo 5 cyliders have two cam gears up front. I thought about swapping volvo 4 cylinder red block with 16 valve head into my e21. Its a nice motor. It has timing belt, no leaky timing covers to worry about, 16 valves and 2.3 liter with possibility to stroke it to 2.5 with a crank from the boat( volvo penta) motor. And all this with quarter of the money you would spend on 2.5 liter 16 valve bmw setup (read s14). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HipMF Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 7 hours ago, retoropak said: I thought about swapping volvo 4 cylinder red block with 16 valve head into my e21. Interesting. For some reason a redblock swap never crossed my mind... makes sense though. Keeps it somewhat "period correct" if that's a thing. Not quite as much of a bastardization as putting a japanese engine from the early 2000s. Not gonna happen, but it's interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Turbo is on the drivers side.
First thought was maybe it was RHD and they did something drastic with the exhaust for the sake of steering rack clearance. But then noticed the brake booster is on the left side so its LHD.
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!?
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