Newman's 1986 BMW 326rb build thread.

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2301

Just put together an updated modification list… pretty extensive… I’m sure i forgot stuff

Chassis:

• 1987 BMW 325IS (manual)
•Seam Welded
•Vito Antonicelli 10 Point Cage
•Every suspension member powdercoated

Body:
•Ireland Engineering Fender flares
•OEM Mtech1 Valences and Sideskirts
•Euro Bumpers, Dechromed
•Shaved Side Moldings
•Shaved Fuel Door
•Shaved Sunroof
•Custom baby puke paint
•Newman Engine Mount
•Newman Transmission Mount
•Custom Tunnel

Engine:
•R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R RB26DETT
•87mm bore/3 angle valve job
•Wiseco 87mm Pistons
•Eagle Rods
•HPE Crank collar
•ARP head studs
•ARP Flywheel Bolts
•ARP Exhaust manifold studs
•EPP valve guides
•Ferrea Dual valve springs
•Ferrea Valve spring locators
•Ferrea Retainers
•Ferrea Locks
•ACL Calico coated main and rod race bearings
•Garrett GT35R .82 A/R
•Spitfire Coilpacks
•New OEM Water Pump
•New OEM Oil Pump
•Trust Timing Belt
•Powdercoated valve covers
•OEM gasket kit
•Cometic MLS Head gasket
•Polished alternator
•ATI 1000HP Race Damper
•Custom valve shims

Transmission:

•Modified RB26DETT Transmission
•Nismo Flywheel
•EXEDY 3 puck clutch
•Custom Driveshaft
•E30 M3 LSD 4.11

Fuel:

•Bosch -044 800HP fuel pump
•Seimens 870cc injectors, flow calibrated to w/in .5% of each other
•Summit 8 Gallon Fuel Cell
•Custom Fuel Cell hold down straps
•Custom Fuel Rail
•Braided -8AN Fuel inlet line
•Braided -8AN Fuel feed line
•Braided -8AN Fuel return line
•Aeromotive Rising rate regulator
•Summit Inline fuel Filter
•Custom filter and pump mounting brackets

Exhaust:

•Newman 304SS heavy wall manifold
•Newman 304SS exhaust
•Tial 38mm wastegate

Induction:
•Newman 304SS IC Plumbing
•PWR 24X11X3 IC core semi-custom endtanks
•Tial 50MM BOV

Cooling:
•MOXIES/Newman Radiator

Electrical/Management
•AEM EMS Speed Density Engine Management
•AEM UEGO controller
•AEM Serial Gauge
•HKS Turbo Timer
•New Engine Harness
•Kwikwire Chassis harness
•(4) Greddy warning gauges

Suspension:

•Ireland Engineering road race springs
•Ireland Engineering poly trailing arm bushings
•Ireland Engineering Poly Subframe mounts
•Ireland Engineering 22/25mm swaybars
•Ireland Engineering Camber/rear toe kit
•Bilstein HD Dampers
•New OEM wheel bearings
•New OEM F&R strut mounts

Wheels:
•Work VS-XX wheels (17X10, 17X8.5) Custom Offset
•Falken Azenis RT-615 275/40/17, 245/45/17
•Vorshlag 90mm wheel studs

Interior:
•Sparco Evo Seats
•Corbeau Harnesses
•Sparco 300mm steering wheel
•Rhinoliner interior and trunk

Brakes:

•Wilwood billet forged superlite narrow body, differential bore 6 piston calipers (front)
•Wilwood superlite 4 piston caliper (rear)
•Wilwood 13X1.1 GT48 rotor (front)
•Wilwood 11.75X1.25 HD rotor (rear)
•Cutsom machined rotor hats and brackets
•Massive rear hat, ebrake ring and bracket
•Wilwood Q pads
•New OEM ebrake setup (backing plate, springs, adjusters, cables, pads, actuator, pin)
•Wilwood Prop valve (installed next to driver’s seat)
•Custom Brake Booster
•Polished Master cylinder
•-4AN stainless brake hardlines
•-4AN stainless braided brake hoses

2302

…thats it?

2303

You better make it into a magazine when your done, it will especially help you with selling price.(if you sell) This car deserves a cover.

2304

I hope the yellow color doesn’t keep me out of a magazine.

2305

I think you need two models when you are done with this car. One brown haired girl dressed in WWII German era army fatigues the other Japanese with same said fatigues from Japan.

(The only link I know of between Germany and Japan was during WWII…maybe that is a stretch though.)

2306

a magazine and the best of nyspeed?
your nuts will be on the floor from all the sack riders.

Glad to see it all coming together. I know I don’t have that kind of patience/time/skill/tools to make it all work.

2307

Wish me luck… lol.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/IMG00074-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/IMG00075-1.jpg

2308

Came out pretty good. I also put a SLIGHT angle (2 degrees) into the flange to increase the block clearance a little bit. On an annoying note, I balanced the front cover on the motor to get a feel for what it would look like and it fell off. Fucked up the paint really bad on the most visible thing on the hole GD motor. Son of a bitch. I’ll probably put a sticker over it or something…

2309

Orange body kitted civics used to make magazines. I am curious as to what magazine would dig this car the most. Have you thought about trying to talk to any magazines about it yet? I would not even know how to approach it without seeming like just another guy.

You should try DSPORT, They seem like the new hotness in import magazines.

2310

I need to finish the car before i think about trying to contact anyone about it…

2311

LUCK! :tup:

you cock chuting son of a bitch :slight_smile:

2312

sponsors to pay fo everythang?

2313

I think the only thing this car will need at the end of the day will be APC altezza tail lights and a huge APC sticker across the front window that has been partially removed by the wiper blade path.

Then and only then should you consider putting it in any respectable magazine.

2314

Got a call from the heat treater’s… the shims are done.

Gonna pick em up on lunch and hopefully get the cams in tonight!

2315

when does the motor go in?

2316

Motor will go in once it’s together… i’m shooting for this weekend. I really wanted to put the turbo manifold on, before I drop it in the car, but my studs aren’t gonna be here til next weds, so I might wait for that…

2317

Really cracking the whip on this thing.
Good looks.

2318

are they special studs? what size? we have quite an assortment and they’re readily available to us as well as copper heat nuts or crimped stover nuts and compression lock washers.

2319

Just finished surface grinding the shims to w/in a .0005"

Came out pretty good. A few of them are a touch under, but the tolerance on the lash per Nissan is +/- .001, and I am using 3 feeler gauges to measure it (per Nissan FSM)… so it’s not gonna be that accurate…

They’re not a special size or anything, I just wanted ARP ones… because it seemed like a good idea, considering the weight of the manifold.

(even though the thermally induced stress is at least one order of magnitude higher than the weight induced stress… peace of mind I guess…)

2320

I might snag some nuts from you though to ensure they don’t back off. The thread is M8 x 1.25