Car of the Month

September 2008

Pat Allen's Custom Turbo 2002

Want to see your 02 featured here? Email me any 02, any condition richstern@hotmail.com.

1976 2002, originaly granatrot metalic (red).

Bought it from a firend, all apart and in boxes in mid 90's

did the rebuild and a fake turbo look in 2000. Went to the real turbo look in 2003. Was running a Ford EECIV fuel injection from a Merkur XR4TI up to 2005 iirc now with a SDS EM4F.

Engine: 1969 Ti block, 0,040 oversize with Toyota 20R pistons (no goal with the Ti block, it was in there when i bought the car)
Compression ratio: 8:1
Head: 121 with opened up combustion chamber and heavily ported
Intake manifold: 1984 e30 318i with a Nissan 63mm throtle body and a bosch hot wire idle valve
SDS EM4F fuel injection system with a 3.5bar RRFPR and #36 injectors
Two Mazda MX6 turbo intercooler cores welded together to make a big front mount intercooler with 3" piping.
E30 325is oil cooler
E21 aluminium radiator
custom made tubular equal lenght header
Bosh by-pass valve controled by a home made electronic controler with a solenoid, sensivity adjustable from the cockpit
Tech edge wide band 02 meter with datalogger and direct logging with the SDS system
Garret T3 turbo with .36 a/r (.48 and .63 for different duties)

Recaro seats from a E21 with a die match all black interior.
E21 steering wheel (turbo look)
Custom center console with many guages, a/f ratio and injector duty cycle monitor to name few
Real turbo flares
Kamei front spoiler
small euro rear bumper (short)

5 speed overdrive transmission from a e21 320i
Centerforce clutch meant for a XR4TI mated to the original BMW flywheel
3.64 LSD with 75% sliping factor and 4 clutches set

E21 320i wheels with 205's

Biltsteins all around with urethane bushings too
Bigger sway bars (unknown name)

Volvo brake upgrade with e21 vented disk and VW disk brake at the rear
Alfa Romeo GTV-6 Master cylinder

full alarm and door lock system (my own fabrication, www.directed.com or www.astroflex.com)

All work, mechanic, electronic and body by me.

250hp avg. with .36 a/r turbo and 16psi of boost

Located in Quebec, CANADA