Ammo's BMW E36 328 Saloon - Bought to Drift

Post by **Ammo** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:29 pm

Lots of sheds and once they have a bucket seat and a hydraulic handbrake are £1000 plus. Even stuff that had been wall rubbed is going for £400-£500.

It is a shame to drift it, but it wasn't bought for anything but that and I'm sure it will soon not look so tidy

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:35 pm

same with mine. it wears its scars with pride

Post by **Peachy** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 9:08 pm

What a beaut

Post by **Ammo** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:16 pm

And so it begins..

Got the rear stripped out

Also found some minor rust in the usual spot on E36's

Amazing how much guff is in a BMW

Next up is removing the Traction control which on the E36 uses a secondary throttle body to limit the engine

Which I removed

To reveal the proper throttle body

And then added a bit of pipe to replace the gubbins i removed

So no more Traction Control or ABS (I hope, yet to test it)

Also fitted my drift wheel to get rid of the airbag

Also got the diff off the old car to swap over only to discover that they are different sizes so I need to swap the back half of the prop and the drive shafts to get it to fit.

In the mean time as I want to test it on Saturday my mate has welded up the 2.93 ratio diff it came with so will whack that back in and swap the other diff etc in at a later date when I have more time

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 7:06 pm

can i ask why take out the second throttle body when there is a button inside that turns it all off? ABS the lot.

looking good for drift

the amount of sounddeadening is shocking isnt it? its not like the car is any louder now I took it all out even

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 7:38 pm

it uses a secondary throttle body for tcs? Wtf? What a stupidly inefficient and over the top/expensive way of doing it, surely?!

Post by **Donald** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:37 pm

Engineers

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:50 pm

Wankers the lot of em...

Post by **Ammo** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:56 pm

lewd lude lover wrote:can i ask why take out the second throttle body when there is a button inside that turns it all off?

It's a track car, why have it in the way obstructing airflow

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:36 am

wurlycorner wrote: it uses a secondary throttle body for tcs? Wtf? What a stupidly inefficient and over the top/expensive way of doing it, surely?!

how would you suggest it work while not affecting your control surfaces. ie messing with your pedals.

@ammo: fair enough.

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Ammo's BMW E36 328 Saloon - Bought to Drift

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