My 72 turbo rat rod project - Updated 6-28-07

[GeneinNC]

After all this, how are you and the girlfriend getting along?

[PSloan]

Haha we're fine. My birthday is tomorrow - hoping for some MS stuff so I can get this beast on the road!!! Things have been SLOW....we're having a house built and I want to wait until I have a real garage to continue the hard work.

[oz_tom]

Happy Birthday! ;-P

[PSloan]

Thanks! If I dont get MS today I'm buying it anyways. MSI or II? V 2.2 or 3.0?

I'm thinking MSI with MSnSe and mapdaddy.

[PSloan]

Date Ordered: Thursday 28 June, 2007

Products

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1 x MegaSquirt Relay Board - UnAssembled Kit (MSRelay-K) = $64.00

1 x 12' MegaSquirt Wiring Harness (MS1 / MS2 Ready) (MSHarness12) = $65.00

1 x MegaWheels logo Black Cut Vinyl Decal (d-mw-blou) = $4.00

1 x MegaSquirt-II Engine Management System w/PCB3 - UnAssembled Kit (MS230-K) = $247.00

1 x MegaSquirt Tuning Cable (DB9 Straight Thru) (TuneCable6) = $5.50

1 x MegaSquirt-I or II Relay Cable (MSRelayCable) = $70.00

1 x MegaSquirt Stimulator v2.2 - UnAssembled Kit (MSStim22-K) = $45.00

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Woot woot!!! Now I need to get my damn trigger wheel mounted!!!

[PSloan]

Got my megasquirt today!!!

[PSloan]

More parts gathering progress---

Major Score!

Reman Starter

Reman 318i Alternator

318i intake w/ fuel rail, cooland neck and bypass pipe

All for $20!

I've also got an oem headliner and Seams perfect Black carpet on the way - Thanks Mars and HPlug!

Pouring the foundation on my house today I hope - in 10 days we've had over double our monthly average for rain in july. Gross.

[H_Krix]

Nice score man, we seem to be doing everything at about the same time w/ our cars.

On the fuel rail, the one I picked up looks like it had 2 inlets and one spot for a regulator. Do you knwo what to do about that? Does one inlet get blocked off, or is there a reason i'm not figuring out here...

What are you doing for Throttle Body? If you go 325is, with the same TPS I'm using, I'll send you a PDF of the adapter plate I made for mine. I got that project done this past weekend.

Show us some pics man!

[PSloan]

Nice score man, we seem to be doing everything at about the same time w/ our cars.

On the fuel rail, the one I picked up looks like it had 2 inlets and one spot for a regulator. Do you knwo what to do about that? Does one inlet get blocked off, or is there a reason i'm not figuring out here...

What are you doing for Throttle Body? If you go 325is, with the same TPS I'm using, I'll send you a PDF of the adapter plate I made for mine. I got that project done this past weekend.

Show us some pics man!

This is my 2nd set of 318i stuff. For 20 Bucks I couldnt pass it up. I've never seen one with 2 inlets I dont think. For the TB I actually think I'll be using the 318i one for the time being. If it is too restrictive I'll go to the 325is one. I now have 2 of each. For the TPS I found a unit (new) from an 88 525i auto that is variable and bolts right onto either TB. Now the only problem is finding a pitail for it.

As for doing everything at the same time - I wish. Your car looks nice - mine looks like a calico piece of crap. When the house is done my budget will hopefully loosen - plus I'll be getting a 60 or 80 gallon compressor and a paint gun!

[PSloan]

My house now has a roof on it - but we got 5 (!!!) inches of rain yesterday from that tropical storm. Progress on the 02 is nearly a standstill - however i did get a pigtail for my variable TPS!!

[PSloan]

Purchased recently:

t3 / t4 turbo adaptor

325i tb adaptor

dizzy plug

innovate lc1 wideband 02 sensor

Intercooler

I'm pushing to have it running in 2 months on the old block. May or may not have the turbo by then. I need intercooler piping and a blow off valve.

[PSloan]

Purchased recently:

t3 / t4 turbo adaptor

325i tb adaptor

dizzy plug

innovate lc1 wideband 02 sensor

Intercooler

I'm pushing to have it running in 2 months on the old block. May or may not have the turbo by then. I need intercooler piping and a blow off valve.

More new stuff...

Rebuilt head

Nice hood (Thanks Paul)

Rear disc brakes (Thanks Lee)

Misc wiring ive been searching for...

The parts keep rolling in.

[PSloan]

Yay I got a hood tor it. She's all packed up ready to move. I didn't realize how many parts I had until I got them all in one place. WOW! The first thing im going to do when I get in the new house is build a dolly for it out of wood and drop the subframes.

[H_Krix]

Don't forget to make a diagram of your workshop to remember where all the parts are!

Also, where are the pics man?!

[PSloan]

I will post some pics when the car is out of my parents garage. Right now it's shoehorned into a tiny space and the car its self is packed full of boxes of parts.