What? 101 HP isn't good enough for ya??

Oh, now I've gone and done it. I have been in the process of acquiring a turbo for the E21. My goal on this one is to put together a turbo with a moderate range (about 7 inches pressure. How many bar is that???) I don't want to blow the engine and I realize that I will have to rebuild and upgrade the M10 I have to meet the challenge.

I've been in contact with a "provider" of turbo kits that is helping out with my project. Should we really call them "enablers"?? It is an addiction of sorts. The idea that I can boost the HP of this M10 is just fantastic.

If I can get the M10 to about 150-160HP, I'd be happy. No more 0-60? Yes. Now it can have more HP than my Toyota 4 cylinder. Okay, but for now I have to concentrate on the bodywork. By the way, North Hollywood Speedometer called! They are shipping back my 120 MPH speedo all redone. No more gaping hole in my dashboard. With the euro fuel gauge and the fixed speedo, this should be an exciting weekend.

Ubercable, Euro Fuel Gauges and the flying speedo.

Well, I managed to accomplish a few minor things these past few days. One was uninstalling the speedo and shipping it off to North Hollywood Speedometer for a recalibration, the second was installing the new Ubercable 2/0 ground cable to the battery. The old cable was about half the diameter. The biggest challenge was getting the big cable to bend the way I needed it to to bolt it to the body ground and the battery terminal. One comment: they should make these about 2" longer for the E21's. I had to bend the body ground to get the thing to install right and the battery will NEVER move now.

The third item was the swapping of the face on the fuel gauge to show the liters vs. the overly-simple readout US cars have. Granted, the readout is still pretty relative. The needle always went beyond the max and below the "reserve" markings on the gauge, so how accurate is it really. I just like having more than "F" 1/2 and "R" on my gauges. That's just one step above the damn idiot lights! Blink! It's broke! Check Engine! The biggest challenge was practicing taking off the indicator needle so it wasn't broken in the effort. I had the old cluster to work on and good thing --- I managed to snap one needle off the temp gauge and mangled the tach needle as well.

Can't wait to hear back from North Hollywood Speedo on the recalibration work. I don't like staring into a big hole in the dash.