E36 Widebody Build

[Mark Ostrowski]

Could you look into using the system used on VW Corrados for the rear aero wing idea?

absolutely, I want it to be as universal and adaptable to any make/model as possible, aero motion makes adjustable electronic wings however you have to buy the actual wing with it and it costs about 8k, I want to create just the motorized mechanism so it can be adaptable and hopefully closer in the $800 range, theoretically it should be able to mount onto any car with a wing, I finally was able to track down some actuators as well so hopefully get them ordered and the prototype built

[andy318is]

Could you look into using the system used on VW Corrados for the rear aero wing idea?

[Mark Ostrowski]

I was delighted to know that 3 months after Liberty Walk randomly started following me on instagram they release an E36 widebody that looks very "inspired" from mine

by the time i ever finish this car i'll get hit hard for "jumping on the bandwagon"

whatever, i guess i deserve it for not finishing in time

small updates new parts:

7" lips from dpe for the old fronts (will be powdercoating the other ones gloss black as well)


345/30/19 Hoosier race slicks, fronts on their way





also ordered a custom roll cage, just got the call yesterday that the shop finished fabricating it, will most likely pick that up friday or next monday

and finally if anyone knows a good hook-up for some compact electric actuators pm me the ones we have tracked down thus far are much too slow or large, we are going to be developing a "bolt-on" universal fit air brake kit for any wing. not sure yet whether attack angle will be adjustable electronically or manually but it will allow 90 degree rotation of the wing when braking to assist in stopping power, then return back to original position upon release of the brake pedal. most likely if we have the attack angle adjusted electronically, the wing will automatically lower to a completely flat position above 100mph to reduce drag on straight-aways lmk if any of you guys are interested in this maybe we can setup some pre orders in a few months

[saffraz///M]

Looking closely for updates here.. Hats off to you for hanging in there.

[Youngthugga]

This excites me, the idea of an LS powered wide body e36 reminds me of this crazy European dude Harri Tervola's car, he owns a shop in South Florida called ter-tech and they've been building gnarly drift cars for years. This is the only video I found of it on youtube, but I just recently saw it up on craigslist for 50k or something crazy.
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[fitted_fit]

well i already wanted to go to sema 2014, now i have to go for sure as long as this will be there.

[244Brick]

haha i like it, the "X" is my little play on this cars theme, it will never be legal in any racing classes due to the swapped motor and widebody, but every race car needs numbers, so it gets the X to denote its competition-worthy, but not class legal

Yeah i like it too!

Yea the x factor haha

[Mark Ostrowski]

Bro do you even ADHD?

[Miroteknik]

Bro do you even ADHD?

[Mark Ostrowski]

New title name: Project X.....

haha i like it, the "X" is my little play on this cars theme, it will never be legal in any racing classes due to the swapped motor and widebody, but every race car needs numbers, so it gets the X to denote its competition-worthy, but not class legal

[DER E30]

Do work!

You Can do this!

[244Brick]

New title name: Project X.....

[Mark Ostrowski]

decided to stop fucking around.

over the years this car has taken many shapes and forms, and could be categorized in a variety of different styles, show car, daily driver, weekend warrior, hellaflush, you name it and chances are this car has gone through that phase. When you take on a project like this there's so much down time involved that your mind begins to wander and you decided to change little bits and pieces here and there until you're so far off the beaten path you can't even remember what kind of car you were building in the first place..

I started this build to end up with a race car, a balls out, no holds barred, straight-up fucking race car- or at least to look like one. and I wanted to be able to wake up every morning and rip through town in a car with a street legality that was most certainly questionable.

that is what i set out to do, and that's what i'll damn well end up with:

SEMA 2014- mark the date

[DER E30]

Root beer then... Will look badass any wheel kolor though!!!

[Mark Ostrowski]

I would pick a color for the car first and then pick a wheel color.

lol I guess I should've clarified, I just figured everyone would've assumed by now- white