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

[Jdesign]

HAHAHAHA, I was thinking more like this @visian

 

[straight6pwr]

Air Mags!

[Jdesign]

@straight6pwr You win.

[Jdesign]

Spent some time working on this pile over the holiday weekend. I managed to get the seat bracket made, and mig welded it together using the old seat rail bases. I also found some matte black vinyl I had laying around and made a window banner which I managed to destroy applying it myself. I will make another when I have an extra set of hands. I also ran wiring for the red halos to the factory fog light switch instead of a toggle. 

After all of that and I had the seat bolted into place, I started looking at the Hydro lever and where I planned to mount it wasn't going to work. I have since ripped out all of the center console and Im thinking I might have to weld a plate next to the shifter on the trans tunnel to make a nice spot for it.  I thought mounting this thing was going to be easy.

Le sigh 

I also noticed now that the car is back on the ground that is seems to be leaning or lower on one side...... Thinking back to adjusting the coilovers, one side was off about 20mm or so compared to the other side. I think there is something funky going on here......  It could also be Im just seeing things as its really really hard to tell exactly with the bashed to complete shit arches.

My E30 was slightly lower on one side too. 

Wait, just did some research, Its lower on one side from the factory for "balance" with a driver and no passenger. Neat.

I added this power switch when I first got the car because of the crazy, stupid, hack wiring and components that would stay on with the ignition off, and I cant remember if I mentioned it or not. I have since fixed 94.7% of the wiring issues, but an external power switch still seems like a nice safety feature.

[m42b32]

Jdesign said:

but an external power switch still seems like a nice safety feature.

That's awesome haha, nice security feature. Only thing I'd worry about is some punk turning it while you're sitting at a red light...

[Bassboy3313]

m42b32 said:

Jdesign said:

but an external power switch still seems like a nice safety feature.

That's awesome haha, nice security feature. Only thing I'd worry about is some punk turning it while you're sitting at a red light... 

Thought the exact same thing

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[Jdesign]

Honestly I'm more worried about the red key falling out, even though it locks into place when "powered"

In other news, I mounted a PS reservoir from my e30 in this car last night, and am going on my lunch break to have the high pressure line custom made. Pics will come once that's complete.

[GunMetalGrey]

Jdesign said:

This picture makes me happy. 
It looks so beat and worn, but not like it wasn't taken care of while doing so. 
That was a confusing sentence

[straight6pwr]

Jdesign said:

. I also found some matte black vinyl I had laying around and made a window banner which I managed to destroy applying it myself. I will make another when I have an extra set of hands.

wrinkly old man balls window banner.

Dave - school him on applying the vinyl wet.  you blew my mind when you told me it could be done, and I'm sure it will solve the problem here.

[B C]

There is such a difference between what Jason is doing and your run-of-the-mill crappy car build.

The run-of-the-mill crappy car build:  intentionally rusted body panels, or fenders draped entirely in stickers/wraps, an aluminum tow-hook, Domo-kun drift charm, pink dildo shift knob, some idiotic windshield banner that attempts to label the style and status of the individual driving it, and either extremely cheap wheels or extremely expensive wheels. The intention is attention. Show up to Automotion and get 1000 likes on Instagram then go home and feel hollow because deep inside you are an asshole and you know it.

Jason's build:  Ratty piece of crap build with genuine creativity and an overall cohesiveness. The entire car takes on a theme which drives the style and direction of the build instead of random aimless "mods". Its art. Balldesacki should take note. It has some sort of goal other than being an attention-whore on wheels. This is why I enjoy like this car/build despite not subscribing to this particular genre of automotive enthusiasm.

keep on keepin on

[Jdesign]

@straight6pwr Good point! Ive partially wrapped cars before( I didnt finish because it wasnt my car) Using liquid helps a lot! I guess it was kind of like an "AH HA" moment and I just started doing it without thinking when I found the roll of vinyl lol.

@Snap Thank you so much dear Sir, your kind words mean a lot to me. I want it to look like a car existing in the wrong era, a shitty period of time that has yet to happen, but I certainly don't want to make it look like its tossed together to get there. I really cant wait to start actually doing some fabrication and tin work and creating some drastic craziness to set it off. Everyday, I fix one thing, then 10 more ideas flood the list of what I could do, and I am enjoying every second of it, I'm glad you are too.

[GunMetalGrey]

Wait, you tried to do that banner dry?!? You are a madman!

[Jdesign]

GunMetalGrey said:

Wait, you tried to do that banner dry?!? You are a madman! 

Have you seen the rest of the car? I will take that "madman" comment as a compliment.

[GunMetalGrey]

Jdesign said:

Have you seen the rest of the car? I will take that "madman" comment as a compliment.

In all fairness I almost like the wrinkles lol. 
You should have done the banner in diamond plate vinyl, it's the cool thing to do.

[Jdesign]

Saw this video on Facebook, realized that it needs to happen. I am going to start collecting calculators, old radios, and other random electronics. If you have some, send them my way.

I also made some quick mock ups of the control levers so I can get a better idea on proportions and mounting location for the hydro brake.

[KaiserRolls]

That looks like an electrical fire waiting to happen lol

[straight6pwr]

lol @ when all the gauges fire up. pretty hilarious shtick there

PSSSSHHT e36 to tower, am I go for takeoff? PSSSSHT

[Jdesign]

Great NEWS!! I got custom fittings for splicing the high pressure steering lines together and a high pressure fitting to convert the steering rack from a banjo to a push-lok. I did this because I am using a PS pump from a 2000 V6 Ford explorer like I explained before. So I wanted a way to create a HP line without spending a ton of money on AN fittings and high quality hose. I also didn't have a banjo line and bolt handy on the rack (car)side. I went to Hy-Quip which is a local fitting / hose supplier that deals with high pressure industrial hydraulics and all the fittings only cost me a $10!

I used the OEM BMW reservoir from my E30 and mounted it off of the valve cover. The Brass fitting mounts to an adapter that mounts to a 90° and is on the return side of the rack back to the reservoir and doesn't use a hose clamp. I have used push-lok before, but this fitting looks different than what I have seen. The guy at Hyquip said it should be good for up to 3000psi, I don't know if I believe him, but it certainly was a bitch to get on like all push-lok lines. The HP lines were oddly the same inner dimensions and he suggested using another push-loc style barb, with this, I did use clamps because I dont trust it with the high pressure.

Low and behold it all worked. I did have some frothy ATF for a few minutes while I worked all the air out of the system from not having PS for who knows how long but I have POWAAARRR. Surprisingly it feels really good too. Its not over powered, and its not too stiff. I think I might be driving around this weekend!

The other thing that I did was install my mocked up levers so I can start to get a feel of where I should mount this hydro brake, and how big of a platform I should use.

[Daggerty]

Nice work, the push fitting will hold that pressure for sure. 

I'm just imagining you letting some one drive your car and ripping the hydro back trying to go from 3rd to 4th.

[Jdesign]

Daggerty said:

Nice work, the push fitting will hold that pressure for sure. 

I'm just imagining you letting some one drive your car and ripping the hydro back trying to go from 3rd to 4th.

HAHAHA yeah that would be epic! I think I might make the shifter a lot shorter. I kind of wanted to go with this chaos of levers look, but I dont think its going to help me functionally. So I might end up hacking a good two inches out of the shifter. Exactly why I made the mock ups though.