Another E36 build

[Tim Holm]

started working on the beetle again

[Tim Holm]

I got some help from my brother with cutting the door plates and rear firewall stuff


and I painted a new hood, blackboard paint this time, so you can actually draw on it with chalk :P could come in handy for lists and things I guess..
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I even painted the under side. looks soooo much better than the yellow!
its starting to look pretty mean now, cant wait to get it lower

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here's a closer look at the kill switch.
I made a bracket to hold the wire for the outside handle.
its just a bent piece of 3mm steel with a tiny hole drilled in it and a nut tig welded to it,
but it looks so damn good close up I love tig welding.



had to pull the fender a bit more to stop the worst rubbing, still boubles the paint when Im drifting, but im widening the front wheels soon and going down a bit in tire size so that should help a bit. and a test fit pic of the new rear wheels




et34\10.5"


now I kinda wish Id gone 11" ..

[Tim Holm]

stuff happening



this thing is going to be WIDE.


cut of swith with pull handle on the front fender. fire system also handle on the fented..
Im gona have to move that I think so no mistakes are made :P




diy wisefab. it goes wider but the tire is hiting the swaybar now


new rear wheels in progress

[Tim Holm]

forgot to mention it but I got and english M3 for free
just the shell, but still. I just wanted the quarter panels as spares.
In norway you get 3000nok for crushing an old car. sadly this one had no papers beeing an imported car. so no cash :/
I just cut out the bits I wanted and chopped up the rest

[Tim Holm]

this is without the 20mm spacers on the front, but I checked, and itll be perfect when I widen the front wheels + spacers



got the bumper sticthed back tothether again. I have another one but its kinda like an art project seeing how long this thing still will stick together.


Finnaly bought a trailer for the racecar. I still have the plates for it, but Its nice to have incase the engien blows up or someting.
its been sitting for 5 years and need lots of attention, but Ill get it in working condition pretty easy. cost me 3000nok = about 350$


allmost done welindg 3mm plate to the other side now. just the last 1\3 left









new hood, front right fender and some other bits and I got another engine for the compact. this one is an M42b18. I probably has a Blown headgasket, but might be cracked head. fingers crossed its just the gasket.


and i pulled out the bike. still havent got it to fire yet, but proabably some fresh gass an new plugs will do the trick

[Tim Holm]

hehe yea I know.. same guy that blew up my radiator last summer actually :P

[SnazzyQ]

Man you need to stop letting you buddy test your car haha.

[Tim Holm]

let a buddy test my car again :P

[Chuckdee]

Progress is good so far, keep it up!

[Motoman325]

i love the progress

[Tim Holm]

some stuff going on here now.




I found out Im not allowed to drive a licensed racecar on the road here in Norway.
that does suck because I allready payed the road tax, but atleat I dont have to worry about the EU controll any more..

what I do have to worry about is licensing day. thats may 19. april. and I still have a shitload of stuff to finish.

Ive read trogth the rulebook more times than I can remember now...

here is the list of stuff Ive done or got

Roll cage ✓
bought a used one and cleaned up all the booger welds with some nice tig welds



FIA Helmet with Hans mounts ✓
FIA Hans neck thing ✓
FIA shoos ✓
FIA 4 point seat belt ✓
more FIA safety stuff... ✓



FIA Fire extinguisher system ✓



My bank account this month



and then the snow came back



snow gone Interior gone ✓


doing some rust repares ✓


and some body work ✓
IMG_20150311_160534 by Tim Holm, on Flickr

had to sell my GT wing to afford the cage :/


tow straps ✓




stuff left to do

install roll cage
install fire system
weld two 17" steelies to 10" and 8 more to 11"
make mounts for seat and install
get new hood and fender and paint
install hood latches in hood and boot
install eletcticall cut of switches inside and outside of car.
move battery
make a firewall from the boot.
cut out spare wheel well and repace with a plate

and some more stuff probably... 20 days to go

[Tim Holm]

Close your hoods properly people! ask me how I know...

IMG_20150221_184810 by Tim Holm, on Flickr

IMG_20150221_184823 by Tim Holm, on Flickr


and some german booty
IMG_20150222_153627 by Tim Holm, on Flickr

[prawiejakpawel]

Big fan of what you're doing.

[Motoman325]

love everything in here

i would love some 17x11 steelies

[Tim Holm]

Thanks guys
Meech I got the adaptors from here http://www.t-parts.se/produkt/styrvinkel-adapter-e36/
if you combine them with some rackspacers you get some pretty good steering angle and response