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Eric

Thought this looked familiar... I saw your list on widsm.org. I wouldn't mind that shortblock, but you're about 3 hours away.

Eric

I can pick some up at my junk yard. I know they will have some of these. The only problem is that I won't be able to go till next weekend since there's no way I can make it to the yard in time on a week night.

Eric

Yep, I am leaning towards the bolts. I am using bolts that I picked up from the hardware store. Thanks. Sorry to take the post off-topic...

Eric

Sorry Bill, for not sticking to the front-exit solution. I decided that having to worry about the head cooling on top of everything else was just too much to handle in one shot.

Here's another pic, showing the room it takes up. As you can see it sits no further back than the lower portion of the ...

Eric

If I find a galant at the yard I'll pick one of those up since my radiator is higher. Although I do like to have the cap in back so I can fill the radiator to a certain point with the cap in back removed and thus letting air out. If that even really helps when filling, I'm not sure...

I'm not exact ...

Eric

I was at the junk yard and noticed the SOHC engines have a different thermostat housing water outlet, one that would clear the firewall a lot better. So, I bought it and tried it out. It fits to the thermo housing just the same as the DOHC part, but doesn't sit angled towards the firewall like the ...

Eric

I've been going back and forth on either doing a custom intake manifold or relocating my brake master cylinder in order to fit the m/c in combination with the booster (currently I run the m/c alone).

What if the runners were angled in order to allow them to be longer and still clear everything ...

Eric

Hey Alex. I emailed you about 5-6 months ago asking if you still had the old pics of the bimmubishi build. I'm pretty much done with mine, but only have about 150 miles on it because I keep finding things to fix at this point. :roll:

I didn't put my engine it at such an angle and don't have room ...

Eric

Cool. Mine is 25" from the face of the bellhousing. I wouldn't mind replacing it with something sturdier.

Eric

It definitely came in the MKIII and MKIV N/A models. A google search for "MKIV W58" will turn up lots of stuff...

This was posted to supraforums.com by Norbie on the differences made to the MKIV W58:

- there is no synchro on reverse, in fact it's not possible to have synchro on reverse with the ...

Eric

Hey now.

I'm still not sure if the W58 from either the MKIII or MKIV are exactly the same, however. Hopefully they are! Anyone have any experience with these?

Eric

I ran across that website about a week ago and thought it was a great idea. It seems like great stuff. But, there's no way I'm going to spend over $100 on coolant and then have to keep extra on hand because it can't be contaminated with other fluids. Not at this time.

I have to imagine the system ...

Eric

I created my cooling system according to Bill's diagram. I ran the engine today for about 8 minutes, allowing the engine to warm up to 190 degrees before I turned it off. I don't currently have the radiator fan connected to a relay, as well as, having that circuit configured to turn on at a certain ...

Eric

Thanks for the new windows desktop image.

Eric

Thanks for finding that out, Bill. I will probably hook it up tomorrow night.

Eric

Well, I currently know nothing about the wires and where they go and what they do. Along with that I need to figure out how to adapt them to the BMW. I'll probably figure it out or come up with better questions when I really get into it. For now, since I'm not driving anywhere, I will use the ...

Eric

It's the standard DSM water pump from the cars.

Eric

I emailed Alex a few months ago to see if he could get me his old Bimmubishi photos. At this point I'm far enough along in my swap, but they would still be interesting to check out.

I only had to "bore" out the water pump slightly to get this piece to slide in. So it's a good fit. Nothing more than ...

Eric

You wouldn't happen to be referring to Alex from Dentsport would you?

Eric

The trick is to build a Megasquirt and wire it all up from scratch. As far as the starter, that's easy. I still haven't figured out how to connect the charging system yet.

Eric

Hah, yeah that's me.

I am still working out all the coolant lines, but things are looking good. I have been putting off buying that front exit adapter.

Eric

I am planning to have the forward segment of the 2-piece driveshaft modified. Is it bad to have a slip yoke on each end of this one segment of driveshaft? I notice most of them have a slip yoke on one end and a plate with bolts on the other.

Eric

That's sweet! Nice website, I've browsed it before after seeing your posts on msefi.com. Is that intake for the blue Evo III? I'm in the process of building my exhaust system and I am going to have to see if I can get the tubing to run side-by-side with the driveshaft, looks nice.

