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    Socal Frenchies 2018 Pro-Am build

    So have never done a build thread so please bear with me during this process. I was asked if there was anywhere that I had the build of this car posted, so I figured I would put it up here as well as my instagram.

    That being said, I'm building an e36 coupe for the 2018 season of Just Drift: Top Drift Pro-Am.

    Here are the specs on the car.
    Chassis:
    Subframe mount reinforments
    Solid Aluminum Subframe bushings
    Front and Rear strut tower reinforcements
    FD Spec Cage (Still has to be dropped off at our cage builder)

    Suspension:
    Feal Suspension Dampers with Swift springs (10kg/mm F 8kg/mm R)
    Oem front sway bar with upgraded endlinks
    Garage 56 Dual Shear Rear swaybar
    Garage 56 Rear Camber Arms
    Poly RTABs
    Poly offset FLCA bushings
    SLR Super Angle Kit

    Brakes:
    Centric high carbon cryo treated rotors
    Hawk Performance Ceramic Pads
    Condor Speed shop stainless braided lines with extended front lines.

    Engine/Trans:
    GM L33 (Aluminum 5.3L)
    Texas Speed 228R cam
    Hardened Pushrods
    Dual Valve springs with Titanium retainers
    LS2 timing chain
    Mellings High Pressure/High Volume Oil pump
    LS2 intake
    Holley Performance 92mm throttle body
    F.A.S.T. 46lb injectors
    Vorshlag Fuel line kit
    Aeromotive Stealth 340lph fuel pump
    Hooker Blackheart Shorty headers (1 7/8 runners)
    ACT Clutch and Flywheel
    ZL1 TR6060 6spd

    Interior:
    Sparco Pro ADV seats
    Custom Billet BE Performance Programmable Switch Panel
    Grip Royal Steering wheel
    Custom Shifter and linkage
    Garage 56 Hand brake
    Custom door panels and rear seat delete


    So I started this build about 4 months ago ish. The goal being to build a 400hp drift car with with reliability being paramount. That being said lots of the parts being used are to insure that reliability as much as I can. Aside from the long block and transmission, everything on the motor is brand new OEM GM or Upgraded aftermarket.
    Last edited by fishtail; 10-25-2017 at 11:31 PM.
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    Yassss!!!

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    Which pan are you using? If it's the Holley swap pan I highly recommend adding the optional trap door baffle. This things gonna be rad! Do I see in your sig pic that you also have a FC?

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    Welp, I don't know how to upload pics to this forum. So pics will be on my IG: @dtm_mechanik

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    Quote Originally Posted by Novablue454 View Post
    Which pan are you using? If it's the Holley swap pan I highly recommend adding the optional trap door baffle. This things gonna be rad! Do I see in your sig pic that you also have a FC?
    Using a GM oem Fbody oil pan. Also that sig pic is old and many cars ago lol.
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    Last edited by fishtail; 10-23-2017 at 10:11 PM.
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    most of us are just hosting the photos elsewhere and linking, unfortunately since photobucket nuked itself the options are limited. I'm using flickr and it seems to work OK.

    and ah damn. I've got an LS6 e46 and an LS2 FC, I was gonna say twins lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Novablue454 View Post
    I've got an LS6 e46 and an LS2 FC, I was gonna say twins lol
    I think at some point I want to build myself a destroked LS3 e46 m3 Daily. Essentially when funds permit me to do so lol
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    I would skip the Delrin RTAB and use spherical bearings there instead.
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    +1 to that, my delrin ones fell apart after a year. Junk

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    The control arm twists too much inside the bushing. I don't get why people make poly. It just inherently will not work for this application. SLR sells spherical stuff. It's not only the tits, but you can adjust caster with it to your heart's content.

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    Yep, a lot of people think we only recommend the rubber bushings with limiters because we won't install poly bushings. And Delrin is worse, as it is far too stiff and resists deformation, and also does not recover like poly. But for a dedicated track car, I'd use spherical if the installation and maintenance is something you can keep up with.

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    I've had great luck with my Powerflex RTABS, but I would love to upgrade them to spherical at some point

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    Had great luck with Delrin RTABs for 3+ years of very harsh track abuse. Still holding up just fine. As for the FLCA bushings, we may upgrade in the future but not until we have an issue with these.

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    I'm wrong, they are not delrin. They are poly
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    I personally think the bimmerworld Spherical RTAB design is the one to go with. Uses Sealed OEM bmw camber arm and upper arm knuckled bearings in a machined housing for the RTAB. Those bearings last a long time and well if you ever need to replace them you can pop them out of the housing and the bearings are $15 each on pelican parts.

    http://www.bimmerworld.com/E46-E36-3...aring-Kit.html

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    Has anyone tried building a lower frame side trailing arm mount that doesn't tuck into the chassis so far and then cutting the stock bushing end off the trailing arm? You could then weld a threaded bung into the arm for a heim or rebuildable flex joint? You could pretty easily incorporate toe adjustment into the design by changing misalignment spacers orientation per side.

    I wonder how bad the anti-squat numbers would be doing this? I figure the arm would be located 2.75 - 3.00 inches below it's current location.

    Is the anti-squat measured from the angle from the lower control arm pivot to the chassis mount or is it a theoretical centerline of the hub to the mounting hole at the chassis mount?

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