My non-clio: supercharged BMW 318is project

[R1XPH]

Hope its ok to post this here

I recently bought my old project car back from the guy I sold it to and with the money I'm now earning, I'm going to finish what I started and more and I'm going to super charge it.

I am waiting for my old bmw to be delivered from the seller which should be any day now (pics soon)

I have already purchased a few parts.

Eaton Super charger from PH5 Mini Cooper S:

What im planing to use for my charge cooler + header tank:

I got a good price on a gearbox and some new wing mirrors from JC-BM.

I got a bargain 11inch electric Spal fan from my local scrap yard for £5 and it works

Plus few other bits for sorting the paint work etc.

I've spent £288 so far but I have managed to save £180 so far (would've been close to £500) on my original outlook for costs which I'm happy about.


Next month I'll be ugrading the clutch to an organic stage one set up, fitting Powerflex bushes to the front end (already has rears) and getting more bits for the cooling like electric fans and water pumps.

More pics soon

 

[Dave_Tricky]

should be in the other section mate, but should be juicy

 

[Turkish]

E30 or E36 ?

 

[R1XPH]

Its an E30 3 door but it has the E36 engine so hoping for some pretty nice gains as the 318 16v from an e36 is actualy a 1.9

 

[Mark One]

fair enough.

Are you really going to use that intercooler (and it is an intercooler not a charge cooler)

Pretty sure you could pick up something better dead cheap.

 

[Englebert]

Should be good! Nice to see someting done on a reasonable budget too.

 

[R1XPH]

The cooler was cheap any way and just a little dirty not bashed in and doesn't leak, so going to see what I can do with it for now or just bung it in the back of the garage lol.

 

[mikey123]

got any pics of the whole car?

 

[James.]

sounds like a great project

 

[R1XPH]

Will get some new pics of the car when it arrives

 

[Vish]

Interesting project.

How much power do you reckon you'll be getting from it once finished?

 

[minty83]

a friend of mine has a supercharge on a e36 318ti compact.. does go preety well to be fair, 200 bhp at the rear wheels:race:

 

[R1XPH]

From the old E30 engine 200bhp is an easy figure to reach, mine has the E36 engine which is a whole 100ml bigger and more powerful from the start so should get a tad more then save up for a good rolling road session.

 

[A18XHO]

i would have just got a 325 with a lsd. probs would be as fast/faster and twice the fun

 

[R1XPH]

Not as interesting though.

 

[Russ_16v]

Its an E30 3 door but it has the E36 engine so hoping for some pretty nice gains as the 318 16v from an e36 is actualy a 1.9

just so ya know matey (coz im sad) the early E36 (upto 1995) the M42 318is lump was actually a 1.8 16v ( i used to own one) the in 1995 they enlarged it to 1.9 (M44)both produced the same power though (136bhp)

good engine though, with trick bits like piston cooling jets and revs like hell, will be interested in your throttle body set up, as with the way the inlet manifolds are on them there is little room!

 

[R1XPH]

Cheers Russ the engine I have was from a '95 318.

 

[Russ_16v]

most prob be a 1.9 mate but i have seen a few 1.8's that that was the change over year,im really looking forward to see how this goes, a great idea, nice usable power and will have great balance

 

[R1XPH]

When its done come have a look only down the road (ish)

 

[Waitey]

The eaton conversion isn't exactly cheap. Custom fabrication prices kill it.

 

[R1XPH]

Got some very helpful contacts on that

 

[Waitey]

You'll need it. A diy eaton kit on things like MX-5's/Ford units costs more than the Jackson racing/Rotrex kit.

 

[PYE21]

Weeman needs to read this thread!!

I will send him this way!

 

[Weeman]

Howdy howdy howdy

I'm really intrested in this, get the pics up ASAP. My e30 318is made 142 HP on the rollers, I could do with a bit more lol If you want any advice regarding other stuff just holla mate.

 

[Russ_16v]

When its done come have a look only down the road (ish)

most def, il be holding you to that one chap!

 

[PYE21]

Howdy howdy howdy

I'm really intrested in this, get the pics up ASAP. My e30 318is made 142 HP on the rollers, I could do with a bit more lol If you want any advice regarding other stuff just holla mate.

Found this then Chuckles!!

Car actually looks good in that pic!!

 

[Weeman]

LOL It does occasionally sweetie.

Back in the uk for xmas, shout if your going the nightclub way and we'll have a night on't pop

 

[R1XPH]

Ah sweet

Mind telling me what suspension and brakes your running

Car should be arriving Wednesday with a team meeting the next week to decide what to do first.

