Bmw E46 Diesel Project

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Sorry for still hijacking Tom! At least it's still semi-OT

What LSD are you actually going for?

That's fine mate nice to see some other e46ers lol

Have you done anything with ncs expert yet Danny? Gonna guess you'd be good with that sorta thing

Where'd you get the info on the turbos on these mate?

Waiting for payday to come round with my bonus so I can buy some toys for it, not sure what together first though

Haven't used NCS expert (it's installed), Is there anything specifically you want coding?

Mainly from forum trawling and eBay hunting, 136's appear to all be 1549v's and the 150's the 1749v's. The flange on the 330d (2259v?) looks very very similar though, adapters could be made worst case, although think they're electronically actuated so that could be a problem.

It depends what you want really.. they're a bit rolly' as stock but an M3 front ARB makes a good difference, you can pick up a full set of eibach springs for £160 and that helps loads too.

Nothing specific as yet just interested to see how simple it can be,

I need to clean up the plate on the turbo and see exactly what it's got fitted tbh maybe go for something like a 2256v need to spend some time researching and speak to someone about mapping too

Could do with just taking a bit of the roll out of the suspension tbh, any ideas what the cheap coilies are like for these? Don't want to effect the rise of it too much just get it less boat like

That's the compressor - doesn't look bent - that's the way they're shaped on some 6+6 compressors.

Side to side play is normal - that is taken up by the oil journal bearing under pressure - in and out play is a concern.

Good to know couldn't feel any in and out play in it

Had much to do with these before ruan?

Not really, from what I know of that engine it's basically as said, a 6cyl with 2 pots lopped off, EDC15 iirc for the 130hp ones?

That turbo will probably do 170-180hp but be torquey, not going to be a revver really unless you change it out. Keep an eye on cam chain tensioners etc, I know they're prone to failure as are the thermostats from memory, they don't heat up at all and cause shitty economy, though that may just be the 6cyl - I suspect the 4cyl uses the same thermostat, so probably suffers the same problem.

Keep up with oil changes, BMWs seem to have a right habit of sludging up their oil, I've seen a few 30d/20d engines have really nasty oil due to the very long servicing intervals, I'm sure it's technically OK, but the staining left inside the engines tells me I'd rather change it more often, the more modern PSA engines suffer the same thing due to servicing intervals going up - have a smell of the oil, if it really smells bad, then give it a flush with some ultra cheap stuff, get it really warm on the shitty oil then drop it, even do it twice if you can spend the £10-15 on some shit Asda oil then pop in some decent stuff and keep it to fairly short intervals.

The M57 (non-N) GT2256v/GT2556v (same shit, different part number) should fit that engine, it's vacuum actuated, though will need a remap to take any effect.

It's coming up for a service soon so will make sure I do that, thanks mate

Plan is to change to a bigger turbo and then get it mapped to take full advantage but only when it's running 100%