should have either left this one with the original front/door handles or got an e46...It was really looking like it was going in the right direction too... Guess I should give kudos for all the work you have done though
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man you really ruined this car should have either left this one with the original front/door handles or got an e46...
It was really looking like it was going in the right direction too... Guess I should give kudos for all the work you have done though
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Dude, this thread is the shit. Your fab work and dedication is mind blowing.
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Duuude, your fab works!
I don't like the E46 front end, rear bench and air tanks but everything else!
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To keep this alive and kicking a sort of a round up update over the last couple months from taken from my facebook page http://www.facebook.com/Projekte36
I **** out sourcing work on my car to others because it takes the times scales completely out of my control! And for this reason 4 months down the road I'm still 'hub less', the Engineers are taking there sweet time making my new hubs for the centre locks :-(
I popped in 3 or so weeks ago and all 4 hubs were roughed out, I did get a couple quick pictures of the rears though... I'm not goner give a run down of my design of the hubs so just look at the pretty pictures LOL. I'm still excited and abit nervous to see if what I've designed works! :lol:
Next on the big parts shopping list is the dry sump for the s62! I could of gone to VAC Motorsports or similar but while trawling the web I found a company in the UK that'll make me one from billet aluminum :-D so the raw material order was placed and sent directly to them for start work. Currently he's making a wax version and programming the CNC so can crack on with the finished article from ally very soon!!
Its going to be 40mm deep!! So that means I'll be able to mount the engine nice a low and as far back as possible! He's only sent me a couple pictures so far but its exciting stuff!
And finally to keep myself from going mad I've of course been buying tools but a side from that I've been doing not so exciting stuff to the interior, like gapping various parts of the sterieo install and adding some stainless steel accent trims to break up the big areas of nothing on the side panels.
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I was reading this thread thinking to myself "this looks really familiar", but I couldn't put my finger on it. Finally I got to page 3 and saw that last pic and realised I featured it on my site in 2010! http://www.build-threads.com/build-threads/projekte-36/
Great to hear that you're still moving forward with it, Andrew, keep it up, can't wait to see more!Leave a comment:
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The door handles look like they came off a 90's Mexi-riced civic. Then again, that's what the whole car seems like.
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Holy moly, it keeps getting better and better ! wish i had a s62 engine just layin about hehe :PLeave a comment:
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AND TO BRING THINGS PRETTY MUCH UP TO DATE.....
Front hubs totally redesigned to let me tuck on the wheels and mock ups made, front track narrowed 20mm on custom wishbones.
Rear: Mock up adaptors made for the center lock wheels. Old euro flares cut out and inner arches cut back for tucking the rear wheels, new rear wing panels trail fitted. Rear track narrowed 20mm, trailing arms and rear arms modified, new rear airbags fitted on custom brackets.
Still to do: I want to get either get another pair of wings or just fabricate and weld in the down turns on the front wrong lips so again it gets rid of the old euro flare look.
All that just to fit a set of fricking wheels! Lol
Still along way to go on the stance but I'm happy with how things are shaping up
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THEN THINGS STARTED TO GET REALLY INTERESTING!!!
UPDATE:- YOKOHAMA SPONSORSHIP!!!
As mentioned above I really please to announce the Yokohama have agreed to sponsor the build of the car and have help by supplying a set of 215/35/19 S-Drive tyres. These arrived at work on Tuesday but have not had chance to make a post so here it is
I cant wait to get these mounted on the wheels, I think the size will work perfectly. No stretched business on these tyres as it wouldn't look right with the new styling of the car.
THings are progressing well, I'm currently sorting out a plan of action with the brakes and will be sorting out orders soon, so then it'll be full steam ahead with a local engineering company to make the hub adaptors to get the car sitting on its new wheels & tyres!
The now standard issue YouTube video [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmqt8Cusub0"]Yokohama S-Drive 215-35-19 tyres.MPG - YouTube[/ame]
So over the last couple months I've been doing plenty of homework on kits and whats available and soon came to the conclusion I couldn't get them as big as I want - touring car wheels means touring car-esque brake setup!!!! So not having any luck getting kits in the sizes I wanted for an e36 its lead me to piecing together my own kits.
Of course at the same time I was looking at discs and what was out there, obviosuly you need to find calipers that work with the diameter & width of disc. So many times I found some lovely calipers that a) wouldn't work with the disc size I wanted or b) used something like a 36mm wide discs where I wanted to run a 32 (34 max) its was quite frustrating at times, thinking I had a plan of action on the calipers only to be scuppered on the discs and vis versa.
So after looking at various caliper manufacturers AP, Alcon, Brembo and went back to my own favorites, Wilwood http://www.wilwood.com having got one of there pedal boxes and having there SL calipers in the past I honestly cant knock there quality!
After LONG chats with Wilwood US direct they offered a very handsome sponsorship deal on the calipers (discounted, no freebies) I would of gone with there discs also but dont do the disc width I want in the diameter I want.
So... winging there way over the pond is a pair of Wilwood W6a's for the front and W4a's for the rear!! (6 pots & 4 pots respectively) The 4 piston calipers share the same bodies as the 6's so they'll match perfectly! (something I'm very fussy about)
Library picture of the calipers:
I'd finalised the disc sizes so it was just a matter of where to get them, I decided to use Stoptech discs in:
380x32 for the front and 355x32's on the rear, in x-drilled just to be flash.
I know grooved are better for track but LOL I dont see my tacking this car much/if at all!! because there's not a kit in those sizes for the e36 the brake bells will be custom made (the rear will have the handbrake (E-brake) bell intergrated in the rear bells so will work OEM) having the bells custom made I'll be able to give them the perfect offset to work with my wheels & hub adaptors.
Again after mucho internet trawling & quotes from UK & US companies I found US-AUTOTECH.COM a few exchanged email later they hooked me up with a price I couldn't refuse and an order was placed again they are on there way as we speak WOOHOO!!!
The discs (not calipers)
So, the bank account looking alittle worse for ware I now have the hardware on order needed to go an see my Engineering company to talk about the real interesting stuff, hub adaptors for the bad boy centre lockers.
Little update on the brake front, a couple pages back you might of seen I'd place orders on some WIlwood calipers and some Stoptech discs. Well the discs arrived a few days ago, before I go any further I've gotta say a MASSIVE(!!!) thanks to fellow Eurowerkz member liilpa09 who acted as my brake depot stop over before sending them on to me. Mucho thanks!!
So with the thanks done, heres a few pictures of the stoptech rotors from http://www.US-AUTOTECH.COM crazy fast shipping and the cheapest place I could find anywhere in the world (yup no joke, I look frecking everywhere when I'm looking at buying parts!!)
We all like big box!!
Exxxxxcellent
A picture comparison of the little baby rears - 355x32's! LOL
And the big boy fronts - 380x32's
A couple more with a standard brake discs for size reference
As you can see they are floating rotors (in the discs not the bells) so of course the appropriate hardware was needed to I can mount them up to by custom bells I'll be having made
The Audi badge ain't got nothin on my effort!! LOL
Calipers have arrived! :-D
Check out my website for the full backstory www.projekte36.com I've also added a new section to the site as well so check it out.
Pictures of the calipers...
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