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Believe I'll be searching for a new block, wondering what is out there? Looking for a cleanish B25 or B27 block for our turbo build.

Just some pictures of the build along the way. 

Freshened the head up with new valve seals, re-lapped and resurfaced. 

ARP head studs, this was our first attempt. We are using the OEM BMW gasket now. 

Testing the fitment of our ebay manifold and Garrett T04e

Getting the Gates belt on and some accessories.

Motor is finally in the car!

Here you can see the manifold, turbo and downpipe fitment in the car.  -Thanks to our buddy Jeff on the awesome fab work on the downpipe\exhaust!

Squeezing in the intercooler, we were able to fit inlet and outlets under the headlight brackets (they did have to be trimmed slight). But this tucks up nicely for an almost stock like fitment. 

BOV and intake piping is routed. 

Here you can see the downpipe my buddy Jeff fabbed up along with a flex coupler with vbands. It is 3" stainless all the way back. It does tuck nicely!

3" to a magnaflow Y. 

snap said:

Glad I was able to go for a ride in it. You’ve done well! Its so great how hard that car pulls at only 6psi. It really makes me wish I could build another one!

Thanks! Your telling me, that turbo noise is something else.

YoungCR said:

Congrats! Post up some pics and vids!

I'll get some up in the next day or 2.

Wanted to shout out @snap thanks to him our 2+ year turbo E30 project was able to make its first WOT pulls under boost today, and it felt amazing! His expertise and guidance are what kept our turbo dreams alive through our ups and downs. 

Last spring while wrapping up our build we made an error and popped the motor, we then spent all fall and winter tearing down the motor. After ball honing the block, new-used pistons, rings, rod bearings we completed wrapping everything up this spring and worked on fixing all the little bugs. @snap was gracious enough to help us get the tune dialed in so we can finally drive the car and make some really nice WOT pulls which feel o-so-good. 

What a great day! 

Rings measured alright, same with piston grooves. Maybe we go back and try to reclean them. Any recommendations on what to soak the pistons in?

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Didn't have issue with the first 2, having issue with 1 of yours and 2 of mine.

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Yep grooves are very clean, old rings fit without issue. I'm going to pick up a caliper today and report back.

Snap said:

I have to ask the annoying obvious question: did you scrape out the carbon deposits with a piece of broken old ring?

So the height of the ring too tall for the piston groove?

Do you have a caliper to measure the height of old ring vs the new goetze ring?

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In the process of putting our turbo m20 back together and I'm having issues with the scrapper ring on 3 of the Pistons. It seems the scrapper ring is to fat, has anyone had this issue with goetze rings?

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Snap said:

It isnt ideal, but boring it out and getting oversized pistons is not a budget-friendly situation.

I say run it for now and if it ends up it has a little to much oil consumption/blowby/too little compression then you can buy a used engine or build another one on the side and do everything right.

Yeah I think that is going to be the plan, slap it together and see what happens. Any opinions on ring gap?

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Replacing a piston that was damage (likely due to running lean) found this vertical scratch in the cylinder wall. I know it's not ideal, but interested in others thoughts. We have already honed the cylinder, I wouldn't say a fingernail catches but you can feel it.

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i_love_cars said:

Got my package today. Shirts are awesome but the iPhone 7 case is clear/see-through. This isn't specified on the website and the only options are for size (iphone 7 or 7+). My iPhone (like millions of others) is black so you cannot see the design at all. I assumed that the case was going to be a solid grayish color with the black print on it for the design.

How can I go about returning the iphone case? 

Sorry about that, I'll get a full refund heading your way.

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Earl said:

I could also poll the compact guys to see what theyd want to get you a solid selling shirt=)

That would be great, I'll PM you!

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Earl said:

The e30 cutaway is something I would definitely be into. I may be biased, but you should do a e36.5 (318ti) design down the line. There isn't much of anything for us compact guys 

I'm open to doing a design for the 318ti, I'll let you know when I get something out there. Hoping I can squeeze something in the next 2 weeks or so.

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wasnt m3 said:

Got my order today, looks great! Thank you!

Glad to hear you like it! [emoji106]

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Earl said:

What designs are coming down the pipeline if you don't mind me asking?

A couple of E30 cutaways, Saab 900 turbo as well as an LS inspired design. Hoping by the end of next week!

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wasnt m3 said:

Order placed.

Thanks!

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i_love_cars said:

coupon code made it a no-brainer for me. I just placed my order for 3 shirts and the iPhone cover.

Congrats on being the first person in history to make me actually give a shit about an iPhone cover. I've never even used protective cases. 

Thanks for the order!

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Hey guys, I decided to run a little promo. You can use SPRINGSALE to get 20% off your order. The code will be good until the end of the month!

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suspenceful said:

madbim said:

Thanks for the compliment, I'm giving printful a go for now.

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Cool - what shirts are being used? Just curious before I place an order.

All shirts are Anvil 980

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