Jump to content
WI BIMMERS - Wisconsin's BMW Community

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


Jdesign

Recommended Posts

51 minutes ago, Snap said:

I have only recently discovered how nice it is to have the steering wheel close rto you after trying it out. I also have a Takata airbag recall to tend to. With enough luck I can get metal shards embedded in my chest, Tony Stark can hook me up with a chest-mount electromagnet and I can wear his extra Iron Man suit

Iron Patriot sucks.

 

Funny you mention that. My civic had the Takata recall and I was just going to ignore it. But one day I was at my parents house watching the news and they were showing an accident of some girl who was killed due to the airbag and her car was the same as mine. I scheduled an appointment the next day.  :eek:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 hours ago, Bassboy3313 said:

https://www.speedymetals.com/pc-1934-8374-002-5052-h32-aluminum-sheet.aspx

If you call to order, they can do any custom size sheet you'd like.

I know a few guys that work there. I know where they get their material supplied from(so I can already beat their prices). I was looking more for scrap from someones work. I have a friend thats a sign maker and he grabbed some Dibond scraps for me so i think I have the window louvers covered, but nothing big enough for a splitter or diffuser.  I also was told from someone that Stoughton trailers has large amounts of scrap sheeting from making truck trailers that they just offer to employees. I just need to find a way to get my hands on some of that. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Uggh. Almost took a hammer and a blowtorch to all of the things last night. Needless to say, 4 hours, 3 exploded zip discs, a broken bolt, two broken drill bits, a broken tap, 2 cans of brake clean, two tubes of RTV, loads of assembly lube, and 4 broken pintle caps later I replaced half an intake manifold and one lifter. Life would be some much easier if the PO actually cared about what they were doing. Painting the over-fenders, the mirrors, and the rest of the engine components is the next (and hopefully less stressful) challenge. Anyways this is where I am at:

IMG_4105.JPGIMG_4104.JPGIMG_4106.JPG

The motor is pretty gunked up inside just about everywhere I look. So once I have it all back together I plan on running full ATF and Marvel instead of oil for a few minutes to help clean the gummed up oil on the inside of this thing. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

18 hours ago, Snap said:

V engines are so foreign to me

Same. I had to watch a tutorial to figure out what I was doing.

17 hours ago, jc43089 said:

I just went through a 5.8 truck engine from a 91 F250 and it blew me away the difference in quality of the castings, machining work, all of it seems like junk compared to the BMW designs lol.

Oh for sure. American automotive engineering is certainly behind. I blame producing complete shit cars for years because mass profit.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 hours ago, jc43089 said:

Looks cool!  I like it.

Thanks! I like it too. Much better looking than corrosion and grime. I still havent decided what to do with the Intake manifold though..

I wish I could find a cheap set of these and have the stacks stick out the hood....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-SB-260-289-302-Windsor-Downdraft-EFI-Stack-Intake-Manifold-System-/351988410748?hash=item51f424e97c:g:BKgAAOSwbopZRxqv&vxp=mtr

s-l1600.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

11 hours ago, Snap said:

 

 

In the apocalypse, valve covers will be whittled from the wood that remains.

 

 

Those itb manifolds are priced well considering the price of some of the upgraded single throttle plenums

 

($600-$800)

I know, its just hard to justify when I paid almost the same amount for the entire car...

 

12 hours ago, HipMF said:

I was actually going to comment earlier that the patina on the valve covers looked really cool. The refinished version looks good too. Just depends what you're going for I guess.

Hmmmm, I guess I really didnt look at it like that because the anodizing/ paint that use to be there was flaking all over the engine bay lol.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Pintle caps, orings, and filters came for the injectors. Didnt get around to cleaning, and testing the injectors though. 

What I did do, is remove the throttlebody and spacer and strip the manifold for paint. I only took two pictures as I spend the rest of the time beating the shit out of the TB with a dead blow to get it off. I have never has such a hard time removing a TB in my life. 

IMG_4184.JPGIMG_4185.JPG

I also installed the valve covers and gaskets along with the coolant pipe for the heater core. This resulted in me doing some research about coolant flow and early E36 heater cores because I currently am not getting heat in the cabin. I found my problem as the water pump lines were looped and I just reinstalled them that way when I did the h2o pump when I got the car. I highlighted what they should be:

IMG_41931.jpgIMG_4193.JPGIMG_4192.JPG

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I will add pictures later, but I did test and rebuild my injectors last night. I used a 9v battery, a can of carb cleaner, hose, hose clamps, and heat shrink to make my own pattern tester to pressurize the injectors. Quite a bunch of black deposits came out of at least 4 of the injectors and now have a perfect spray pattern for all 7 of them. Yeah 7. All of them EXCEPT for one injector, which was obviously leaking. With pressure behind it, it was spraying a stream of fuel without the solenoid being energized. This worries me a little that I might have a slightly washed cylinder<_<. I plan on buying a new injector and continuing along though.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Painted the Throttlebody, EGR plate, and Intake manifold and prepped for the new gaskets I picked up, and cut out a new plate out of aluminum for the top of the manifold. Mocked up how they look now, but wont install until I get a new coolant hose and injector. The injector is the bigger problem as there is no way to install them once the upper manifold is bolted down. :huh:

Pics are with and without the plate. I plan on matching the "red metal" look on the valve covers across the top of the intake manifold.

IMG_4225.JPGIMG_4224.JPG

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Here are some pictures of the mirrors and over-fenders installed and painted.

IMG_4240.JPGIMG_4237.JPG

I also created some graphics for the doors that I will have to change as they are impossible to see. Gloss black decal over gloss black paint doesn't read well. I also added graphics to the quarters which did show up; gloss over matte.

If you guys have any suggestions on what I could make for "futuristic" quotes or graphics, I am all ears/eyes.

V8decals.jpg

can you see the decal in the image below??!

IMG_4238.JPGIMG_4239.JPG

Also here are some pics of the injectors and the tester I made. Also note the container I was using to spray into and all of the shit and sediment that came out. 

IMG_4256.JPGIMG_4255.JPGIMG_4257.JPGIMG_4254.JPG

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.