hakhawks cosmos e36 coupe

[hakhawk]

picked up next weekends mission today. cost me $56 plus some fuel. give it a good clean next weekend and put it in then, if not the weekend after. decent replacement for mine with a hole under the dead pedal, worn areas, and just general dirty.

[hakhawk]

im going to open with this pic, so you can choose to ignore the rest if you want :p



infact, you know what, thatll do for pics today.

everything bolts up, i need to reweld the outlet straight instead of on an angle, swap the drain fitting back out for a basic hose fitting because it hits the wheel arch. ive decided im going to run the intake under the charger instead of over, because it looks neater, and will be less work than having to mock up to test fit a mould for carbon intake.

new oil filter housing seems to work a treat, no more belt noise so far. new throttle cable is FRIGGIN AWESOME!! made a hell of a difference to throttle response.

i didnt do the vanos accumulator, couldnt crack the nut, and decided ill just buy a new steel line and do it when i do the vanos unit, as itll probably need cutting.

[hakhawk]

cant help but spanner on this thing, always something to play with :p

so this weekend is doing a few bits to prep for supercharger/fix small problems

first port of call, remove airbox, plenum, etc.



since the engine went in, ive had a problem with belt squeal. initially i put it down to too short a belt(which i did have) but when i replaced all the pulleys, it remained. i then noticed the power steering pulley/pump looked crooked, so i replaced that, no fix.

i remembered the oil filter housing had a couple small cracks where the pump bolted on, but it seemed to bolt up fine. turns out the whole mount is bent!!

i put a straight edge against the pulleys, and yep, thats a decent gap at the pump



so pull it off, and itll be destined for the scrap pile(after raiding parts from it). replacing it with another one i purchased a while ago, cleaned up and painted.



while im going, i test fit the new lower alternator bolt that will also hold the supercharger bracket. its 180mm long, which is friggin huge and doesnt fit without removing the radiator or engine mount

solution, notch the new filter housing, so i can drop it in place without removing anything. lets hope theres enough meat for it to hold up without cracking. ocne its bolted up, nothing will move, so i think it should be ok, but will inspect from time to time



bolted it back in place with a new oring/gasket. also replaced the tensioner pulley because it was shagged(cheers bent bracket!!)



and straight edge check after. much better. will be getting some more degreaser tomorrow, thought i had more than i did.



and thats it for tonight. tomorrow ill be attempting to replace the vanos accumulator, letting the nut soak overnight, as its tight! and i'll test fit charger and plenum.

[hakhawk]

center caps finally arrived. took bloody long enough :p



disassembled the original caps, and cleaned everything up while it was off



and on the car. need to wash the car before full shots

[hakhawk]

another shot of my mate doing his thing



seeing i went overkill with the thickness of the mounts, it gave him a nice challenge :p





now i just need to clean it up and give it a ghost coat of black so it blends in a bit, and do some trimming around the bonnet catch area and grilles, since its a bit tight there now.

and my catch can came in the other day, need to mount it and organise lines and fittings next.

[hakhawk]

Got the intercooler brackets welded up today, and enjoyed the drive back through some country twisty roads



Mate sat on a wet seat, poor bastard looks like he wet himself

[hakhawk]

i didnt, i wish i had, as its a prick to get to in the car.

i "think" i did one of the seals at the back, not sure which one, if i even did. if anything, it would have been the output shaft seal.

[e36bm]

nah, the m3 runs a zf 5 spd, which is what mines got. ill switch out to a 6spd when i break it :p

Did you refresh the shifting bushings & pins while it was out? I'm considering doing mine, after 280,000 they're pretty rooted.

[hakhawk]

nah, the m3 runs a zf 5 spd, which is what mines got. ill switch out to a 6spd when i break it :p

[e36bm]

Are you still running the Getrag box?

Also lol typical hilux driver, especially in this area.

[hakhawk]

first real bit of damage to splitter, came into the driveway on wrong angle/bit too fast.



only broke because ive slowly been filing away the underside on cement since install in december 2012 :p both sides are much the same. will pull bumper off in a couple weeks and do some repair work, using the carbon fiber cloth and epoxy i have left over from airbox.



also broke the slide clip enough for bumper to sag. some of the previous hits had damaged the top section a bit, but last night finished it off. couple screws and a bit of flat plate fixes it.

[hakhawk]

haha, mines a mix of oem brackets/hardware and a carbon fiber copy of the oem GT/LTW splitter. its fully adjustable like the original

[dvious]

Every bloody time i look at your car i want a LTW rear spoiler even more who makes the front one? never seen them for sale before! Keep it up man, perfect as usual.

[hakhawk]

waiting for parts sucks, so heres some pics





CAMS licence came yesterday, now i can take it out on the track at some local events



adjusted throttle stop on the weekend, as full throttle reading was a bit low. id say cable is stretched. i have a replacement cable to put in next time the cowl panel is apart.



and i almost lost the car friday night when some dumbass in a hilux took the corner too wide and locked up out the front, destroying the guard rail in front of the neighbours yard(one guess why theyre there in the first place). my car was last in the driveway, so only a couple meters from being crumpled.

[hakhawk]

haha yeh, comments are generally on the exhaust noise :p

another thing ticked off the list to install supercharger

installed the piggyback ecu patch harness today.

holesaw'd the back of the ecu cubbyhole behind the glovebox, which is where the piggyback ecu will end up



and squeezed the harness in the cubbyhole with the ecu and vanos unit, was a tight fit. plug comes out into behind glovebox area enough to get to easily. currently has the bypass plug on, so its running as stock ecu. piggyback will be plugged in when i need to.



the harness for those that cant remember it. ended up sealing around all the pins, tried adding a shield around it all, but wouldnt fit, so that was removed. should be no troubles where it is though.