bmw e36 track project

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:44 pm

This was never intended to be a project car it was just bought to do some drifting in , it is a bmw e36 325i coupe it cost me the grand total of

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:49 pm

These things always seem to go further than we expect

Looking good Jason. Look forward to sharing track space with you and Andrea next year :thumb:

jungle-jim · Post by **jungle-jim** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:54 pm

Interesting read as i now posses a similar track weapon. How many miles has your car done? Would lowering springs give a firm enough ride for drifting or are coil-overs worth the extra cash? Any plans to fit an M3 diff at all?

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:06 pm

jim check out the e36coupe forum for info as i'm not really after chucking big money at this , i'm doing the track day at snetterton on jan 20th if you want to have a pax lap

cheers

jason

IWANT1 · Post by **IWANT1** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:14 pm

Great project and cheap too, will have to pop over as you seem to have some great facility's to do the work.

So has it tuned into a dedicated track weapon now then rather than a drift one?

323ian · Post by **323ian** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:42 pm

Is that your own workshop Jason?

I had to replace the subframe bushes on the Silvia but i left the frame on the car and just dropped it down a bit, then used a hacksaw and cut notches in it and then used a bit of threaded rod to pull the bushes out.

Looks similar to the project i am doing, as much fun for as little cash!!

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:32 pm

lee pop over by all means. facilities are nothing special but do me and i don't

think i will go a long way with this as i need to get the rs turbo finished. i'll

possibly then just keep it as a backup come drift hack

cheers

jason

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:29 pm

managed to get a few more jobs done on the car over the last few days although i seem to keep creating other problems along the way .

fabricated brackets and pinned on rear bumper, pinned boot lid, fitted front wishbone assy and front poly bushes, rear anti roll bar is now on

,new water pump fitted, new raditor purchased to go on, welded in sunroof filler, drlled out exhaust studs and retapped holes,

still more than enough still to do before jan 20th .

also fitted this, not to everybody's taste but it is mean't to be functional ,

i see pablo and bart run a similar one with good results . so i will see if it suits a bmw if not it goes .

cheers

jason

Post by **Stuart** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:32 pm

At least spray the bugger so it doesn't look like a satellite dish

Look forward to seeing this on the track mate. Do you have any spares or are you sticking with the Toyos? (in case of rain)

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:44 pm

stu i have a spare set of rims which i will sort out with some tyres i have lying around but will stick with the toyo's

for as long as possible , i hope it dosn't rain as mrs sidewaysfletch will be too quick for me to keep with :-D :-D

cheers jason