E36 M3 - LS3/TR6060 Swap

[jakeb]

Installed the reinforcement plates around the rear trailing arm mounting points. The body was in good shape here but adding just just becasue everything is apart.

Cleaned up...


Before the plate went on it was painted with weld through zinc paint (sorry no picture)

Plate welded in place...I really dislike welding upside down. It's hard to tell from the picture but the openings in the plate are just about filled with weld. Also welded around the outside and inside perimeter. Tacked at the landing points for the trailing arm bracket. Had to use the flap disc to make sure everything was smooth.



Rear sway bar reinforcement installed

Before


After


Also pushed all the bushings out of the rear subframe so it is ready to be coated.

More cleaning on the bottom...this is after wire brushing and then washing with soap and water and a rinse.



Started painting the wheel wells

[jakeb]

Got the batch of stuff back from the coater. More will be going in a week or so...







Been spending some time cleaning the bottom off...mostly lots of dirt.






Front...passenger side before


drivers side after the first cleaning

[jakeb]

Backing plates have to be trimmed a little bit to clear the new brakes.

You can see here how the fronts have to be trimmed.


I forgot to take pictures as I did the back but here is how they look after the changes.



Rear brakes just sitting on...I wanted to make sure the lip of the backing plate didn't need to be trimmed.



Reinforced the front subframe. Plates from rallyroad.net




Pile ready to go to the powder coater tomorrow

[jakeb]

NP, Did you ask Eric his input on the brake balance/bias with the brembo rears?

No I didn't ask about bias but I did ask about which master to use and he suggests the stock M3 master. Sounds like they are pretty balanced front to rear with the Z06/Porsche setup.

I am waiting to get some info from him about what needs to be trimmed on the backing plates and also which parking brake to use before everything gets sent out for powder coating.

[el bimmer]

Just let me know

Will do for sure!

[kalib0y]

NP, Did you ask Eric his input on the brake balance/bias with the brembo rears?

[jakeb]

Yeah I am happy with the brakes. He lives about an hour and a half from me so I was able to pick them up as well.

He said the rear Z06 stuff just won't fit as nice as the front stuff. I will be using his Porsche 996 setup for the rear.

These are the DBA 2 piece front rotor and single piece rear. Both DBA.
Thanks for the tip on the anti-seize.

[kalib0y]

Picked up the brakes yesterday from rallyroad.net

They are big....14" front rotor and a 13" rear. VERY nice stuff

Eric, makes a fantastic brake set up. Here are mine. I do like your rotors better though. Use anti-seize on the pad bolts as they tend to get stuck in there.


Ive been bugging him to do a matching rear set up.

[jakeb]

Trust me it has ran through my mind and even my buddy was like heck yeah, but I have to pay for the plane ticket back.. LOL I am truly thinking about it... I will have to get in touch with you to run some numbers...

Just let me know

[Nick_S]

Wow that guy is dropping some serious coin into that car. Going to be amazing once it's done though!

[el bimmer]

Road trip it to Jakes ... He offers valet service to and from the airport

Trust me it has ran through my mind and even my buddy was like heck yeah, but I have to pay for the plane ticket back.. LOL I am truly thinking about it... I will have to get in touch with you to run some numbers...

[jakeb]

Yes the brakes are much more impressive in real life as well. Going to have excellent braking and look pretty sweet. Wheels will be Apex EC-7

[matthugie]

Wow, definitely looking forward to this one.

[ethrtyiS]

sub'd.

[MR 325]

Wow those brakes are awesome! Perfect combo with the GM powerplant. :D