Transforming a 2002 into a E36- The build

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I decided to modify the sump, so it was time to move onto the engine mounts. I needed to make to new mounts on the cross member as the standard mount holes were to close to the chassis rails. Also new mounts for the block were needed as well. The rubber engine mounts are for a skyline . In the second picture you can see the cut out in the sump so the engine could moved forward.

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Got the rear gearbox mount done, shortened the gear selector by 150mm, welded in the hanger bearing mount, Made the new front half of the drive shaft.

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Mounted the E36 Radiator after work today. Also put the rocker cover back on. I painted it with some VHT wrinkle plus and gave it a round oil cap to try and give it an old school look

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Due to wanting to run the m44 on carbs, an inlet manifold was going to want to be made

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some goodies for the car

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Mounted the steering column today. Had to cut off the mounting bracket for the E36 and make new a one to suit the 2002 mounting point

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Also today I got the pedal box mounted up. Due to a design fault (made by me) the clutch master cylinder didn't have a enough room to get the cap off (to close to the steering column above) so I cut about 10mm out of the cylinder and then welded the tread back on.

The weld marks above are from the reinforcing plates I put the outside of the fire wall, just to give the fire wall some more strength.

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The steering coupling was still an issue, it was just to short.

So a 24mm spacer was needed. I'm still not sure about this but I have steering

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A bit of an update

The car now has a throttle.

had to make a new throttle cable bracket

The old accelerator pedal was crap so a replacement needed to be installed

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out with the old and in with the new

The old bonnet stays have been replaced for gas ones

This is the only picture I could find where you can see the old bonnet stays

the new gas stays

[canadamatt]

Nice fab work, love it!

Matt

[FunElan]

incredible

[MrNvgtr]

Dude, I am impressed. I've been bitching about the difficulty of this build since I failed at it in 2007. You're actually doing it, albeit minus the M54, but IMO you've choosen a fine motor to keep the car balanced. Kick ass. I'll be following this.

[rot62]

Dude, I am impressed. I've been bitching about the difficulty of this build since I failed at it in 2007. You're actually doing it, albeit minus the M54, but IMO you've choosen a fine motor to keep the car balanced. Kick ass. I'll be following this.

At one point I looked at putting a V8 out of a 7 series, but decided that would just ruin the car. M44 with twin side drafts would give it an old school look.

Tonight I moved inside the car. I am going install the seats out of the E36 ti, firstly I had to cut out the factory 2002 seat mounts and then install some more suited to the E36 seats

[harrym2]

nice build, wonder what power you will get from the carbs ?