Stu's coupe. BMW content..

[disco stu]

Surely not giving you money back?!

Well, no.. Conversions usually cost shed loads more than if I'd gone out and bought a 328 to start with. I bought everything for this without getting a quote and was slightly worried. I was pleasantly surprised that it's now £500 a year, £102 more than before. Happy days!

dont forget the M50 manifold not the M52 one aswell and i may have a 328 LSD off my old E36 328 still i will have a look for you mate

Will get a M50 at some stage, gotta get engine in first though!!

Let me know what you want for LSD if you find it. Cheers

[disco stu]

It's in! Few teething troubles though. Took about 8 hours start to finish (I didn't do much tbh!) and fired up ok got to wait until Saturday to get it sorted though..

[Curt]

Nice work man things have moved quickly with this! Bet you can't wait for it to be ready for a bwarp?

[disco stu]

Cheers Curt. Mates off a bmw forum done most of it. When I couldn't use it to get home he lent me his 6 pot vert for the week so I can get to work. Respect to that man!

Can't wait til it's done!!

[Curt]

That's pretty damn awesome of him!

[Pete]

Awesome, Now its got the engine to match its looks. I spy an 8 series too..

[devils_fuel]

When I couldn't use it to get home he lent me his 6 pot vert for the week so I can get to work. Respect to that man!

Can't wait til it's done!!

That is jolly nice of him to do that
So when are you picking it up?

What power would the map give?

[disco stu]

His 840 sounds awesome!

Map gives about an extra 10bhp peak and nearly 25bhp at 4.5k on otherwise standard engine. 'Box has got to come off Saturday as clutch is not desingaging properly. Also having difficulty find the correct pas pipe as guy I got engine off cut it off instead of undoing one bolt! I'll get there.

[devils_fuel]

Bet you can't wait now

[silverzx]

Keen. She's gonna slide real nice now!

[devils_fuel]

Ah yeah disco best invest in some shares of a local tyre fitter

[silverzx]

Everyone thinks its all about big wheels - it's not!

The amount of quality part worn 16" tyres I get from Toyota is unreal.

Within a few days I'd acquired 10 decent tyres all of which are stocked up ready for fitment / drift days.

Obviously it doesn't look as "bad-man" or "stanced" or "epic" but I think with some decent spacers, a bit of arch rolling and a bit more of a tap with the lowering stick and the S14 will look fairly unique as no one uses the standard Nissan alloys!

[disco stu]

The saga continues.. We had another bash Saturday and got a pas pipe to fit (bent by hand!). The clutch issue was erm.. The friction plate fitted the wrong way round (me mate was well pissed off he'd done this!) box came off twice and two bolts were/are a Complete pain to get to with the lump in. Engine is lumpy at tickover so we read the codes and replaced cam sensor/ pipe to icv/ cleaned icv/ tried another maf. Still lumpy

On the drive home it wouldn't rev over 5.3k like it was hitting a limiter.. Some goggle time and help from others and another trip to Lynn with info, wire and a soldering iron sorted the revs to do with using 318 diff with 328 engine and the abs speed sensor. It boiled up but it was a leaky rad cap which I've replaced now. My mate named the car Damien.. After it boiled up it gavee a message..

I've sprayed easy start over all vacuum pipes and found a massive air leak where the icv connects to the manifold. I'm hoping this will sort the idle issue. Paid £12 postage for the grommet on Tuesday for next day. Was dispatched today. Joy...

[aggyj17]

Lynn as in Kings Lynn?? Where abouts are you from I'm about 10 miles from lynn. And nice car btw

[disco stu]

Lynn as in Kings Lynn?? Where abouts are you from I'm about 10 miles from lynn. And nice car btw

Yes mate, I'm from wells on the coast

Cheers!

[disco stu]

Yo!

Finally got somewhere..

It's not been without it's teething problems... It had a really rough idle and wouldn't run with the maf plugged in (amoungst lots of other bits..). On the drive home from Kev's it wouldn't rev over 5k like it was hitting a limiter. After some friendly advice I found out it's to do with the abs speed sensor and running a 318is diff with the m52 engine. After some soldering from pin 15 on the ecu to pin 2 on the blue plug on the back of the clocks we had full revs (7200rpm yikes!).

After spraying easy start around the engine bay with it running it was obvious I had a vacuum leak, I replaced the grommet from the icv to the manifold with no joy so took the manifold off.

I'd got another gasket for under the manifold as it was defo drawing air in from this area. Upon further inspection there was a hole that looked like it should have a hose attached but didn't.. Looking at realoem and knowledge from others it seemed that there should be a blanking cap on this, so I made one up and put the manifold back on. Erm.. I had a problem starting the car here but it absolutely wasn't due to me fitting the fuel pipes the wrong way, Nooo siree!!

