[sloweste9x]

Part 2 is up, part 3 will be good Saturday!

[bigdaddyaaron]

Originally Posted by mb21111

I've spent a lot of time in shops from your average private shop to Kia dealer shops to high performance shops that work on Mclarens and I have to say I have yet to find one that uses electric impact guns! Air is FAR better. When I went to the body shop to pull parts from my E46 after it was totaled, I brought my impact gun thinking it would be more than enough to remove whatever I needed, no can do. I couldn't even take off the wheels. I think mines around 80ft pounds but I'm not sure. Once the shop let me borrow their air, I was totally fine. Point is, we kept the assistance to a minimum. If something was stuck, there was no 600ft pound impact gun or air hammers to break it free. Just good old liquid wrench haha

I meant just in general, since no air/electric tool (for high tq'd bolts/nuts) could ideally be used in this install. But i see what you mean. Also, if you couldn't break the lug bolts on the e46 by hand/electric impact, then they were one, or a combination of these:
1. Carelessly tightened by some bozo with a 700ft/lb air impact lol.
2. Your impact was not rated at a high enough ft/lbs and/or battery is bad
3. The lug bolts were seized (less likely, just because they've probably been off pretty regularly throughout your ownership).

At any rate, kudos for getting it done. I'll be doing a single turbo install later this month (hopefully), and removing the stock turbos is what im concerned about most.

Originally Posted by Mr. Tasty

People generally don't use impacting power for tightening, rather removal of hardware. Pretty simple.

uhhh... ok

[sloweste9x]

Originally Posted by bigdaddyaaron

I meant just in general, since no air/electric tool (for high tq'd bolts/nuts) could ideally be used in this install. But i see what you mean. Also, if you couldn't break the lug bolts on the e46 by hand/electric impact, then they were one, or a combination of these:
1. Carelessly tightened by some bozo with a 700ft/lb air impact lol.
2. Your impact was not rated at a high enough ft/lbs and/or battery is bad
3. The lug bolts were seized (less likely, just because they've probably been off pretty regularly throughout your ownership).

At any rate, kudos for getting it done. I'll be doing a single turbo install later this month (hopefully), and removing the stock turbos is what im concerned about most.


uhhh... ok

I will say one of the hardest parts of the build is removing the turbos, it's really difficult. All of the hardlines are wedged into the turbos astonishingly well, and it took me about 45minutes per turbo to remove the lines. There may be a secret, but for me I just took my time so I wouldn't break anything.

[T1M]

Good work guys, props for getting it done yourselves!

[sloweste9x]

Originally Posted by T1M

Good work guys, props for getting it done yourselves!

Thanks man, part three is now up!

[sloweste9x]

The last video of us wrenching is up!!

Check back Saturday for the overview video of first impressions, tips, tricks and more!

[sirdaft1]

Originally Posted by mojobmw_e90

I've done 2 cars so far. Used air tools and jack stands. Both cars now have 6k+ on the swaps with no issues including my car as well. One of the first hexon turbo cars in the Midwest. I beleive I was his 6th customer

Want to come do another set?? I have some MMP Stg 3's on order

[sloweste9x]

Part 5 is up! Dynos and pulls will be a separate video!