Newman's 1986 BMW 326rb build thread.

newman, you should put a linelock on this car :slight_smile:
looks really good

pimp :tup:

lol engine bay looks like if you drank 2 liters of mountain dew and then decided to undrink it.

Awesome progress, I am also intrigued to see the placement of IC piping and such.

placement of the IC pipes and radiator really intrest me.

this is looking sweet!

Got the transmission in today. Not as easy as I expected, the little bump where the starter goes contacted the firewall. I had previously only installed the trans with no clutch, so it could slide nearly straight up. This was not the case now, but it went in without TOO much effort. Starter went in too.

I also permanently mounted the brake booster as well as the clutch/brake pedal assembly.

Lastly I made up the last piece of the fuel feed line, had to order a few parts from summit to finish up the return, but I know where I am going to mount the regulator now…

I feel it’s little stuff like how you mount the lines that really makes a build good… I hate zipties and loose hoses.

Wasssaaa

gorgeous work! keep it coming!

I like the tidiness of your engine bay.

looking pretty good

gaining a little garage space huh?

is the tunnel going to be removable?

+1 nobody like loose hoes. :smiley:

Oh please god tell me you are not just going to use the shitty, taped factory engine harness? That would be the ultimate sin with this now…

I’m not sure what I’m going to do to the engine harness, but i will probably not leave it taped. Maybe some braided split loom…

http://images.cableorganizer.com/f6-braided-sleeving/images/03-f6.jpg

You seriously couldn’t find a cleaner dipstick? Or at least clean this one up, or paint/powdercoat it to match the rest?

What a halfass build!

j/k…all else looks good, but seriously…the dipstick, do something about it.

to keep the crazy ideas going - E36 dash in an E30?

http://www.e30.be/images_forum/325i/062.JPG
http://wp1016621.wp027.webpack.hosteurope.de/fotost/f01430/06.jpg

also, before you paint, what side mirrors are you doing? stock, ACS replicas, E36M3 style, other race?

I like the ACS:
http://www.michaelseidel.com/tmp/pics/p1010067.jpg

I just saw this build, looking nice!

Cleaned the garage today, didn’t really work on the car at all. But I figured since it was clean I’d snap a few pics.

Looks tasty. How do the owners of the garage feel about it?

They think it’s fucking sweet.

He was hanging out w/ me while i was cleaning today. :slight_smile: