E36 Bmw Ls1

[Fatboy]

LS6 manifold was fitted to VX onwards mate, so depends on the donor car for your engine ? My memory is getting hazy but i'm pretty sure they were a better design and the guys with VT's sweated on VX owners upgrading to fasts, 8tb's etc to pick up their old stocker manifolds...

[Turbo 351]

LS6 manifold was fitted to VX onwards mate, so depends on the donor car for your engine ? My memory is getting hazy but i'm pretty sure they were a better design and the guys with VT's sweated on VX owners upgrading to fasts, 8tb's etc to pick up their old stocker manifolds...

All good then, i was told this was a VX or VY motor, i can't remember exactly.

[Euroboost]

You mean lower. Higher the number=lower the ratio.
Lower ratio means bigger skids.
Higher ration means bigger speeds, if it can push it that hard.

[HSV Senator]

This thing is so sweet! If only I had a bit of mechanical know how I would do the same thing.

I know it is unpopular but i would be choosing a small cam for this. Something smooth and stealthy. With the right cam you will loose at most 10 or so peak kw* but gain a bit down low.





* Assuming your not going some huge stick!

[WRXCunt]

Thought about getting a varex xforce or whatever muffler? the ones where you can adjust flow rates, could be handy to make it sound like a stocker when your pottering around town, and to give it that fuck off v8 rumble when your flogging it

[Turbo 351]

I thought there was heaps of room for the AC compressor to fit, but it finally arrived today, and once installed it makes everything go from roomy-very tight! Problem is the lines want to come out of the compressor straight into the BMW chassis rail. The US Camaro uses a similar style AC Compressor, but the outlets are on the rear rather than side of the compressor. This would be good for chassis clearance, but room behind is also tight due to trying to fit the following in there Starter/Steering column/ 4-1 extractors/engine mount already. Plus i purchased this AC Compressor brand new, so i'm sort of committed to using it. If i modify the outlet so the pipes come off at 90 deg, i should be able to sneak it in, I'm going to have to push the whole motor over about 10-15mm to the passenget side, and also tip it about 10mm (drivers side up) to make it all fit ok (If you didn't know, or have a ruler, you couldn't even tell). No AC would be a piece of cake. But i definately want to retain it, as this will be my daily driver, not a race/drag car.

Got the throttle cable done today, and i pick up all of my mounts etc tomorrow from being cut-can start welding stuff together now

1 7/8 bends should arrive any day now for the pipes to start getting made.

[HAMMER]

Glen, how do you think one would fit in an E30?........measurement wise. I know a guy in the states did one in his M3 but cannot remember if he did it A/C and all.

[Turbo 351]

Glen, how do you think one would fit in an E30?........measurement wise. I know a guy in the states did one in his M3 but cannot remember if he did it A/C and all.

Tight, very tight!

See here

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...d.php?t=699289

If you are going to do it, i'd be tempted to move the whole booster/master cyl under the dash, like what hiace/express vans use. Not a fan of their brake solution, but everything else looks good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DbI3...eature=related

[INFLYT]

A dude that work's around the corner from me has a Dark Blue E36 coupe with a LS1 in it a.k.a LOVNIT.
It really blow's people away, so you're onto a good thing.

[Turbo 351]

Still working on the engine mounts atm, hope to have them all finished by tomorrow. Progress is slower than i would have liked, but at least it is going in the right direction.


Once all the welding is finished, i'll pull it all out and have it powdercoated.
















I needed to get the RHS mount as far forward as possible, to leave enough room for the extractors.

[Deus Ex]

it truley blows my mind that you guys can engineer your own stuff like this.

Awesome job, cant wait to see it finished.

[HoonBoy]

Are you going to brace the drivers side mount on the crossmember? Looks like it is hanging in the breeze at the moment.

[Turbo 351]

Are you going to brace the drivers side mount on the crossmember? Looks like it is hanging in the breeze at the moment.

It is has gussets undeneath, you just can't see them. I have made it larger tham i need, and i will cut it back once the mount is welded to it, so it will be fine.

[Swill]

She's going to be tight in there. Who ever is making your exhaust isnt going to like you.

[Turbo 351]

She's going to be tight in there. Who ever is making your exhaust isnt going to like you.

If you look at this pic, i hope to squeeze 1 pipe between the block and steering shaft, just behind the starter, and the other 3 will have to run between the chassis and steering shaft. It is going to be tight, but do able.

I have told him to do the RHS first, because as much as it will suck, the LHS is going to be very easy compared.