13BT E30 BMW in OZ

[13BMW]

Hey my name is Deryck. Rotary owner for around 14 years now. Have owned 3 RX4 coupes, s2 RX2 sedan , a 13bt 808 sedan,12a 6 port HB cosmo, 13bt HB cosmo,12a 6 port s1 RX7,13bt s1 RX7,13BT s4 RX7 and a 1800 i gave up on half way thru the build.Wasted alot of money on them. Learnt alot of things..some the hard way..and met alot of other rotor heads along the way.

I am a boilermaker welder in Western Australia. im 31 in few weeks . Married and have a american staffy named Sabbath ( he is black...get it black sabbath ? )

Current project is a few days away from being finished but heres a quick run down on it for those whoi care to read

1988 BMW e30 ( was a 316 model ) schwartz black 2 door
s4 13bt rebuilt ported
SCR seals
TO4E/58
42mm TURBONETICS gate ( 2" screamer pipe )
3" exhaust into a oval MAGNAFLOW then into a round muffler at rear
Jazz fuel cell
Carter black lift pump into 1litre surge tank into Bosch 044 into 3/8s line the whole way
4x12AT injectors ( 880cc )
microtech computer
600x300 FMIC with 2.5" stainless plumbing
TURBOSMART street reg
TURBOSMART supersonic ( i think ) BOV
light flywheel with 4 puck solid brass button and 1 tonne pressure plate
series 5 gearbox
massive custom tailshaft
Custom aluminium radiator
thinks thats about it

just got to welde the diff centre tomorrow night...tig the turbo side plumbing then try and get into the shop for dyno ...then its all a bit of :driving: until that little bmw diff goes bang ...then there will be lots of :banghead:

heres some pics

[Whizbang]

cool as hell! When i had my E30 this idea crossed my mind a few times.

[13BMW]

thanks man. Ive liked e30s for years aswell... before even knowing what a rotary was. so when i decided to build another car i couldnt find a good mazda shell but this was for sale just down the road and thought well for $2000 im never going to find a black 2 door mazda in this condition so bought the e30

[13BMW]

PS diff welded..turbo side plumbing welded...taking car for a "shakedown" tuesday make sure there are no rattles clunks or other issues before goes for a tune

[pineapplesoymilk]

very nice any videos

[JShiz]

oooo. i like a lot. And vids would be nice

[Whizbang]

are limited slips uncommon in your area?

[13BMW]

BMW diffs are expensive even in open wheel. a 4 cylinder e30 diff goes for around 600 and the 6 cylinder lsd around 1k and then on top of that trying to find a rotor friendly ratio is hard... just weld it its cheaper easier and more consistent and predictable then a lsd anyways i think
no no videos yet might take camera when i can get it in for the tune

[Whizbang]

damn i should have looked at selling my 325is parts off to yall. i sold the whole cursed car for like 900.

[13BMW]

ah well ill use you for parts one day in the future ;)
went for a quick shake down lap last night. computer is mapped very very wrong so will have to trailer it to tune. computer came out of a car runninf 2x 550cc primaries and 2 1000cc secondaries where as i have 4 x 880cc with a bit of mixture pulled out of it.. boo hiss
on top of the car not reacting well to being told to drive seems my brake booster has a leaky diaphragm now too

[13BMW]

not the booster seems that master cylinder is shot. gave the computer a bit of a tweak. put more fuel into and its driving better. still cant get it tuned til the brakes are done. cant wait to see what a 320+ rwhp bmw feels like

[13BMW]

update. booster was ok. changed to a brand new master cylinder and that helped but still shit pedal.
car is now booked for tune saturday coming.cant freaking wait !

[13BMW]

346.6rwhp@16psi

[lh6601]

Fuckin A. Nice e30. Nice numbers too.

[Phoenix7]

NICE! definitely a power upgrade from the original motor and quite different than what most bimmer owners do, props. You're putting down some nice power on that 3 series, I'd love more pics too; those AC wheels? What suspension are you going to get?


Stay in touch because I KNOW this car will be nominated for Rotary Of The Month in the Swap category!

[13BMW]

suspension is boring sorry. just low lovell HD springs and kyb sport shocks.it squats a nice amount ( not too much not too little )when putting your foot into it.
yeah AC shnitzer 16x7 1/4 got them for 400 aud with 90% tread tyres too :)

[13BMW]

here are some pics of during the conversion. yes thats dust everywhere because i dont work fast . the last 2 are of the 3mm top hat section cross member i made up. i built that as it was easier to fit the engine rx4 style then to try and mod the original bmw mounts. besides i have used the hbes cosmo sump and not the fc sump so using the mid engine mounts was kind of out anyways.

[Phoenix7]

How does it compare in handling to the 316? Since it's a 4cyl, it doesn't take up as much room (past the axle) as the I6...have you noticed the changes?

[13BMW]

to be honest i have not driven it much. i drove it up to get the tune and was just 2 very long roads then the CV went bang so have no real driving to base an opnion on sorry