Lifted E30 V2

[Jdesign]

yeah thats not much of a snails pace. unless its this snail:

[GunMetalGrey]

 

The lower hose from an E34(?) fits to a late model radiator! 
I need to trim it shorter than stock to get that little kink out of it, but it will work just fine.
The upper hose will either be two stock hoses pieced together, one random find from the parts store, or a flex hose (last resort)

I need to get an expansion tank for the drivers side as the old style expansion tank would get melted by the turbo. If anyone has one laying around I would certainly like to talk!

Drove it about 3 feet last night, so that's a thing.

[B C]

Napa radiator hose #8484 for the top hose.

[jc43089]

I have a new Genuine late model expansion tank, never used. 85$ shipped.  FCPEuro price 105.09.

[GunMetalGrey]

Snap said:

Napa radiator hose #8484 for the top hose.

Is that one quite a bit longer than the "BMW" replacement? I'm coming from the side of the head (weird, right?) and it angles up fairly steep so I need plenty o' length to get back to the radiator. 
I'll have to check that one out though!

@jc43089 sounds a bit rich for this cars blood lol. I'll keep it in mind if I don't find one at the junkyard or something.

[KaiserRolls]

I’ve got a later model tank laying around

[B C]

It  could probably touch your crank bolt when attached at the top radiator outlet.

Made by Gates, cost should be right around $20

[straight6pwr]

awesome update!

i also have a late model tank around. $free

[GunMetalGrey]

So this finally happened! My radiator hoses are not great, they are spliced together out of two different hoses both top and bottom. 
I also don't have power steering yet because the mounting stuff is different, but driving it without power steering is surprisingly okay. So I need to figure out what I want to do there. 
I'll also probably order the real radiator hoses, and need to get a late model expansion tank in the car because the current one is sketchy at best!
The clutch is also slightly odd, it was an e46 setup, and I'm not quite sure what's going on.

In short, it's got kinks yet, but I got to do fun stuff.

[B C]

[stealthbimmer]

I hope the exhaust is staying the way it is

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[GunMetalGrey]

Snap said:

This is amazing lol. 

I have many reasons to not leave the exhaust as is, but it is hilarious and awesome to watch.

[Rekpoint]

Dude this thing is fucking sick.

[Rekpoint]

Figure out how to mount a smoke stack. Once you do that you can roll coal like a REAL TurBRO Trucker.

[suspenceful]

This car needs to maintain a stack.

[patsbimmer1]

Awesome!  It needs a flapper on the exhaust!

[YoungCR]

A Hummer H1 style exhaust stack would be cool! Are you planning to do the snorkel intake again?

[Jdesign]

I vote for stack with perforated protector:

[YoungCR]

^that would require the Benworth logo

[GunMetalGrey]

I bought a super cheap boost gauge. I haven't done anything with it yet. 

I got the alternator functioning, which is nice. 
Having to build an engine harness as I go is an odd thing. Just keep piecing stuff together. Tonight I will be getting the temp gauge working.

The new blower motor is great! It doesn't sound like death! Though it still only works on high, but the resistor pack (springs) looked fine. May just buy a new anyway because that's likely the problem in some way. 

Next on the list is an intercooler, apparently that's the #1 to prevent head damage, not sure how that works but it's a recommendation by everyone. I planned on doing it anyway so no time like the present! 

I do also need to figure out where to mount 3 or 4 gauges in the car... but I would like to keep the radio. To the internet I go!