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    After Hours Autosports E36 Pro2 Build

    Well, after Josh secured 2 Formula Drift Pro2 licenses in his E36, the decision was made to start from square one on a pro2 car. You can see the build of the pro-am car here https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...6-Pro-Am-build

    This call was made due to some things on the red car not being pro2 legal, such as reinforcement plates welded in, some aspects of the previous cage we did not like, and Josh wanting a straight chassis.

    We started with this running, driving, super clean e36 that passed emissions the day we pulled the engine.

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    The first order of business was to completely strip the shell.

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    Then out came the sound deadening

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    Then out came the plasma and cut off wheels!

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    First piece going back on, the start of the rear frame!

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    Most of the old car will get re used (subframe/QC, Dogbox, LS3, etc) but some changes will be made along the way (LSA anyone?)

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    Sweet. Glad you're posting it on here again.
    Any changes planned other than the tech stuff?
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    Can/did you do weights before and after? I've always been so curious how much weight can be dropped from hacking away body panels.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Press22 View Post
    Sweet. Glad you're posting it on here again.
    Any changes planned other than the tech stuff?
    Not a lot. Going to a rear mount, adding a LSA Supercharger, switching to either race gas or E85, doing a real standalone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by protomor View Post
    Can/did you do weights before and after? I've always been so curious how much weight can be dropped from hacking away body panels.
    I did not. I am sure it ends up being heavier once the new structure is all built

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    turned some mount bungs for the new radiator

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    Mocking it up

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    Welded on the mount bungs and some fan mount tabs

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    mocking it up with the fans mounted

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    Started making the cage baseplates

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    Roughing in the new trans tunnel, still needs a little tuning and finishing

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    The rear area is mostly cleaned up. Waiting on a final decision on a fuel cell before doing much more back here.

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    The start of a cage

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    The start of a tube rear

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    the start of a simple tube front

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    and the start of 2020 FD Pro 2 planning!

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    Optima box showed up

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    and made some front end bars

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    Looking very tidy, dude!

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    Getting the engine bay ready for seam welding

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    Starting the seam welding in the rear and put in the Condor shock tower reinforcements

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    Switched to some 5x114.3 drilled hubs

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    put in the Condor subframe reinforcements

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    tearing down the GSR for maintenance

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    Cleaned up and inspected the rear end, swapped to the PBM upper arms

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    and the new Fuel Cell showed up

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    I suppose 5x114.3 is for wheel choice? I suppose if you need to borrow wheels from people at a comp, it's much more likely.

    What's the rebuild process like on the GSR? I've never rebuilt a trans. Looks cathartic to have such a large open clean space to work with.

    Also, any opinion on the PBM upper arms? I don't think anyone else makes upper arms like that for E36/E46s. Is it really a necessary mod? The arms look heavier than the stock arms. I suppose you get some more camber control?

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    We had 5x114.3 adapters on the car all last season, and we did run in to an issue at an event with a damaged stud in the adapter/spacer that made things a huge PITA. Now we can just run a plain spacer and worst case if it gets damaged the wheels will still bolt up with no spacer.

    Our coilover sponsor only makes true rears so figured why not. We were at about +.5* of camber last year with the lower arms as short as they go, so a little bit more adjustability was desired. Wisefab also makes them but the PBMs seem more stout.

    The GSR is super easy to work on. The whole gearset just slides out the back and all just sorta splines together.

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    Do you want more stout though? I thought you wanted those parts to bend in an impact so it doesn't transfer to the subframe and jack that up. Just a theory. I'm not at the level to put it into practice.

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    I mean the upper arms aren't replaceable in the car anyway, so I guess you'd want an in between? Not so weak that they bend looking at them but hope they go before the subframe.

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    Yea that was my thought. Interested to see how you like em.

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    Got the new cell mounted

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    and the FCST switched over

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    switched to the RTS steel 3-4 fork

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    started tearing in to the motor in prep for some boost

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    had my aluminum wizard buddy over at Missleworks modify the radiator fitting for much easier access

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    some progress on the tube rear
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    got the cluster back together with some new hubs and sliders

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    engine is buttoned back up, waiting on some more bits
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    finalized the fuel cell / radiator

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    ready to go to the blaster

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    back from blasting

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    stitch welding and gussets completed

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    now it is off to the team at Supreme Refinish for paint!

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    wow, I haven't updated this in a long time. This is where it is now, just wiring and some little bits left.
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    How's the car sound? I had a set of cars that did that years ago and it sounded so weird. And not in a good way.

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    it doesn't run yet, need to finish the wiring, hopefully this week

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    Beautiful car, very clean work. Good luck in competion.

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    got it running, it sounds like an LS with a CHONKY cam. Not weird, but its painfully loud.

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    Don't you have like a month? GET IT

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    Not even, my dyno appt is the 13th and it need to be in the trailer headed to NDDrift 10k on the 19th, I've got 8 work days left hahaha.

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