pwrtrip75

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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.

Silver_TransAm

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pretty cool project.

7845

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some of the sickest welds

Reject

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now that's pimp!

52172

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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.

red90cobra

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

Z06PSI

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

Urban Legend

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Unique.

Pat-Man

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

pwrtrip75

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

LS1 SPEED

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pretty cool

R1ch

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Damn, that's awesome.

eviltwin_1987

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

DirtyBird222

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pure sex....thank you

lt170chevelle

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

67Firebird455

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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! =)

Agt. Orange

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

pwrtrip75

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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.

tomz28

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

LilJayV10

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Awesome. I wish I had some fab skills.

What type of oil pan did you use?