BMW 326rb build thread...

[Edgar @ Swapped]

Updattttteeeeesssss

[ctnewman]

I have been welding little things on the car, closing off the corners of the fuel cell in the spare tire well, welding on fender tabs, fixing bits of rust here and there...

It's going to go back to the blasters and then hopefully i can start prepping for paint.

[wannabe_drifter]

We're like an old aunt watching a soap on tv wanting more and more everyday.

We just can't wait for you to continue it !!! (Same thing goes for every other awesome build)

Hoping to see a vid of it on the track some day !

[cefirosliderRB2.7]

u could have used a rb20 trans as well...sry its way back in the thread but i thought id share...

[alindeman1989]

i am just amazed by all the work you have done. i wish i had half the skill you have. btw love the sti. keep up the good work and keep us posted

[twistedlanes]

I wuv this thread.

[ctnewman]

Originally Posted by cefirosliderRB2.7

u could have used a rb20 trans as well...sry its way back in the thread but i thought id share...

i had an rb20 trans on my rb26 240sx. It's so wimpy, though.

[cefirosliderRB2.7]

Originally Posted by ctnewman

i had an rb20 trans on my rb26 240sx. It's so wimpy, though.

i have a os giken crossmission gear set..and c's short shifter..shes tight and you'll never miss a shift with that gearset

[driftxing]

My buddies and I have built numerous fox body mustangs, and by how that one sounded, you were deffinately running with a badass mustang. Congrats! It's hard to decide which sounds better, ford small block with a ridiculous cam, or that boxer engine followed by turbo spool.

[ctnewman]

Car is ready to go to the blasters, but i didn't have a good way to get it on and off the trailer, so i made this chassis dolly. The 2 pins in the rear pick up the holes for the rear subframe and the front frame rails sit on the other end of the cart. I tried it out and it works great. The casters and wheels were only 40 bucks from harbor freight, and the steel was all FREE :snky: Sorry about the shitty pics, i was planning on doing a huge picture update today, but my camera batteries died last night.

[GSXRJJordan]

Nifty! Looks like 1/2" tubing? Pneumatic tires, nice touch - you really go all out

[ctnewman]

Originally Posted by GSXRJJordan

Nifty! Looks like 1/2" tubing? Pneumatic tires, nice touch - you really go all out

1.00 X 1.00 X.125 wall mild steel.

[Neejay]

Cool, at least you're progressing

EDIT: What kind of car is that in the background? Thought it was a Ferrari

[ctnewman]

it's a lotus esprit.

[300hp owen]

dont you want to triangulate underneath those rear pickup points too?
I see you did it on the top.

nice work mang, this makes me so sad I dont have access to the mills / lathes like I used to at my old job, I had made some cool stuff there but nothing even close to your mega chop-cut-rebuild project going on here, omfg this is major!

do you think the RB26E30 is going to be romping around town this year?

[ctnewman]

Originally Posted by 300hp owen

dont you want to triangulate underneath those rear pickup points too?
I see you did it on the top.

If the chassis was heavier, probably. However, it's only supporting a few hundred pounds. It's also only an 8" cantilever. It's only triangulated in that direction because i wasn't getting the best penetration with my 110V mig maxed out. That brace takes the tensional component of stress out of the joint, whereas in the unsupported direction the only stress is in compression.

...if that makes sense.

Originally Posted by 300hp owen

do you think the RB26E30 is going to be romping around town this year?

that's the plan!

[Goldeneye9mm]

*subscribed* and btw this is awsome. i can't wait to see the end product. you are one gifted s.o.b. i wish i had access to all the knowledge and equipment.

[jyon9689]

This makes me want to give my E30 some RB-power before my 240. M.E.'s always have the cleanest, most perfected builds.

[Rusker]

Originally Posted by driftxing

My buddies and I have built numerous fox body mustangs, and by how that one sounded, you were deffinately running with a badass mustang. Congrats! It's hard to decide which sounds better, ford small block with a ridiculous cam, or that boxer engine followed by turbo spool.

