R56 ra2fanatic's R56S build
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When I was in SoCal for two weeks last October I drove right by McKenna Porsche and I wanted to stop in and see if they had any of their old ALMS race cars.
Plus my gf's aunt bought her Z4 from McKenna BMW as well lol.
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McKenna has been awesome. They've even invited me to their special trackday event out at Thermal, CA which is the BMW M Perf Driving School West location next Monday.
I'm suppose to be at work, but who would pass up a M trackday??? I'll just make up that day later.
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Nah, wouldn't miss it. I'm sure I wouldn't miss anything at work. I came in late the one day I signed my papers for the M3 and didn't get to work until about 3pm. Was told I didn't miss anything.
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Should be a nice bump in power when I dyno. As long as I address the intake manifold leak this time. Apparently I've been accusing of doing everything else but get a dyno, so I'll even have someone take my MINI to get dyno'd if I don't have time. It's easier to do things in my own garage than actually drive and get it done
Wastegate flap broken (mine on bottom, jcw on top). Look at blacken of walls inside turbo.
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And it's using my same turbo from the E45HP to E45R so there isn't anything to sell.
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I'm not sure the process that JMTC does to go from HP to R but I'll leave that up to the consumer to decide what they want to do. I'm glad the E45R will still retain spool quick for lower grunt and carry on the top end.
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425hp is good on the M3 don't know if I'll even bother to tune it. It feels mighty fine to me.
Yeah. He told me they weld the flap on now so it shouldn't be an issue. Already miss driving the MINI.
Yeah. He told me they weld the flap on now so it shouldn't be an issue. Already miss driving the MINI.
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ra2fanatic's R56S build
Originally Posted by ra2fanatic
E45HP (K03) --> E45R (K04)
Should be a nice bump in power when I dyno. As long as I address the intake manifold leak this time. Apparently I've been accusing of doing everything else but get a dyno, so I'll even have someone take my MINI to get dyno'd if I don't have time. It's easier to do things in my own garage than actually drive and get it done
Wastegate flap broken (mine on bottom, jcw on top). Look at blacken of walls inside turbo.
Should be a nice bump in power when I dyno. As long as I address the intake manifold leak this time. Apparently I've been accusing of doing everything else but get a dyno, so I'll even have someone take my MINI to get dyno'd if I don't have time. It's easier to do things in my own garage than actually drive and get it done
Wastegate flap broken (mine on bottom, jcw on top). Look at blacken of walls inside turbo.
Now, turbos that are stock last a very long time. Like my original S turbo made it to 188,000. Not one problem. And I took it off cause I was building a full build or it would still be going.
I bought the owens turbo for this new build. Not one issue with the turbo so far even after all the self induced issues, issues from machining, IAT sensor going south, boost surges from 20psi to 10 psi, pressure converter going bad and now I got a throttle body that needs replacing. To me, that waste gate should have never ever done that. At all. Like the machining of my block wrong. The machine shop paid for the repairs free of charge and everything it took to do it. I gotta hand it to owens. They built a pretty good turbo. I've made just about every bad mistake you could with it. Glad to see your getting it fixed and gonna get some dyno numbers. The we can compare your to mine we both have a pretty good build and it'll really show how the turbos perform. Personally, something like that and it being out of warranty, I would have to look into another make of turbo. I wouldn't except a failure like that under any circumstance. Warranty or not. Mr JMTC should be fixing that free of charge. That turbo should have been able to go just as far as a stock turbo.
If everybody starts to atleast inquire about the owens turbo, maybe they will give someone a chance to be a dealer here in the great USA.
Sorry about that failure RA2. Also glad to see it being repaired. Please don't take this response as a argument starter. It's not mention to be in that manner.
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I'm not being a wise guy or trying to start an argument here by no means, please understand that.
Now, turbos that are stock last a very long time. Like my original S turbo made it to 188,000. Not one problem. And I took it off cause I was building a full build or it would still be going.
I bought the owens turbo for this new build. Not one issue with the turbo so far even after all the self induced issues, issues from machining, IAT sensor going south, boost surges from 20psi to 10 psi, pressure converter going bad and now I got a throttle body that needs replacing. To me, that waste gate should have never ever done that. At all. Like the machining of my block wrong. The machine shop paid for the repairs free of charge and everything it took to do it. I gotta hand it to owens. They built a pretty good turbo. I've made just about every bad mistake you could with it. Glad to see your getting it fixed and gonna get some dyno numbers. The we can compare your to mine we both have a pretty good build and it'll really show how the turbos perform. Personally, something like that and it being out of warranty, I would have to look into another make of turbo. I wouldn't except a failure like that under any circumstance. Warranty or not. Mr JMTC should be fixing that free of charge. That turbo should have been able to go just as far as a stock turbo.
If everybody starts to atleast inquire about the owens turbo, maybe they will give someone a chance to be a dealer here in the great USA.
Sorry about that failure RA2. Also glad to see it being repaired. Please don't take this response as a argument starter. It's not mention to be in that manner.
Now, turbos that are stock last a very long time. Like my original S turbo made it to 188,000. Not one problem. And I took it off cause I was building a full build or it would still be going.
I bought the owens turbo for this new build. Not one issue with the turbo so far even after all the self induced issues, issues from machining, IAT sensor going south, boost surges from 20psi to 10 psi, pressure converter going bad and now I got a throttle body that needs replacing. To me, that waste gate should have never ever done that. At all. Like the machining of my block wrong. The machine shop paid for the repairs free of charge and everything it took to do it. I gotta hand it to owens. They built a pretty good turbo. I've made just about every bad mistake you could with it. Glad to see your getting it fixed and gonna get some dyno numbers. The we can compare your to mine we both have a pretty good build and it'll really show how the turbos perform. Personally, something like that and it being out of warranty, I would have to look into another make of turbo. I wouldn't except a failure like that under any circumstance. Warranty or not. Mr JMTC should be fixing that free of charge. That turbo should have been able to go just as far as a stock turbo.
If everybody starts to atleast inquire about the owens turbo, maybe they will give someone a chance to be a dealer here in the great USA.
Sorry about that failure RA2. Also glad to see it being repaired. Please don't take this response as a argument starter. It's not mention to be in that manner.
Last summer I was going through issues with a spark plug thread being stripped and it was a nightmare of a time and I was down and out with the MINI, but nowadays I'm in a comfortable position to either get a rental for weeks w/o issues, or just drive my other cars, so it's all good!
I've filled the spectrum on my end. A Prius for the economy which sucks to drive, the MINI for loud obnoxious thrills, and the BMW for outright comfort, handling, and speed.
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MCS and M3 equal twice the fun factor.
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At some point the urge to get an exhaust will bite me, but right now I'm not entirely impressed with what's out there. AWE makes a nice system, but I just want a simple single walled exhaust tips because I hate the rolled look. I am considering iPE again only because then I can say "I have a R56 and F80 with iPE exhaust systems" but that's it! I think that's more bragging rights than it is because it sounds better than the others.
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