ruining an e36: daily drifter truck thing

[Nick475]

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[MommysLittleMonster]

I really, really hope you plan on reinforcing the rear subframe if you plan on drifting it.

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-3971-e36-rear-subframechassis-reinforcement-kit.aspx

Looking forward to this thread, cheap drift missiles are awesome.

[milano_red]

Oh man. I have a really awesome feeling about this.

[Nick475]

I really, really hope you plan on reinforcing the rear subframe if you plan on drifting it.

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-3971-e36-rear-subframechassis-reinforcement-kit.aspx

Looking forward to this thread, cheap drift missiles are awesome.

thanks for link man. ill look into those after some other things get finished.







PS. the goal is to spend less than 2000 for entire project. im at 500 now

[mule.]

this will be awesomesauce.

[Rob&co]

dope! Get on it pal!

[motocaddy]

ive seen 2 doors done but never a 4 door. so the back doors will be shaved and welded closed. and i guess we will just chop everything else up. who knows how it will go!

Not sure you've thought this through completely. You're going to run into a good bit of trouble trying to use a sedan to make a truck. In E36 sedans, the driver is partly behind the B pillar. Look at where the headrest is in the pic above. Further, go look at where they put the main hoop in e36 sedan race/track cars. It is considerably behind the B-pillar.

If you were to stop your sedan behind the B-pillar, there would likely not be enough room for driver and race seat. More importantly, you've destroyed the structure of the car by removing C-pillar, so you're going to need to add some extensive cage work. Finding a way to fit a cage that restores some rigidity and safety into that tiny cab you're leaving is going to be near impossible.

Pretty sure this is why you've never seen e36 sedans converted to trucks. Below is a coupe and you can see why a sedan will have trouble.





Also, the steel required to perform this mod is going to take almost half of your budget. Here's the build thread on the e36 above to give you an idea: http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...ck-s38-powered

Then you have all the reinforcement, maintenance and mod parts needed to get an e36 ready to drift.

I'm not even going to address the thought of daily driving something like this.

[Nick475]

Not sure you've thought this through completely. You're going to run into a good bit of trouble trying to use a sedan to make a truck. In E36 sedans, the driver is partly behind the B pillar. Look at where the headrest is in the pic above. Further, go look at where they put the main hoop in e36 sedan race/track cars. It is considerably behind the B-pillar.

If you were to stop your sedan behind the B-pillar, there would likely not be enough room for driver and race seat. More importantly, you've destroyed the structure of the car by removing C-pillar, so you're going to need to add some extensive cage work. Finding a way to fit a cage that restores some rigidity and safety into that tiny cab you're leaving is going to be near impossible.

Pretty sure this is why you've never seen e36 sedans converted to trucks. Below is a coupe and you can see why a sedan will have trouble.





Also, the steel required to perform this mod is going to take almost half of your budget. Here's the build thread on the e36 above to give you an idea: http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...ck-s38-powered

Then you have all the reinforcement, maintenance and mod parts needed to get an e36 ready to drift.

I'm not even going to address the thought of daily driving something like this.

Thanks for link to that very helpful. But yeah I noticed that the other day. The seats sit way past the b pillar. So what I plan on doing is just not cutting out as much roof. Welding in a section with rear window from a s10. And the. Filling in rest so it will sorta be like an extended cab

[MommysLittleMonster]

Thanks for link to that very helpful. But yeah I noticed that the other day. The seats sit way past the b pillar. So what I plan on doing is just not cutting out as much roof. Welding in a section with rear window from a s10. And the. Filling in rest so it will sorta be like an extended cab

So, beyond that, what are you doing for chassis reinforcement? You'll still need a cage to keep the body in place, as mentioned previously. A back window panel won't be enough to keep the car from flexing in half.

[Nick475]

I'll probably draw some stuff up after I get it all running and stuff

[HKSpeed]

saw this on Jalopnik today. this was also a four door. you can do it!

[Nick475]

Haha thanks dude

[rsingh3g]

Interesting. I am going to subscribe to see where this goes, don't disappoint

[Stupid Kid]

Always wanted to do this with an e30, its gonna be more work than you could imagine but go for it

[Nick475]

it aint gold anymore...


so im still trying to figure out how i would do the chop. if i dont end up doing it, i promise ill still be drifting it at least