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

[i_love_cars]

GunMetalGrey said:

You actually do have a couple of options! I am here to help you through your journey. 
First option would be navigating to the upper right hand corner of the top of this page and selecting "Sign Out"
This will remove your ability to post your opinions, but will not remove said "offensive" things from your screen. I would recommend following this up with second option.

The second option would be to simply go the the upper right hand corner of your browser (you seem like the Internet Explorer kind of guy) so once it decides to start responding, you will be able to select that nice looking X.

This will remove the page from your view, and then you can proceed to cuddle up in your snuggie and gently rock yourself back and forth while being concerned that people aren't doing "IS Lips, BBS RS, and a drop". I know that originality is hard for some, but eventually you will be able to break the confines of your cookie cutter car modifications.
 

Thank you sir, this has been an insightful and informative read, other than the fact that (because I'm clearly an IE kinda guy), I'm still on Internet Exploder 6 and some of these options you mention do not seem to render correctly in my browser. Any helpful tips would be appreciated.

[GunMetalGrey]

i_love_cars said:

Thank you sir, this has been an insightful and informative read, other than the fact that (because I'm clearly an IE kinda guy), I'm still on Internet Exploder 6 and some of these options you mention do not seem to render correctly in my browser. Any helpful tips would be appreciated.

If you click rapidly in any area on the browser you should be able to get it to crash (which you are familiar with, right?) which will have the same end result as the second option stated in the original instructions.

Haha, the opportunity was too good to pass up.

[i_love_cars]

GunMetalGrey said:

If you click rapidly in any area on the browser you should be able to get it to crash (which you are familiar with, right?) which will have the same end result as the second option stated in the original instructions.

Haha, the opportunity was too good to pass up. 

That's some quality problem solving right there. I had forgotten about that feature. I am used to watching my mouse slowly skip across the screen because my CPU (that's the hard drive, right?!) keeps telling me it is infected with all kinds of malware because I can't stop clicking on free shit ads. My credit card company also recently called me for some reason about unauthorized access to my account and that I should look into something called "MFA". 

As such it can be hard to center the cursor on anything and sometimes it just freezes before I even click. 

In fact, this is starting to make me think the Internet is not a safe space and that offends me. Does anyone know who I can contact to sue the Internet??

edit: BBS reps 4 lyf

[KaiserRolls]

i_love_cars said:

GunMetalGrey said:

If you click rapidly in any area on the browser you should be able to get it to crash (which you are familiar with, right?) which will have the same end result as the second option stated in the original instructions.

Haha, the opportunity was too good to pass up. 

That's some quality problem solving right there. I had forgotten about that feature. I am used to watching my mouse slowly skip across the screen because my CPU (that's the hard drive, right?!) keeps telling me it is infected with all kinds of malware because I can't stop clicking on free shit ads. My credit card company also recently called me for some reason about unauthorized access to my account and that I should look into something called "MFA". 

As such it can be hard to center the cursor on anything and sometimes it just freezes before I even click. 

In fact, this is starting to make me think the Internet is not a safe space and that offends me. Does anyone know who I can contact to sue the Internet??

edit: BBS reps 4 lyf

The inventor, Al Gore

[i_love_cars]

KaiserRolls said:

The inventor, Al Gore

rofl, nailed it

[Jdesign]

WOW.  Opened this thread expecting comments about this pile of shit car I bought, instead died laughing at you two. Thanks for making my morning.

Daggerty said:

I have a wing that I have been holding onto for like 5 years and will probably never use.

http://m.ebay.com/itm/JDM-57-GT-Style-Adjustable-Bracket-Down-Force-Spoiler-Wing-ABS-Black-/191513523886?nav=SEARCH

its similar to this one, you can just have it. It is very large.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where and when can I come get it. I'm already in my car just waiting to drive to your house. I need to start making uprights STAT!

i_love_cars said:

Just left the Look What I Found thread from watching bad photos. Now I come here and see this shit. 

Why is everyone being so offensive to my visual senses with other people's horrible car modification ideas?! I feel that this forum is no longer a safe space for me and my mental well-being is at stake.

I'm suing. 

Also, in further news, my drift stick came. It was half out of the packaging and the anodizing is scratched and banged up. Looks like it already knows the type of car its getting installed into . I was able to use a thread finder at work and confirmed that the fittings for the cylinder are 3/8-24 for an inverted flare and 7/16-20 for a flare tube fitting. To my dismay, the auto parts store had neither. Guess I will have to use my internets explorer to find these such items.

On top of that, I also bought some allen key set screws for the two open holes on the timing cover. sealed them up and reassembled water pump. Boom, no more leaks, no more loud bearing noise, no more mis-matched bolts, and no more weeping. Drove it around the block, did some drifto's, parked it back inside, life is good. Now onto wangs, tint, and drift sticks.

