Eta-to-M50: Build thread

[LJ851]

E36 rack is very nice , i will agree. When i try to describe it the best i can come up with is that it feels like i took 10 years off the car. I bet you are stoked to drive it again!

[Jand3rson]

I know it's been a little while kids, but there is great news afoot! This showed up last week:



And it's getting welded up to the rest of the OBDI M3 exhaust system next week, my boss hooked me up with the welding instructor at the local college, who also used to build exhaust systems for hot rods, and he's doing it all for me for dirt cheap!

And on another note, I took my first shakedown drive in the car today. Just drove it around a couple of blocks near my house, just in case. VERY loud (headers only right now), but the power is there, waiting to burst out. I could feel it with every push of the gas pedal, it just wanted to go faster! The only issue I was able to notice so far is that the throttle is sticking a bit, it doesn't return back down to regular idle until a few seconds after I let off the gas.

And the E36 steering rack feels amazing. It felt like going from a car with no power steering to a car that does. I can't wait to really drive it hard and feel the difference.

[325ix]

I really like the bed liner on the headlight covers. Have you thought about painting the bracket for the intake in that bed liner stuff? Might look even better.

[LJ851]

much better.

[Jand3rson]

Just made a MUCH better looking mount for my intake, used a bracket leftover from... something, and the little rubber bushing that was with it gave it the perfect spacing to reach the intake bracket, and it's black, so it doesn't stick out as much.



Yes, my headlight covers are bedliner-ed to match the rest of the bay. :D

[parkerbink]

I thought it went pretty fast.

[AndrewBird]

geeze this has to be the longest build thread evarrrr ;) looks good tho! lol

People who think this need to set their posts per page display setting higher. I only show 34 pages.

[bloodshot-e30]

geeze this has to be the longest build thread evarrrr ;) looks good tho! lol

[Jand3rson]

Knock this shit off in my thread. I'm tired of cleaning this bullshit out everyday.

[Jand3rson]

I had/have a magnaflow on my s50 car. I have a sound clip on my facebook.

Yah, I listened to it, sounded great. I had one on my M20 too, I loved it.

[Danny]

I had/have a magnaflow on my s50 car. I have a sound clip on my facebook.

[Jand3rson]

Awesome, looking forward to the pics/video. That magnaflow sounds sick!

Yeah, I'm pretty stoked about it! Although right now, it's looking like it will be a couple of weeks before I can get it done, like a week before the Picnic!

I LOVE THE PRESSURE!

[N2MYE30]

^^^RyanG's

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=208578&highlight=s54+m3

[trackjunkie21]

similar to this

Whos car is that?

[5spoke]

Yep, that's what I was going to have them do. I'm going to have them cut the tips off of that E36 M3 muffler, and just use those! They're in great shape, and they're 2.5" tips, should look great.

Awesome, looking forward to the pics/video. That magnaflow sounds sick!