My friend and I are building this. 2000 540i (his car) I have a ton of pics in the conversion section (click here), but figured i'd post it here too. Just a daily driver car stock 5.3L w/ 317 heads and a MPT-70 turbo. Extreme budget built. Excuse some of the horrible welds and crappy looking piping (that collector) most of it will get smoothed and polished so not a ton of time was taken to make it look perfect.
...oh and the car will retain all the luxuries...AC!!









And being able to get to the spark plugs was something I kept in mind.

 

pretty cool project.

 

some of the sickest welds

 

now that's pimp!

 

dope if you ask me. It takes a lot of ***** to mod that car. Make sure it makes at least 700 rwhp on pump to make the job worth it.

 

damn i couldn't do that lol. rip that car apart. but it's gonna be sick when finished.

 

This is something I want to do for sure. Looks awesome.

 

Unique.

 

Damn that is sweet!! Now give it a really lumpy cam, then cruise over to some of the BMW meets and freak everyone out!

 

Engine is back in the car for good, started putting everything together. Pics as of last night.

 

pretty cool

 

Damn, that's awesome.

 

whats with the weld around the throttle body? is that to help stop the intake tube from blowing off under boost?

 

pure sex....thank you

 

thats nice man...almost like a turbo gto lol..subscribed

 

I wondered about the same thing, welding the lip on the TB, looks like a good idea to keep it from blowing off. Put the coupler on, tighten the T-bolt on the engine side of it, and call it a day! =)

 

Yes we did that because of his Nova blowing the elbow off. After he did his it held on for good.

 

yea.....first time I took my Nova out the elbow blew off and destroyed my black magic fan. It wasnt cool.....a big BOOM, then the fan mising a few blades vibrating and shaking...I thought something really bad happened. i quick shut it off and expected to see rods hanging out the side.....lol.

 

very cool and it does not look that bad. cant wait to see it done

 

Awesome. I wish I had some fab skills.

What type of oil pan did you use?