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

[Jdesign]

wasnt m3 said:

I just sold a roof rack like that a week ago...pulled it off a cargo van at work.

Damn IT!!! If you happen across another Send it my way. Obviously I dont care the condition of it

Snap said:

obvious question: what happens when it rains 

(don't taze me bro)

That front lip is great!  nice imagination on that one

I wish that lip was my idea, but I saw a guy in Europe use it and I just searched for one in the salvage yard here. 

Daggerty said:

This is speculation, the vents don't really serve a purpose and are for looks, no ricer. No holes will be cut??

aluminum or steel for the cargo rack.

When it rains it pours.

I plan on cutting holes under the vents. Both in the trunk and the hood. The idea is to mount everything first, trace, cut, reattach. I don't care if the car becomes a swimming pool as long as it is looks cool doing it.

Roof rack material doesn't really matter, but aluminum would be preferred because of the weight. But beggars and cheap asses cant be choosers.

[Jdesign]

I made this really quick awhile ago and just never posted it. I have a few sets of wheels that I have as spares for the car and I figure what better place to store them and save floor space than on a roof rack. Besides that, I also need a place to put the random "space travel items" including Solar panels to keep the battery charged like @Snap suggested.    

[straight6pwr]

Jdesign said:

I made this really quick awhile ago and just never posted it. I have a few sets of wheels that I have as spares for the car and I figure what better place to store them and save floor space than on a roof rack. Besides that, I also need a place to put the random "space travel items" including Solar panels to keep the battery charged like @Snap suggested.    

how are you going to get your trunk open?

[Jdesign]

Details, you are focusing on the minor details.

I would have quik-pins holding the wing uprights on.

[Bassboy3313]

You could also hinge the front of the rack so it tilts up as you open the trunk. Just a thought

[Jdesign]

Yes, that's also a good idea. I just found a rack on C-list for $50 like the one I am looking for and its local. I just have to wait for the guy to respond to my email

[straight6pwr]

heres also one for a c-note

https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/pts/6060019939.html

[Jdesign]

Awesome. Yeah they are normally $100-150 for the older ones. 

On a side note, I also just got a dipstick FINALLY! in the mail for the V8. I have just been winging it this whole time LOL. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be to find one as they all use different dipsticks depending on the application.

[Jdesign]

Who doesnt like a BIG RACK?!  $40 and a sketchy 20 min ride I now have a roof rack. Its about 5'x12' so I will need to cut it down some and re weld it as I only need 4'x9' but I think its going to work out perfectly. 

(Also, I cut the hood and mounted the cheap hood louvers, they are not as large as I would have liked, but they do the trick for now)

Try to ignore the messy shop, we are in the midst of rearranging.

[Jdesign]

Update.

I cut the rack down But it might still be too large. I was too lazy to cut it back apart and galvanized steel sucks to weld. So I started focusing on the more difficult part: making brackets to mount it to the car, Safely? I made the rears but the roof portions will be a lttle more difficult because I dont want it to leak on my head when it rains. Part of me is thinking who cares, run bolts with gaskets and be dont with it. Another part of me is thinking weld plates to the roof with hardware weled to that, and have the rack bolt to that so i wont have holes in the roof, but will have brackets attached to the roof if i ever remove the rack.

What do you guys think, too wide? And idea on how to mount it to the roof?

I also blew the PS line that I made while doing donuts. Turns out if I add  4 hose clamps instead of 3, it holds pressure. I donut tested this 4 clamp design. Typing about this makes me realize I need to share a video of this yet. 

I also got a rear window visor from @Earl. I planned on using it as a template for the rear window louvers but installed it for the time being. I promise I will get to making the window louvers sooner or later as well.

[Bassboy3313]

imo, I would narrow it down to the same width as the roof. Looks great tho.

[B C]

Please post a moving picture film of said motor-carriage doughnut's good sir.

-Snapsby Understeerington Smythe

[Earl]

Can I ride on that rack whilst you do donuts?

[Jdesign]

Bassboy3313 said:

imo, I would narrow it down to the same width as the roof. Looks great tho.

Yeah, Thats what I am thinking too, and it seems like the mass majority agrees. Ughh more welding  

Earl said:

Can I ride on that rack whilst you do donuts?

Hell yeah you can. We will have to strap a couch up there first though so you have a place to sit. With a newspaper and cup of tea in hand, you will be the perfect candidate. 

[Earl]

I would be 100% down for that haha

[Jdesign]

So... I broke something. I have yet to take it apart and inspect what it might have been, but y guess is that its a lifter or a bent pushrod. Luckily I have an extra set of GT40P heads, so if the carnage is really awesome, I have parts to fix it. Till my E30 is on the road, this car isnt going to move for awhile.

*note to self, let the car warm up longer before beating the piss tits out of it.

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[jc43089]

At least it did a burnout.  Silly Ford engine couldn't handle it.

[Jdesign]

jc43089 said:

At least it did a burnout.  Silly Ford engine couldn't handle it.

Did multiple burnouts, donuts, etc. Someone brings a camera out, damn thing gets shy and breaks. 

[B C]

I have such a NASCAR feeling right now. Bravo!

[Jdesign]

Nascar in 1994 right after the apocalypse?  Also should I remove said muffler because there are no noise regulations in the future? I was thinking right out the center once I build the diffuser. I have a lead on some nice aluminum for pennies on the dollar.....

kinda like so: