My E36...

[BenKoflach]

Thanks for that man. Don't suppose you have a part number for that new elbow ? And where did you find the LSD ? And how much did it cost you if you don't mind me asking ? Pm me if you prefer

Sorry for all the questions. But you've already done most of the things I want to get done to my car.

Cheers James

I can't seem to find it, but it should be on here somewhere - you just want the intake boot from an earlier, non-traction control car. http://realoem.com/bmw/partgrp.do?mo...31&hg=66&fg=20

The LSD is a medium case one from a 3.0-litre M3. I picked it up for £300.

Hope that helps!

[Spados.]

my god. may sound stupid but I've never seen an e36 wagon. there not very common here in Australia. top job.

[James_w]

Thanks for that man. Don't suppose you have a part number for that new elbow ? And where did you find the LSD ? And how much did it cost you if you don't mind me asking ? Pm me if you prefer

Sorry for all the questions. But you've already done most of the things I want to get done to my car.

Cheers James

[BenKoflach]

Great progress buddy. Are you going for a full respray? At this time of the year?

Just exterior, the door shuts, interior and engine bay will be staying as they are as they're mint anyway. And yeah, time of year isn't ideal I know...

[G535]

Great progress buddy. Are you going for a full respray? At this time of the year?

[BenKoflach]

Dayum! i wish i could treat my baby to a 5 star paint job. Well spent! IMO... Things like this is what sets your car from a nice bimmer to an absolutely gorgeous bimmer.

Thanks, that's what I'm hoping. It was starting to get quite rough around the edges, so it makes sense to sort it now and bring it out for show season.

Really liking your car man. How did you go about removing the traction control ?

Details below

And I removed my traction control - it didn't work anyway so it was un-needed clutter on the intake tract. The only parts needed are the intake elbow (£13.80 from the stealers) and a resistor to get rid of the ABS light, which I'm yet to sort out. I'd already removed the DSC cable, but as you can see the rest was simple-as, only took about 10 minutes.

Before:





Here you can see the butterfly itself:



To remove the old elbow, it's simply a case of tugging the breather pipe out of the bottom of it (mine came out easy, I think if I remember rightly from speaking to Sam his wasn't quite so straightforward).



Old vs. new:



With the traction control unbolted, you're then greeted with the throttle body:



I unbolted that, removed the bracket, then bolted it back up.



Then it was time to remove the motor and tie the wiring out the way:



FUN RUINER! :wink:



Cleared space, and wires tied out of the way:



And the finished article:



Bye bye!

[Jack.]

I just have a 320 petrol that I put m sport wheels to pretend im fast

[James_w]

Really liking your car man. How did you go about removing the traction control ?

[244Brick]

Dayum! i wish i could treat my baby to a 5 star paint job. Well spent! IMO... Things like this is what sets your car from a nice bimmer to an absolutely gorgeous bimmer.

[P78]

in for more

[pecs]

Holy smoke batman, there're quick.

[ChristopherJason]

some quick work they do, nice looks like good work !

[BenKoflach]

About time I updated this...

Tuesday was a sad day... I've had to say goodbye to my trusty touring for a few weeks!

It's for good reason though - it's been booked in for a respray at Brentford's RT Performance with a few other bits planned while it's there too...





As you can see there's lots to tidy up!

Front bumper scuffs (hit and run, grr!):


Deep key scratch all the way down the passenger side (front indicator to rear indicator):





Rear bumper poorly aligned:


Rear arches mullered:


This will soon be gone, and the holes smoothed properly:




And quite a few tasty dents:



When the guys there first had a look at my car at the end of last year they spotted that it had obviously been partly resprayed in the past, as I suspected, and due to red's tendency to fade, there was nothing for it but to go all out and have the whole exterior painted.

I also need to order a new front splitter and sort something out with the various missing bits behind the front bumper. I can't wait to see what the guys can do!

And that's before I drop in there that they also specialist in carbon fibre production check out the website here: www.rt-performance.com

The guys at RT don't hang about!

They sent me these images on Tuesday night - the very same day I dropped it off!

[BenKoflach]

My E36 - 'because racecar'

Fitted my 3-litre M3 diff at the weekend and managed to get my UUC tranny mounts fitted too, but ran out of time to do the engine mounts. I also put some lovely Royal Purple oil in the diff while I was at it. Well, I say me, but I left that bit to Morley Auto Services, where I spend most weekends borrowing a ramp and tools They also helped me swap the diff flanges, heroes!

Unfortunately what I thought was a noisy diff has turned out to not be the whole problem - with the new diff in the humming is still there, so I'm going to have to get some wheel bearings for the rear. Has anyone on here ever done it DIY? Apparently it's a bugger of a job, but I feel like having a go if it's not too bad.

Aside from my slight clutch/flywheel vibration/imbalance now being more noticeable, the tranny mounts are surprisingly refined - there is of course some extra vibration and noise but it's really not too bad considering they're 'race' items. And the diff seems fun - I'm taking it easy because of the wheel bearings, but as far as I can tell I've picked up a good 'un.

[BenKoflach]

Yeah I will, need some cash. Contours for sale soon

The arches are good, shame I'm not filling them better really! But they look much better than they did when they were all wonky.