 

[Weeman]

suspension is bilstein dampers and kw 55/55 springs, still sits to high, thats dedication making it look decked, H+R coilovers if you have the spare money, just about the only thing which will get a 318is on the deck properly, or KW variant 3's if your feeling flush.

Brakes are STD disks and DS3000's front and back,teflon lines and 5.1 fluid, stops like a bstard, but you might need a bigger option with the extra power have a mate who runs some 4 pot brakes on his 335 e30, can find out which ones of you want.

 

[R1XPH]

It has Spax PSX adjustable dampers on it so going to see how they get on with the full set of poly bushes.

I think I'm going to go for some Willwood 4 pots, don't want to risk it because stopping it is more important than anything IMO.

How about clutch

 

[Weeman]

well mine is standard clutch, I'd say with that power and if you have the money I'd lash out some money on a good one, quaife lsd would be good too, and if your budgets endless a lightened flywheel too, std 318is flywheel is a heavy mofo, 325 one is alot lighter and fits when modified but a custom one if about 700 usd I think. Makes the world of differnce to accelleration. I have a 4,27 lsd on mine from a 316, hits the limter in top, but makes it go like a fcuker LOL

 

[R1XPH]

I remember the fly wheel from when we changed it before they're lumpy, sadly don't think I can afford to buy a lightened one yet.

Need to find a good LSD when i can afford it

 

[R1XPH]

Small update:

Had my fly wheel machined down to save some weight:

20mm was skimmed off of the diameter with 1 or 2mm left at the bottum to retain some strength on the ring gear. The side walls were cut down to 1mm above the face of the wheel.

The machining cost me £40 and I've yet to get a quote for getting it rebalanced.

The wheel before machining was just over 12.5 kilos. Plonked it on the scales today and it now weights 9 kilos which I'm pretty chuffed with in regards with how much it has cost. It'll also help the cooling of the clutch as it'll be getting pretty hot under competition conditions.


Currently drawing up the S/C bracket and removing all the front bumper to fit this beast:

Also doing an electric fan conversion. Got a new rad from ebay for £5 and it was in perfect nik. Quite on the handy side it came with a threaded boss which meant I could the OEM BMW temperature switch to switch the fan.

The alternator is being relocated to the other side of the engine and I am changing the crank pully wheel for one with more teeth to match the pully on the charger.

 

[Mark One]

where'd you source that FMIC? looks lovly!

good work like this project

 

[Limca]

excellent, will keep my eye out on this.... im looking for a e30 at the moment

 

[Waitey]

Will you be running a dual TB set up? A lot of throttle'd volume with that cooler.

 

[Ian_182]

Sounds like a good little project

 

[Alastair.]

get pics of the whole car up rich

 

[R1XPH]

The cooler was puchased from ebay but I am going to sell it if any ones interested as I'm wanting a shorter longer one now for various reasons £80 plus postage .

We're running a single TB down streem of the S/C and a Forge valve.

Pics of the car:

Swapping the 14inch wheels for some 15inch ones and got some toyo R888's:

Next to get is another M42 engine and a 3.91 Limited Slip Diff.

 

[R1XPH]

Correction from before, the standard M42 TB does have a dual TB but its in one unit.

Progress:

I've got some injectors from an Audi TT Turbo good for 225BHP. Flow rate is 279cc/min @ 3bar, I had them ultrasonicaly cleaned and reconditioned

Test result sheet:

Also got an FSE adjustable regulator and also a gauge for setup.

Had a pretty good day today, the main aim was just to get the interooler bolted in and very happy with how it worked:

New cooler

Simple L shaped bracket to bolt onto the chassis

Managed to get a stuck bolt out and removed the front end

Bolted the cooler to the bracket, offered it up and checked it with a spirit level, then drilled holes for the Rivnuts to go into.

Checked it then drilled a second set of holes to make it secure and painted it brilliant red.

It was still abit wobly as expected so had to pretty much guesstimate where the top mount would line up with but got it smack on Put a bolt through it and now it's rock 'ard.

Put the front end back on althought will probably come off for a new one as the lower part is bend and out of shape where some one has probably driven it into a kurb.

Whats also really good it my fan and radiator setup fits in perfectly behind it so nice neat little arrangement for cooling. I will need to trim some small bits out of the bumper to allow for the hoses to clear it but appart from that it's brilliant.

I also took the ali door cards off and to my shock I found the windows where held up with two bits of wood

I had been planning to fit some manual window mechanisms so bought a set of them but was a bit worried that the center sections of the doors had been removed previously for weight saving, thankfuly when I got the cards off the middles where still in so that saved me a job (althought the handle parts were removed to add to the door cards).

Good times

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