Project Apocolyps

[RTLoui]

Hey guys, I'm trying to get advice from as many people as possible because I'm going to perform the impossible. I'm in the middle of building a 1200rwhp 5 series. So far its an M30 head with a custom 290 cam with an 11.2 mil lift, custom racing light weight rockers from korman, billet rocker retainers, triple titanium valve springs, ported and polished, an M102 block with custom hyperstrength rods, and intake manifold i am biulding with equal length runners and 12 injector slots, and an M5 drivtrain on the way. there is more but i realized it was too small for my aplication after I bought it so if anyone needs spare parts including performance parts ask away. All I ask is for small advice on how to suck hidden horsepower on these engines because I know their capabilities, and boy can they pump power, even reliably. I'll be responding to any replies daily and i hope this turns out to be a very large thread because there are still untold secrets of the turbo m30.

[winfred]

oh yea the m30 has huge potential the csl racers had 425-475 hp normally asperated, good luck

[RTLoui]

oh yea I frogot to mention the small little t-100 goin in there

[RTLoui]

I should have pictures of the built head in here within the next couple days and oh yea I have enough E30 spare parts to build another car so if anyone needs them I'll be more than happy to get rid of them. Plus this is the car that I'm trying to go after because this car is an animal.
http://www.vsmotor.no/en_pictures.html

[kyleN20]

do you have e30 front airdam, for a 1990?

[RTLoui]

Sorry I gave it to my dad for his rebuild.

[genphreak]

I should have pictures of the built head in here within the next couple days... Plus this is the car that I'm trying to go after because this car is an animal. http://www.vsmotor.no/en_pictures.html

Heh, Vidar's **** is so strong you can smell it from here.

That S38 is a killer and Scandinavians are turbo animals, especially that other e34 with the three-mile long intake manifold (similar to Vidal's) that Erich introduced us to a few months back.

If you take an M30 and add those sick 2-metre diameter Scandinavian turbos they use, setup the Autronic, injectors and so on, you end up with some seriously sick ****. I will definately be hunting around for a first time look at this stuff, next time I go North...

Problem is, I always thought that if one built a motor like that, taking so much time and effort to check and recheck, calculate and over-calculate, build and re-build, etc. - how do you ever know how much boost/NO2 & etcetera you can add? Where does one stop? Sure the shafts or the diff will go first in most cases; but ultimately with a tubbed 9" rear such horsepower is just an exercise merely to see what can be done, let alone and one that will likely come apart in the process (spoiling everything).

I've seen that happen too often- and invariably the builder often just goes on to another project. Are you really prepared to do this? Be sure you are it will take more than time, money and effort.

I know I am just me, but I am happy that these motors go well enough in the real world... and have potential. I am keener than most to check this stuff out and swoon, but is it really worth it for you to do all this just to push an M30 to a desired output figure? Why do such a thing- what is your driving interest in it? And how will you work out where to stop without blowing it all sky-high? Nick

[Rustam]

Heh, Vidar's **** is so strong you can smell it from here.

That S38 is a killer and Scandinavians are turbo animals, especially that other e34 with the three-mile long intake manifold (similar to Vidal's) that Erich introduced us to a few months back.

If you take an M30 and add those sick 2-metre diameter Scandinavian turbos they use, setup the Autronic, injectors and so on, you end up with some seriously sick ****. I will definately be hunting around for a first time look at this stuff, next time I go North...

Problem is, I always thought that if one built a motor like that, taking so much time and effort to check and recheck, calculate and over-calculate, build and re-build, etc. - how do you ever know how much boost/NO2 & etcetera you can add? Where does one stop? Sure the shafts or the diff will go first in most cases; but ultimately with a tubbed 9" rear such horsepower is just an exercise merely to see what can be done, let alone and one that will likely come apart in the process (spoiling everything).

I've seen that happen too often- and invariably the builder often just goes on to another project. Are you really prepared to do this? Be sure you are it will take more than time, money and effort.

I know I am just me, but I am happy that these motors go well enough in the real world... and have potential. I am keener than most to check this stuff out and swoon, but is it really worth it for you to do all this just to push an M30 to a desired output figure? Why do such a thing- what is your driving interest in it? And how will you work out where to stop without blowing it all sky-high? Nick

correct me if I am wrong but the pictures do not seem to show m30 (or s38 for that matter) becasue the engine does not appear to be tilted to the left side... whats wrong with the picture?

[Jon K]

correct me if I am wrong but the pictures do not seem to show m30 (or s38 for that matter) becasue the engine does not appear to be tilted to the left side... whats wrong with the picture?

They turn the engine upright so that the exhaust manifold and turbo clear the fender. It's an S38

[Nick.Hay]

Oh, by the way...

Vidar killed the S38... It was pumping 1129BHP!!