From the Beginning: My E36 Build

[vdubkid]

Good god, I remember seeing those early pics on bf.c.

[Puma]

January 20, 2007

Haha... Quoted cuz it makes me laugh...

[M.Burroughs]

October, 2007 -> June 2008

Most of this time was spent wiring, which is why there is no reason to post individual dates.

Roughly half of the wiring harness:






Labeling was life for years.
People wonder why this swap took so long. This is why.





These pictures do no justice.

[M.Burroughs]

More parts showing up:

[M.Burroughs]

March 15, 2008:

New headers:

[M.Burroughs]

March 29, 2008:


Rolled the E36 out of the garage for the first time since starting. Installed the headers, some bushings, etc. And look, my e28 was still black :-P










I also scored a Mohawk lift for frizzle.


Collection at the time:

[M.Burroughs]

June 29, 2008:


Erik bought a new house, and had his tool collection there, so we moved the car. She also got her first bath since starting.





Cleaned up the bay too.

[M.Burroughs]

July 11, 2008

Still working on the wiring. I won these wheels on ebay, so they went on. I lowered the car while I had the wheels off, but it wasn't enough.

[PHAS3D]

Damn those wheels look good as hell, and you won them on Ebay so it makes them Faptastik!

[WhiteStripes]

You're my hero Mike. I think I'd rather jerk off with a hand full of thumbtacks than deal with that wiring. As far as I'm concerned, nobody has any right to ever talk shit to you or tell you you don't kow what you're doing. They be fucking crazy if so.

[M.Burroughs]

August 30, 2008:

I wanted more low and more performance.








and off came the bilsteins:

[M.Burroughs]

September, 2008 -> May, 2009

More wiring, more wiring, more wiring. I need to find the pics, I don't know where they are. But just look at the above pics if you want a mental image.



I also got a new radiator. It wasn't cheap.


New aluminum driveshaft not pictured.

[M.Burroughs]

July 7, 2009:

Rolled the car back out for the first time. New wheels, suspension, driveline completed. Shift assembly and everything done.

[M.Burroughs]

July 21, 2009:

More parts. $$$$$. Had to save up a bit. Lots more parts not pictured.

[M.Burroughs]

September 30, 2009:

Oil cooler and everything hooked up.



Its about here that I wasn't taking photos of the work anymore. I wish I had, all of the little things we did here and there, but I didn't.