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Originally Posted by xxxJohnBoyxxx  Ebay turbos are fine you just need to loosen the bolts and red loctite each on. All the people that bag on Ebay turbos didn't take the time to ensure the turbo was in proper tolerance and bolts were loctited. I've not seen a good top mount manifold except the $1,000 666 manifold and you have to do some smashing on the pass shock tower to make it fit. I've installed 3 OBX buttom mount with no issues. It is tight but you can keep your A/C which is manditory in Florida.
328 or M3 1995 only will plug into your current MAF wiring and it allows 3" of air flow instead of the stock MAF at 2.5" You will peg a stock 2.5" around 8-10 psi of boost and then the tune goes to $hit unless you Barrie to work some magic to ignore a Pegged MAF.
BTW something is wrong in the motor so head has to come off. Also I think all M4x rods are forged it's just the M42 has a forged crank and the M44 is cast.
John S |
Hmmm. Are you talking about the 666 e30 s14 manifold? Haven't seen any of the m4x motors.
I think for now I'm going to swap in another m44 find out what else may be wrong with the car and take my time building the motor and turbo setup.
Didn't you say you replaced the seals in the turbo as well? A guy I work with has about 12k on his eBay turbo and has had good luck.
What did you do with your washer fluid resivour? I would like to make a custom manifold and shove the turbo in that area or where the battery is and relocate it to the trunk.