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holly heck!! its been a while since i've posted on here so here's a bit of an update.. some updated pic's of the car.. respray in the next month or so is on the cards :dance: enjoy.

had the BBM on it before I turboed it, decided to go back to the log manifold, was told they flow better for turbo applications, but currently looking at getting a plenum.

I had thort of this, will probably look into it, but comes down to clearance as the pipe work from the cooler to the TB cuts accross there..

don't really like the idea of putting a battery inside the car.

Another small update, started fitting up the catch can last weekend and finished it off saturday, I also altered the intake pipe to suit the serpentine belt and fitted the EL serpentine belt cover.

very nice work there, will look really good on the water, looking forward to seeing it in action.

j3 just plugs in to the bottom of the ECU, you can also purchase the chip with I6 manuel MAPs already installed, reguarding tuners, the guy i took mine to, didnt know about them but was able to work it out quite easily. the webtite you purchase the j3 chip from and any other Q's you may have can be forund here: http://www.tiperformance.com.au/index.php LS1 coils may happen but thats a long way off, I want to get the car resprayed and engine rebuilt before upgrading the ECU.

ha ha yeah lights 3rd easy lol

nah mate still has the ED unit in there, but if it breaks, I have an EF opt20 with one in it.. havent driven it much so I havent realy noticed any difference oh, I also had it retuned since and it pulled 252Kw at the treads..

has been a while since my last update, while it was on the rollers it was spiting off power steer belts, so I decided to do a serpentine belt conversion, ended up getting a new Dayco XH belt tentioner for $130, also grabed a new water pump and harmonic. pic's: I also fitted the koni rear shocks, then the diff control arms fitted with all new bushes, and finally the slotted rotors and pads. I then did some work on the front end, slotted rotors, new pads, tie rod ends, lower control arms with new bushes, front radious arm bushes, and upper and lower ball joints. she's like a new beast..

nice work mate, the ute looks very fresh.

here ya go: Turbo Kit: Snort stage 2 - Stage 4 turbo manifold - SP GTP88 internal wategate turbocharger - 3 inch S/Steel dump pipe - S/Steel oil feed line - S/Steel oil drain line - Front mount cooler 600X300X76 - Custom 3 inch S/Steel cooler piping and intake. Engine: ED Tickford - JP Performance vernier cam timing gear - Crow XR6 valve springs - Custom 3 inch S/Steel exhaust - AU MLS head gasket. Cooling system: - EF thermo fans. Driveline: - Clutch Xtreme kit KFD26001XHD. Suspension/brakes: - Koni Reds front & rear - XR6 springs - NL V8 Rear sway bar. ECU/Fuel: - Bosch 023 - Turbosmart FPR800 adjustable 1:1 Rising reg - EL ECU - Haltech E6X - J3 chip.

dyno chart:

Picked the car up tonight from the tunners, final tune is 232.9rwkw @ 13psi, torque 1018.6 @ 3808rpm, I have a read out but need to scan it.

time for another small update. I made up my 3" exhaust this weekend.. pic goodness...... Centre section. Tail pipe. And all fitted up..

ATM i'm running an EL ECU with a J3 chip, but looking around for a haltech E6X. I'm a gunna paint the cooler, but I'll probably wait and get it done when I have the car resprayed.

small update, now that i've finally got the scorcher kit, I needed to lower the cooler and in turn I had to alter the cooler piping to fit the front bar, during the week I grabbed a bottle of argon, so today I got into some chopping and tacking, passenger side is all tacked ready to weld up, the drivers side I need to lengthen by an inch, some more trimming of the front bar and should be all good.. Pic's.... after finishing, I took It for a test drive and discovered the RHF wheel scrubbs on the pipework a little bit, so i'll have to make some alterations to stop that, I think that will be a job for next weekend..

where should i be looking for vacuume leaks (most common places)? cheers mate just the sort of thing i was looking for.. :)

the engine is a 4A-GE, i've read someware that if the throttle body coolant path has a air bubble in it it can cause high idle, can someone tell me how to bleed it? I have tryed buy removing the rear hose while engine running but that didn't seem to help..

thanks for the comments guys..

I was trying to do the same thing.. link may help.. http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?s...895#entry391097

updated pic's of the engine bay..

not sure havent had it on the rollers yet, should be about 200+RWKW.. I'm on holidays next week so If I get time, i'll do it then..

Bullbar is on the cards next.. link> http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?showtopic=35073

been doing some serching, and found out that the early BMW 3 series are avaliable in 14" 4x100 PCD ET15, exactly what I'm after, just need to locate some and buy them..