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#1   2016-04-12 10:05          
Hy! My name is Gabe, and i came from Europe to the sunny California state, to start all over again. I am a car guy, that it was a luck to find job in a garage.


So one day my boss told me one day that an e36 will be towed to the garage, and we will part it out. The day arrived, and when i first saw the car i knew that it will be mine. It is a full m-packet 320i manual, and the garage bought it for the m bumpers and skirts. it was V$550, the boss said, that i can buy it for that price, without the m stuff. I can't miss this oppurtunity. The car is in mint condition, original polaris silber, no rust, only one little dent at the rear left corner, and a little rust with it. And original black m-tech interior, with wader seats, and black headliner. It came with factory 16" styling 15 rims, one of my favourite, but with crappy tires. oh, i forgot to mention, the car sat in a barn for 5 years.





The seller found a stock e36 front bumper in the garage, paid V$50 for it. Ordered brand new bf goodrich tires, cost me V$300 for the set. I mounted them for myself. I also bought used m3 sideskirts for V$80, and a fiberglass rear m3 replica bumper for V$25. Looking for a front m-tech bumper too.



Of course when i had some freetime, i worked on the car. I mounted every single part by the end of the day. Oh yeah, and i don't think it is a good idea to cut the springs literally by half, but fuck it, i would do it again. The car is scraping on everything, but form over function is the motto.



Later i found an original alpina front spoiler. The seller did not know what he was selling, i got it for VS50.





And as the days goes by,i every day fixed some minor problem on the car, and went for little rides around the block. I did not registered the car yet, so without the plates, this is the max. One day i noticed that the temperature needle went up to the red mark. I stopped the engine, waited to cool down, popped the hood, removed the oil filler cap, and fuck, that old white creamy friend. Blown headgasket, hello again. That 5 year parking made some problem for me.

No problem, what would everybody do in my place? fix the gasket, and drive again. But not me, i did not have bigger plans for the 3'er, i wanted to keep it a daily beater, but this could be an opportunity to create something different. Maybe a drift missle, or something. So do the worst thing i could do, buy another shitbox for daily.

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#2   2016-04-12 14:29          
looks like you've got the front fitment almost on point, but that rear..
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#3   2016-04-12 15:20          
Welcome to e36 life, but cmon mate be more reallistic about pricing. m52b28(the one in 328i) alone costs 800euros, just keep that in mind when continue.

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#4   2016-04-12 15:53          
# marcus915 : looks like you've got the front fitment almost on point, but that rear..

Thank you, these are et20 rims, the factory ones are like et40 or something, so they are fitting well the e36 at the front. It could be good at the rear too, but with that camber(comes with the lowering), i need to use spacers at the future.

# klucifers : Welcome to e36 life, but cmon mate be more reallistic about pricing. m52b28(the one in 328i) alone costs 800euros, just keep that in mind when continue.

((sorry about that, i am trying to be as realistic as i could, but i have to google up the prices, and well, it looks like i found a wery cheap car on ebay :D. i'll be more accurate, and changed the story to a 320i.))

Added 23 minutes later:

Today when i was browsing in my lunchtime, i found an interesting ad. It is a 1992 E32 740i, automatic. It is burgundrot metallic, with black cloth interior. The ad says that it loses water(it could be only a water hose, common on M60s), and has no extra option. It has 279000 miles. And comes with 16" borbet A's.

They uploaded only one picture:


i'll se it after work.

Added 1 hour 37 minutes later:

After work i walked to the adress, what was in the ad. At first look i was disappointed, because the car is covered in dust. I can't examine the chassis because of that, but the overall condition convinced me, that it can't be too bad. The interior is super clean, the rear seat and the trunk are like they never used it. The thing with the water, i saw a cracked water pipe(the one goes to the radiator), common failure on m60s, apart from that the engine looks to be in good shape, had run it for 2 mins, no smoke, no water in the oil, starts easy, and runs wery well. Because of the water problem, i could not test drive the car, but i think it will run just great. I paid V$1900 for it, and towed to the garage for V$15. I already ordered the water tubes for v$50, i hope tomorrow i'll have time to install it. I washed the car at the garage, and i'm not disappointed, this burgundrot metallic color is absolutely stunning, and the car is in perfect shape. It needs a polishing, but after that it will look like a new car.





