hakhawks cosmos e36 coupe

[Cinemod]

Sub Par work, heard your car is secretely M42 but you photoshop all your pics, car isn't even stanced. 1 v 1 me

MAKE MY LOOM ALREADY!!!!!

[Nico]

damn clean word dude.

[hakhawk]

^cheers

today was a silly day at work that ended up with me having quite a few hours of spare time, so i finished wiring up my patch harness for the piggyback ecu and double checked that everything was wired to where it was meant to be. the only thing im not 100% sure on is the injectors, seeing as the way the previous owner had it wired(from what i can see of the left over bits of wire) is completely different to what the instructions say(which i was supplied by the ecu manufacturer).

so i've wired it as per instructions and will have to see what happens when i start the car.

i still find having a hard copy is sometimes easier than looking at it on a computer screen(you can see my scribbles trying to work out how it was originally wired)



midway through testing



and all done. still need to secure and cover the socket side, but will leave that until i know everything works. hopefully i have enough slack in the wires to allow everything to connect and be hidden inside the ecu cubbyhole. piggyback ecu wont fit in there(tried), so will have to run it in behind the glovebox, with the wiring through a grommet.

[Ratcliffe33]

Really enjoyed reading this thread! love seeing where the car has come from and the things that have changed to get it where it is now! one of the best build threads iv read!

[hakhawk]

fitting painted black, much better!!



piggyback harness is almost done, just gotta work out why it was previously setup with what looks like some of the injector wires ass about(potato'd pic for some reason)



have a random engine bay shot

[hakhawk]

ebay, pelican parts, ecstuning, turnermotorsport are my main ones

[YsoLOW]

@hakhawk I am a new e36 owner and I admire your build mate I was just wondering where you order your parts from.

1994 325is coupe build thread coming soon

[MommysLittleMonster]

Awesome build, really looking forward to you getting the supercharger installed.

[MarkOwl]

when 300bhp aren't enough

[fast007]

Amzing project.
very intresting...

good luck

[hakhawk]

cheers dude!

so yesterday i ended up pressing the bearings on the the gear shafts, and installed the seals in the cases.



then my right angle -10 fitting came in today, so as soon as i got home i snuck into the shed to play with the fittings. in an earlier pic you could see there wasnt much space between the strut tower and the fitting, i shrunk the fitting down some more, did some minor clearancing to the charger case, and now hopefully itll clear. wont know until i test fit again, but it looks good



and a shitty video i upped to instagram. yep, it looks rough as guts, but once i throw a fresh lick of paint around the area i marked, and paint the blue shit, itll look neater. and hey, if it doesnt leak, ill call it a success. if it doesnt clear, ill resort back to the basic fitting and hose

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152142633080505&l=3937518572195099169

[Dano]

this build is inspiring.
probly spent 30 mins if not more reading and trolling along this thread

[hakhawk]

so i did a final clean and masked up the charger today



and now its black





i used vht barrel paint, see how it goes. it wont fully cure until the charger is run and it gets hot, but i think with summer kicking in and it sitting in the shed(ie. oven), it might bake pretty well before then!!





im happy with how it came out, couple runs and rough spots, but theyre in areas you wont see once its on the car.

i'll let it sit for a week or so, then start assembling it

[hakhawk]

cheers dude. i hope its an inspiration for everyone to give things a red hot go!!

last night i ended up drilling some more holes for mounting the charger to the bracket. wasnt over happy with it being held on with only 3 bolts on one end. so now theres 6 that will hold it in place. one will link to a steel bar to hopefully reduce/stop any forward/back flex



then i thought i might have a play with where it sits in the engine bay, to see if my oil drain will clear the chassis, and where the outlet needs to be clocked at.



as is, this wont work. i have a 90deg fitting on the way, once thats here ill see if i can shorten the extension enough. if not, i'll just revert back to regular hose.



oil lines were in the way, so i undid the holder keeping them on the rail. there should be enough slack to move them down to the side of the rail later on. the outlet should clear nicely here, hose will run down around under the rail to the intercooler, so as long as it clears the radiator hose, i should be able to leave it as is.



and this will be the fun bit, the inlet area. not much space between compressor housing and strut tower, so hopefully i can mould an inlet with some of it coming over the top of the charger. will need to check bonnet clearances.

[P3Z]

just had a read through every page and what an amazing build! so much inspiration for my 36. Well done mate