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Originally Posted by Petro135
How we doing on this? Hows she running?
New tune ok?
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I apologize for the lack of updates over the past few weeks. Christmas/New Years were busy for me and we had family/friends visiting from out of town!
The car is doing great! I haven't installed any of the other parts yet, as I am still waiting for an engine support bar to arrive from Harbor Freight, as well as an AR Designs Diff Nut Wrench so I can swap the LSD in.
Once those last few things arrive, I will get the clutch, flywheel, LSD, and control arms all done.
As for the PS2 and tuning, everything is coming along great! About a week after installing the turbo, I came out to the garage one morning and noticed a small puddle of oil directly underneath the turbo.. Upon further inspection, the oil feed line going into the turbo was leaking oil..
This meant that I had to pull the entire turbocharger out, and replace the O-Ring. I had a friend visiting from Washington, and we knocked the job out in about 8 hours. It appears I must have pinched the brand new O-Ring when installing the new lines on the PS2. Here's what we found;
I wasn't too happy about having to pull the entire turbo out again, but it had to be done. It was definitely quicker the second time around though, and she is now leak free!
I am on revision 4 of my custom tune from Steven at Wedge Performance. The car is doing great, and things are running extremely smooth. The tune is targeting about 19psi to redline, on 92 pump gas. This will be my daily tune, and eventually I will get another tune made for E50 once I get somewhere that has E85 easily accessible.
The oil cooler and radiator were great decisions, as the car is staying at perfect temps even after numerous WOT pulls in this Hawaiian heat.
Waiting on the next revision from Wedge to continue the process, but I feel it is getting close to complete now.
Will post more updates when I have them! Should be receiving an order from ECS today or tomorrow, containing a BMW-Performance Alcantara Shift Boot, E-Brake Boot and Handle, and BMW-Performance Shift Knob. After I get those installed, I will be placing an order for a custom carbon fiber steering wheel and interior trim pieces from Nelson Racing Wheels.
Austin