The Borbets are up for sale, any not so bad offer will take it, i never liked those rims. they can be exchanged to 16 inch steelies and some cash. 5x120 8x16 et15, with 215/55 R16 tyres with 60% profile.

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#5   2016-04-13 12:06          
Replaced the problematic water hoses(number 1 and 2). The others are seems to be in better condition, but they'll need a replace soon. Now with proper cooling, i could test drive the car, but now i have mixed feelings: the car looks super nice, the engine runs wery well, but the gearbox shifts really rough, and the dampers are gone. Driving this car is like riding some storm on the ocean, the car wobbles for minutes even after a full stop. So with that in my mind, i ordered a head gasket for the 3'er(cost me V$35), and removed the head. It will be my daily as long the seven is building. Started the registration process for the 2 cars, i am waiting for the registration plates now. And the 740 will be my project car, i'll order an airride kit, and search for decent rims for it. I want 3 piece AMG monoblocks for her, but they are rare nowadays.



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#6   2016-04-13 17:45          
Good news everyone! Yesterday i stayed in the workshop after work, and put on the new gasket. Took me 3 hours to refit everything. After that, i had her idling for an hour, and put on the garages temporary plate for untitled cars, and went out to the desert and drove all night. This was the fist time i drove her for a longest distance, and i am in love of its handling. Sorry for not taking just only 2 pictures, it was a pleasure to ride the 3er, i forgot to stop for taking pictures.

2 morning shots, the last refueling before work




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#7   2016-04-14 09:41          
I received the plates finally!

I took the 320 for a little ride in my lunch time, and washed it




And i ride the 7 home after work


I have 2 daily for now, but the 740 will be transformed something really cool soon. I ordered a full airride kit at the Vstanced garage for V$2500.

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#8   2016-04-14 14:02          
Get some bigger wheels for your 740, it will look great, especially when you will lower it with the airride.

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#9   2016-04-14 14:31          
# Lagano : Get some bigger wheels for your 740, it will look great, especially when you will lower it with the airride.

show me them please

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#10   2016-04-14 15:01          
Well i don't have any spare wheels now, i just said that it would be nice if you would buy some bigger wheels for your 740. I'm sure you can get something nice at VStanced garage. ;)

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#11   2016-04-14 15:41          
# Lagano : Well i don't have any spare wheels now, i just said that it would be nice if you would buy some bigger wheels for your 740. I'm sure you can get something nice at VStanced garage. ;)

oh i see. I tought you have something for me :D (( sorry i read your message on my phone and read it off.))

Today i visited the VStanced garage to get an offer to repaint some parts on my E36, and Bigboss said they could help me with some goodies ;)

I visited Doge's shop too, i bought a hydraulick jack, and fog lights for the 3er.

Added 1 hour 44 minutes later:

I had to test fit one rim :D You know that feeling, when you see your dreams come true :) i bought them for V$950, and they need a refurbish, but apart from that they are in good condition. I'm looking for some 245/25 R17 tyres, and waiting for my airride kit to arrive.


(i throw a bad t-shirt under the wheel, it is not sitting on the concrete)

Added 46 minutes later:

I installed the fog lights to the 320, i bought from Doge's shop.

It is nice to have 2 cars to drive(but sometimes it is real pita, it neads logistic and planning to know which car do you want to ride to where) today i ride home with the 3er, and took a bypass to enjoy the sunset.


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#12   2016-04-15 14:27          
Because my airride setup came this morning, i asked a day off(because of some kind of terrible illness in my head :D), and went to a friends garage, to install it as soon as possible. It took 8 hours for us, and we just dropped in the car everything, it needs some relocating in the trunk, and i have to calibrate it too. It sits really nice, but not as low as i wanted to be, but this is mainly because the meaty tyres.

It could be a slightly lowered old beemer(raised up to the driving height)


But you got new legs lieutenant dan!


Oh and it rides really great, especially after the wobbly used factory suspension. It feels like some kind of a factory sports suspension when raised up to a rideable height.
I ordered some R17 kumhos, i hope they'll arrive today.

