E36 M3 - LS3/TR6060 Swap

[evandael]

the m60 cover is awesome. really nice job, man, you are a craftsman.

[JCarp90]

Holy shit tits.

I just want to see this thing doing a rolling burnout down the street.

[giantkeeper]

This would put me back in an e36 m3! nice work

[MR 325]

Incredible work on this car. Whoever this mystery owner is is going to be very happy!

[Good & Tight]

That's some amazing fabrication/transformation in such a short time.
Love the engine cover.

[jakeb]

At first I wasn't sure about going with the m60 cover. Remember this is a customer's car. He wants it to look oem. After getting it all trimmed and fitted I really like it. I'll post some closer pictures how it fits around everything. It looks like it came that way from the factory.

[Dj Buttchug]

OH BALLLSSSS. That m60 cover is tits!!!! I can just see it now...

Cop: Sir please open your hood, Your car seems to be heavily modified.
Op:why sure, Id love to...

[stanhayward]

Those E46 flares work so well, not sure about the M60 cover though but that's just me. Really nice work!

[MF DOOM]

Fantastic job! Love the m60 cover

[jakeb]

AC lines crimped


I didn't like how much the trans was moving around on the stock rubber mount so I added this poly insert.




Added an M60 cover to make it look as OEM as possible.


All the trim is back on... My DSLR was dead so the really nice pictures will have to wait. Car still needs to be wheeled out and detailed...but some pictures out in the sun.















Still need to put the M3 badge back on.

[MR 325]

Awesome!

[HighOnLife]

Beautiful! Flares look stock. Excellent job

[jakeb]

Starting to prep to paint..



All bagged...preped...floor wet...ready to go




Basecoat down




Putting down the clear


Clear is done...






All the plastic and tape pealed off

[blunttech]

Wish I could bottle Jakes ambition. Id be a wealthy man

[jakeb]

I had an issue when driving it that I blew the fuel pump fuse. I remembered reading somewhere that the wiring to the fuel pump is fairly small and when upgrading to a bigger fuel pump it can draw more power than the wire can handle. So I ran a new 14 gauge wire from the front of the car at the fuel pump relay back to the fuel pump.

As you can see the stock wire is A LOT smaller than the when is feeding the new pump.


I also really didn't like having the splice in the tank so I ran wire direct to the pump with a connector outside the tank. I punched the pins out of the pump housing and ran the wire right through.


Black tape on the one wire is just so I can tell which is ground.


In the car.


Then wire ran up to the front use a fuse at the relay.