# 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:** 56
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1101 "2007-06-25T04:07:49Z")
He started it, but left a rag in the turbo, and it explo… oops ---
**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 25, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1102 "2007-06-25T04:37:00Z")
still at the blaster… soon, i’m told… ---
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 4:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1103 "2007-06-25T04:41:30Z")
:picard: ---
**Author:** ![suzukiriderman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/suzukiriderman/32/7421_2.png) [@suzukiriderman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suzukiriderman)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1104 "2007-07-07T15:42:23Z")
[quote=“newman,post:1102,topic:22123"”] still at the blaster… soon, i’m told… [/quote] Yeah, this is definitely the hardest blasting job I have done yet. BMW sure coated these things good! I had to make quite the contraption to get under the car since it was not mounted on a rotisserie. ---
**Author:** ![cky89](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cky89/32/4945_2.png) [@cky89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cky89)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1105 "2007-07-07T20:29:06Z")
[quote=“suzukiriderman,post:1104,topic:22123"”] Yeah, this is definitely the hardest blasting job I have done yet. BMW sure coated these things good! I had to make quite the contraption to get under the car since it was not mounted on a rotisserie. [/quote] haha yeah. i forever hate this car…well, more just the damn undercoating. 😛 stuff took forever to get off ---
**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1106 "2007-07-16T18:29:45Z")
is this car making progress? ---
**Author:** ![cky89](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cky89/32/4945_2.png) [@cky89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cky89)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1107 "2007-07-16T18:33:46Z")
its still at the blasters awaiting newman ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1108 "2007-07-16T19:09:15Z")
Sounds like ambition lost to me. ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1109 "2007-07-16T19:10:14Z")
[quote=“cky89,post:1107,topic:22123"”] its still at the blasters awaiting newman [/quote] hahahaha hes giving up already… edit: at least he got to drive the 240… ---
**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:** [July 16, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1110 "2007-07-16T19:15:06Z")
[quote=“cky89,post:1107,topic:22123"”] its still at the blasters awaiting newman [/quote] yeah… awaiting me as of last monday. after it spent two months there. only to be told that it couldn’t be completed. [quote=“JaysGreenLX,post:1108,topic:22123"”] Sounds like ambition lost to me. [/quote] [quote=“vq30de,post:1109,topic:22123"”] hahahaha hes giving up already… edit: at least he got to drive the 240… [/quote] i worked 72 hours last week. I probably wont work on the car much until it gets cold out. I don’t intend to spend my summer working on a car when i have 3 other cars, a bike and a jetski. Though i intend to have the bodywork done by september first. The cage took 4 weeks instead of the one week i was promised. The blasting took almost 2 months, instead of the one week estimate. By then it was the middle of summer. I’m busy at work, and my free time i d have, i don’t want to spend in the shop. But i have hardly lost interest, i think about the car like every day. ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1111 "2007-07-16T19:16:30Z")
[quote=“newman,post:1110,topic:22123"”] yeah… awaiting me as of last monday. after it spent two months there. only to be told that it couldn’t be completed. i worked 72 hours last week. I probably wont work on the car much until winter. I don’t intend to spend my summer working on a car when i have 3 other cars, a bike and a jetski. [/quote] 😢 last I checked there are 168hrs in a week… ---
**Author:** ![cky89](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cky89/32/4945_2.png) [@cky89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cky89)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1112 "2007-07-16T21:26:50Z")
[quote=“vq30de,post:1111,topic:22123"”] 😢 last I checked there are 168hrs in a week… [/quote] work 72 hours a week. sleep 56 hours, do other important shit and try and live your life. then work on a car? id like to see you do that. shits fuckin hard i understand where newman is coming from ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1113 "2007-07-16T21:38:32Z")
18 out of my 168 hours this week are shot to shit from fucking work already, and my weeks starts on monday 😕 I Can see where newman is coming from… pay the bills bitch. ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1114 "2007-07-16T21:46:35Z")
whatever you do, cover up the turbo inlet - that shit freaked me out a few mos. ago ☹ [quote=“newman,post:1110,topic:22123"”] i worked 72 hours last week. I probably wont work on the car much until it gets cold out. I don’t intend to spend my summer working on a car when i have 3 other cars, a bike and a jetski. Though i intend to have the bodywork done by september first -snip [/quote] :tup: Spoken like a true engineer. I can’t wait to see this thing when it’s done. Truly going to be a work of art. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1115 "2007-07-16T21:57:10Z")
christ man the kid worked all weekend. give him a break, jesus… its only nice like 3 months out of the year, he has better things to do with that time. why is everyone talking shit and doubting him? chill the fuck out. ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1116 "2007-07-16T22:08:50Z")
[quote=“Jam,post:1115,topic:22123"”] christ man the kid worked all weekend. give him a break, jesus… its only nice like 3 months out of the year, he has better things to do with that time. why is everyone talking shit and doubting him? chill the fuck out. [/quote] Yeah. :cjerk: Jackoffs. 16 hours days FTW. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1117 "2007-07-17T05:33:28Z")
fuck that. newman is a bitch for not doing things so other people can read about them. its way easier and cooler to say “i know a guy that did…” rather than doing something yourself ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1118 "2007-07-17T06:07:29Z")
[quote=“Zer0DazE,post:1117,topic:22123"”] fuck that. newman is a bitch for not doing things so other people can read about them. its way easier and cooler to say “i know a guy that did…” rather than doing something yourself [/quote] LOL _agree_ I’d wanna wait until the winter too if I had that sweet sweet jetski :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1119 "2007-07-17T07:44:21Z")
yea, there’s no way in hell i’d be working on this thing right now if i had some of those toys. why did it take so long getting soda blasted? then wasn’t completed being soda blasted? ---
**Author:** ![suzukiriderman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/suzukiriderman/32/7421_2.png) [@suzukiriderman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suzukiriderman)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1120 "2007-07-17T09:22:25Z")
[quote=“Dex,post:1119,topic:22123"”] … why did it take so long getting soda blasted? then wasn’t completed being soda blasted? [/quote] I can answer that for you. I tried soda, then sand on the bottom they didn’t do much with this stuff at all. I then tried to use some solvents but they would not help much either. I guess we are not quite set up for removing this stuff. I have stripped many, many cars inside and out without any problems. I could do it but at this rate it would take like 8 hours. I already have over 4 hours into it. If anyone has any suggestions please share… This stuff has been nothing but a headache. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123.md?page=55) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123.md?page=57)