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Here's another older thread that I wanted to share with everyone. This is Kyle's (orcgrinder) turbo, early model e30 named "Crunchy Bleach." This car may not be for everyone, but it's very light, has quality parts, handles extremely well, and pulls very hard. A lot of time, effort and planning went into this car, and it represents Kyle's own personality on the dot!
We haven't had a chance to do an official photoshoot of the finalized car, but I will borrow a few from his Just Stance article. While Kyle's car isn't for everyone, it's definitely the shop favorite. The car has so much character, and now it lays some serious rubber! :nice:
I met Kyle a while ago, after inquiring about some tires he had for sale. Well we got to talking about his e30 and I started telling him about all the potential his car had. Kyle's car started out as a normal Eta, with GC coils on Bilstein Sports, and the 16x9 ESMs. The first thing Kyle wanted was a better handling suspension set-up. So Chris Castro and I planned out his suspension build, which consisted of an M3 sway bar link conversion, short body Koni top adjustable front struts, polyurethane bushings all around, and some IE sway bars.
After getting all the suspension work done, Kyle's car handled amazing! Next up Kyle wanted a bit more power out of his car. He had bought the car with an entire "i" conversion that was just waiting to be installed. So Kyle brought the car back to the shop and Chris did the head and electronics swap, along with our MAF conversion and airbox, and a full header back, single 2.5" exhaust. Needless to say, Kyle's gutted Eta moved very nicely after Chris Castro was done with it!
Next up Kyle wanted to make his car even lighter, so we put in some NRG seats. Chris then made version 1 of Kyle's custom "super shifter," and added a Hartge trunk spoiler for good measure. Finally, Kyle asked Chris to make him a custom, exposed oil cooler set-up which finished off the look he was going for. :werd:
Anyway, here is the way Kyle's car more or less looked right before we swapped in the fresh turbo set-up: (pics done by William Lee of JustStance.com)
We haven't had a chance to do an official photoshoot of the finalized car, but I will borrow a few from his Just Stance article. While Kyle's car isn't for everyone, it's definitely the shop favorite. The car has so much character, and now it lays some serious rubber! :nice:
I met Kyle a while ago, after inquiring about some tires he had for sale. Well we got to talking about his e30 and I started telling him about all the potential his car had. Kyle's car started out as a normal Eta, with GC coils on Bilstein Sports, and the 16x9 ESMs. The first thing Kyle wanted was a better handling suspension set-up. So Chris Castro and I planned out his suspension build, which consisted of an M3 sway bar link conversion, short body Koni top adjustable front struts, polyurethane bushings all around, and some IE sway bars.
After getting all the suspension work done, Kyle's car handled amazing! Next up Kyle wanted a bit more power out of his car. He had bought the car with an entire "i" conversion that was just waiting to be installed. So Kyle brought the car back to the shop and Chris did the head and electronics swap, along with our MAF conversion and airbox, and a full header back, single 2.5" exhaust. Needless to say, Kyle's gutted Eta moved very nicely after Chris Castro was done with it!
Next up Kyle wanted to make his car even lighter, so we put in some NRG seats. Chris then made version 1 of Kyle's custom "super shifter," and added a Hartge trunk spoiler for good measure. Finally, Kyle asked Chris to make him a custom, exposed oil cooler set-up which finished off the look he was going for. :werd:
Anyway, here is the way Kyle's car more or less looked right before we swapped in the fresh turbo set-up: (pics done by William Lee of JustStance.com)
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