Winter 2018 mods discussion

[never]

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Ever looked under the hood of a 540i?

Ha, not closely enough while thinking about turbo placement. Though that was my guess but your “never tried before” made me wonder if you just wanted to try making something different!

Or you could follow the trend that seems to be coming out with turbos mounted above the hood.

[Sentry]

Yeah. Like there's room for the turbo and even a downpipe if I kept it to 2.5" (lame), but no room for a hotside unless you pull the engine and remove a bunch of shit and build it from scratch.

[Ekliptix]

I'm installing EFI in my 402 big block (72 C10 pick up)

[infamous]

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bumping this thread because i'm trying to get my ambition back for my car lol.

a couple of weeks ago the front of my car had an unfortunate meeting with a trailer hitch, so new bumper (which is at the painters now), new support, and new grille. thankfully though didn't hit either glass headlight, crack the rad or damage my ac lines........but i'm still not happy about it......

So my pile of parts is starting to accumulate; waiting on a rockauto order to show up - front pads and rotors, valve cover gaskets (mine needs paint), and a front torque strut mount.
At home already is my carbon hood and pins, stubby antenna, led headlights, shift boot, stickers, and more stuff I honestly can't think of at the moment.

I ended up getting green line hoses to do my high pressure power steering line, it was definitely fubared and they made it way better than it ever was from the factory.

i'm honestly debating picking up a beater for a month or so just to be able to park the wagon and do the leather interior/bumper/fogs/side skirts/caliper powdercoat/brakes/and everything else that needs to be done.........

I'm definitely curious to see who did what with their rides this winter.

I did my front pads and rotors, did my front end rebuild kit, redid the suspension setup, got my carbon hood and antenna on, led lights in, front lip on, bumper (no fogs yet but have them) and grille, halfway done the leather interior swap, got my side skirts here and installed, and put some new summer shoes on it (still rubbing a bit in the rear though). So far happy with how far she has come!

[SKR]

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I'm definitely curious to see who did what with their rides this winter.

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•What do you drive?

1981 GMC.

•What mods do you have planned over winter for next season?

I want to change out the carb for fuel injection. Every time the weather changes I have to call a priest to get it to behave itself. I don't have high hopes, but maybe I'll get better mileage with fuel injection too. 10mpg would be nice but that might be a bit of a daydream. I might also change the front tires. I wanted 275s, but they got lost and I was running out of warm weather so I just put some 245s on. It's certainly not a racecar but with the 315s in the back it has a bit of a push, so maybe a wider tire in the front will take some of that out. If nothing else it'll look meaner.

•Is your ride parked for winter or is it daily driven?

I could drive it downhill and then it would have to stay there until spring. It's parked.

•Are we all getting old on here that nobody is really doing this anymore?

I always find these kinds of threads really interesting.

•Any plans for a new vehicle?

No, I have too many as it is and I should probably finish this one first.

Holley Sniper EFI going on hopefully this week. 19 gallon Boyd Welding rear mount fuel tank to replace the dual 16 gallon saddle tanks. Got some Hedman (I think?) mid length headers to replace the long tubes that hang too low and smash into everything. And Black Widow mufflers to hopefully make lots of racket. I didn't change the tires from 245s to 275s like I wanted to. Probably won't now until they're worn out.

[Sentry]

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I'm turboing my 540i wagon. Goal is for it to make the same power it does on nitrous, without having to fill a bottle.

I finished the turbo build last month, dynoed it and on 5psi non intercooled it made the exact power it made on 100 shot of nitrous. 300whp 390ftlbs through the auto. Stock M5 makes 330whp 325ftlbs through a manual.





Next up is a water to air intercooler and maybe another pound of boost.

[Buster]

have you answered anyone why the turbo is in the back?

no room up front?

[Sentry]

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have you answered anyone why the turbo is in the back?

Yes, about 900 times.

[infamous]

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Yes, about 900 times.

wait....the turbo is in the back? why would you put it back there?

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

[Buster]

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wait....the turbo is in the back? why would you put it back there?

I'm almost interested enough to look it up.


Naw.

[J-hop]

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wait....the turbo is in the back? why would you put it back there?

He’s got a whole thread discussing it...........

He’s not some jabroni kid that wants ‘sick boost yo’, if you read the thread it’s clear he knows exactly what he’s doing

[Sentry]

I know nothing.

[90_Shelby]

I changed the front pads and brake fluid in my car, also added a drop in K&N to replace what was probably the original air filter in the car. The wagon feels faster, I swear!

[JordanLotoski]

My mods are pretty simple

http://www.sharkwerks.com/products.php?pid=410

[J-hop]

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+1 on the 5L

Winter project is

- gt40x heads (been sitting on my workbench for a year now)
-TFS stage 1 Cam
- ported gt40 upper lower intake
- finish megasquirt wiring and get running with a base tune
-finish suspension work
- install new wheels and tires (going from 205 all around to 275 all around, should be a huge change
-find a not-so-snowy day to bring in for an alignment
- order on3 turbo kit

Good to see I haven’t deviated from my norm of not getting anything done.

Only thing done on that list is new wheels and tires on haha.

Built a new work bench so technically the heads did move. Garage got a makeover though!

[Abeo]

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I know nothing.

Was that a burnout on studded tires?

[Sentry]

Haven't switched the fronts over yet so they're still winter spec. Rears I switched to summers in a rush to make the dyno day.

[SKR]

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Holley Sniper EFI going on hopefully this week. 19 gallon Boyd Welding rear mount fuel tank to replace the dual 16 gallon saddle tanks.

This is all on hold now. Boyd Welding fucked up and sent me the wrong tank, and since I had it shipped to Sweet Grass the first time that's where they want to send the new tank. They refuse to send it to my house because shipping to Canada is too expensive, and I refuse to spend another minute or another dollar on it. So until I can source another tank with an in-tank pump, I'll be sticking with the carb.

[bjstare]

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He’s not some jabroni kid that wants ‘sick boost yo’, if you read the thread it’s clear he knows exactly what he’s doing

Haha wtf is this supposed to mean. That's literally the exact reason that you turbo a car. There is no other reason.