# Newman's 1986 BMW 326rb build thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [December 25, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123 "2006-12-25T20:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 113
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2241 "2009-06-24T09:50:22Z")
IDK… hopefully this year… Shit just keeps going wrong, though… ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2242 "2009-06-24T10:09:00Z")
> [@newman](#): > > IDK… hopefully this year… > > Shit just keeps going wrong, though… OR RIGHT! Made you forge the engine didn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2243 "2009-06-24T10:17:04Z")
Can you get the bottom end and transmission installed in the car in the meantime and put the head on later? I would think that’d give you a slight head start. ---
**Author:** ![Axis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/axis/32/5149_2.png) [@Axis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Axis)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2244 "2009-06-24T10:41:59Z")
> [@newman](#): > > IDK… hopefully this year… > > Shit just keeps going wrong, though… At least everything will be done right. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2245 "2009-06-24T11:05:08Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > Can you get the bottom end and transmission installed in the car in the meantime and put the head on later? I would think that’d give you a slight head start. Maybe, but would probably be more work to do it that way. Installing the trans will be easy. I will have the head back by mid next week. ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2246 "2009-06-24T11:45:46Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Maybe, but would probably be more work to do it that way. Installing the trans will be easy. I will have the head back by mid next week. 3 angle job? Hurry up! If you don’t finish this by summer I have dibs on it over winter. :lol: ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2247 "2009-06-24T11:59:29Z")
Porting the head? Or at least cleaning up the casting some? You’re in it this deep…why not? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2248 "2009-06-24T12:28:28Z")
That’s a bummer… ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2249 "2009-06-24T13:08:42Z")
sooo… what are you doing for the front drive axle? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2250 "2009-06-24T13:12:17Z")
newman, you really should fashion fake axles for the front. Just have them attach to some random location near the engine, and to the front hubs. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2251 "2009-06-24T13:54:20Z")
> [@brent\_strong](#): > > Porting the head? Or at least cleaning up the casting some? > > You’re in it this deep…why not? 🙂 Thought about it, but not worth it. I’m running out of time first, money second… ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2252 "2009-06-24T13:55:14Z")
Fair enough. Better to get it together and try to shake it down a bit this year…then tweak things over the winter. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2253 "2009-06-24T13:56:38Z")
Exactly. If the motor has to come back out, it’s really not a big deal… It’s not like a stock car where there is a ton of shit to remove. I think there are going to be a total of 5 vacuum lines in the whole car, no accessories… etc. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2254 "2009-06-24T13:59:23Z")
are you running any climate stuff, I’d think you’d want a defroster if nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2255 "2009-06-24T14:01:38Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Exactly. If the motor has to come back out, it’s really not a big deal… It’s not like a stock car where there is a ton of shit to remove. I think there are going to be a total of 5 vacuum lines in the whole car, no accessories… etc. That was the best part about getting Mark/NeonGLH’s '95 Neon set up. After he and I finished the swap, we simplified it down enough so that we could have the engine/trans out in an hour and back in in an hour and a half. Hell, we pulled it once just to make life easier to clean up and fix leaks in the turbo oil/coolant feed/return, rather than try to do it under the car. :lol: :tup: ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2256 "2009-06-24T14:25:35Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > are you running any climate stuff, I’d think you’d want a defroster if nothing else. not now. the exhaust passes right through the OEM blower location, will need to retrofit. Winter project, prob ---
**Author:** ![Studderin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/studderin/32/7197_2.png) [@Studderin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Studderin)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2257 "2009-06-24T14:54:04Z")
ya, its really nice have a basic car. I made a heater for my camaro, its just a “defroster” I guess… blows up thu the dash vents on the windshield but heat up the car just as nice. Just a quite with the factory squirrel cage, and stock controls. ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2258 "2009-06-24T19:50:37Z")
keep the progress coming, you’re getting there! ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2259 "2009-06-24T20:01:38Z")
I had a little time tonight and put the windage tray, oil pickup and oil pump on. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/2260 "2009-06-24T20:18:34Z")
Newman, I thought about the head situation, Maybe start looking for a head casting that you can send out and have it done right. This way you can enjoy the car and it stays mobile the whole time the other head is being built. Keep up the great work :tup: [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123.md?page=112) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123.md?page=114)