I'm pulling the turbo.. I mean stuff out of the basement.
05-16-2010, 01:26 PM
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Jealous. Not a day goes by that this thought doesn't cross my mind. I want to turbo an E30 so bad. I work on more of them than i've worked on miatas and lately have been driving the M3 since my car is dead.
If you need any parts my buddy has 5 E30s and one Parts car and absolutely everything you could need in his basement.
If you need any parts my buddy has 5 E30s and one Parts car and absolutely everything you could need in his basement.
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05-16-2010, 01:48 PM
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I'm really surprised that so many want a turbo e30 this bad. Out of my group of car guys, I am the only one who doesn't have one. They are obnoxiuosly fast though
Y8's if you want ay pictures or video's just shoot me a pm. My good friend Josh actually has one the top ten fastest e30's in the country(the fastest in florida I believe) and he builds stoker motors, exhaust manifolds, sheet metal intake manifolds, megasquirts, etc..etc..
Actually my best friend Zach just bought Josh's lastest stoker M20. We installed that beast with a nice hx40 and.....dear god...it is one hell of a street car
Damnit, I kinda want one now
Y8's if you want ay pictures or video's just shoot me a pm. My good friend Josh actually has one the top ten fastest e30's in the country(the fastest in florida I believe) and he builds stoker motors, exhaust manifolds, sheet metal intake manifolds, megasquirts, etc..etc..
Actually my best friend Zach just bought Josh's lastest stoker M20. We installed that beast with a nice hx40 and.....dear god...it is one hell of a street car
Damnit, I kinda want one now
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05-16-2010, 07:56 PM
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it will probably be a mild and reliable E30 build (no FI for now). I may hold out for a 4 door 5 speed ix and hope to get lucky. There have been a few for sale (one local) recently for reasonable prices. I'm less afraid to do work on it if I've got two spare cars to drive.
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05-16-2010, 11:01 PM
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i'm not totally set on the ix. I'd rather have a solid runner i car with the four doors and five speed than an ix. and probably save some coin.
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05-17-2010, 07:44 AM
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Sad to hear.
Maybe I'm just sour because I'm at the ugly end of the process, but parting out your setup and converting back to stock is painful. I was in a hurry to sell, so didn't get much back out of my build. While I'm sure you can afford to have more patience, it still hurts to box up and ship off all the hard work you invested and won't be compensated for. Then you have to put just as much work back into getting the car running again, only you're not motivated because it's going to be slow again. Unless you were incredibly clean in your installs (which I imagine you are), you are likely missing stock parts, and will have to do some splicing/rebuilding to get things working again as well. My fabrication and diagnostics work to get the car running on the Mazda ECU again easily rivals what it took to get MS and COPS going.
You've probably considered all this, and all builds are different, I'm just offering a sad sad man's perspective from the other side of that tunnel. I'm sure neogayness could give you a similar account.
Anyhow, good luck with it all, especially the new build. I can definitely understand the desire to move on to something else, and I won't lie: it's all worth it when I'm on the bike. I'm sure I'll remember the other reason I decided to do it when we're on the plane heading to the Caribbean in 3 weeks and see the smiles on my wife and daughter's faces.
Maybe I'm just sour because I'm at the ugly end of the process, but parting out your setup and converting back to stock is painful. I was in a hurry to sell, so didn't get much back out of my build. While I'm sure you can afford to have more patience, it still hurts to box up and ship off all the hard work you invested and won't be compensated for. Then you have to put just as much work back into getting the car running again, only you're not motivated because it's going to be slow again. Unless you were incredibly clean in your installs (which I imagine you are), you are likely missing stock parts, and will have to do some splicing/rebuilding to get things working again as well. My fabrication and diagnostics work to get the car running on the Mazda ECU again easily rivals what it took to get MS and COPS going.
You've probably considered all this, and all builds are different, I'm just offering a sad sad man's perspective from the other side of that tunnel. I'm sure neogayness could give you a similar account.
Anyhow, good luck with it all, especially the new build. I can definitely understand the desire to move on to something else, and I won't lie: it's all worth it when I'm on the bike. I'm sure I'll remember the other reason I decided to do it when we're on the plane heading to the Caribbean in 3 weeks and see the smiles on my wife and daughter's faces.
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