[Boganian Rubes]

Hey guys, this is my build thread for my 320d.

I only came to this site recently and have already done some stuff, but plenty of other things planned ahead. I also seem to be the only one with an e90 on e90post, way too many coupes, they will soon learn there place

So this is my ride

Current mods:
Vinyl decor
Painted grills (gone through like 4 colour changes)
19 inch Mercedes rims, machined to fit and Diy painted
White angel eyes
8000k xenon bulbs
Front bumper wind splitters
Custom black inside trim
Mars smoked rear tail lights
Armour all wash and wax
K&N high flow air intake
Custom 2.5" exhaust from back of cat

Planned mods:
Bigga turbo
Dpf/cat removal
Egr delete
Bigger injectors
Custom tune
Rgb angel eyes would be cool
20" deep concave 5 spoke rims
Mars m3 style front and rear bumper
Hopefully 7 letter plate with 335CHOP
SOOT4U or EATSUT is ok
Troll face for negative diesel critics
Maybe a BMC CAI
M sport steering wheel
Forged pistons (unlikely, might be done in the future)

If anyone has any other mod recommendations I'm happy to hear it

[ATTN]

Welcome mate, tbh I'm not a fan of your wrap, but I admire you being different

[Boganian Rubes]

Nah not many people are lol.

[Boganian Rubes]

If I ever change the hood then I'll redo all of the wrap.

[Pyro335]

Welcome fellow diesel driver!!

UK forums will be a good tool for you to pick up specific 320d mod help, but all the guys here are very helpful regardless

[Boganian Rubes]

Thanks bro, will do mate.

[Boganian Rubes]

Just found out my engine won't explode under 3 bar!!!! Looks like 350hp may be a possibility... Just need even bigger injectors than 545d ones. Hopefully zoom garage can supply

[vtl]

I haven't seen many modified diesels, you'd think it'd be easy since they're all turbo. Will be very interesting to see what kind of power it makes.

Have you got a variable geometry single turbo or a twin turbo sequential? I am guessing you'd be going big single twin scroll turbo for an upgrade, hopefully wont be laggy down low.

[Boganian Rubes]

Stock is a single VG turbo running at something like uh 1.4 or 1.6 bar. Going bigger single turbo because a twin sequential will make labour costs soar, and it's more easier this way because it's almost bolt on fitment. Also I don't know what you mean by twin scroll, but being a hybrid it'll have two propellers. I don't think I'll mind the lag, if it kicks in at 2000 rpm it should be fine. It's a daily car, in normal drive it tries to keep rpm below 2000, in sports mode it uses gear to suit over 2000 rpm. 2.3 bar should be about 200 kW... Though I'm very keen to try 3 bar, turbo is up to 375hp

[vtl]

A twin scroll turbo is a turbo with 2 exhaust gas entry ports for better exhaust gas scavenging:

http://www.superstreetonline.com/how...system-design/
Just requires a different exhaust manifold. Overall it gives less lag and better response, although not sure if it will be as good as a big variable geometry turbo.

[Boganian Rubes]

Oooh ok that's cool. Yeah, probably won't bother about It anyway.

[Trev88]

Does the k&n filters help?

[Boganian Rubes]

Maybe give like 1 kW. Thing is newer Ecus will detect that as an issue and you end up actually losing like 3 kW, I may be wrong, but I've been told generally Ecus after 2005 are like this. A cold air intake would be more preferable, but I don't really know where on earth I can stick that thing so it's literally just a pod filter coming off the intake. It improves sound by quite a bit! I can actually hear the turbo spooling inside the cabin too lol, engine also has a deeper tone.

[Boganian Rubes]

But yeah it does help, wether by a little or a lot.

[Trev88]

Would love to see u at the next Melb meet! See how your car is doing. Keep posting so I could follow as well haha

[Boganian Rubes]

Definitely! THings may go a bit slow for now, sorting out payments, talking with different garages and discussing the build with a guy in Romania who works with these cars and does ~275 Hp on 2.5 bars.

[DylanPrasad]

How tf did you manage to rice a BMW?!

[Boganian Rubes]

Originally Posted by DylanPrasad

How tf did you manage to rice a BMW?!

Senseless ambition

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Rub3n

Senseless ambition

Thats not rice

This is rice

Actually no its not, its just ugly

[Boganian Rubes]

Oh my God

Well I'll be having like 230 kW hopefully so it won't be much of a rice.

[QLD]

Originally Posted by Rub3n

Well I'll be having like 230 kW hopefully so it won't be much of a rice.

What transmission are you switching too? u haven't mentioned?

A standard 320D box will blow to pieces at 230KW... in fact likely at levels way less than that.

[Boganian Rubes]

Originally Posted by QLD

What transmission are you switching too? u haven't mentioned?

A standard 320D box will blow to pieces at 230KW... in fact likely at levels way less than that.

Apparently it doesn't... ballsy romanians have already done it with literally stock everything else.
if it does blow up, i'll get it repaired.. if it doesn't blow everything else along with it.