[Grohouse]

Ive switched to the Yoko v105's myself earlier this year and finding the same - softer compound but grip has been excellent in both wet and dry conditions and fairly quiet.

[Socket]

Mod 93 - Bimmerlife ignition coils

First mod for 2018

Bimmerlife ignition coils because a bigger spark is better apparently

Big thanks to DrJ for organising and posting em down from Sydney
They look awesome and the car feels much smoother to drive

Have put together a short DIY in case someone else is looking to do this
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1454794

Meanwhile pics below

Pics 1 to 3 - Bimmerlife coils mmmmmm
Pic 4 - Before
Pic 5 - After

[Trev88]

Wow looks amazing!

[iliketurtl3s]

Look sexy af.

[Aus335iguy]

N54 engines have never looked great. But that's a good step in the right direction

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Trev88

Wow looks amazing!

Originally Posted by iliketurtl3s

Look sexy af.

Originally Posted by Aus335iguy

N54 engines have never looked great. But that's a good step in the right direction

Agree look nice but its the smoother and stronger delivery i didn't expect

[JB4-335]

Originally Posted by Socket

Agree look nice but its the smoother and stronger delivery i didn't expect

So your boosted now???

[EB89]

Looks nice, much cleaner with the braided wires.

[Montye90]

Originally Posted by JB4-335

So your boosted now???

Yes interested in this too; does Space Gary have Boost yet?

[Socket]

Originally Posted by EB89

Looks nice, much cleaner with the braided wires.

Thanks EB, looks the same once the engine cover is on but nice to know they are there

[Socket]

Originally Posted by JB4-335

So your boosted now???

Originally Posted by Montye90

Yes interested in this too; does Space Gary have Boost yet?

Pushing 18 psi now so up from 10 psi we were running

We are going to install a custom N54 waste gate actuator so that we can use the boost controls and other features that are currently disabled with the Motiv tune. After that Vince will take Gary for a week or two to get the tune dialed in properly with the help of Tim the magician lel

By Feb we should have one mean angry car

[Montye90]

Originally Posted by Socket

Pushing 18 psi now so up from 10 psi we were running

We are going to install a custom N54 waste gate actuator so that we can use the boost controls and other features that are currently disabled with the Motiv tune. After that Vince will take Gary for a week or two to get the tune dialed in properly with the help of Tim the magician lel

By Feb we should have one mean angry car

Go Gary! (Lolz) Great news! 18 PSI, must be laying some angry skids now.

[Torgus]

You run that with a turbo blanket and a wrapped dp? Or how we see it in the pic?

[Cloud9blue]

glad you got the car running and bumping up the psi finally!

how does it feel with the 7670 at 18psi?

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Montye90

Go Gary! (Lolz) Great news! 18 PSI, must be laying some angry skids now.

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Torgus

You run that with a turbo blanket and a wrapped dp? Or how we see it in the pic?

As shown in pics mate

Have blanket but no room to fit in fact turbo housing is pressed against the hood so really need a power bump to give some clearance. Ill get around to that one day

DP is ceramic coated

Heat is horrendous, have to keep changing out the m3 hood vents because they keep melting

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Cloud9blue

glad you got the car running and bumping up the psi finally!

how does it feel with the 7670 at 18psi?

Mad quick lel although there is still heaps to go, PI is installed and ready but not wired in yet, that and a E85 map should give it a bit more pep

[Cloud9blue]

Originally Posted by Socket

As shown in pics mate

Have blanket but no room to fit in fact turbo housing is pressed against the hood so really need a power bump to give some clearance. Ill get around to that one day

DP is ceramic coated

Heat is horrendous, have to keep changing out the m3 hood vents because they keep melting

Looking to inconel shielding. They are thinner than blanket and might work in your case.

[Torgus]

Originally Posted by Socket

As shown in pics mate

Have blanket but no room to fit in fact turbo housing is pressed against the hood so really need a power bump to give some clearance. Ill get around to that one day

DP is ceramic coated

Heat is horrendous, have to keep changing out the m3 hood vents because they keep melting

Wow.

You could ceramic coat the hotside of the turbo and like Cloud said try some of the inconel shielding. Amazed that is all you have melted!

With the turbo blanket you don't think you could close the hood and get it to latch?

If/when you have the DP off you might consider wrapping it as well just to keep heat down and hopefully stop going through m3 vents

Just cut a hole in the hood already lol

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Cloud9blue

Looking to inconel shielding. They are thinner than blanket and might work in your case.

Have you got a link you could flick me Cloud?

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Torgus

Wow.

You could ceramic coat the hotside of the turbo and like Cloud said try some of the inconel shielding. Amazed that is all you have melted!

With the turbo blanket you don't think you could close the hood and get it to latch?

If/when you have the DP off you might consider wrapping it as well just to keep heat down and hopefully stop going through m3 vents

Just cut a hole in the hood already lol

Blanket wont fit between the turbo and engine or turbo and wheel well. Both sides have stuff all clearance (see pic). We did a pratice fit while we were doing the install. This was the only time the blanket was on the turbo, trust me we could not get the hood closed, not even close lel

Ceramic coating the turbo housing is a good idea and iv'e already considered cutting a hole in the hood but am trying to maintain a sleeper look

[Cloud9blue]

Originally Posted by Socket

Have you got a link you could flick me Cloud?

Something like this. http://www.turbosource.com/mobile/Pr...e=TS3-03-04402

Try to find some shop local who does can do this for you since you have to ship the turbine housing to them to have it fitted.