FuturisticConcept Art BMW E36 with a V8 on a bottom dollar budget

[Jdesign]

Finally made some bushings for the control arms last night. Delrin with aluminum inserts on the lathe. I made them in CAD first, and I think next time I make a set, I will just CNC them. It took me about 3 hours to cut everything out on the lathe, and the CNC would have taken about 5mins...Oh well. I will install them this week and button everything back up. I want to make new sub-frame bushings too, but I dread removing the sub-frame seeing how destroyed the bolts are from someone welding washers to them. ughhhhh.

I also started mocking up how I want to route the exhaust. Currently its super hacked together and hangs really low under the car. I want to go lower but cant because of it.

[YoungCR]

Side exit through the rocker?

[stealthbimmer]

[Jdesign]

More like this:

[Jdesign]

Finished installing the bushings and new control arms last night and got it back on the ground. I still need to bleed the brakes again, but I will need to do that this weekend. I needed the car off of the lift so that I could work on a pile of shit Volkswagen I bought. 

I also sprayed the tire letters red on one side of the car to get an idea of how it might look on the Centerlines.

[KaiserRolls]

Flat style side exit exhaust. NASCAR style

[KaiserRolls]

[KaiserRolls]

Or this

[Jdesign]

Fuck that's awesome. I need a round muffler to put behind the seat inside the car. I wish I could do something like that^^^ without breaking the bank. 

Flat boom tip exhaust isnt a bad idea....where would you buy something like that?

[KaiserRolls]

Jdesign said:

Fuck that's awesome. I need a round muffler to put behind the seat inside the car. I wish I could do something like that^^^ without breaking the bank. 
Flat boom tip exhaust isnt a bad idea....where would you buy something like that?
 

Internet!

[GunMetalGrey]

I like the picture of the E36 as a storage rack! 
She's looking fresh with those sweet purple control arms!

[Jdesign]

KaiserRolls said:

Internet!

Smartass. 

Obviously you haven't looked at the prices of Boom tips.....

[KaiserRolls]

Jdesign said:

Smartass. 
Obviously you haven't looked at the prices of Boom tips.....

You can’t put a price on how redneckingly awesome it would be

[KaiserRolls]

But if you had to it would be like $154.99

[Jdesign]

GunMetalGrey said:

I like the picture of the E36 as a storage rack! 
She's looking fresh with those sweet purple control arms! 

LOL It looks even more hilarious with a car cover on it.

KaiserRolls said:

But if you had to it would be like $154.99

YEAH, and thats a price that isnt very redneckingly awesome.

[Jdesign]

Xtreme

[suspenceful]

@CleetusMcFarland

[wasnt m3]

You should look for old NASCAR exhaust tips. Race teams always part their cars and sell stuff on ebay for cheap.

[Earl]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Thunder-Exhaust-NASCAR-Style-Exhaust-Tips/261141590410?epid=1690152210&hash=item3ccd40718amqdWdLkORRhspQnXoIkUXTw

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nascar-Flat-Oval-Side-Exit-Exhaust/232306265686?hash=item3616884e56:g:dDIAAOSwH3lZ5PGA

[Jdesign]

Jesus that last one. Did you see how much shipping is?