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Thread: e36 Drift truck s38 powered

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    e36 Drift truck s38 powered

    Welcome to my dream build. I don't have money to fund my dreams at the hands of a professional, so with a vision, willingness to learn to overcome whatever may stay in the way, and me little garage, I've been notchin away



    Here she is now a rollin





    a little sliding






    She started as a 100k 93 e36 shell for a couple hundred bucks. My plans are to give her a full track treatment and throw in all my m3 guts into her for an ultimate sliding maching.
    Poor ol salvaged contorted shell m3…..


    oh wait, really poor m3 shell



    her hitting the wall






    and the newby






    and the teardown began
















    So all the while I”ve had the idea of truck plaguing my mind…..
    I’ve seen e30’s, e39, 240’s, and subies chopped to trucks. I’ve always liked the idea if the lines allowed, so after a little tinkering my mind was set……



    motivation……










    Having not seen any e36 trucks made before and knowing it could look sweet with ghetto photoshop renditions, Out came the angle grinder and badabing, truck is under way.





    sawzal and plasma cutters are over rated angle grider ftw …..
    initially my plans were to go crazy with my roll cage to make up for the noodle rear end I’ve created, as this is a full purpose built slider. She just happens to look like a truck….

    then after a bit more searching I found this and decided to go this route for the bed cage. Much easier to get the bodylines I wanted, and I figured I could get good support in the rear this way. Not to mention keeping the weight as even as possible as I would hate to mess up the way the e36 handles.







    This is where I mention at this point I hadn’t welded before other than learning on a couple pieces of tubing with a borrowed welder…..no better way to learn than by necessity eh?

    so got the bed frame and the rear body lines underway,




    Last edited by imaiami; 06-24-2014 at 03:12 AM.

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    onto the cab makin. And idea came to make the rear of the roof flat, so why not mock it up.





    and flat roof










    b pillar and rear frame mockup…..









    just freestylin and kinda went with it all up til this point. Usually the mock ups have to be changed etc, it all looked good enough to go with it.











    Nearly done with the bed before fiberglass










    gutted the sunroof for the roof….











    then for the hitch…..The trunk’ll work nicely











    And why not, more teardown….





    wires of fun


    And a bit more ghetto photoshop fun
    Last edited by imaiami; 02-19-2011 at 05:42 PM.

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    and incomes the roll cage tubing. Big thanks to Vitaly Spokan for bending it all for me










    After thinking of the fiberglass bed for so long, I decided to just sheet metal it all in and make it permanent.
    (after having welded a bunch starting with flux then finally getting a bottle n a bit of comfort, 26g sheet metal was another task)




    to tie the cage in fully






    And finally, we have a bed









    And a working tailgate…

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    S38b35 w/ Metric Mechainc intake cam, Fresh head rebuild, Trans, Megasquirt II fully built but needing to be wired up


    got crazy with a wirewheel




    Also got a fuel cell with the motor, but I like the stock tank location



    And onto how this front sump’d motor is going into this car




    Of course a custom rear sump oil pan would be ideal, but I don’t have the $ or tools to do so, so maybe e34 pan, but no go.





    what if you moved the steering rack rearward to clear the sump?






    barely worked with the stock arms, but not with the e46 that I’ll be using



    a little added enforcement


    some more cage workin


    then found a way to get a bit more clearance out of the oil pan to move the rack farther forward
    Thanks to Evil Engineering for the alum moddin I have yet to undertake





    and since I’ve gone passed the point of no return into racecardom, some more gutting and wirewheeling





    Last edited by imaiami; 02-19-2011 at 07:48 PM.

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    More with the cage






    the sunroof warped a bit when welded, so I replaced it with a piece of new sheetmetal which warped elsewhere, but is finally ok after some series massaging





    Fully stripped, seamwelded, and por15d…..nearly ready to be rolling again





    bed welding for days


    and nearing the finalization of all the monkey bars







    Time for suspension to go back on

    Bushings first



    car’s worth hardware n a bit more ready to go back on


    rear end on

    and she’s got wheels on again






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    wow! You should have just tube framed it!

    Lots of work and I can see your welding skills getting better throughout the build!

    Post pics after paint! Should fill all of the cracks of the soul!

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    wow! You should have just tube framed it!

    Lots of work and I can see your welding skills getting better throughout the build!

    Post pics after paint! Should fill all of the cracks of the soul!


    after having done it and gaining the knowldge I have, boy would I go about it much differently. Live n Learn
    we'll see how she looks after paint, but her soul is gonna be shinin ....





    and out she rolls from the garage for the first time








    the steering works



    and on suspension over at the paint shop, sittin like she’s meant to


    in for the first time, she fits, uhhhhh, kinda







    n that’s it for now……more to come as time allows


    rat truck :d


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    subbed. Awesome build. Lots of work but looks great so far!

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    this is the coolest thing ive ever seen, i want one so bad now!

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    this looks amazing.
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    this is going to be amazing!

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    what s going on with the door bars? there are a bunch of load paths that just end making for a VERY weak design throughout.

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    crazy build! and loving the progress...

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    thanks guys

    the door bars looked strong to me, just freestylin and threw in more bars, I couldn't stop

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    awesome build! you should put a csl style spoiler on trunk/tailgate.

    btw what the hell happened to your m3?
    Last edited by dub 6er; 02-20-2011 at 02:26 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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    Props men, thats awesome.


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    Very cool build. I like where this is going.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dominic49 View Post
    what s going on with the door bars? there are a bunch of load paths that just end making for a VERY weak design throughout.
    +1

    geometry is your friend

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    crazy build. i really dig how the trunk is turned into a functional tailgate.

    the rest of the cage looks spot on, but i have to agree the door bars look pretty haphazard. great work from a first timer overall though
    new projekt 11JZ111...
    For sale???? say it aint so....

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    I'm sorry, but that cage is totally @#$%.
    Last edited by MauiM3Mania; 02-26-2011 at 02:35 AM. Reason: profanity
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    k since the cage is @#$%, or moreso just door bars, constructive criticism rather than @#$% eh?


    would a simple x door bar be stronger?
    or persay if I were to remove the bar coming from the dash bar and replace it with a bar connecting it to the rearward union of the ending diagnal bar? thus making it a fully connnected x with a parallel bar running longitudinally?
    Last edited by MauiM3Mania; 02-26-2011 at 02:37 AM. Reason: profanity

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    WOW, amazing amount of work! I need to see this thing painted.
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    would have been easier to start out with a convertible?
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    dam im inspired to make one my self or turn my e34 to a two door
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