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#13   2016-04-15 20:01          
Nice, nice. Maybe you could have some more camber in the front to match with the rear suspension. It will look great with the Mercedes wheels. :)

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#14   2016-04-16 14:54          
My tyres arrived yesterday, had time to mount them, then i had a call about the borbets. It was a guy with a W126 S who wanted to buy them. I expected that call later, because i had to close the garage, and i could not have mount the wheels. Luckily the buyer have a nice big garage, and let me change the wheels in it. We mounted the borbets to the S too.

It came out as nice as i expected.


Added 1 hour 10 minutes later:





And the riding height

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#15   2016-04-17 13:30          
Today when i drove home from work(from now i work at weekends too, i know nobody here for now, and the V$415 paycheck worth it), i bumped into Mike(the guy who bought my borbets). He was at the side of the highway, so it wasn't hard to spot him. He had a broken fuel pump, so i offered him a tow back to his garage. I am now used to my bad shifting gearbox, so when the gearbox fault light come up(and the getriebe notprogram message :D ), i was really surprised, but we made to the garage in one piece, and after a restart the error gone(maybe the gearbox oil heated up).

The Benz with the Benz rim.


At his garage i helped him changing the fuel pump, and while we were searching for a replacement pump, i bumped into some really interesting stuff. Mike told me he had a small business importing parts for english cars, and the stuff i bumped into are from those times. Anyway, we did not find a working pump, so i lend him the 3'er as long as he could repair the S. In exchange he offered me the parts we found earlier, and i could not say no to them. Over and above he promised to look after if he could find any interesting part for me.



Back at his garage


I did not want a new project this soon, especially when my 740s gearbox is failing soon, and my 320s struts are started to burst, but anyone knowing a chevrolet omega for sale in CA? :D. I found the closest one in Brazil...or i'm looking for someone who could import one from Brazil.

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#16   2016-04-17 14:19          
Interesting choice for a new project. But before you buy it you can have a look in the European market. There you can get an Opel Omega (same car) and it can be very cheap. :)

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#17   2016-04-17 14:56          
# Lagano : Interesting choice for a new project. But before you buy it you can have a look in the European market. There you can get an Opel Omega (same car) and it can be very cheap. :)

Thanks for the idea! The omegas price had started to rise in europe, thats why i was looking for a chevy. But you had a point, wauxhall carltons are cheap too. Maybe i should buy one from england, but they are RHD...

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#18   2016-04-17 19:06          
I found one omega what could be good for me. It is a complete car in not so bad condition, the paint is gone, but there is only minor rust on the panels. The interior is complete too, and it is in good condition. And thats it, the suspension and the engine is not important, because i would swap them to racing parts. I emailed the seller, the final price is 1800 Brazilian real(V$510), And he would drop off the car at the port, if i choose to buy this. I would ship it with Ro Ro, which would be:
Shipping fee: V$600/vehicle
Document fee: V$50
Terminal fee: V$7/meter cubed (vehicle volume)
Wharfage fee V$8.35/vehicle
Bill of Lading fee: V$35

So the whole thing would cost me V$1254. I am looking in Europe too, but only the shipping would be this much from there.

I also looked for lotus omega specific parts too, i found everything for the bodykit, but it won't be cheap. It would cost me V$1000 plus shipping from U.K.. And the car needs a proper suspension, and a powerful engine(how would a 2.2 straight 4 cylinder look in a lotus omega? ). I'm not planning to recreate the original engine, but i need something big enough. It could be a V8, or a turbocharged straight six(i really like the JZ's).



So it would be a way bigger and more expensive project than my junkyard fugitive E36(oh and i think i would have to sell her), and the aired E32. I sleep on it, and tomorrow i will decide tomorrow.

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#19   2016-04-17 19:09          
# gabrisanyi : I'm not planning to recreate the original engine, but i need something big enough. It could be a V8, or a turbocharged straight six(i really like the JZ's).
V8 would be cheaper
ha

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#20   2016-04-18 10:49          
I bought that chevy, and ordered some body parts from the UK too. Now it's time to wait.







