Show me your differentpaint schemes! would love to see pictures of people who have creative paints jobs on their 02's such as stripes, two tones ect.

seems most often 2002's are one color. not a real good body style for the two tone i dont thinks. im working on some drawings though to see how i want to repaint mine and ill scan them and put em up as soon as i get them done!!

My 02 was white with 1/2" motorsport stripes for about 17 years until I repainted her in Estoril Blau.

I saw a real nice metallic green with wide metallic gray stripes on the hood and trunk once. IT was very tastefully done. Kinda of like the US Muscle cars.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e309/estyanne/autumn2.gif
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e309/estyanne/autumn3.gif
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e309/estyanne/console.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/estyrog/r5-1.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/estyrog/esty765.jpg

I tried to talk my buddy into painting his like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/dbaker/73-Roof-Shot.jpg

He didn't go for it. Hey, it seems to work for the MINI's...

How about some flames?:D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bonkosky/miscellaneous%2002s/Burnout_01.jpg

Silver top, light blue bottom.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u197/Pinepig/nightdeuce.jpg


It only shows up well in certain lighting conditions, like this,

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u197/Pinepig/rtrearptntd.jpg


Same car different light and it looks one color,

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u197/Pinepig/bonus.jpg

Silver top, light blue bottom.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u197/Pinepig/nightdeuce.jpg


mr pig...have i ever told you that i adore the soft feminine colors of you little car...truly, i adore it

you should sell it to me for $1000.00 so you won't be chided when you drive it...it needs a girly girl like me behind the wheel

he he

you should sell it to me for $1000.00 so you won't be chided when you drive it...it needs a girly girl like me behind the wheel

Nobody chides me when the boost gauge hit's 22psi.:D

Nobody chides me when the boost gauge hit's 22psi.:D


:lol
Werd...

22psi, huh? still have the M10 in it?

I was thinking of a graphite top and lemans lower half paint scheme on mine when I get to that stage. comments?

22psi, huh? still have the M10 in it?



Stock standard low comp M10 2002 motor with an MLS headgasket, running an early 320 manifold on megasquirt and a water meth injection to help combustion temps.

Looks alot like this ( well cause it is )

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m4/pyro530/11_15_07/Picture004.jpg

what do you have done to the head? I am in the process of getting all my parts together for my build and am needing advice on what to buy for her. I will be using SDS for management that I bought from qadir on the boards here. Other than that all I have is 3 heads and 2 blocks. one of which is still in my car. I am doing a complete rebuild and was thinking:

forged vw Mahle 90.5 pistons
stock rods
complete head rebuild with oversized valves, rocker arms/locks, dual springs, etc...
I just dont know what cam I need

My goal is to get 275-300hp. Its not a DD but I would like it to be reliable enough so it could be. Any input would be awesome. If you think I should go with different pistons please let me know.

what do you have done to the head? I am in the process of getting all my parts together for my build and am needing advice on what to buy for her. I will be using SDS for management that I bought from qadir on the boards here. Other than that all I have is 3 heads and 2 blocks. one of which is still in my car. I am doing a complete rebuild and was thinking:

forged vw Mahle 90.5 pistons
stock rods
complete head rebuild with oversized valves, rocker arms/locks, dual springs, etc...
I just dont know what cam I need

My goal is to get 275-300hp. Its not a DD but I would like it to be reliable enough so it could be. Any input would be awesome. If you think I should go with different pistons please let me know.

I don't see any reason why you can't go with the VW pistons other that the fact the wrist pin height may be wrong ( low ) giving you too low comp ratio, there was a thread on e30tech a while back about wrist pin height of those and I seem to remember that it might be a problem without longer rods. 2002faq folks seem to think the combustion chamber head on the 318i head would be best for forced induction, when I get around to doing my new motor I'll use that head ( because I have one anyway ).

I was looking at the 318i head the other day and a little cleanup of the intake port ( just some smoothing and a cleanup of the short side radius right next to the valve seat ) should be fine on the intake side. The exhaust side needs the same plus the port match for the gasket so it will need to be enlarged a wee bit all the way through. I used to be heavy into the VW world and all the good gains on 8v heads were had on the exhaust side and just looking at the M10 head it looks like it will be true here also. I'd concentrate pretty much all the work here.

Have you come up with a solution for the wrist pin height problem for the VW90.5s yet, I'd like to know also. There is a gentleman in the FI forum here on BF that is coming out with a turbo cam for the M10 that may be the ticket but it is unproven as of now, I'm watching that thread as well. The thread is here but there is not much info yet,

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=883775

My goal is to get 275-300hp. Its not a DD but I would like it to be reliable enough so it could be.

