2G About to purchase everything for my build

[bmw335ikt]

Like the title says about to place my order on everything. My car is stock beside apexi n1 exhaust and downpipe, and injen intake

Here's the stuff I'm getting just want to make sure I'm not forgetting anything

-fp 68tha with punishment racing recirculating o2 housing tial 38mm setup with fp turbo install kit
-fp exhaust manifold
-punishment racing intercooler
-ecmlink v3 with eprom ecu
- aem tru boost
-aem wideband
-Walbro 255 with stm rewire
-aeromotive afpr
-injectors dont know what size cc to go with so recommendations would be great?
-fuel rail what's a good brand magus or aem?

Let me know if you guys recommend on getting anything else. Thanks

 

[sidewaystsi]

no fuel rail needed. injectors depends on whet fuel you want to burn.

 

[bmw335ikt]

I'm going to stay with 93 octane maybe race gas most likely 93 and later e85

 

[2gmitsueclipse]

This is just a list of parts.

What is the goal with the car????

 

[bmw335ikt]

I would like to be at 350-400 hp

 

[bmw335ikt]

It's going to be a street car. Driven mostly weekends

 

[2gmitsueclipse]

How healthy is the engine?

 

[bmw335ikt]

It's good when I bought it I did all maintence, changed spark and plug wires, coolant hoses thermostat and hoses, oil, head gasket. Just need to change the timing belt have all the parts just need to do it. Car has 90k miles.

 

[bmw335ikt]

Maybe get some cams if you guys think it's worth it

 

[Maes]

Like 2gmitsu said how healthy is the engine?

 

[bmw335ikt]

Motor is good

 

[2gmitsueclipse]

I would look into ARP head studs and composite head gasket at the very least. You will be pushing the stock bottom end pretty hard at 400hp. When looking to nearly double your hp, address the needs of your drive train to handle the added power.

Your stock fuel rail will be perfectly suited for your goal. If your wanting something fancy, then either will work.

There some parts on there that could be substituted for something more utilitarian. The Tru-boost for example could be replaced with a manual controller, or even ECU-based boost control (via ECMLink).
http://dsmlink.com/wiki/boostcontrol

As far as injectors, you will need to decide what fuel you will want to use.
Here is some information to review when making your injector choice: https://www.ecmtuning.com/wiki/baseinjectordata

You may want to review the ECMTuning website to see what all the hype is about ECMLink V3. When reviewing it, you may decide to alter some of your selection of parts such as the wide-band.

Keep in mind there will be a healthy budget for ancillary items (gaskets, seals, fluids, fittings etc.).

I would break this build into stages if it were me.

 

[bmw335ikt]

Yea I will get the arp head studs and head casket.

I'm going to run 93 octane maybe race gas but more likely 93. Later on e85

What injectors would you recommend

 

[Maes]

You already said you had done the head gasket. For injectors you can get any size that you want 1100 and above I would say

 

[bmw335ikt]

sorry i meant i did the valve cover gasket not the head

 

[Spoolingaround]

Head gasket is going to be a decent amount of work. You might was well replace the timing belt when you do that if its 90k on the original. Do those before throwing on the turbo. If you don't want to upgrade the injectors later you might as well get some that can handle e85 for that turbo. I would guess 1200+ but im no e85 expert.

 

[bmw335ikt]

Yea I going to do the timing I have the parts just want to do everything at once.

I about bought everything just still confused on the injectors

 

[bmw335ikt]

Also I will be running a Walbro 255 rewired

 

[2gmitsueclipse]

Yea I going to do the timing I have the parts just want to do everything at once.

I about bought everything just still confused on the injectors

There have been multiple responses about your injector choices. To make an informed decision, here is the link again:
https://www.ecmtuning.com/wiki/baseinjectordata

I would probably get all the maintainance done and have a healthy motor running before you decide to purchase a large dollar amount of bolt-on parts.
By healthy motor, I was referring to compression and general maintenance items, which it does not sound like you have yet completed. My list would look more like replacement parts instead of performance. It is your money though, spend it how you wish. Like I also mentioned, consider other parts of the car instead of just the motor.
Good luck with your build.

 

[bmw335ikt]

The car is healthy maintence is all good and head studs and gasket along with the timing components will be all done when I do the build

 

[Jacolu3]

My build I'm working on is pretty similar with the same goals in place. I wasn't planning on doing the head gasket but the more research I do I think it's for the best. I'm planning on changing my head gasket, head studs and timing belt and all belts at the same time. It sucks doing Maintance that giving you zero hp gains but you have to pay to play. It will be cheaper to do it now instead of blowing the head gasket pushing double the power. I just picked up a set of 1100 Fic injectors. I think those should be good for 93 octane.

 

[Jacolu3]

And I would go with an innovate wb. From my research they work better with link

 

[Jacolu3]

And not to hijack your thread but what would be a good head gasket to get? Jnz has a composite oem with arp head stud combo for 150. Would that be good or is a cometic a better option? Or something else?

 

[2gmitsueclipse]

OEM or Fel-pro are the most popular choices. My last build used a Fel-pro head gasket and would not hesitate to use another.

 

[97 eclenger]

change AEM to Innovative. AEM is good but not as accurate or as good as Innovative. Especially for the wide band. that horse power range on regular gas would be like 560cc to 660cc. e85 would probably be about 1200cc. but you'll have to upgrade the fuel system from pump to the rail. keep in mind with E85 that you'll need to know at all times where a station with E85 is. or make 2 fuel tables tunes to E85 and the other 93 octane. The oem head gasket is perfectly fine to 500 hp. or get an mls with arp studs