AWD E36 BMW

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

I have quite a bit of scope for adjustment, the more I research it the more I’m finding there is no perfect setup, The main area the Lexcen fell down was not having any adjustment for the LCA’s and that meant I was stuck with what I’d built, I’ll just get the E36 near enough then tweak from there..

Weight distribution should be just so much better than the Lexcen could ever hope to be, that in turn makes life a lot easier, I’m looking forward to seeing what it can do.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Pissing down rain here… Went and collected the material for the LCA’s came home unloaded then had a fiddle… CBF’d day but I dropped the rear shocks and measured the camber adjustment.

I have 5.4 degrees in the lower adjusters and probably another 3 on the uppers, 5.4 is more than I’ll ever need, a smart bloke would reorient the upper adjusters to allow for caster change in the front and antisquat in the rear… I’ll have to find a smart person…

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

Sounds like you need a guy with hammer. So happens, I have a hammer.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

LOL, Might need a Bigger hammer though 

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Figured I’d ease back into it today and make the reinforcement plates for the rear strut towers… bzzz my cheap air shears I bought the other month had different ideas and snapped off part of the blade.. DOH

Pulled my old dead ones out to see if I could swap out the broken part, nah just different enough to not work, thought while they were apart I’d have a go at sharpening the blades and reassemble them.. bingo all good, cut out the blanks machined them up and drilled them.

(There was some Tourette’s going on when they broke)

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Done for the day, not going to be pretty “Because RaceCar”

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Man I’m getting old, that’s me done for the day, holding onto the big grinder killed my arms.. (and it’s only the 7″ NOT the Monster 9″)

Just need to trim them up and weld them in.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Bloody neat mate, this is such a cool build, thanks for sharing it with us.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Thank you for the forum so I can share it Gary, a build thread has been part of my life for so long now, they help me think and plan each aspect as most of what I do is “freehand”..

I hope some of the other guys are enjoying following along with a real build and not some edited reality tv bullshit, the fact of the matter is if you’re doing something like this on your own it takes time there are no shortcuts.

[Judge1 FrazerParticipant new zealand1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed View build HERE Member since: February 5, 2016 Posts: 775]

Hey Ian this is an awesome build and something different I am really enjoying following it , plus all the tricks, tips and information that everyone brings in

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Good to hear Frazer, I’m the first to admit I don’t know it all so always receptive to ideas and suggestions!

A lot of times while I don’t go with the suggestion it will lead me a totally new direction I hadn’t considered before so getting input is a huge part of what I do, I find it really easy to get tunnel vision from being too close to a project.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

I don’t think it’s falling out anytime soon, I’ll do the other side tomorrow when I’m fresh.

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Tie the tops into the roll cage and it will never move.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

There will be a fairly extensive X Brace in there as well, much like I did with the Lexcen 

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Anonymous wrote:

and not some edited reality tv bullshit

  CommodoresPlus youtube channel

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Project Binky has that covered already.

[HDN05LParticipant Canberra ACTVS Olympic Edt 383 stroker Ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 289]

I dont comment on many builds but i always watch for updates Ian. love the work and i have already got some ideas from you before on some things.

Cheers

 

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Immortality wrote:

Project Binky has that covered already.

I follow Binky, the Worlds Heaviest Mini…

HDN05L wrote:

I dont comment on many builds but i always watch for updates Ian. love the work and i have already got some ideas from you before on some things. Cheers

Thanks 

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Decided to push on a bit today, and that’s that part done… Slight mishap, swung my dead blow hammer and missed, my thumb didn’t.. probably lose the nail… again.

[Judge1 FrazerParticipant new zealand1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed View build HERE Member since: February 5, 2016 Posts: 775]

this will make you feel better just had surgery on my left arm on Wednesday bicep tendon rupture repair , it hurts like hell

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Oddly I don’t feel any better, just makes 2 of us hurting… 

Hope your’s isn’t too painful and you can get back into your build soon..

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Judge1 Frazer wrote:

this will make you feel better just had surgery on my left arm on Wednesday bicep tendon rupture repair , it hurts like hell

 

I know the feeling, had shoulder surgery 8 weeks ago but I’v permanently lost one bicep tendon.  Been a long 8 weeks so far.

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