This is my turbo installation page for my 1995 BWM M3, it had just under 160,000 miles on it. I finished it right around Thanksgiving 2007.

This is my Southbend FE clutch, full feramic face on both sides. I put this in a few weeks before I started the turbo installation.

Pretty much everything, my own personal kit. I put a list of the parts at the bottom of this page.

Time for the clutch to go in. The old one was just about gone, you can see it's starting to wear on the rivet.

Time to go up in the air for the turbo.

I started tearing the motor apart, first thing to do was fix my perfectly fine oil pump nut and put in the new motor mounts. The oil pan looks nice and clean. The oil pump nuts have been known to come loose but mine was fine, I put some Loctite and wired it so it won't ever come off.

Then I pulled the head off, I had just put a new head gasket 10k miles previously so it's still looking good. I did some light sanding with a machined block and checked flatness, it was within .0015!

All the cylinders look good.

Time to stick the head on. I used a .140 head gasket to lower compression, and ARP studs to hold it down well. I bolted on the SPA turbo exhaust manifold before putting the head on. I had a bad torque wrench when I torqued the nuts down, so the actual torque was too low. I found this out when I went to retorque them after a few hundred miles. I bought a new torque wrench and torqued them to about 60 lbs.

Fuel time. I used a Weapon R fuel block off and added a Turbosmart fuel pressure regulator, and Racetronix 55# flow matched injectors. I also installed a Walbro 255 fuel pump. I drilled and tapped the intake manifold for some fittings for the boost gauge, boost control, and bypass valve.

I tapped the Vanos bolt for the turbo oil supply.

Some slight shroud modification so the charge pipe will fit.

Head is back on, fuel regulator is bolted on. I used new fuel line and clamps.

Then I bolted on the turbo, it's a Garrett T04E 60 trim with a .63 t3 exhaust side.

I wanted a stock look so I painted the front of the intercooler. I had the bypass valve welded on the side.

I made a custom fitting to let the bypass valve air back into the intake. The charge pipe has 2 brass fittings for the wastegate and boost controller.

Some pictures of the charge pipe routing and oil catch can. I had a .750 aluminum pipe welded on for the idle control valve.

I ran some wire to extend the mass air meter and connected it to the new meter with some bullet wire connectors.

My gauges and boost control. Unfortunately the fuel pressure gauge doesn't work, I may get an air/fuel ratio gauge instead.

I bought a used chip, it runs great but seems to be too rich, I will probably just get an AFC Neo to lean it out.

Finally started! I was a little concerned at first because it filled the garage with smoke and looked like this. It wasn't running well and I figured out that the mass air meter was backwards so the screen wasn't straightening out the airflow. After turning it around it ran great.

I'm draining the turbo to the oil pan, so far I haven't had any trouble with it.

Still dirty, some almost finalized pictures. Car looks stock except for gauges.

A little cleaner now.

Installing an Apexi AFC Neo.

First time at the track, too cold for any traction. I only got a couple runs in before I had an overboost problem, I forgot to tighten one of the fittings on the wastegate. I went back in the daytime a week later and ran a best of 12.67 at 111.7 mph.

New exhaust.

Build list.

walbro 255 HP pump #F20000169 99 ebay
Autometer Sport Comp boost gage 105-3303, fuel pressure gage 105-3363, 3" silicone hose 555-63100 335.95 jegs
Garrett turbo t3 .63 a/r exhaust, T04E 60 trim compressor http://cheapturbo.stores.yahoo.net/gat360trw63a.html 525 ebay
Intercooler 21/27x10x3 134 ebay cxracing.com
Blitz dual sbc r 436.36 frsport.com
Spa manifold, Tial wastegate 702.51 racersmarket.net
MFactory oil catch can teammfactory.com 50
Oil lines atpturbo.com 98.47
Chip 475 bimmerforums.com
993 hfm 300 bimmerforums.com
ARP studs 201-4603 174 ebay
injectors 360.94 racetronix.com
.140 head gasket 243.90 vacmotorsports.com
air filter airaid 700-451 36.8 amazon.com
weapon r fuel regulator bypass 25.70 ebay
turbosmart fpr 800 fuel regulator 165.95 boostcontroller.com
aluminum pipes 89.19 cxracing.com
silicone couplers 181.52 siliconeintakes.com
cometic t3 gasket 21.12 ebay
southbend FE 515 dxdracingclutches.com
turbosmart bypass valve 244.40 slowboyracing.com
b&m shifter 188.88 ebay

Other
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oil pump nut, oil pan gasket, transmission reverse switch 52.84 bimmerworld
Motor mounts 92.42 ebay
fuel line, clamps 44.20 ebay
seals, vanos gasket, clutch pivot, main hub 99.60 pelicanparts
fuel filter, driveshaft bearing, transmission mounts, clutch slave 207.04 turnermotorsports.com
amsoil 12 quarts european 5W-40 oil, 2 quarts severe gear 75W-140 140.11 amsoil.com
spark plugs BKR7EIX 49.44 ebay
9919EFG an fitting 9.98 ebay
1/8 ntp to 8mm fuel fittings 19.97 jegs.com