Only another e36 build from Scotland

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Been a member a good while on here and have used the forum for lots of inspiration and help while having my e36 hatch/compact built by the guys at chizfab over here in Scotland.

Thought i would do a post on the highs and lows so far

having seen this 318ti compact come up close by and it was a decent price with a long ticket on it jumped in the truck and collected.
I already had its new heart sitting in my container, Driftworks BDC driver Richard Grinrods 3.2 evo engine from his m3.
Car was fired down to my mates on the border and engine was put in. Conversion was easy enough only sticking point was the ecu as far as I was aware it was already ews deleted but couldn’t figure out why the car would start but kept cutting out. Up to my mate Gaz who is a wiz on ecu’s and a few hours later it was alive.
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Now that the engine was running mint, it was time to concentrate on getting the car to a point of being able to do a skid.
Choice of diff for this one for now was my 4.44 out one of my old compacts, ebay coilovers I had sitting, Hydro fitted and threw in my track culture seat and a harness and went and had a play 
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Now that I was happy with the running of the car it was time to take it back off the road and the build could begin
Up step Kyle @chizfab being good friends and neighbours with my bodyshop next door car was booked in
Spec list till now
: Standard body 318ti compact
: interior stripped, track culture bucket seat
: Sparco Harness
: 4.44 welded diff
: ebay coilovers
: pair of front schnitzer 17x8.5j
: cut hubs
:20mm spacers
Chizfab hydro
Work the car was going into chizfab for:
Interior:
: 2 x Cobra evolution S seats
: driftworks seat frames
: genuine Nardi Deep corn leather steering wheel with Driftworks quick release
: Storm Gearknob
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Drivetrain:
: Full car polybushed
: Front crash bar fabricated
: mocal oil cooler relocation behind the crash bar
: SLR ultra angle steering kit (first one in the uk)
: BC coilovers
: Diff mount changed from single mount to twin mount and the 4.44 diff backing plate changed to match
: Aust fab rear self centering main bush
: Braided brake lines
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Exterior:
: Custom Fabricated front wings to make the most of the Angle the steering kit gives
: Rondell skid wheels which I have painted 17x8.5j and 17x10j
: Oz futura wheels all polished 17x8.5j and 10j
: rear arches flared to within an inch of their lives
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Basically that’s where the car is just now, plans over nextcouple of weeks is to find time to get it back into my shop and do thefollowing……
: Full paint in Laguna Seca
: BN rear window spoiler
: e46 csl rear boot spoiler modded to fit e36 compactbootlid

I am competing in the GFH street legal competition end ofMay so plan is use car for that then back off the road to get cage fitted andfew other bits. See how the year goes and will freshen up all the undersideparts with a fresh powder coat

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little bit more of an update its back on the ground and backin my bodyshop to make a start to the bodywork and get some fresh paint. Thenits drift time! will be plenty of vidshttp://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q559/neilpolished/neilpolished020/image_zpsgswgxw2x.jpg (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/neilpolished/media/neilpolished020/image_zpsgswgxw2x.jpg.html)http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q559/neilpolished/neilpolished020/image_zpsvt2rusnb.jpg (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/neilpolished/media/neilpolished020/image_zpsvt2rusnb.jpg.html)http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q559/neilpolished/neilpolished020/image_zpsxnme5bhv.jpg (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/neilpolished/media/neilpolished020/image_zpsxnme5bhv.jpg.html)http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q559/neilpolished/neilpolished020/image_zpsp2cynzo2.jpg (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/neilpolished/media/neilpolished020/image_zpsp2cynzo2.jpg.html)[URL="http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q559/neilpolished/neilpolished020/image_zpskilqgtdl.jpg%5b/IMG%5d%5b/URL"]http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q559/neilpolished/neilpolished020/image_zpskilqgtdl.jpg[/URL (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/neilpolished/media/neilpolished020/image_zpskilqgtdl.jpg.html)]
Well things have not gone as planned last few weeks. Gothome from the rigs, only thing holding me back with the car was the oil coolerfittings, had nothing but issues so replaced the Mocal Cooler I had previouslybought and bought another.
Once that was in and car was ready to go for test skids tosee how we were for clearance. Myself and a few of the lads from Duncanbusiness park decided to have a Friday funday of skids at Driftland as it wasalso Jeeks birthday.
Pics of the car looking well multi coloured! I couldn’t finda way of fitting the car in to my shop for paint and best to try it forclearance first in case any damage to wings etc.