[i_love_cars]

Your thread is great - I was really commenting on the wonky looking cars that were being ripped on in Page 2  

[GunMetalGrey]

i_love_cars said:

Your thread is great - I was really commenting on the wonky looking cars that were being ripped on in Page 2  

I'm glad that people here are capable of having a nice morning sparring! 

Good to know that you finally got the leaking fixed!

[KaiserRolls]

Like I said man. Those threads are a pain in the ass. Give Pegasus a call?

[Jdesign]

KaiserRolls said:

Like I said man. Those threads are a pain in the ass. Give Pegasus a call?

Yup. Gonna go tomorrow before 1pm when they close I think. I might have to use a AN adapter to the 7/16 because WHY ARE THEY DIFFERENT SIZES!?!?!

Also this is the drift stick I got. it was $34 shipped. I already plan on making a new handle. I opted for this because it was cheap, I didn't have to mess with the pivots when making a new handle, and it has a lock for a parking brake.

[KaiserRolls]

British fittings maybe? Idk

[Jdesign]

From looking at the Pegasus website, it seams like they will have what I need. I just need to make time to get there.

[Jdesign]

UPDATE. I drove the car to work.

EDIT!  I tried to drive the car to work.

I got about half way and the watertemps started going to about 220ish. Boiling coolant spewed from the unsealed overflow and on to the windshield (luckily on the side that has a windshield wiper) I turned back around and put it back in the garage after pulling over every 5 mins to let it cool off. Neat experience.

( I cant believe I haven't given up on this turd yet)

Tonight I plan on installing a new upper coolant house as the one on there is a shitty flex-fit, a new thermostat and gasket, and attempting to properly bleed the coolant system.

OH! and thanks to @Daggerty I have a massive rear wing to install now. I just need to build some uprights. 

[Bassboy3313]

I know the feeling of overheating and pulling over multiple times to let it cool down from my experiences this past weekend.

[Jdesign]

Bassboy3313 said:

I know the feeling of overheating and pulling over multiple times to let it cool down from my experiences this past weekend.

Yeah its not a whole lot of fun. Good thing I had thumb drift to play on my phone while I waited.

[Jdesign]

Well I discovered what my problem is last night. I sure am learning a lot about these here Ferd motors.  

I got a new t-stat, gasket, and a new upper coolant hose I chopped up from a ford explorer to replace the shitty flex-fit one. I tried to bleed the system with the front right in the air and the cap as the highest point. It burped for awhile then suddenly tons of coolant poured out. Almost a whole gallon worth. Really weird. So then I shut the car down and topped it off again and let it bleed some more. This time I put the cap on when it started pouring out. Coolant gauge was reading a steady 180 at idle. I decided to go around the block and see what would happen. Here's where I noticed something odd. If I was on the throttle, temps would rise to 230 and continue but at idle they would slowly come back down.

Any guesses on what would cause this........

Okay fine I already know the answer. Since this motor has been around so long, components and accessories need to shift from the left to the right of the motor, depending on the car and the belt style. For example, a 1992 mustang 302 would have a serpentine belt spinning most of the same components in the same direction, where as a 1977 Ford F150 302 would use a V belt and have some of the same components mounted in different locations, and possibly have them spinning in the other direction. 

Moral of the story? I have a counter-clockwise spinning water pump spinning clockwise. As exciting as this is, I might not have to swap it out. I can simply install a power steering pump that is not on the car and make the belt go under the pulley rather than over, flipping the direction in which it is turning. UGhhh isnt learning fun?

[Jdesign]

Here is a visual for you guys to understand what I'm talking about

What I have now

And what it needs to look like with the PS pump added

[Jdesign]

Also, on the more aesthetic side of things, as I patiently await my red window tint, I started to think about rear window louvers. Now there's a few threads out there on other forums about E36's with louvers and it just doesn't exist. And from what I gathered, the whole world will burn if I make it happen.

Well I guess I just want to make the world burn.

So if you guys have any leads on your brothers, or your cousins cousin, or your uncles Larry's bitching mustang that's been sitting in his yard with a set of window louvers hes willing to sell, send me in his direction. I want a set. I found a few on C-list, but im not 100% they are going to fit with my dimensions. I also have my eye on some of those roof visors that people put on civics. I figured maybe I could take 5 or 6 of those things and layer them giving the effect of louvers. Any ideas here are welcome as I want to keep this cheap, even if it meant I have to start making fiberglass molds.

Pics of said louvers:

[Earl]

I had a friend in California who is close friends with the guy that does louvres for 350/370z's and other newer cars. He had my friends m3 to make louvres and the shape of the rear window wasn't working for him to built a set that fit right

[Jdesign]

Earl said:

I had a friend in California who is close friends with the guy that does louvres for 350/370z's and other newer cars. He had my friends m3 to make louvres and the shape of the rear window wasn't working for him to built a set that fit right

Thats good to know, any pics of said car and louvers? I want some!!