Been a while...
Comp day: qualified 4th, went omt in top 8 then placed 3rd, Blew my head gasket in the process.
borrowed a friends trailer and towed it to my dads house for tear down
Ended up taking 0.013 off the head, drove it around with no issues whatsoever, and it was time for drift Union matsuri, 2 days of tandem and party.
headgasket definatly fixed my water temp issues. Car never hit anything above 205 unless we were hot lapping, where it went to 220. Oil temp was warm all weekend, so I'm making an oil cooler and I'll post pics once I get it back from the welding shop.
Pretty sick man. I wish mine was this clean lol. Have you ran a hydro in it yet?
You were literally asking me about my hydro on the last page so.... Yes?
Oh I forgot about that ha ha. My bad. Are running a 0.625 mc? I've read that the 0.7 ones that I have are too big and that's why it's not locking up.
Ah okay.. Well I found a write up and the guy said to run one brake line the (H) port on the mc to the rear port on the hydro and to run another one from the front port of the hydro to the abs.
ay guy, dope build. you certainly seem quicker at making shit from scratch than i am
can i get your front wheel specs please? i'm having an insane amount of trouble with wheel clearance on my build after lengthening my control arms, though i might be rocking too much front wheel/tire (235/40/17 9.5 et -13)
I've been doing machinist things since I was like 12 years old so it all just comes with practice haha. Front wheels are 17x7+20 with 215/40/17 tires on it. They touch the lca slightly at lock but not enough to grab/notice. Will be changing front wheels to a pair of advans next year that are 17x8+13, so everything should be pretty much the same. Lca is stock e46 arm with a spherical bushing pressed in the end for my angle kit
weird, for some reason they looked wider than that to me
after lengthening my control arms i don't have issues rubbing the frame rails any more, but holy crap do i rub the front of the wheel well. thinking i'm gonna have to completely remove it. ever seen anyone do this in person? the only thing i can find online is chelsea's car
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Running a -13 wheel will give you a much larger scrub radius, that would be my guess as to why it hits there
the two tone paintjob actually looks pretty good. never seen one like that on an e36
More details on your hood vent please
1995 325is 5 speed S50B30
I like the colour, No Bias
Because Racecar
-Did you hear that?
13 Grand Cherokee Limited V8 - Daily Driver - Wife
97 Z3 2.8 Roadster
95 325i Sedan - Project #ebayE36
90 BMW 535i/5 - i should probably work on this again...
couple clips from me and my teammate made it into the "year end edit"
Heyyy we have the same car! Thanks for the detailed build thread, I'm taking notes!!
Thanks! No issues with axles so far, or the diff for that matter. Stock m3 axles and stock 3.15 lsd, still locks good. Only rear end related things I've broken were 3 axle bolts stripped last winter and got replaced with Allen head bolts, and before the last event I snapped the front diff bolt so now I run a 1/2" bolt all the way through the bushing and housing and a nut on the other side.
pretty sweet build, I like how you built everything yourself ! ... do you still have the trans am wheels you were rocking on the 318 ? if so, why aren't you using them, or sell them to me ! haha ... I liked how the red and black two tone looked , teal is nice too I guess ...
one other thing I noticed (maybe it was just a bad picture angle) but it seems like the roll cage is pretty far from the roof, and it looked like the headliner was still installed ?
I am wondering why you didn't strip the interior and try to make the cage fit tighter against the chassis and tie it in ?
also wondering why not strip the interior to save some weight ? I junked an e36 and the carpet is so thick and heavy, with so much sound deadening, you can shave LOTS of weight and would probably make the car feel much better ...
keep the updates coming, maybe one day I'll have my car ready and bring it out to BC !
Haha thanks. Trans am wheels wouldn't clear the m3 brakes so I sold them. I liked the red too but it was time for a change and I like the blue aswell (not teal )
headliner is is still in the car because I still street it and aesthetically it is more appealing. Cage fits super tight to b pillars and roof so I'm guessing you saw a bad angle.
Same story with the carpet. 50% of people I talk to that strip their cars regret it, plus that little bit of weight savings isn't worth it to me. Sure it's heavy but the comfort aspect is worth it. If I don't notice a difference in drifting by myself vs with a passenger under 250lbs, then I'm not going to notice a difference on the weight saved by taking the carpet out.
that is a very valid point ... I will keep that in mind when time comes with mine, if the carpet still fits I'll put it in.
what lug nuts were you using to bolt up the trans am wheels ? I have some 15x8 1980 - 1981 trans am turbo wheels for my beater but the lug hole is not tapered or ball type, it's just a big square ... or had you machined something yourself to make em fit ?
The rikens were factory tapered so I just ran stock lug nuts and then my blackworx racing ones when I converted to wheel studs
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