E36 Compact learner

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    richie_k83 Well-Known Member

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    So the wife has been for a drift passenger ride the other week at the Nissan Experience show.
    It would appear she has the bug, so acting on impulse, i said i would sell my daily for her introduction into rwd...

    We found this on eBay for £400

    E36 316i with a long MoT

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    Came with a private reg that we had valued at £800 but not sure if it can be sold yet...

    Anywho, its a little rough but will get battered i'm sure.

    Needs some TLC here n there but drives spot on.

    Usual plans are to weld the diff, fit eBay spec coilovers, get wheels and tyres, then skid and hopefully progress to a 2.5l conversion when we are ready for more power.

    Came home today to find poverty spec coilovers in the front room :)

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    More than enough lows i'm sure.

    On the mechanical side, just service parts and a new induction hose. Also got new diff and subframe bushes for the back end, will bang those in when the diff comes out for welding

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    Will have a tinker later tonight, off to Skidrisk next sunday to see what the day involves :)
     
    #1 richie_k83, Jul 30, 2015
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    richie_k83 Well-Known Member

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    Managed to get the service done, changed the induction hose, was well and truly shot
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    Found a new one on eBay the other day so got it fitted up

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    Why buy 1.6 for 400 if you can get drift ready 2.5 with hydro handbrake instaled + harnases for 900 in this smae forum ?
     
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    looks good. awaiting updates
     
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    richie_k83 Well-Known Member

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    £900 was outside our budget tbh, plus there was nothing on here at the time anyways. Wont take much work to get it drift ready...
     
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    Thanks, more to come soon for sure
     
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    Got the Coilovers fitted today,

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    Nice and low up front, rear is still a touch high but hoping it settles down

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    Drives spot on, nice and firm...

    Should be pulling the diff and frame out soon for bushing and welding [emoji4]
     
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    What are the JOMs like? Considering buying some because poverty spec
     
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    Quite firm but not too bad, fitment was spot on. Just need to use the oem top mounts and your good to go [emoji4]
     
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    richie_k83 Well-Known Member

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    Well, the diff is coming out along with the rear beam for welding and polybushes,

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    Lots of crust underneath but it came apart with ease, however i had a poke around the rear sills and found them to be a little crispy too.

    Poked a little too hard,

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    Ahh well, welder is coming out anyways i guess...!
     
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    i dont know what joms are like but i bought a set of TAtechnix off ebay £142 posted and for what ive paid im very impressed, UKtuning shop was the company
     
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    richie_k83 Well-Known Member

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    I had the TA's on my old MX5, for cheap and cheerful, i thought they were spot on.

    My wife paid for the Joms, think it was about £167 posted from Germany. Only took like 3 days too!

    Really happy with them so far :)
     
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    Take the rear spring adjusters out, might level it out a bit.
     
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    Think i might have too, the rake looks gash lol

    Rear end is off ready,

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    Made a start, forgot how much of a shit job bush removal is....

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    Just had the engine conversion done on mine, well worth it where are you based?
     
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    richie_k83 Well-Known Member

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    Will look at a 6 pot conversion at some point i'm sure.

    I'm in Walsall, West Midlands
     
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    Cool cool, yeah its worth it just the exhaust you need to get fabbed up
     
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    richie_k83 Well-Known Member

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    Sweet, well its more the wife's toy tbh so she'll have to fund it, got my own stuff to pay for lol
     
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  20. 8jay

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    Haha yeah touche tell her to get it done
     
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