# 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:** 179
**Author:** ![LUKE\_L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luke_l/32/7462_2.png) [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3561 "2010-03-02T09:19:06Z")
Nice progress :tup: I like the IC raw. Ever wind up using this: [http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45871](http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45871) ---
**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:** [March 2, 2010, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3562 "2010-03-02T09:54:55Z")
Haha, no, not yet, but I did use a lot of the wire and zip ties you gave me… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3563 "2010-03-02T10:04:53Z")
I gotta see this snowboarding crash man, sounds like a good watch! I tried a rodeo 3 the other day on accident (it was really meant to be just a 3 LOL) but of course I only made half the rotation and fell on my head/shoulder! Thank god for a soft landing! ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3564 "2010-03-02T11:40:29Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > I was just thinking… how do you plan to insure this thing? declared value? I don’t think it’d be hard, just expensive. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3565 "2010-03-02T12:04:29Z")
Declared value of 40k through hagerty is 99/mo ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3566 "2010-03-02T12:07:03Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Declared value of 40k through hagerty is 99/mo do you have to prove this to them somehow? ---
**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:** [March 2, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3567 "2010-03-02T12:08:39Z")
i have no idea ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3568 "2010-03-02T12:18:17Z")
ill ask my dad how he got his boat covered for insurance because his boat is like your car lol edit: i know boats are different than cars, but he had to get his appraised because it is worth a lot more than the actual value of the boat ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3569 "2010-03-02T12:52:27Z")
This swap was easy I scooped a 318i a while ago, didn’t have time to f with it because we’ve been busy flipping bikes, so yesterday pulled the motor/trans/diff, put a 2.93 lsd in, and this bitch ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/Coldaccord/7abcd3b1.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/Coldaccord/7abcd3b1.jpg) if you can’t see what’s on my iphone: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/Coldaccord/9a1a3fd1.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/Coldaccord/9a1a3fd1.jpg) (ps that’s the s50 that’s really going into it to the right. will be for sale soon, asking 5500. rust free chassis). ---
**Author:** ![Z28pr0jekt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/z28pr0jekt/32/5393_2.png) [@Z28pr0jekt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Z28pr0jekt)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3570 "2010-03-02T12:58:15Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Declared value of 40k through hagerty is 99/mo Is that full coverage? If so that’s really good if it works out that way ---
**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:** [March 2, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3571 "2010-03-02T13:07:57Z")
lol nice swap. Don’t you have the parts I need? ---
**Author:** ![EVOLUTION\_VIII\_MR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/evolution_viii_mr/32/5187_2.png) [@EVOLUTION\_VIII\_MR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EVOLUTION_VIII_MR)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3572 "2010-03-02T13:12:49Z")
> [@maxwell](#): > > I gotta see this snowboarding crash man, sounds like a good watch! > > I tried a rodeo 3 the other day on accident (it was really meant to be just a 3 LOL) but of course I only made half the rotation and fell on my head/shoulder! > > Thank god for a soft landing! i am working on the video should do it tonight, i have been busy with school and my internship for the past 2 days sry =/ ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3573 "2010-03-02T13:15:28Z")
> [@EVOLUTION VIII MR](#): > > i am working on the video > should do it tonight, i have been busy with school and my internship for the past 2 days > sry =/ :buickgn: just kidding, I know how it is. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3574 "2010-03-02T13:16:04Z")
The video isn’t that rough. I almost landed it, just caught my toe edge and fell forward. ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3575 "2010-03-02T13:35:36Z")
> [@newman](#): > > lol nice swap. > > Don’t you have the parts I need? i thought on aim this morning you said you just needed trim pieces? what do you need? ---
**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:** [March 2, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3576 "2010-03-02T13:41:24Z")
just trim pieces lol ---
**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:** [March 2, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3577 "2010-03-02T19:36:15Z")
Still pushing! [ **03/02/10 - Door grab handles** ![http://onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/img/thumbs/CF_HANDLE4.jpg](http://onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/img/thumbs/CF_HANDLE4.jpg)](http://onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/e30gtr_131.html) ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3578 "2010-03-02T19:38:47Z")
That looks really good. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Z28pr0jekt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/z28pr0jekt/32/5393_2.png) [@Z28pr0jekt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Z28pr0jekt)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3579 "2010-03-02T22:42:12Z")
x2… fits there perfectly. I don’t remember if it was in the long history of this but what target weight are you looking for? ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/3580 "2010-03-03T02:47:34Z")
> [@Z28pr0jekt](#): > > x2… fits there perfectly. I don’t remember if it was in the long history of this but what target weight are you looking for? I think he said 3800 lbs. The front diff etc weighs it down pretty good. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123.md?page=178) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123.md?page=180)