# 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:** 202
**Author:** ![comm\_perry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@comm\_perry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/comm_perry)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4021 "2010-04-19T09:11:32Z")
[s]You made it to Jalopnik: > **[This BMW Belongs To A Brilliant Automotive Troll](https://jalopnik.com/5518991/this-bmw-belongs-to-a-brilliant-automotive-troll)** > > Some guys do things just to make other people cringe. Engineer Christian Newman decided to do it with an eye-searingly greenish-yellow, carbon-fiber and kevlar-infused E30 BMW with a transplanted Nissan GT-R straight six. His reward? Scorn, and 286... EDIT: NVM… [http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?157841-CTN-s-E30GTR-made-Jalopnik](http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?157841-CTN-s-E30GTR-made-Jalopnik) ---
**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:** [April 20, 2010, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4022 "2010-04-20T05:57:01Z")
Cool stitched pic: ![http://www.newman.onyxsyndicate.com/MISC/bottomview.jpg](http://www.newman.onyxsyndicate.com/MISC/bottomview.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4023 "2010-04-20T06:01:13Z")
HAAA…is that rubber from all the heaterz on yout rear bumper lips 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:** [April 20, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4024 "2010-04-20T06:06:34Z")
YES ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4025 "2010-04-20T06:08:15Z")
that is a sweet picture though ---
**Author:** ![LUC1F3R](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luc1f3r/32/7299_2.png) [@LUC1F3R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUC1F3R)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4026 "2010-04-20T10:22:51Z")
awesome picture! ---
**Author:** ![9c1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1/32/7392_2.png) [@9c1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4027 "2010-04-20T11:05:01Z")
That’s a sweet pic of the undercarriage. So many colors. Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4028 "2010-04-20T11:21:55Z")
:tup: You can see the uneven tire wear quite well on the rear tires from the camber & heaters 🙂 Hell… were those tires new? They look half gone already… ---
**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:** [April 20, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4029 "2010-04-20T11:30:21Z")
I really need to get a rear toe adjustment made asap… ---
**Author:** ![Mike93](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike93/32/7325_2.png) [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4030 "2010-04-20T11:35:31Z")
Very cool pic! Perhaps I missed it long ago…but what hardware are you using for the fuel lines? ---
**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:** [April 20, 2010, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4031 "2010-04-20T11:37:44Z")
Cable clamps from the scrap bin @ work. ---
**Author:** ![Mike93](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike93/32/7325_2.png) [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4032 "2010-04-20T11:40:52Z")
…and how are they secured to the underside? Nutserts? ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4033 "2010-04-20T11:42:03Z")
i have the same exhaust clamp u have at teh muffler…also is the exhaust clamp at the point near where the drive shaft meets the trans…that a v-band with weld ring or just a normal t-bolt ---
**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:** [April 20, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4034 "2010-04-20T11:53:43Z")
> [@Mike93](#): > > …and how are they secured to the underside? Nutserts? Just a through-bolt and that’s a vband near the trans… ---
**Author:** ![sasquatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@sasquatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sasquatch)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4035 "2010-04-20T19:38:45Z")
> [@dawn](#): > > a bit late, but the vortex thread is cracking me up. > > Dude’s hair gives some honest insight into the types of vehicles he builds. > His elise is cooler. > A stock E30 with a cage and that motor would have been a hell of a lot cooler then that atrocious thing. > I think everyone would be better off if you didn’t touch cars period. its people on the vortex like that who make all of us VW people look like shitheads. guess those 1.8t humping fags cant appreciate top notch work tied with determination and down right not giving a fuck. on behalf of the VW community who doesnt suck. GREAT JOB NEWMAN this car is amazing. and yes, this is coming from a VW lover. some of the vortex people are so shitty its unbelievable. shoulda put a 1.8t in it, those kids would love you more \<3 haha ---
**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:** [April 20, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4036 "2010-04-20T23:20:37Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Cool stitched pic: too bad you didnt use the new adobe cs5 so stitch the pics together, it would make things appear outta no where! ---
**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:** [April 21, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4037 "2010-04-21T06:20:15Z")
[**04/20/10 - Clutch pedal repair (4:2000000 LOLLLL!!!)** ![http://onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/img/thumbs/brakebracket2.jpg](http://onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/img/thumbs/brakebracket2.jpg)]([http://onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/e30gtr\_145.html](http://onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/e30gtr_145.html)) ---
**Author:** ![dreid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dreid/32/7388_2.png) [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4038 "2010-04-21T11:03:23Z")
whats the deal with the clutch pedal repair? ---
**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:** [April 21, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4039 "2010-04-21T11:03:53Z")
What do you mean? ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/4040 "2010-04-21T11:09:26Z")
no grapes. no nuts. what issssssssssssss the deal? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123.md?page=201) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123.md?page=203)