Video?

[ctnewman]

Here are the brackets that i made to mount the car on the rotisserie. It's a 4X4X.375 wall tube. I drilled holes and welded some nuts to the outside to lock it. The inside is shimmed so it appropriately matches the outside of the main rotisserie tube. Perpendicular is a 1 1/4 SCH40 pipe that inserts into the bumper shock holes.



OK. The blaster was having some troubles with the wheel wells, so i came and ground out the heavy stuff so they can blast the rest off.

To get an idea of what the underbody looked like before it was blasted (i had already scraped a lot at this point):

YUCK!







Here is what it looked like when i showed up. You can still see that the wheel wells are more or less untouched:

PRETTY!









Then i used a wire wheel and a pistol grip sander to remove most of the rubber in the wheel wells. This shit was almost 1/8" thick in spots!!!!

[PoorMans180SX]

Nice! Love the rotisserie, hope to do that to one of my chassis in the future.

[Landers]

Very nice work keep the updates coming.

[ctnewman]

seam welded this bitch today...

[duffman1278]

Thats definitly some nice quialty work done. Looking good so far. Nice CAD work too, longtime Inventor myself. Keep us updated

[TheArkitekt]

looks good, going to do any welding on the inside as well?

[ctnewman]

Originally Posted by TheArkitekt

looks good, going to do any welding on the inside as well?

perhaps, but not right now.

[ctnewman]

Just drove to Massachusetts and back after work. Got back about 4:30AM. I picked up Euro Bumpers and an OEM Mech1 Body kit... Here's an example of these items on a black car (use your imagination and picture the fender flares on it)




Body kit looks like this... i think it will look even sweeter w/ the flares!:






MORE PICS OF THAT CAR HERE: http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=103332

[TheArkitekt]

euro bumpers make all the difference in the world! my friend did it on his E28 and it made the car look 10 years newer

[ctnewman]

Thought i'd toss this up:

UPDATED MOD LIST

1987 325IS chassis, seam welded, blasted, de-undercoated.
R32 Skyline GTR Motor
New engine harness (need to buy)
Painless Wiring Chassis harness (need to buy)
AEM EMS Speed Density Engine Management
AEM UEGO controller (need to buy another one)
AEM Serial Gauge
Seimens 870cc injectors, flow calibrated to w/in .5% of eachother
HKS Turbo Timer
Spitfire Coilpacks
Garrett GT35R turbo .82A/R
Newman 304SS heavy wall manifold
Newman 304SS exhaust
Newman 304SS IC Plumbing
Newman Engine mount
Newman Trans mount
Newman Driveshaft (need to buy)
MOXIES/Newman Radiator
E30 M3 LSD 4.11
PWR 24X11X3 IC core semicustom endtanks
Bosch -044 800HP fuel pump
Summit 8 Gallon Fuel Cell
Ireland Engineering road race springs
Ireland Engineering poly trailing arm bushings
Ireland Engineering 22/25mm swaybars
Ireland Engineering Camber/rear toe kit
Ireland Engineering Poly Subframe mounts
Ireland Engineering Fender flares
Bilstein Dampers
Antonicelli 10 point roll cage
Sparco Evo Seats
Corbeau Harnesses
Tial 50MM BOV
Tial 38mm wastegate
Work VS-XX wheels (17X10, 17X8.5) Custom Offset
OEM water Pump
Trust Timing Belt
BMW Z4 Urban Green paint (not paid for)
Euro Bumpers
Mtech1 Bodywork

HOPEFULLY SOON:
Euro Smiley Headlights

[ROUGE180]

Nice parts list. Your car is going to be amazing. I was just looking at your seem welding. Cool deal. I want to learn how to weld. I really want to Do something like you're doing but with a 240. Strip it down and build it from scratch. I hope you make vids when you're done with it. Would like to see what it can do and how sweet its going to sound. Keep it up!!