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Out on the first laps car was great never been in a compactthat felt so planted to the ground. SLR Ultra nothing but incredible is onlywords I can say. Small negative was when on full full lock it had a bit ofwheel wobble only slightly(possibly down to the very wet conditions)
Due to it being so wet I was surprised how much grip I got,car was picking up speed on drift really well. It felt like a different carafter all the work.
Didn’t like my seats Cobra Evolution S may be good seats butthe wrap around was giving me sore shoulders trying to change gear. So notkeeping them plus a few extra pounds on of late made them TIGHT!
Then total disaster struck!!
One of the lads that was there with us for the day wascoming out for a few passenger runs but as he is building a similar compactsaid have a go yourself. Into his first lap and when on limiter car lookedsilly slow, Kyle could here something but couldn’t put his finger on it, so Kevwas waved in. Gutted is an understatement, my decent spec s50b32 bottom end wasknocking  just bad luck and defo not kevs fault.
So after wanting to put a wheel gun through the window andget the car out my sight it was chucked on the truck and back down to my unit.Then drank a large amount of beerrrrrr

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Kyle from Chizfab is looking to inspect the damage laterthis month. In the meantime another engine would need to be sourced as I amentering the gfh street legal middle of May and my car was supposed to be readyin plenty of time,. Massive spanner in the works! I have picked up my old m50engine which has not been used since I sold it so know its reliable. Quickengine swap at some point when I get back from offshore and will just have toenjoy the noise of the 2.5 rave limiter for the next few months till we seewhat to do about the 3.2
Being honest two weeks ago I was going to pull the plug onthe whole build as the passion and heart had been ruined when my 3.2 enginestarted knocking after 4 laps of testing the car.....

BUT... Last WednesdayKyle at Chizfab hq went with the decision to get the car built to be used so myold Jumanji weapons m50 2.5 was brought round on the pallet and put in. Within2 hours the car was up and running. Epic work from Kyle and the team
Spec:
Standard m50 2.5engine
Single paddle clutchand box from the m3 engine
S50 manifolds off thethe m3
Ecu rev limit raisedand ews deleted

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Now we had a running engine and looking I would be competingin the garage Fu*k house street legal! Better get the rest of the paint done soFriday and Saturday my lads put in an epic shift in to get the paint done
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So Sunday morning we rocked up at Driftland having driventhe car up it's the most it had moved under it's own steam since engine wentin.

Felt decent slightmiss on limiter second and third gear felt so slow but it was getting usedhowever it went.

Practice runs in themorning the car felt fine. Running the 17's was a bit if a gamble as the powerwasn't really there and suffered from too much grip, too late to do anythingabout it. Qualifying my practice run felt mint then my two judged runs I wasn'tfeeling it. Many clutch kicks I still couldn't get it together. Only thing Ihad going was I had hit all but one clipping point.
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Was nervous sitting waiting to hear if I got into top 16 ofthe 42 drivers as a lot of good drivers and didn't think I had done enough...But.! I just scraped in at 14th place was mega delighted and basically that wasme I had gotten what I had hoped for and anything else would be a bonus.

Ended up gettingknocked out at top 16 by the eventual winner but the fact I had my car runningand was out drifting I was stoked
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Car is now back in my yard and a decision on what I am goingto do going forward with it will be made at some point, Kyles thoughts arevanos solenoid so will try that and see.
My s50b32 is booked in end of July with James at Reddish toget rebuilt.

[stealthbeam]

Very nice compact. Can't wait to see what you have in store for it. Thanks for sharing.

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Cannot help myself!
Complete change of plans round 3 ****
Was not looking for a new engine or a new car for that matter having still having issues with the 2.5 M50 in the car it's been giving me the rage of late.
So anyway spotted this e36 s54 engined lhd car on driftworks a month or so back, i have no interest in lhd cars but the running gear interested me as it was at the price the guy was looking for a cheap enough car.
Anyway watched it over the last month and price had slowly come down. I couldn't ignore it any longer and with a massive rebuild cost on my 3.2 s50 looming if it went to reddish later in July this was silly not to take a punt on.
So contacted buyer a nice polish chaps Janis and a price was agreed and deposit left.
Plans try a little lhd drifting. Will hate it! Strip car sell the rest and put engine into my compact.... WINNER
Managed to sell the 3.2 s50 engine yesterday for fair money considering the work needed and the way i look at it it paid a 1/3rd of the complete new car in which i should get most my money back from breaking it
Onwards and upwards 330bhp s54 compact before the winter is out :)
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http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q559/neilpolished/neilpolished033/image_zpsmayj6toe.jpg (http://s1163.photobucket.com/user/neilpolished/media/neilpolished033/image_zpsmayj6toe.jpg.html)
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Oh and i bought this cheeky little number for a daily for the rest of the summer a nice wee 4 pot supercharged compact :)
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I bought it on the Rondells in the first pic as i have my futuras that i can use for now
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