My plans? I always wanted a drift car... :D

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#21   2016-04-18 15:21          
Wow that's a long list you got there. I hope you will still have enough money for performance upgrades, not just cosmetics. :D

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#22   2016-04-19 09:48          
Mike gave me back the E36, and because we have 2 stock E36s at the garage for parting out, i swapped my M3 parts for standard ones. I removed the Alpina lip too, they are up for sale. And one important thing: After the 320i the 740 feels like a rocket, so that M60 V8 engine would be great starting engine for the drift missle. With a proper exhaust and with litle fine tune it could easily produce like 340-350 bhp, which is enough for now, and has the potential to tune it more.

So thats it, i bought one M60B40 off the ebay for V$900. It has 289.000km in it, and came from a 95' 740i. It'll arrive tomorrow. And i've got a call from the port, they shipping the Omega tongight. Oh and i visited the local scrapyard too, and bought some E46 17 inch steelies with bad tyres for V$120, to clear the brakes, and they'll be great on the rear axle later.

Added 40 minutes later:

And the Omega has arrived! We took it home with the temporary registration plates, so i had an opportunity to drive it. It has the 3 litre straight six, with 168bhp. It moves the car really really nice(At the port they had to measure the car, and it is only 1150Kg!. Without the interior and with little modifications, i think i could keep it under 1000Kg). Anyway we took the car to the garage, and started to disassemble it. We removed almost every body panel. The chassis is in great condition only the paint has faded out(who cares), i did not find any rust on it, only at the rear arches, but i'll cut them off anyway, so thats not a problem.

((please ignore the RHD LHD swap, and the glass sunroof, i had to use a different mod for the stock Omega))









We removed the engine too, and measured the engine bay, and my 740s engine too, to create the engine stands by the time the M60 arrives. We put on the steelies too, because the alloys i found on the car are not some cheap opel spiderwebs, but original BBSs. i'll put them up for sale later.




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#23   2016-04-22 19:17          
Sorry for being lost, we were really in the making of the omega :D

So, where did i stop? Oh yeah, we removed the original engine. Since we had an m60 for measuring before the new engine arrived, we could easily create motor mounts, and when we got the motor, we could drop in instantly(sorry, no pics, we were in a hurry). The body parts arrived too, and the first thing we mounted was the rear arch, because the original fender did not cleared the 17 inch rims.


I almost forgot to mention that i bought some cheap used coilovers i found to be close enough for me. It is from a Benz, cost me V$280. It is good enough for now. It came with adjustable camber plates too. We made some tweaks on the steering rack too, and gained some steering angle. We welded the diff for now, i am collecting money for a good LSD.
With that progress, we wanted to test our work, so we took out the car to the parking lot next to the garage, and burned some rubber. The engine felt nice, but the handling were crap. It understeered a lot.



One of my colleague told me there will be an amateur drift/slalom race in the neighbourhood, so we put the car in such a hurry, that i did not sleep for 3 days. But it came together, sounded and felt really nice, and when we loaded it down from the trailer, the engine stalled, and we could not restart it. We checked everything on the engine, without any progress. And as the day went by, i realized what could be the problem: we left the factory fuel tank, and with that sliding the day before, we shaked up all of the dirt is in the tank. We replaced the fuel filter, and the engine started for the first try. But the race is ended. We could run one lap, but thats it. But it worth it, i managed to trade the 16 inch BBS set to a 17 inch panasport replica set and some cash.





Today we started to rattle can the car to a battleship gray color. Please nevermind the stickers. We also did some adjustments on the suspension too, now it handles much more better. We went out to the car park again, and i start to like it very much. What is sure, i need to upgrade the brakes, i burned the stock brake in a parking lot, what would it do on a track? I also need a proper seat, the original chevrolet seat is trash, i wanted to put in the vaders from the 36, but we did not have time for that. I need a rollbar and a racing fuel tank too.



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#24   2016-04-25 22:51          
I was busy with working again. I have a job in the garage which took mostly all of my time, but i will detail that later. First, the omega. I managed to adjust the suspension a little more, now it handles really good, but could be better. I managed to locate the main problem: weight distribution. We made some adjustments, (pushed the engine as back as we could) and bracing on the body, which made the weight centralize at the back. I tried the car with the boot lid and the rear bumper removed, they are 25kg in total, but made a huge difference. The car handles like a charm without them.