The ccv was completely blocked too. Have some pics!











I was getting so fed up but all this worked, runs sweet as a nut now I love it with the IS diff still on too, glad I didn't swap it out



Got my AC exhaust on also! :eyebrows



Got all the tar off and gave the tailpipes a quick polish with my trusty £10 drill..



Rob was in charge of fitting the other box at the time and I have never known 8mm nuts to be sooo tight!!!

All fitted



Sounds groovy!



Also changed the bonnet struts as I finally had enough of the thing randomly shutting on my head.





I wanted a induction kit with heatshield to replace the airbox which is cracked and flapping about as there's no brackets for it to bolt onto on the 318is, the filter is also well passed its best.

Dave F and K&N kits with the heatshield are stupid money and I can't justify spending that much wedge. Any cheap kits I've seen are cheap for a reason! So I thought I'd make my own..

Filter for £15, 80mm silicone elbow for £11 and some 80mm aluminium pipe for £8 and a couple of quid for two jubilee clips. I got an old H&S sign from work and some door seal from an old forklift..



Used a bit of cardboard to get the correct shape,



roughly cut and bent,



painted up with rubbers seals on,





And fitted to the car..





I'm happy with it! Superb knicker wetting induction BWWARRP too!! Quicker but probably just because the old filter was so fooked..

Still got these to put on at some point..

[Danny2009]

Good work mate! Get some videos up of the exhaust

[devils_fuel]

Looks shit disco gotta say it




Pulling your leg, looks good and bet it sounds and flies well

[Curt]

Awesome stuff dude, bet it sounds sweet now

[7057sam]

Looks great

bet she sounds the nuts

[Grant]

Looks good this


Like the cold air shield

[puglove]

I hate these BM's these days as 99% of them are hanging shit boxes that have been chav owned for many a year


But............ This is pure porn in its current form, love it (tup)

[disco stu]

Thanks for the kind words guys

I'm loving it, can't keep my foot of the loud pedal. Rather thirsty I think though, brimmed the tank at the beginning of the week and shall work out mpg when I brim it again... Gulp!

Worth it though

[devils_fuel]

Deffo smiles per gallon

[disco stu]

Deffo smiles per gallon

Yup! Still not checked mpg..

Video!

Not bad as the 'box linkage bushes need renewing and it takes ages to change gear (need a Z3 lever to lower the throw as well)

Had to shut off as I ran out of roa.........errrm......runway

328i-3.45 diff - YouTube

[Midnightclub]

Seems to go pretty well with that 1.8 diff on it

[devils_fuel]

My DT is quicker than that stu

[darrenjlobb]

I do f*cking adore this car, i really do, but Stu, you could have taken one for the team and dropped a 330d motor in it and P pumped it!!!

[disco stu]

Seems to go pretty well with that 1.8 diff on it

Can't wait to get an m50 manifold on it now

My DT is quicker than that stu

I do f*cking adore this car, i really do, but Stu, you could have taken one for the team and dropped a 330d motor in it and P pumped it!!!

Haha, thanks.

Thing is that'd be out of my skill range mate, also would cost a pretty penny just for the lump (let alone all the bits to get it going properly)

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Got my allignment done today at Aaron Reeve performance. Only just realised I didn't get a printout.. Never mind, it's done the trick! Car tracks straight and feels LOADS better to drive. Should have done it sooner, should save me some on tyres too!

Pics




Minor issues getting on/off the ramp!!



Aaron also fitted one of his sumpguards which look a decent piece of kit



And an action shot!

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Just yesterday I was talking about hit debris in the road..this morning I done some damage. I hit fooking great bit of 2x2 angle iron that a nice person had deposited in the middle of the road. Couldnt avoid it as there was a car coming in the other direction and wouldn't have stopped in time by braking hard (and that would have dived the front down even more), so I put my foot down to try to raise the front! Still hit it.



I'd say the sumpguard has now paid for itself.

Also put two great dents in the exhaust on it's way out the back..





It buggered one of the bolts but the riv nuts were ok so I've replaced them all with 8.8 button head Allen bolts so they aren't as stickyouty as before

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Couple of bits done today. Got my stud conversion fitted. went ok apart from one stud had a crap thread and took some buggering about to fit, I almost expect stuff I buy to have something wrong these days...



I also fitted some 7mm spacers on the rear and the 3mm from the back onto the front. No rubbing as yet although the rear is tight! there's plenty of rubbing front the splitter/lip thing though, I'm surprised its still on tbh! I took a few pics too

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New project has been taking up my time!

[devils_fuel]

Get it raised then fella, no diving across the road lol

Have you seen my new cruise ship yet, it's std height and I love it...for the moment lol

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Nice VW mate