Popular Post spanners Posted May 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 10, 2019 Long time no post. I got real sick of the internet so I made a hat out of pams aluminium foil and stopped the govt stealing my ideas and kinda backed away from the interwebs for a long time. Anyway since then, in true Seedy Al style, I've had about 20 cars and broken most of them. The one I've had for ages is affectionately known as the BBQ. I bought it as a bog standard E36 328i auto and proceeded to throw 10K at it to make it into a really tidy msport spec car with coilovers and bucket seats. Then the engine caught fire and the lovely folks at Swann gave me the car back and $11k cash. How I bought it How it turned out So.. long story short, on the way is an L98 from a VE commodore, Tr6060 box, and a lot of bleedy knuckles and swearing. Engine due in a week so will get stuck in. Also being a ghey, naturally I got an E46 msport 330i convertible and put the wrong offset wheels on it so it rubs and is twitchy, Great! Photos to come, I forgot how to code. XX Spanners 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Welcome back! You can upload your photos straight to the forum now. See the little “click to choose files” button at the bottom of the text box. Cool cars btw, the E36 will be quick! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 It'll be a beast with that LS in it! I like the cold air box in your above photo, did you make it or is it off the shelf? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Fucking spanners, no shit. G'day maaaaaaate. Glad you're well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Spanners you fucking cunt. Can't wait to see the outcome 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 /would roll a 330 vert 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spanners Posted May 12, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2019 Hi cunts! Straight uploads sounds like someone is paying for a big old server somewhere? Excellent. I always hated the photobucket thing. I’ve got a ton of photos to add soon so will get stuck in. Car was fucking fun even with the 2.8. Had a super light flywheel and an LSD and loved going sideways. Also has a short rack from Z3 which saved my life a few times! On track: Also. It fucking loved to skid. I went through a few tyres! Why is it that peer pressure always emerges just after you’ve bought new ones? I bought a Sikky kit to mount engine so I could focus on other stuff. Kk touched me when I was sleeping once. My fav car that I had to sell recently was my e30 vert. My tenants trashed my rental house and I had to sell the thing to buy new carpet. Sold it for $4500 which I really fucking regret! This direct upload thing is great! 10 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanners Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 On 11/05/2019 at 13:04, kws said: It'll be a beast with that LS in it! I like the cold air box in your above photo, did you make it or is it off the shelf? I made the air box. Spent ages so that it fit really well against bonnet. Looked good in real life, and 16yo me said it added 50hp. I reckon more like 40. The engine had hardly any induction noise until about 6k and then it just screamed. I loved ringing it’s neck just to hear the dort! I hope the LS makes a good noise or I’ll have to put a bunch of Kazoos in the intake pipe to satisfy my ears. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP_wag Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Those mounts are lush! Any idea where the shifter will come out? The tr6060 is loooong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanners Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 25 minutes ago, KP_wag said: Those mounts are lush! Any idea where the shifter will come out? The tr6060 is loooong Short answer is no I don’t. Engine and box should arrive in about a week. I kinda wanted a T56 but for an extra couple of hundy I thought I’d just go the better box. I have my fingers crossed really hard that the shifter is going to just pop straight out of the standard hole in the tunnel. Stranger things have happened! Otherwise I’ll whip out the hole saw and start butchering, or potentially shorten the linkages if that’s a thing. TL:DR, I’m going to wing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP_wag Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Sweet, is a kickass box so buy and deal with the consequences was my theory also. Depending on what it came out of different applications have different remote shifter positions - all of which are a long way back. You can also put the shifter directly on the box, that makes it really short. Hopefully one of the above works out for you, in my application it needed to come up somewhere in between the super short and shortest long so am gonna have a go at cutting and welding the linkages... Choice project btw, should be white knuckles. How heavy is the e36? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumeke Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Giz 330i motor for my e30 / triumph / shed pls. Following this project - should be epic. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanners Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 Yeah shortened linkage sounds like the go. In my experience wit the bmw one I did, it’s not exactly hard. Just need to have a diesel first so you don’t feel so bad about cutting up an expensive gbox. My mates 4 door race car with a cage is about 1250 wet, no real weight savings other than removing interior. Id like to be around the 1300-1350 region wet with the LS but I’m not gonna go for weight savings at the cost of comfort. It’s a street car after all! 330i engine has been a real dick so far. Throwing money at sensors should fix it for a while. Not as fast as I hoped but maybe it needs its Thanos seals replaced. I think the cabrio is probably a whale which won’t help 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 BTW I touched you in your sleep more than once. Dirty boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 On 13/05/2019 at 07:59, spanners said: I made the air box. Spent ages so that it fit really well against bonnet. Looked good in real life, and 16yo me said it added 50hp. I reckon more like 40. if you still have it, want to sell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanners Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 Sorry man sold it to a pal ages ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Old Spanners! Still pesting BMW's. You were one of the first north island os boes I ever met. I remember you under the bonnet of your e34 at nats 11. Trying to bleed the cooling system on the side of the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanners Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 7 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said: Old Spanners! Still pesting BMW's. You were one of the first north island os boes I ever met. I remember you under the bonnet of your e34 at nats 11. Trying to bleed the cooling system on the side of the road. Fuck you’d think I would learn ay. I have had quite a few since then! Fuck I got drunk that night. Ive been in Chch for 5 years now so I’m a mainlander. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 16 hours ago, spanners said: Fuck you’d think I would learn ay. I have had quite a few since then! Fuck I got drunk that night. Ive been in Chch for 5 years now so I’m a mainlander. Ling post, but I still remember how you looked in the next day. There's people in palliative care who don't look that sick. (Made me feel heaps less hungover ) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNathan Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 This is a cool build. Ive got into these things as of late for a bit of drifting. Ended up throwing a lot more into an E36 sedan then I ever thought I would. My mate has a 36 coupe with an LS hes drifting up here. Message me if I can help out with any pics etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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