I had a drift practice on this weekend too, now i'm starting to enjoy the car, but the seat and the steering wheel harasses me. I did not take any pictures, i'll see later if anyone took pictures of the car. Anyway it was a fun weekend, a lot of people asked about the car. An original lotus omega is a real rarity, and although my car is just a replica, the body panels are all original(i swore when i cracked the bottom of the front bumper). And thats kinda starts to frustrate me, i wanted a car for making fun at the track, but iam afraid to use it, because when i kiss the wall with her bottom, i scrape like 500V$. And if i do that, i have to order one new part from england...

So i made a decision, i dont want to throw that money out of the window. What is sure, i will not use the car for drifting anymore. What is not sure whether to keep it or not. Because it is not an original lotus omega, it would be useless to make it into original condition. I asked the lotus forum too, what should i doo, and the answer came soon. There is a guy in georgia who races with old german cars(an idiot like me), and is interested in my car. He dont have the tools and time for building a car, but he has for racing. We made a deal: i'll build a proper race car out of the omega, and he'll pay for it. So thats what keeps me in the garage for almost every night.

The plans are easy: M60 out, original 3 liter engine in(i already sent the engine to a specialist, who recreates the original 3.6l twinturbo engine), i need to adjust the suspension for track use, Brake upgrade, wheels for tracking(the buyer already send fifteen52 rims with slicks), rollbar, racing seat and steering wheel, racing fuel tank, and a proper painting, maybe with an old racing car decor.



Thats for the omega, now back to the beginning. So 3 days ago my boss found me with an accident car. Our only job was to make a calculate what would the repair cost. Long story short, the numbers came out were sounded bad for the customer, so when he asked what could we do, i made him an offer for the car, what he couldn't refuse. Thats the story how i bought my first 1 series 128i coupe for V$6800. I bought it for repair and sell, but i looked after the prices, and you can buy intact 1s under 10k. i'll see...maybe i'll keep it for daily.



It looks bad, but i disassembled it, the main elements are intact. I had to order a new swingarm for the right, and i'm looking for second hand front bumper, hood, radiators, and the front cross member. The engine is running.

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#25   2016-04-26 21:59          
Just a quick upgrade:

i bought a bumper for the 1 for V$160, and a hood for V$200 with small dents, and a passanger side headlight for V$280. I had to buy the front frame too, it cost me V$180. And i ordered a brand new aftermarket radiator for V$56. The replacement for the bent control arm cost me V$95.

The guys at our body shop managed to save the front quarterpanels, and pulled the front to line up everything. After that i dropped the parts i bought(we had to raise the engine a little bit to remove the old front frame), topped up the cooling fluid, cleared the errors, and started the car. This was the first time i heard the n52 purring. I had to bleed the cooling system too.

The front right rim is bent a little bit, so i swapped the wheels from my e36 since i'm not using it, and i need to move the 1 in the garage. And i forgot to mention 1 real important thing: the car has adjustable suspension, and it survived the crash!







I did a check on the vin too:
Model Year: 2008
Make: BMW
Model: 1 series
Trim Level: 128i
Body Type: 2 Door Coupe
Manufacturer: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
Production Seq. Number: K78786
Engine Type: L6, 3.0L
Fuel Type: Gasoline
Engine Code: B
Drive Line Type: RWD
Vehicle Type: Passenger Car
Vehicle Class: Small Car
Restraint System: Dual Air Bag; Manual Belts; SRS-Dual Stage Advanced
Country: GERMANY
Assy. Plant: Leipzig
color: Deep sea blue metallic

i was working on the omega too, we measured everything for the rollbar, and i sent the plans for a local company to manufacture it. And we trailed the body to a paint shop, it'll be painted to white.

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#26   2016-04-29 10:48          
The Omega came back from the paintshop yesterday. It looks really nice in white.





Today we started to apply the decor, but we have to stop it, because the engine is arrived too.

