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

straight6pwr

you'd never have to stop for gas with 45-50 gal.

Jdesign

straight6pwr said:

you'd never have to stop for gas with 45-50 gal.

IDK if I would even get moving with the weight and use of diesel in a gas engine. But seriously, that's obnoxious and would require some extensive fabrication to make sure I don't explode when I hit something. (I really plan on hitting something)

straight6pwr

they hang these off the sides of trucks and everything is hunky-dory. i've never seen a semi truck on fire before.

Jdesign

straight6pwr said:

they hang these off the sides of trucks and everything is hunky-dory. i've never seen a semi truck on fire before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpnCB2OwgVY

YoungCR

straight6pwr said:

they hang these off the sides of trucks and everything is hunky-dory. i've never seen a semi truck on fire before.

I’ve seen more cars burning on the side of the road then tractors but it does happen haha. It’s usually electrical issues.

jc43089

Also for a truck it's filled with diesel which doesn't readily burst into flames like gasoline...

Jdesign

So, I finally took some time to work on this. Despite the parts being moved around the shop as I tended to other projects, I finally moved the crate for the last time and got this going last weekend. Up on the lift I pulled the old wheels off and found that one of my spacers became no longer hub centric..

Besides that I was able to get 6"s of lift out of the coilovers up front before the bottom of the uprights hit the control arms. I made a slight adjustment back down to prevent this. In the future I might need to add a spacer to the subframe and control arm bushings to get more lift and travel out of this set up. I also had to remove the brake lines from mounting locations as the flex section was maxed out and would have prevented me from turning. The PO deleted the ABS and its a mess, so I might find myself addressing the brakes again in the near future, but for now I will just weld tabs for new "lower" mounting locations to allow the lift.

I had to remove the front bumper due to the tires rubbing and I was unsure if I wanted to trim it and the filler panel with the kidneys. After I removed it I test fit the front wheels and kind of like the look with no bumper cover. I might need to attach some kidneys of some sort just because of the BMW factor but I will revisit this later.

I then started the rear last night which was a whole different situation. I started by removing the over fenders and exhaust. As mentioned earlier, I was upgrading to ///M Swing arms and axles. So with that, I have all new bushings, subframe, control arms, control arm supports, ETC. I am swapping out everything besides the shocks, brakes, and diff. I was able to remove everything without any major issues. Once everything was set aside, I started to trim the arches more to allow the bigger tires.

After this I gave up for the night and will return tonight.

...... But obviously I had to see how it looked on the ground, so I set it all in place and lowered the car back on the ground. Needless to say I was pretty happy with the results.

jc43089

Excellent!

Jdesign

jc43089 said:

Excellent!

straight6pwr

WhistlinDiesel would be proud

next step:

YoungCR

Mount the kidneys to a custom brush guard? Or make your own monster kidneys

Jdesign

YoungCR said:

Or make your own monster kidneys

You mean use a set from a 2020 BMW?

Jdesign

Got the gas tank out last night. Despite what I thought, the gas tank wasn't actually what was leaking. Turns out the brake lines behind the fuel tank for the rear brakes was extremely rusted in the corners and was leaking. The vent tube on the top of the tank was in pretty bad shape which may have been leaking too but only when the tank was full. Speaking of full, I also had 3/4 of gas in the tank.

The line above the two vent lines:

The spot where I thought the tank was leaking once I cleaned it off.

It was rubbing on the chassis but I fixed that with a hammer once it was out.

Also, thinking ahead, I realize the fuel and brake lines running to the back of the car are low an pose a threat to any obstructions I may find, So I will be building bash plates to "fix" the floor and cover all the lines to prevent damage.

Pics of floor to show you why cars have windows and leaving wet carpet in your car for a year is bad:

Jdesign

I figured the rust wasnt removing enough weight fast enough.

Also needed room for this

With nothing in the back of the car, I noticed that the car was starting to tip off of the lift so I had to strap it down LOL

Some quick C.A.D.

I found some nice sheet metal at my work from an industrial washing machine, which made a perfect new floor. I will be using the same stuff under the rusty sections too before I fully flintstone the car.

KaiserRolls

Me, every time I see this thread updated

Jdesign

Just bought a BIGGER BFH.

If anyone is bored and has a desire to be destructive, wants a little extra arm exercise, or just wants to watch me break something, I need to persuade the chassis a bit, for some slightly larger wheels, you are all more than welcome to "swing" by.

Image result for 60lb sledge hammer

REKIII

Based on how the world is devolving, you better get this thing on the road sooner than later.

Jdesign

REKIII said:

Based on how the world is devolving, you better get this thing on the road sooner than later.

Seems like the world is conforming to this thing, not the other way 'round. 🤪

B C

You need to make at least one TP run in this thing and fill the dang roof rack.

love seeing updates here

Jdesign

B C said:

You need to make at least one TP run in this thing and fill the dang roof rack.

T H I S.

More progress last night. I got the AGK reinforcements welded in. It was more work than I expected, and I also had a quick panic as the fuel lines for the fuel expansion tank were still in the car and I may have had a small fire.