hakhawks cosmos e36 coupe

[e36bm]

haha, have had a few people comment on what i assume was your car :p

I'm curious to hear what people think, nothing good I'm assuming?

Don't worry, I realize how shitty it sounds below 3k/around town. I'll agree with everyone there.

[hakhawk]

haha, have had a few people comment on what i assume was your car :p

had a douchebag customer not turn up for a job this afternoon, so thought id make the most of it, and started the false floor.

cut shape out



add bracing/risers, because this section of the floor isnt actually flat



covered with carpet, and added some mounting straps.



few screws and its mounted. next is to sort out how im going to do section over sub box. needs to be strong, but still allow doof doof to come through.

[e36bm]

You've probably heard of the black straight piped 328i, yeah that's the one.
I'm actually quite interested to see this thing up close in the flesh and see what problems you encountered etc, I'm planning a similiar swap myself.

[hakhawk]

Seriously brightens my day every time I see this outside Autobarn, very clean build & really stands out amongst the traffic.
I'm the other cosmos e36 coupe getting around 'ralgon.

haha cheers!! drop into the autobarn workshop(in mcmahon street) sometime for a chat if you want. there about 3-4 cosmos 36s around the valley that i semi regularly see getting around now



bought this coz i can, and its cool, and im a retard that spends money on silly shit.

translates to ~ supplement handbook. its about 13 pages long, and caters for 4 different languages, that equates to 3 pages in english :p



mainly got it for this page, coz i have same splitter(except carbon) and spoiler(rep with risers) always on the hunt for wickerbills.



and some specs, the GT has a few more killawasps than mine(which will be irrelevant when charger goes on), and now i know how much oil the new sump will take.

[e36bm]

Seriously brightens my day every time I see this outside Autobarn, very clean build & really stands out amongst the traffic.
I'm the other cosmos e36 coupe getting around 'ralgon.

[hakhawk]

bit of shed therapy today, decided to finally make the aircon blockoff plate ive been wanting since the engine swap.

yep, bench is a mess. gotta get to that!!



finished product, threw some barrel paint on it and nuked with the heatgun, seeing as its cold today.



and on the car. its not much, but better than popping the bonnet and seeing holes in the firewall.





i can make up a .dxf file or image with basic dimensions for anyone that wants to make their own or get one cut.

[hakhawk]

im sure everyone sick of my iphone photos....

so heres some more!!!!!!!!!!!!

took a drive to thompsons dam today, weather was perfect for it

firstly, couple photos of the dam itself





and some photos of the car. took these at erica, as there were a few too many people at the dam to get decent pics

[Spados.]

I've got the same clunk noise from the L.H.R.
Think I'll check my fuel tank straps soon haha.

Car is looking spot on Troy 👌

[hakhawk]

installed a fire extinguisher today using an oem bracket. bit of insurance, and necessary for some of the local racing events i plan to do.

bolts to the underside of the seat, nice and easy. had to drill one hole to match the extinguishers bracket.





seems the car needs a good vaccum lol

[wydra]

beutiful

[hakhawk]

more driveway photos

[hakhawk]

no fogs. had to throw some cosmos paint on the covers, because the jet black stood out too much. mirrors are average, but not speckled anymore, so theyll do for now.

need to wash car

[hakhawk]

typical long weekend, want to do stuff, weather goes to crap!!

had to do oil change today, was planning on swapping oil filter housing and test fitting charger, but cbf with the rain.

so i just did the oil, in the driveway, because no shed space(still reorganising it all)



tied the bonnet half way up, and used dads 1ltr oil bottle(would love to find a steel funnel for it), seeing as the rain was being consistently annoying



dont tell penrite i use nulon in their bottle



had a workmate mix some paint for me the yesterday, so i could de-speckle my mirrors. bastard thinks hes funny :p

trying out bmw 668 jet black, see if its the same colour as the car.



made the mistake of attempting to paint today, after the first coat, it decided to pour down and the temp dropped a lot. paint decided to go foggy, so last coat i hit it with the heatgun before and after. worst case, ill have to redo it. dont think i'll worry about any clearcoat for now.

also threw some paint on the foglight covers, and removed the foglights from the bumper

[hakhawk]

so for the last couple years(probably really since i threw coilovers on the car), ive been chasing a weird clunk in the rear left, only over certain bumps in the road, not always the same ones, and not always as consistent. i put it down to incorrectly valved shocks, which i then ended up changing, noise remained, finally rebushed the whole rear end when i did the diff swap, thatll do it!!!! nope... i fished around behind panels, under seats, etc, could not find it for the life of me.

decided to throw the car on stands yesterday and have another poke around, everything was fine, then i started banging on things, and made my way to the left side fuel tank. badabing!! tap that and it went clunk.

turns out the foam? pads on the straps holding the tank up on that side had worn, so it was able to move 3-4mm up and down. im guessing the "clunk" volume and inconsistensy was caused by the amount of fuel in the tank.

so, after a few minutes scrounging in the shed, i found an old rubber floor mat to cut up and place where the foam pads are.



seems to have fixed it, something i never looked at after all this time, so simple, so easy.

random shot of wheel(tried to get some of the sparkly in the sun, but didnt really work) yep, it also needs another wash



aaaaaaand FISHBOWL!!! pulled the window tint off because the rear window bubbling was annoying me, that and the gash in the drivers side tint. i need to clean the left over glue residue off, and will eventually get it retinted.

[hakhawk]

so today i finally did something ive been wanting to do for a while, blanking plates for the brake duct holes. i havent run the actual ducts in ages, because theyre a pain to get located properly, and the frequency of which i remove the bumper makes reinstalling them tedious work. thirdly, i wont be able to use the ducts once the supercharger goes on, due to the intercooler piping.

so with that, i dug out my foglight blanking panels from the old bumper and set to work butchering them

end result:



sits about where the blank sits in the foglight hole, looks neat



ill smooth the cut edge off when it all gets repainted. yes, the lower splitters paint is peeling badly, cheers to the douche who painted the front bumper(yes he charged me for it too!!)



and its held in with good old cable ties and a few holes. easiest mounting solution, and easy to remove/replace if i need to take them off(like for repainting )



ive ordered another set of blanks, because once the charger goes in, fogs will come out and left side will be used for an air intake duct.