It is like the original lotus carlton engine, but with some modifications. The base was the 3 liter 24v dohc engine in our case too. The modifications are: The cubic capacity is enlarged to 3615 cc. The combustion chambers in cylinder head are milled to achieve 8.2:1 compression(the factory is 10:1). Forged Mahle pistons. Kessler forged crankshaft. 2 remanifactured Garrett T25 turbos. they replaced the original ignition system to a coil on plug one. The fuel injectors are new, and the fuel rail is made for the car. An adjustable fuel pressure regulator is applied. The original motronic is replaced to whistler racing engine management with ALS and launch control. they did not recreated the original water cooled intercooler, they used a HKS unit. Racing sinter clutch with lightened flywheel. 6 speed ZF gearbox from a C4 corvette. They say it is good up to 650whp. When it'll be reinstalled to the car, they'll fine tune it on a dyno.

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#27   2016-04-29 14:41          
Some progess again:
We installed the engine, but not started yet. it is missing some parts. We put on the brakes too, 330mm racing discs all around, and brembo calipers.





These BBS RS rims are the final rims for the car for now. On the front with cooling fans.

Bride seat with momo steering wheel.



We made a custom exhaust system for the car too,1 pipe per turbo, 4 inch diameter, routed inside.



I made some progress on the 1 too. I sent some body parts with the lotus to the painter, for a discounted price. I found a set of Z3 roadster factory rims for an affordable price, V$1100 with tyres. And turned the coils all the way down.





The omega is at the finish line, needs only some adjusting and calibrating. The buyer paid for the car too. We agreed in 20000 V$ for the car and for my work, because the original omegas are up from 43000 V$. And they were bulit from opel omegas too :D

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#28   2016-05-03 08:48          
Some update on the cars:
Since the omega is finished, i swapped the slicks to streets on the panasports, and went to the fine tune on foot. The car feels really nice, it is designed to a 6 cylinder engine, not a v8, the handling is perfect now. Driving it is a real pleasure. On the dyno it produced 666whp, with a nice smooth curve. It is at the garage for now, i need to swap back the weels, but the owner tooks home it tomorrow. But i'll see her later, because we agreed that i'll do every needed modification and maintenance in the future.





I took the AMG aeros to Rotiform to refurbish them(the lips are oxidized a little bit), and when i was there, they offered me a photo shooting with a freshly refurbished set of HREs. I could not say no.





I'm running the styling 15s for now. I like how it looks and rides, it feels really smooth after the AMGs.



The 36 is my fun car since the seven is the daily. I put on the wheels from the 128i. It is halfway to be a drift missle. It only needs power :D

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#29   2016-05-03 13:38          
Those HREs are way too big for the 7. The Omega looks really good though, and what engine upgrades does it have? Now it's a beast with so much power. :)

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#30   2016-05-03 17:22          
# Lagano : Those HREs are way too big for the 7. The Omega looks really good though, and what engine upgrades does it have? Now it's a beast with so much power. :)

It is like the original lotus carlton engine, but with some modifications. The base was the 3 liter 24v dohc engine in our case too. The modifications are: The cubic capacity is enlarged to 3615 cc. The combustion chambers in cylinder head are milled to achieve 8.2:1 compression(the factory is 10:1). Forged Mahle pistons. Kessler forged crankshaft. 2 remanifactured Garrett T25 turbos. they replaced the original ignition system(1 coil for the 6 spark plugs. on the original lotus there was a wasted spark system, but the coil on plug is much more advanced) to a coil on plug one. The fuel injectors are new, and the fuel rail is made specially for the car. An adjustable fuel pressure regulator is applied. The original motronic is replaced to whistler racing engine management with ALS and launch control. they did not recreated the original water cooled intercooler, they used a HKS unit. Racing sinter clutch with lightened flywheel. 6 speed ZF gearbox from a C4 corvette.

I managed to put in 500km yesterday. On the dyno they had to push it hard, but on the road i was gentle with it. It pulls really hard, at about 3500 it starts to go like hell. Not an oldschool turbo kick in because the 2 smaller turbochargers, but you can feel and hear when they spool up. I did not rev upper than 6500, the limiter is somewhere around 7500, and the guys who programmed it says that it pulls up to that point, but i did not want to destroy something. it'll be good for racing.

And just one little info: i got tired of looking the omegas m60 in the corner of the garage, so i parked the 36 in the engine changing spot, and cleared the original straight six for a removal.

Added 54 minutes later:

Last shots of the omega. i gonna miss it.









Luckily we could easily modify the mounts for the 36, little drive shaft welding, water hose routing, addig fuel and ignition, and hello there super loud v8 rumble.