Forgot to add, why not a DD I drive mine every day just like it is now and I'm guessing to be right in the low end of that HP range now.

well ive got a 95 hellrot M3 as my dd.

How is the reliability and how long have you been boosted?

I will check out that link you have posted.

well ive got a 95 hellrot M3 as my dd.

How is the reliability and how long have you been boosted?

I will check out that link you have posted.

Been boosted for about 6 months now, runs every damn day and I'm not shy with the go pedal.

Found the VW 90.5 piston post on e30 tech for ya too.

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48083

I don't see any reason why you can't go with the VW pistons other that the fact the wrist pin height may be wrong ( low ) giving you too low comp ratio, there was a thread on e30tech a while back about wrist pin height of those and I seem to remember that it might be a problem without longer rods. 2002faq folks seem to think the combustion chamber head on the 318i head would be best for forced induction, when I get around to doing my new motor I'll use that head ( because I have one anyway ).

I was looking at the 318i head the other day and a little cleanup of the intake port ( just some smoothing and a cleanup of the short side radius right next to the valve seat ) should be fine on the intake side. The exhaust side needs the same plus the port match for the gasket so it will need to be enlarged a wee bit all the way through. I used to be heavy into the VW world and all the good gains on 8v heads were had on the exhaust side and just looking at the M10 head it looks like it will be true here also. I'd concentrate pretty much all the work here.

Have you come up with a solution for the wrist pin height problem for the VW90.5s yet, I'd like to know also. There is a gentleman in the FI forum here on BF that is coming out with a turbo cam for the M10 that may be the ticket but it is unproven as of now, I'm watching that thread as well. The thread is here but there is not much info yet,

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=883775

The only reason I was thinking of using the vw pistons is because of the price. Depending on what else needs to be done to the engine, ($$ wise) I might get custom ones made. I figure if I can get away with balancing the bottom end and JUST replacing the pistons, I can focus my time and efforts in the head.

Been boosted for about 6 months now, runs every damn day and I'm not shy with the go pedal.

Found the VW 90.5 piston post on e30 tech for ya too.

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48083

Yeah Ive read that thread about 100 times along with many others on that board and IXer really seems to know what he is talking about but is a bit wishy washy with his suggestions, so I continue to search and get others input as to what has worked best for others in the past.

I want boost to come on around 2500 but not fall off at 4K. I jsut dont know waht components will get me there as this is the first time I have ever built an engine, let alone a boosted one. Im a great wrench turner, dont get me wrong there. My 332is listed in my sig was built my me minus the exhaust. All the work was done in my 2 car garage by me, so doing the work is not an issue, its finding the correct components to get it right the first time that I need direction with.

I want boost to come on around 2500 but not fall off at 4K. I jsut dont know waht components will get me there as this is the first time I have ever built an engine, let alone a boosted one.

I hear ya, I'm running a Holset HX30, here is a small chunk of a datalog for my car from when I was testing a VW n75 electronic boost controller with the megasquirt. I had it set basically so it would stay shut the whole time as I wanted to see when and how much psi I would get. I have it set a bit different now as it comes on a little more slowly to make it a bit more driver friendly rather than an on off switch. You can see I can get positive pressure by 2000rpm, 2500 gets about 10psi or so and and by 3000 about 19. Pretty good turbo for a stock motor, doesn't seem to choke at the upper rpms ( graph I let off as I didn't want to grenade it ). They are kinda hard to come by as they only came on diesel generators and folk lifts AFAIK.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u197/Pinepig/boost.jpg

Send me an email to dane_kavanaugh at yahoo. Com so I can further discuss this with you please. I feel we have hilacked this thread!!

Send me an email to dane_kavanaugh at yahoo. Com so I can further discuss this with you please. I feel we have hilacked this thread!!

Hijacking happened a while back I'm afraid.:lol

Hijacking happened a while back I'm afraid.:lol

We should start a new thread outlining the breakdown of various turbo'd M10s. Seems that there are a number of people asking questions lately.

Pinepig - Can you plot a cleaner version of your boost v.s. RPM map and post something more easy to read? That Holset HX30 turbo sounds like a good fit for the M10.

Do you have any images of your exhaust manifold?

Thanks.

This is about the best picture I have of it right now,

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u197/Pinepig/bottomlog.jpg

I'll go run some new logs here in a day or two and post up some new ones, I'll see if I can figure out how to label certain points to make it easier to read.

what about tie-dyed? that would look awesome on an 02, and it would fit the generation well.

thread hi-jacked...someone revive it