Project 2015: Competition E36 turbo saloon Decided it's time to get a build thread up for my latest project. I'm no stranger to 36's as many of you know. My current drifter is an E36 325i turbo. Build thread here http://www.driftworks.com/forum/drift-car-projects-builds/124257-e36-m50-turbo.html However, I decided that it's time for a new project for 2015's drift season as I would like to compete in a series of some description next year. First step was finding a base car. I decided that I wanted another saloon as I wanted something a bit different to my current coupe and I definitely wanted another M50. After weeks of trawling Ebay, I got this for the fitting steal of £325. It needed a bit of work but that suited me as the price reflected this. It had a completely rotten boot floor, rusty rear panel and a rusty rear arch But with a bit of this... ...All was good
Next up I wanted to add a bit of width. I had considered bolt on arches but after ordering a set, decided against them. Instead, I purchased a pair of these ...and set to work cutting the arches off to fit to the rear. Marked and cut the rear quarter And welded them in place. And that's where we're currently at
The coupe is going back NA M50 powered as a practice car and this one will be getting all the turbo bits.
I keep thinking about chopping the boot floor out of my 36 as it looks like it gives you so much more room underneath.
Done a good job on those arches and the boot floor there mate. Ive been meaning to cut my boot floor out for a while now, but its just one of those jobs I keep putting off. Was it literally just a case of cutting out the section and mocking up a template out of card board or similar and then cutting the shape out of metal and welding it in?
Hell yea man! We will be almost the same on power. Might I recommend looking into stock DME as a tuning option? Check out Jordan Horowitz @ RK-Tunes on facebook. Cool guy, and does great great work.
