Rear wheel drive, how hard can it be?

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  1. James998

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    March 11 2012, the day my life got worse. Bought myself a perfectly presentable E36 328i Sport. Very clean example, done just over 100k, with a real nice spec and almost spotless inside and out, quick spec list here;

    1997 328i Sport,
    Eibach Pro coilovers,
    M50 inlet manifold,
    US spec M3 cams,
    M3 Sunflower 17" wheels.

    Here's a photo showing that it is infact a car;

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    Drove it around for a while and realised that nice smooth leather is absolutely no fun when you want to drive fast, what's a brother to do?

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    Realised I didn't like the wheels, so bought these rather sporty blue numbers;

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    Ofcourse the current rubber wasn't suitable for road use, so got some black ones on there;

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    At that point I also added lowness, which was fun as I was working down a shitty little road at the time;

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    At the same time as messing with this, I was breaking my old hurrendously unreliable fiesta turbo for parts;

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    Here's a photo with a french car in bits in the background;

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    Then I heard about all the cool kids having welded diffs

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    So I did a change;

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    Checked it worked;

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    Realised my brakes sucked large penis, so fitted big ones;

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    Wanted more lock, so I drank some weak french beer;

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    Worn some tyres out;

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    I struggle with hill starts, so I fitted a hydraulic handbrake;

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    Fitted it sneaky sneaky because every day car etc;

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    Got stuck in the snow alot;

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    Cut something;

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    Did a crash;

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    Did a fix;

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  2. James998

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    Did another crash;

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    Did a more manly fix;

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    Put nicer wheels on;

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    Realised Jesus was my airbag;

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    Went to oulton park and did skids, had the best day ever;

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    Got stuck in a field with another BMW.

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    Realised I was going to get into trouble, I bought a sensible (!!) daily;

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    Which broke almost immediately;

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    First step of de-everyday-ing the 328;

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    Plan is to make the 7 series badass (in progress currently) make the 328 yobbish, tow it with the 740, win at life.

    Fanks.
     
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  3. Whiteley

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    Memories!
     
  4. Danno

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    I like this! Want to see more.
     
  5. adambeevers

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    .. put the 4.0 in the e36 silly :)
     
  6. ontheway

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    Perfect daily and a great drift car, looks like you've had a lot of fun. At Oulton park do they use the same little track they use for the rally cars by the bridge over the main track for drifting?
     
  7. BMWsean

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    nice thread love the way you explained its life so far haha....nice car man
     
  8. alexevans

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    Yeah that was a funny read, no chit chat, I like it especially the crash bit.
     
  9. essexcapri25

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    how much are 740 rated to two ????
     
  10. James998

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    Haha cheers for the comments, engine will be staying as-is unfortunately! I've got a 3.2 evo diff and subframe to go in, so will go better with shorter gears :) Not sure about the drift tracks, it's the two on the right after you go over the bridge mate, really recommend the day though, not the cheapest but used absolutely 0 rubber and not alot of fuel!

    2100kg pal
     
  11. dustyjake

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    I love this thread. Sums up everything having a rwd car is about.
     
  12. Adam.

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    I also do crashes. Good build so far!
     
  13. sideway-z

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    Perfectly simple fun great build
     
  14. essexcapri25

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    are you going to have to fab a towbar up or can you buy one
     
  15. J-Watson

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    "Realised Jesus was my airbag" ... I was crying at this, possibly the best way of stating that you've fitted a new wheel!
     
  16. -Tommy.

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    I usually read through project threads without any reaction. But the "Did another crash" bit made me laugh out loud for some reason.

    I like this thread.
     
  17. Murf

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    heh heh... top thread :)
     
  18. erixtar1992

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    Haha awesome!
     
  19. joetheeskimo

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    i normally hate e36 bmw but reading that through made me chuckle and now i like them. Keep up the good work.
     
  20. Turbo ted

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    Awesome thread,loving the 328 and the progress updates,im debating manning up to the challenge and getting a welder in my 36 too :)
     

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