Eric

What a badass project!

Eric

As of last night I have a complete clutch. It's installed on the engine and the engine is in the car. I tested the clutch pedal and it's working. I was able to reach down thru the hole where the shift lever comes up into the car and turn the driveshaft by hand when the clutch is pressed in (and the ...

Eric

Thanks, I will see in a day or so when I get the turbo pistons.

Eric

This is off topic... but I'm too curious not to ask. I ordered used stock 1G turbo pistons and rods. I still haven't gotten them, but what appearance differences should there be? Supposedly the lands are larger and so there would be more space between the rings, but I don't see it in the photos of ...

Eric

Bill, the megasquirt is a LOT of work. Once I get mine setup right and running good I will have to find the time to do a writeup.

The biggest complication is the ignition. Here is a writeup on all that just to get you an idea of what's (partially) involved: http://www.diyautotune.com/tech_articles ...

Eric

Here is a good read: http://www.megasquirt.info/MS%20FAQ.htm#sequential

The megasquirt ecu's I've tuned do batch mode which is good/better than sequential for performance, but likely not as good for mileage and emissions.

As far as antilag, it is supposed to severely retard the timing as well as ...

Eric

That wiki site is pretty useful... I've never had to put any thought into making a custom coolant system before. The more information the better.

I checked www.bavauto.com to see their prices on that thermostat and they have them listed for $20. I wouldn't have guessed they'd have it cheaper. You ...

Eric

Bill, I like the 2 drawings in your previous post and I want to build mine like that. Being familiar with BMWs I had this type of thermostat in mind: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Thermostat-for-BMW-1602-2002-Tii-318-320-i-iL-E30-E21 ...

Eric

Here's a photo of the 2 main parts:

Eric

Never know, I may have to make some adjustments. Besides, I'm looking forward to painting it anyways.

Eric

Bill, that's unbelievable, I'm amazed!!!

How did you weld that?

Freakin' sweet!

Eric

It's just an extension of the existing arm so it's still the same shift pattern.

Eric

Thanks guys.

Eric

Here's what I made over the weekend. After getting the bell housing mounted and playing with the engine's position I realized that the shifter position was way too far forward (i think i'd be shifting right into the console) I decided I had to extend it back. I used a mapp torch, aluminum welding ...

Eric

Bill, that's looking great! No, I don't plan to buy a different oil pan... as much as I'd like to build something myself it would take me forever and I probably wouldn't finish.

Eric

Wow! That's sweet!

How much do they sell that flange for?

Eric

Very nice. I've got the Toyota disc, slave cylinder and throwout bearing already.

Eric

Hello,

To help keep my project moving I'm wondering if anyone has any stock clutch parts that they would let go for reasonable prices? I don't care if they are old and used so long as they will bolt up and I can make a document on fitting Bill's bell housing. So, if you have any parts just sitting ...

Eric

If you can get 2 inches off from the starting point that would be great. Also, if you can bring it up a bit in that area (hopefully without hurting the oil flow--of course, it will help having the turbo return line where I want it).

As far as adding extra capacity there's plenty of room on either ...

Eric

At first I was, but then I removed it and was doing it on the garage floor. This is definitely what caused it to become deformed in the wrong places.

Eric

I ended up banging my first oil pan to the point where the top/mount surface isn't even flat any more... maybe I should use heat in the area that I'm working with.

I will see what I come up with tonight. I already ordered a used oil pan from ebay, but maybe I can get some testing done with the bent ...

Eric

Hello,

So, what I want to do is remove a portion of the oil pan and weld in a piece of stainless steel that is shaped differently. The point would be to allow more oil pan clearance around the stearing rack and be able to get the engine a little lower (to get those cam pulleys to clear the hood and ...

Eric

I got my bellhousing mounted. I'm very happy with it. Definitely a solid, well made part. I will be doing a thorough write-up on clutch installation once I get all of the parts together.

Eric

I'm definitely putting together a megasquirt (using the msns-e code) for my e30/4g63, but then again, I've built one for a lancer evo 8 so this will be easy. The first and even second time building one it can get very frustrating when it comes to implementing it in your car.

I plan to run the stock ...

Eric

Hello everybody! Great forum. I am working on an e30 bmw: http://b18c5.org/eric/bmw/

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