And in the 5th minute of owning a v8 e36 i blew up the rear 2 tyres and with them the rear bumper said goodbye too. I did not even left the garage :D.


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#31   2016-05-04 15:10          
Had an opportunity to take part in a desert hill climbing race.





I installed a fiberglass rocketbunny spoiler off a nissan, cost me V$200, and fabricated an exhaust system for it, with a crappy oval muffler, i found in the garbage. The car feels great, have enough power for drifting, but it boils the water at long runs(i could not find space for the viscous fan or an electric fan). And the fuel is leaking somewhere, as the oil too at the bottom of the oil pan. And the front tyres are rubbing all the time.

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#32   2016-05-05 18:59          
I went to rotiform again, for my refurbished AMG Aeros, and they waited me with a new set of wheels again :D. It is a fresly assembled 3 piece BM1 set. They took photos again. They offered me a discounted price for them, but V$1100 is still too much, especially when one wheel costs this much, not the set...





Anyway, the aeros are finished, they looks stunning, even i dont want to put them on the car. Maybe for a meet, or a car show, but not for everiday use anymore.

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#33   2016-05-08 17:55          
In the past few days i was busy with moving the service to a new building. In the old garage we'll do the bodyworks, and creating a spray booth for paintworks. The mechanical things will be in a new building. The new service have a nice big backyard, so i dont have to store my cars on the street anymore.

We had a car at the old garage to run for parts or something, and if a customer wanted a replacement car, we gave them it. Now the boss bought a new car along with the new service, and he offered the old car for us. I took the opportunity, and bought it for V$2800.

It is a 2002 530i manual, with 347.000 miles.



If anyone interested in, i want to sell it in one piece, if noone takes, i'll put the M54B30 in something.

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#34   2016-05-09 14:25          
So i am collecting those old BMW-s like pokemons, the slogan is gotta catch em all! I wanted an 8 series since i was a kid, i think it is the most beautiful BMW ever made. And now that i can afford one, i bought one.

I was searching for an 840 since i arrived to the USA, but they seemed to be expensive. From time to time there were really good offers, but i could never make it. Sometimes i had no money, sometimes no time, or place. But now my time has come.

I found her on carsforsale.com . It was in Roseville, a good 5 and a half hour drive, so i asked for a day off(my boss was really happy when i told that in the middle of the moving, but he understood the waight of the situation). I took the 530 for the trip.

So about that 840. This was the ad:


It does not reveal much, but it turned out that i am facing a car dealer. But he was correct, told me everything about the car. It is wery well equipped, have almost every options, and sport packet too, with the CSi bumpers and skirts. It had 3 owners, and it did not passed the smog inspection 8 months ago, thats why it is not registered. They could not find out whats the problem with the engine, so 1 week ago they took it to the dealership. The price was 6,999. I did not want to go any lower, but i asked for a deliver in that price. The dealer said yes, so it'll be delivered today late afternoon.



And my impressions: Nice overall condition, the body is in perfect condition, even the paint is defect free, and that gletscherblau metallic is a really nice color. The interior is super clean. I could not test drive it, but i hope it runs well, and the smog failure is just some problem with the O2 sensors. It has some cheap aftermarket rims which i need to replace.

The e39 felt nice as always, i started at 5m to make it to Roseville in the forenoon. At dawn there were no traffic at all, and i pushed a little bit harder, i made the trip a little bit less than 5 hours. At the trip home, i did not take the highway, and just enjoyed the cruise. I stopped for a lunch too. The trip cost me V$ 95.



Added 13 minutes later:

After the trip i had time to swap the wheels on the E36. I found a set of a 16 inch steelies with bad tyres, i did speedhunters tyre stencils on them.


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#35   2016-05-09 19:52          
Finally!

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#36   2016-05-09 22:26          
Man, you have a really good projects !

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#37   2016-05-10 09:01          
# RafaMy : Man, you have a really good projects !

Thanks!

I figured out why the right headlight did not pop up. The connector of the motor was oxidized, i had to clean it, and now it works like a charm!



I test fitted the AMG-s, they looks nice, but these stretched tyres are small for the 8, or looks weird with the stock height. There is a big gap around the wheels.





And i sold the E39, Hyped took it.